What am i going to do in 2012?

First of all i wish you all a Happy and Healthy 2012 with lots of fun and mini making.

I wish all your dreams come true.

I thank you all for your sweet comments and support and woderfull gifts and all the eye-candy and tutorials on your blogs. 

Do you have any Newyear's resolutions?

I do.

I am going to loose weight, i wanna loose 20 kilo.

I am not going to do some kind of "super" diet, i am going to skip snacking during the week and eat healthier and drink more water.

I also going to move more.....i will swim ones a week and will follow Zumba lessons on my WI almost every day.

I also finely going to finish what i started.

I have a lot of W.I.P (work in progres) projects wich i finely going to finish in this year.

Here are some:

This little house is screaming to be finished, it needs the rest of the kitchen and the room upstairs on the left.

 I am not happy with the outside, it is way to shiny, so i will fix that and there is no toilet in this house, i am going to make a outside toilet.

I want to rise the whole house and make a little stairs in front and a garden around it.

There are still rooftiles to make and attach.

 Another project: Beauty Angels

A beauty salon etalage in a roombox, needs more stuff in it.

 This wicker basket has to be filled with old toys and memories for in my big dollshouse.

 The hobbyroom corner does still have empty spaces.

 and i have to make a rug for it.

My big dollhouse....it dont have to be finnished on the inside this year, but the outside must be finnished.

I am now working on the roof.

 My needelwork:

I am making a rug for the diningroom of the big dollshouse, i started more then a year ago!

This year it have to be finnished.

 I also started a 1:144 project what needs more furniture and details.

 I have to make more clothes for my Country and Western store.

 The letters are falling of, they are some kind of stickers and i am not happy with the name.

Any suggestions?

 My latest addition, the babyshop....lots of things to do and stuff to make.

You see..I have lots to do.

I also starting  with my mother on our hobby evenings again, ones a week.

Because my mothers hobbycorner is ready we are starting on another project, i don't know what it will be yet but i will anounce it as soon as we know.

What are your resolutions for 2012?

I would love to know.

Hugs

Maria

Day 8 of the hobby corners

We made tubes of paint in a little box and pens.

 My mum knitted this vest and made the leather bag.

 Look at the pens we made...they are so easy to make, they are just beads on a wire.

 The paint tubes,

 Another tube of paint and a pen on my desk.

 Another pen on top of the drawer above my desk.(sorry the picture is a little blurry)

 I made a couple more bols of wool/cotton.

 I cut out some magazine covers from advertisement and made it into magazines.

Another view of my desk now,still needs lots of stuff to make it look like there are lots of hobby's going on.

Hugs

Maria

Day 6 of the corners,a little tutorial, a lampout of beads and help!!

We are busy making a chair, still needs to finish it up.

 and we made some more bundles of wool.

For those who don't know how you make bundels of wool here's how we didi it:

First take a big straw ( the ones who comes with milkshakes) and cut it in pieces, as big as you want your bundles to be.

Than take a needle and thread, we used embroidery thread but you can use whatever you want.

Start winding the thread around the straw by going in one  whole end , going out the other whole end.

Do this till you're bundle is big enough and than cut it of.

You don't have to use glue, it will stay like this by itself.

You can finish it of with a lable, made out of paper.

 I also made a lamp out of beads and wire for the girlsroom of my big dollshouse.

Maybe you wandering why you did't see me for a while.

I am having some problems with my laptop.

If i want to type some texts my laptop is acting really strange.

If i type a t i get a new tab and if i type a p it wants to print and more of this things.

The only way i can type a letter is by typing ctrl and then one letter and then ctrl and type the other letter.

I don't know how i can fix that.

Has anyone of you had this roblem before?

I am now using my man's computer posting this post.

Day 5 of the corners / wicker baskets tutorial.

 We made a basket, only one each.

Let me show you how we did it:

First you need a piece of sticky florist tape.

 I did cut a piece 50 cm and cut that piece lenghtwise in tree pieces.

Wrap that around a florist wire of 7mm.

Saw a circle from thin wood and dril holes in it not to far apart from eachother, make sure it is an uneven number.

 Cut the wire a bit longer than you want your basket to be.

 Glue the wire in the holes.

 Weave small rope or cotton tread around the wire.

 If you want your basket to be wider on top bent it before weaving.

Finish of by making handels from a piece of rope  or not and make a braid to decorate the top and hide the wood on the bottom.

We used tacky glue because that doesn't make stains when dryed.

On the picture the glue is still wet.

 A lot of work, but they turned out pretty cute, don't you think?

I hope you like this tutorial .

If you have questions, please ask, i'll be glad to help.

Day 3 of the corners/ making a desk

Making a desk from ....

Matchboxes

 First take 3 little matchboxes who are the same size.

 Cut a them a little smaller.

 I made them 3 cm.

Measure the outside and the inside of the matchboxes.

 When you draw the line.

like this

 You can cut it with a scissor.

 Now you have 3 little drawers and 3 bigger drawers.

 The smal drawers, i glued together, side by side.

Then i put a piece of carton on top and on the bottom of these.

 To let dry the glue, i used clothespins.

 Then i glued the 3 bigger drawers on top of eachother (not on the photo).

 Then i saw two pieces of wood, one for the top and one for the side of the desk.

Take a piece of carton the same size of the side of the big drawers.

Glue it on.

 Give every thing a coat of blue paint.

 If it is painted the carton and the matchboxes and the wood look the same.

 My mother gave it an vanilla-cream color first and over that a coat of waterdowned green.

 Her desk is a little different then mine.

Not only the color but her drawers are on the other side and she has two drawers on top.

 And this is the result so far.

 My mother's corner in green....

 and mine in blue.

I also gave a little white wash to the paint, making it look a little more older and softer.

I did this by using a dry brush with a little bit of white paint.

 Now we have to fill the drawers.

My mother did knit a little doll during last week, to go in her corner.

Isn't it a cuteeeee!

That's all for now.

Hope you liked it.

Hugs

Maria 

greetings from my mum.