Some of my dresses I've made!

Just thought I'd post some photos of the dresses and tops I've made so far! It takes a while to list things on Etsy, so they're not all listed yet, but I'll get there. Have a great day!

5 months? Are you sure?

Gee I have been lazy haven't I??? Monica gave me a bit of a shove this last week so thought I'd better write a post. Well, it has been a busy 5 months. My husband and I had 2 gorgeous weeks of holidays in Queensland in November whilst we had cornice (or crown moulding) installed in our house. It has been one of those things that has really irked me about our house since it was built, so decided we'd get it done when we were on holidays. It wasn't finished when we got home, so we had to stay at my mum's place for a week. But it was worth it. I've attached a photo of the cornice and my new dolly cabinet in the lounge room (note that the cornice isn't painted in this picture!).



We had Christmas, of course. Just a quiet one - me, husband, mother and sister. Husband and I were on stand-by, so we had to be at home (or nearby) and the rest of our family aren't nearby so we didn't go anywhere. Here is my table set for dinner!


I decided after Christmas that I would cut back work hours so that I can start my clothing business. I had had enough of being miserable all the time at work, and decided the money wasn't worth it. With a re-jig of finances, we've figured out we do OK and can still make all of our regular payments/savings, so I don't really know why I didn't do it sooner! I have my store on Etsy but haven't yet listed anything - will try to do this Wednesday.

We also got a super good deal for high tea at the Windsor Hotel in Melbourne. The Windsor is one of the last old grand Victorian era hotels and have run their afternoon teas since 1883. It's on my bucket list.







And lastly just some work I've done on my Chantilly. I have dressed the bed, although I haven't finished the bolster and need to add another cushion I think.



Here is a shot of a dining chair. It is a Rosemarie Torre cast resin one, as is the dining table in the background. I'm not overly happy with the chair. It needs another layer or two of paint for a start, but also I think the fabric printed too light. And the seat isn't puffy enough. Might need to redo. That's essentially why I haven't finished the other 5 - can't decide if I like the fabric!



And I have pretty much finished the spare room in my French shop. It is about the only finished room. I am so close to finishing this house, I don't know why I don't. (Well, I can't find all the parts I want to complete it, but it's getting there!)



So, that's about it really. I need to get a push on and finish a few projects as I'd like to start some more! Always so many ideas, and not so much execution!

Found it!

Here it is! The printable books I was wanting! Thank you to Carrie for offering great printable books. And thank you also to all of you that responded to my question! It is much appreciated.

I now have another question! I received these pieces with the Chrysnbon hall stand kit. I think the piece still attached to the frame thing is a door stop. Not sure what the others are though. Anyone know?



On other non-mini news, we booked our flights to Paris last week! Very exciting! It is a long way off - 7 months! - but some of the places we wanted to stay are already booked out! Crazy! So we are going ahead and booking our accommodation now too. In the search for great places to stay, I found this picture and thought you might be interested:



It is a seaside residence in Saint-Malo.

And lastly, a little bit of interior inspiration, which popped up in a google images search:



So pretty! I am definitely reproducing this room. Not sure which project though.... there are of course too many! Have a great Friday everyone.

Printable books??

Hi all. This is just a quick post to ask a quick question. I few weeks or so ago, someone posted some mini printable books on their blog. Now I can't find who. Can anyone please help me? Thanks all and have a great day!

French shop needs maintenance already!!

I learnt a lesson the other day - those styrene sheets don't stay white. The floor tiles that I haven't painted have yellowed. You can see in the photo that half the flooring is yellow and the rest is still white. I don't even keep my house in sunlight. Very disappointing. Now it will need to be painted.



On the upside, I managed to almost finish the spare bedroom. I need to hook the light up and then hang some pictures. Then I think it's done. (for the record, my husband bought me a spanky new camera and it's taking awesome pics so easily - no skill required!!)



I have actually been doing other mini-ing, but right now I can't find the photos... Perhaps I'll take some more with the new camera.

And lastly, just thought I'd throw in a pic of the chest of drawers in my real life spare bedroom, where the dollhouse currently resides.



Hope you all enjoy the remains of the weekend.

Some half scale furniture

In my never-ending search for half scale furniture, I found these little pieces on Etsy (oh Etsy, how do I love thee? Let me count the ways...). They arrived in these little boxes with a pretty ribbon tied around each one. Soooo cute! Plus the seller sent some little doilies and some metal findings. So sweet! I haven't unboxed them all - they were just too cute - but in the remaining boxes are four side chairs and another arm chair to match the one in the pictures.



Although they will not go into the Rosedale, I've photographed them here just because it looks better than on my kitchen bench!

Problems with scale

It's been a long time between posts as usual. Thought I'd do a quick update on some projects.

I attempted to make a half scale bed. I like it a lot but it is too big, even though it is true to scale. I have pictured it here in my Buttercup against a half scale Phoenix chair. The chair makes the bed look even bigger. I will now need to remake it smaller to suit the scale of the Buttercup.



The pictures below are of my Canterbury (by Greenleaf). I partially constructed it some time ago and it sat in my junk room until I could think what I wanted to do with it. It is supposed to be 1" scale but it's really about 3/4". I intend buying some vintage furniture, much of which is this scale. I asked Janny if she would mind if I made a built in cabinet type bed and she graciously said yes. Thanks Janny! So here it is, yet to be finished. But I like it so far. This will be a girl's room.





Here is an overall shot of the interior. You can see the kitchen started with a vintage stove unit to the right. I loved the wallpaper in the kitchen ofJulie's Sid Cooke Edwardian shop so put it in my own kitchen. Upstairs will be a sitting room and main bedroom. The exterior will look like a Disney cottage. Will show pictures shortly.