Timber work

Today I made some woodwork for my Buttercup dollshouse. I used some balsa wood.
The bedroom looks now very rustic
Tomorrow you will see the result.

Minipost from England

Today I received a little damaged parcel from England.
My first tought was "What is that?"
It was a little gift from my friend Kath (yes I write also to no mini people).
In the parcel was the 2. issue of the "Victorian Dolls' House Collector" together with a dining room display cabinet and a classic gilt-framed mirror.
You can compared this collection with the "delprado" collection. But here you can only collect furniture and accessories.

Here is the link for the collection:

http://www.dollshousecollector.com/

Last year I made several parfum bottles (all of them are in plastic boxes at the moment). Maybe I can paint the cabinet write and decorate it with the bottles (because in the cabinet are little mirrors...perfect for a shop).
And the mirror? Maybe for my French house, or my Dutch house.......

Kath thank you very much for the great present. I love it.
Hug & Kisses to you
Sonja

Country kitchen rack part 2

Today I will put my country rack into my Buttercup dollshouse. Normal (metall) canisters are to heavy for my paper rack so I decided to make some canisters from paper.




I made these canisters from paper.

Here you can find the pattern:

http://lasminisdepilar.blogspot.com/search/label/Tutoriales%3A%20Plantillas

I used little bird houses for my canisters. Here you can find them:

http://www.jennifersprintables.com/borders014.htm

Country Rooster Kitchen Rack

So here is my next little workshop. Today I made a little kitchen rack for my Buttercup dollshouse.
On the first photo you can see the material which you need for the rack.
I like to work with normal "things" which you can find in your household.
The Buttercup dollshouse is really small so I used a lid from a surprise egg of course you can use any oval form for your rack.



I cut 3 stripes from the postcard (each 3 mm wide) and glued them around the oval form (see photo).
Than I punched 4 little roosters also from the postcard (the number of roosters depends about the size of your oval form. You have to try it.)
Glue them on the paper stripe.



Take a little bit of wire and put them into one button (and made from both "ends" one - see photo.
I am not sure how I can describe this in English. Sorry).
My one is about 2,5 cm long.



Than put the wire into the second button and repeat it.
Glue one of the button on the top of your rack.
Make 4 little hooks from the wire and glue them.




I painted my rack with black emaile paint so it looks like a metall rack.
Tip: I glued my one in a little box so you have both hands "free".

New Minis for the Buttercup bedroom

So I have some new minis for my Buttercup bedroom. O.k. I have done nearly nothing.
The mirror is an old one by delprado (I added only some green colour)
the little laundry bag was a swap gift (I changed only the colour of the thread and put some paper in it)
I put some paint in the chamber pot (black tea is also o.k. but i am a coffee drinker)
the little picture is from Sonya's letter (last week). I made only a frame..I used some matches
the shirts were also a swap gift by Bärbel
So today I will search for some white fabric (I found only blue and pink but my dolls are to old for such towels..) I will add them next the bowl from Birmingham...

I wish everyone a nice sunny sunday

Step by step carpet workshop

This is a photo of the new carpet. I have also a blue/white carpet in my real house (yes I am an IKEA fan). This is a little step-by-step carpet workshop.
Sorry for the wrong order of the pictures!!! I promise you the next workshop is better!!!



Than I cut the ends of the ribbons. You need not a lot of canvas fabric (my one was only about 2 cm wide). I removed some threads (so you produce the "fringes). After that I glued the carpet on the fringes. From the rest of my jute ribbon I made a decorative drawstring (I bound 3 threads of my ribbon) and glued it on the carpet (you can see it on the last picture).



The carpet is nearly finished......the best is to put a second bag on the carpet and put some heavy bottles on the bag. So you have a flat carpet. Remove the bags (the Tacky glue must be dry!!!)



I cut my ribbon in smal pieces (one piece is about 8 cm - it depends about the space of the room). I glued the ribbon on a plastic bag (I work a lot with toothpicks)...



Material for the carpet:
jute ribbon (I found this one in my local craft shop and paid € 1,50 for 1,5 m)
you can also use other ribbon or a fine drawstring
Tacky Glue
brown or white canvas
scissors
plastik bag
toothpick

A carpet for my Buttercup dollshouse

Today I made a new carpet for my bedroom in the Buttercup dollshouse. The new blue/white carpet harmonizes better with the blue bed.
I put the old one into the living room.
Tomorrow I will post a little carpet workshop.