Day 2 of the corners

First thing we did today was sanding all the wood and file the ends of the floor for a neat finnish.

 Then we stained the floors and also give the edges a second layer of stain.

 The ice sticks look now more like a wooden floor, still see some spots that need some touch with the brush.

 My mother asked for the empty racks that holds the toothbrushes in the store.

It is from white plastic.

 The removed the paper with the brand name.

 I had some colored wood sticks, i bought last year for only 1euro.

 We have them cut to size.

 So they fit between the gaps.

 Then painted them in a nice color.

Hey look we both suddenly had a painted thum.

First when we started to paint, it looks like the paint not stick to the plastic.

But  the second layer was well.

Meanwhile we wallpapered the inside and the outside.

 I will make a picture in daylight so you can see the details of the wallpaper.

 The border on top with the houses i printed from the internet.

You can find it here:

www.jennifersprintables.com

A very nice site with lots of free dollshouse printables.

 The racks now painted a second time.

Blue and green.

 My mother did the green one and i the blue one.

Now it's time to clean up the mess.

Hope you enjoyed.

We sure did.

Day 1 of the Corners/ The beginning

Like i told you in the previous post, this is the new project of my mum and me.

We are going to work on it ones a week.

This is how we bought them at the fair.

 Already nice rounded corners.

 Very smooth wood, so it needs no sanding to begin.

 First layer of stain is on.

We don't have to be neat, because the floor and the wallpaper is coming over it.

 Little coffee braek.

I almost dipped my paintbrush in the coffee.

 We used waterbased stain.

In the color mahonie.

My mother is happy with the color, i am thinking of doing another layer so the color is a little bit deeper.

 After our little coffee braek the stain is already a bit dry. ( on the tin it says dry after 4 ours, but we have no patiens) We begin with the floor.

 For the floor we used ice cream sticks,

I had left over from other projects.

Most sticks i bought years ago at a hobby-shop, a couple are from ice scream.

I know: i keep to much stuff, but now they come in handy!

First we looked if we had enough for two floors.

Then we cut of the rounded parts with a large scissor.

 The colors are  different, but that only ads caracter.

 We still have to sand and stain them but that's for next week.

Left : my mothers corner

She ended  there with her floor.

Right: my floor, i want to go around the corner.

To be continued next week.

New purchases and new project

Long time sinds my last blogpost here, because i only did put a part of my roof-tiles of my big dollshouse and a part of a bedspread that i crocheted and was not happy with.

So i had nothing to show you, but in the meantime i looked a lot at all your lovely blogs.

Today i do have something to show you.

I went last saterday at a miniature fair in the dollshouseshop "Mini-Wonders" in Wormerveer with my mother.

I bought some lovely miniatures and we had a lovely time.

This is what i bought:

I also bought  tree fimo-canes, one with a bear and one with a butterfly and one with a dragonfly, but they are so tiny that it's hard to make a good photo.

My mother and i also bought a woden corner to make  a scene in.

Ones a week my mother and i have a craft-night and we have decided

To make a new project were we make the same thing, ofcourse in our own version.

So we both bought the same woden corner.

We are going to make a hobby room/ atelier.

We only work on it on our craft-night and eveything in it we have to make ourselves...the only thing is maybe a scisser or a tool we already have.

So we don't gonna buy things for it.

I am gonna make a lot of photo's of how we make the things and try to explane how we didi it.

I think it's nice for the beginners out there to see how you can do this hobby without braking the bank.

Maybe i can share some tips  with the more experienced also.

I would love to here about your tips, so feel free to write me comments....I love them! :)

Queensday Purchases

Today was Queensday in Holland.

In Holland we celebrate this with lots of party's and music everywhere but also fleamarkets in a lot of streets. Everybody is alowed to sell there stuff on the streets today.

We went this year not to sell but to buy.

This is what i bought today.

 A whole box of buttons.

 A lot of nice miniatures.

  

A shadowbox, i will make something else in.

 A small tin in the form of a house.

 The inside is also nice.

(I collect these tins)

 The left.

 The right.

 And now a closer look to the miniatures i showed you in the picture before.

I am so happy!

I bought also these books, the first is a scary cook book for my son.

The second is a book about making memory boxes and the third is a book about drawing and painting.

I also bought a old brown suitcase but the picture was to bad.

I did not spend much on these lovely items and we had lots of fun today.

It was a busy week for me.

I redecorated my sons room.

It was the first time fot me to wallpaper in full size.

I also put together the new bed and bureau of my son.

Still have to put together his new wardrobe.

He is almost 10.

His birthday is monday and i gave him a new room and he is so happy he have a teenage room now.

I hope he keeps it need and tidy now.

If you want to see it look at my other site here.

Nice weekend!!

Draw of the lottery

As promised, today is the draw of my crochetet blanket.

I asked my doll I have since my youth I (seventies) for assistance and she found it agreat honor to be here to participate to help.

She is bigger than 1:12 but samaller than Barbie(1:6), she is the same hight as Daisy..a doll I have also...well enough about her lets  come to business.

First i wrote all your names on a paper and cut it into small strips.

 Then i folded them and put them in a bowl and shaked them real good.

 Now my doll (i don't remember her real name so lets call her Donna) has chosen one paper.

 Donna, are you sure?

Yes i am sure she told me.

 And the winner is......

Rosella!!

Congrets Rosella your the winner.

Please e-mail me your adres, so i can send the blanket to your place.

All of you thanks for participating in my second Give-Away and thanks for all your nice compliments.

THANK YOU

Give-Away

I am having a Give-Away!

I crocheted a little plaid and it can be yours.(if you like it ofcourse)

You just have to comment on this post and you are in the draw.

If you want you can post a link on your side bar or write a post about my Give-Away .

You have to be a follower aready or become one.

You can enter till 31-03-2011.

Give-Away

 It is just to celebrate my 208 followers right now, it was planned for 200 followers, but it took me a little longer to make than i thought.

I am so happy that there are so many lovely and creative people out there.

When i first started blogging i could never imagine there are so many people all over the world sharing the same hobby and/or are interested in what i make.

I love to read your blogs too!

I am amazed that almost weekly i find more nice blogs, i always looking at new followers blogs too and   love to see how many nice project and idea's you have. You inspire me so much!

Thanks for your inspiration and kind words and thanks for following me.

You can hang it over the sofa, for those cold evenings.

Use it as an extra blanket on the childrens bed (it is not long enough to cover the whole bed)

Hang it over a chair.

You can even use it as an tabl cloth.

As you can see it is very decorative, i hope you like it as much as i do.

I made it out of 100% cotton sewing thread.

Hugs

Maria