tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15770385318672790852024-03-13T20:54:14.260-07:00Minworksminwkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08487584020742239991noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577038531867279085.post-91088720102799295362021-02-21T16:25:00.004-08:002021-02-21T17:23:59.450-08:00Hot Stuff - French House <p> </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR_HW-dXoB9T5dZkGpM1tPDtWOK3aQax33N4X86P2MDT1iJ-MnTp7bpUQxYhJfh0zF3G40BMVZIdhUT7kgDkXcTPZmHL47chBs5Lu7XtiLg-ZT6Q6JMZcb3vfv2AN74ZrxGB-ATi44aa6/s1280/JMiniStove13+%25282%2529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="830" data-original-width="1280" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtR_HW-dXoB9T5dZkGpM1tPDtWOK3aQax33N4X86P2MDT1iJ-MnTp7bpUQxYhJfh0zF3G40BMVZIdhUT7kgDkXcTPZmHL47chBs5Lu7XtiLg-ZT6Q6JMZcb3vfv2AN74ZrxGB-ATi44aa6/w640-h416/JMiniStove13+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p><br /></p><p>Handy husband B. has fulfilled his promise to make me something for my Miniature Houses. I had two thoughts on what I would like for my Christmas gifts last year. The first idea/request was for a replacement stove for the French country kitchen. I showed him pictures of a Lacanche stove and he said "no problem, what colour!" </p><p>I documented the process so this post is in the form of a tutorial and as an encouragement for you to think about the possibility that you could do something similar. </p><p>Patience is the first requirement - patience to cut carefully, patience to sand, fill and to let the layers of paint cure. Patience to create the illusion of knobs etc. and realize it will not be a quick project.</p><p>How to get from here .. to there!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEbrYPdUKVFwTRoGzwlWsgvEEROxwodl-yjeOQIRemXYva-5foEtigkTWtL6uEs3i_FXtkzogiPHs_Qki984jdPHYWDLIY974UQLkWgKPNRdlY92nx8BLWr-mWEMK4Wv-FaXHAmc7BRrE/s1280/JMiniStove1+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1280" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEbrYPdUKVFwTRoGzwlWsgvEEROxwodl-yjeOQIRemXYva-5foEtigkTWtL6uEs3i_FXtkzogiPHs_Qki984jdPHYWDLIY974UQLkWgKPNRdlY92nx8BLWr-mWEMK4Wv-FaXHAmc7BRrE/w640-h478/JMiniStove1+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><p>Decide on a style, check the space you have to fill. We printed a picture just to remind us of the "look" and adapted the size of the doors to fit the space. </p><p>B visited the Dollar Store to look for bamboo to make the basic box. There were two cutting boards of bamboo - note that the larger one was hollow with two laminated sides. This larger cutting board was difficult to work with so I would recommend the smaller one that was solid. Just buy two so you have enough to make a mistake. I think they were $3 each in Canada. </p><p>When we built the fridge for the Swedish House, detailed in a previous post, we found it was easy to get a highly polished look with Rustoleum Enamel spray paints. </p></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswZs0xpI7Vl_NMsQ250Y2rcIfx8DH-jqgiBnxQZ0H26TQaPG6cDRQqlk8ltwqHN9drd6yfmiZ6O5IBHwXMkiOR-pb2IDBX1et0sTyzwa6OR9_kMPzImlA69y4p6awRHqe9enHZfHSynhq/s1280/IMG_5590.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjswZs0xpI7Vl_NMsQ250Y2rcIfx8DH-jqgiBnxQZ0H26TQaPG6cDRQqlk8ltwqHN9drd6yfmiZ6O5IBHwXMkiOR-pb2IDBX1et0sTyzwa6OR9_kMPzImlA69y4p6awRHqe9enHZfHSynhq/w640-h360/IMG_5590.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Make your basic box - mine is 5 1/2" across and almost 3" deep- fill the edges and sand. Make sure everything is very smooth so it will take the primer and layers of spray paint to produce a smooth a glossy finish. B sprayed four times with Navy Blue enamel Rustoleum - allowing each to dry overnight. I did mention patience was essential.<div>Cut the doors and dry fit. You could make the doors with thin foam board perhaps. Think about the space required for the metal trim on the base, the metal grill under the knobs and the space for knobs and handles- also the width of the handles.<div><div><br /></div><div>Once you have done a dry fit to your satisfaction, prepare the doors by sanding gently and priming then painting ....more waiting. </div><div> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpuyAuah1z7s1cb8n4jmWM0kcBn_zANpZtnrKqvEvYvb4byI_GmWV3dGW8hD70TrB61thbjWY_3yVfAPu5GBpDNeXepHVfUxwClOjVXYvJ-Oky4vmyqwWjZowbKr-G5U2NMo1iSM2gWZ1/s1280/JMiniStove3+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1280" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzpuyAuah1z7s1cb8n4jmWM0kcBn_zANpZtnrKqvEvYvb4byI_GmWV3dGW8hD70TrB61thbjWY_3yVfAPu5GBpDNeXepHVfUxwClOjVXYvJ-Oky4vmyqwWjZowbKr-G5U2NMo1iSM2gWZ1/w640-h478/JMiniStove3+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>While you are waiting for paint to dry search for something suitable to represent the trims on the unit. I settled on needlepoint canvas painted and stiffened by silver enamel paint for the metal grill.</div><div>The silver metal-look kick board at the base of the stove is sticky backed silver foil paper. We call it MacTac in Canada. I have used it in the past on mini table tops - painted to represent a zinc table top.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3S0sxLpw0a0pcDW26y-0qKd_j17JCytrwLm3JqEcF7yTVHsTaBdxS79F553VX9JxIGdmQJmZLB_GRF2AgTNiv2hR46DpdKmJtYdEtObqtgVQZ9P25av2JwioveahvIpEhVUJXhY6qnc7d/s1280/JMiniStove2+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1280" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3S0sxLpw0a0pcDW26y-0qKd_j17JCytrwLm3JqEcF7yTVHsTaBdxS79F553VX9JxIGdmQJmZLB_GRF2AgTNiv2hR46DpdKmJtYdEtObqtgVQZ9P25av2JwioveahvIpEhVUJXhY6qnc7d/w640-h478/JMiniStove2+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>B: To create the handles I used lengths of hollow brass tubing, cut to length and spray-painted silver. </div><div>I used a small plastic straw from a juice box for the end cap (painted brass) and finished it with a ball chain through which I put a flat head pin. Important - this ball and pin head has to be added in to the overall width of the end size of your door handles to fit the width of your door correctly. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSOOWcf7ngO3JUrh8sx8pr6tKH6iJrpkZYPR-mPj8fOksPxB-Ei4M4MiE4baOkcywjhwp9a32o-8VRKIZevNF22MGbHoWEsMRxO3xcZSNvC3_vyNuHiixGKxgY59qEuNXMRifyLbl81rd/s1280/JMiniStove7+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1280" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTSOOWcf7ngO3JUrh8sx8pr6tKH6iJrpkZYPR-mPj8fOksPxB-Ei4M4MiE4baOkcywjhwp9a32o-8VRKIZevNF22MGbHoWEsMRxO3xcZSNvC3_vyNuHiixGKxgY59qEuNXMRifyLbl81rd/w640-h478/JMiniStove7+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p>Look carefully and you will see that the large top handle will be attached to the stove by two lobster necklace clasps. I cut the moving part out to create hook/hangers for the handle.</p><p>Below: Straw cut into sections and painted ... now dry. Make more straw pieces than you need as they can crush easily - these are a section of the decorative ends of the handles. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLbJO9Y8ZR0-UHB8ehH7t4RYbrq67Cjns6lrEGHh9vpQZIEl92Hfw6SsHP1lS3HGcAMWvdCwX_LD4upDtvZ-nOZQlU1QTwxra-WaE-gafJNGrbE5ed7Fl-sZgB1EtTGB-i5jdbMQDJDsl/s1280/JMiniStove6+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1280" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmLbJO9Y8ZR0-UHB8ehH7t4RYbrq67Cjns6lrEGHh9vpQZIEl92Hfw6SsHP1lS3HGcAMWvdCwX_LD4upDtvZ-nOZQlU1QTwxra-WaE-gafJNGrbE5ed7Fl-sZgB1EtTGB-i5jdbMQDJDsl/w640-h478/JMiniStove6+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p> J.: We tried beads as spacers behind the brass tubing handles to raise them off the front of the oven doors. I thought they worked well but B. liked the look of earring backs with the sides cut flush. This was more difficult as a machine was required to cut the edges and a steady hand to epoxy them on to the door handle. Just find an appropriate bead!<p></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirodXoK6VWqEZ74fAQUr9-K47FWTmhivZ-tHfAcxWeSMUiuYt-oEnFQGKQWvU0tD3TZxw055JkWXgjPRBSpELIvj6lE0fXp92sgwNPLJk-GwpLlIXoeQpRml5prHF9lSwjYq_VC3azZyh/s1280/JMiniStove8+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1280" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjirodXoK6VWqEZ74fAQUr9-K47FWTmhivZ-tHfAcxWeSMUiuYt-oEnFQGKQWvU0tD3TZxw055JkWXgjPRBSpELIvj6lE0fXp92sgwNPLJk-GwpLlIXoeQpRml5prHF9lSwjYq_VC3azZyh/w640-h478/JMiniStove8+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p>J.: Writing of appropriate beads - I used a bead and glued a cap on to each to create the knobs. I know one can buy 3D printed knobs. That may be a good idea along with buying the grills for the top for a very professional look. <p></p><p>The manufacturers ID medallion on the centre door is another jewellery finding filled with off-white nail polish. I actually wrote Lacanche on it!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcejs6qkJL87MABp1GKQCc1nGhKW-gFfLodur1bux0teTrju2W0FRA4M4u-P5tXex3EXJ2zwZRBTJ7Jyu_Yag7HYVUKVoIp9BosoSzEV8CKi0L-hQzNjvPtsQaENwZf_qNbGiAp3KTpO0A/s1280/JMiniStove10+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1280" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcejs6qkJL87MABp1GKQCc1nGhKW-gFfLodur1bux0teTrju2W0FRA4M4u-P5tXex3EXJ2zwZRBTJ7Jyu_Yag7HYVUKVoIp9BosoSzEV8CKi0L-hQzNjvPtsQaENwZf_qNbGiAp3KTpO0A/w640-h478/JMiniStove10+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">KEEP GOING ...... you are almost there!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>The top caused me the most angst .... I almost succumbed and spent money!!! No, that was not the idea! <p></p><p>The burners - These are one part of a grommet in a couple of sizes. In the centre of the smaller three is part of a press stud - painted to match ... the ones in the larger grommet parts are just two things that were in my metal collection - also painted. The grill was a challenge - shown is ribbed foam. B. had used this foam on the kitchen doors of the Swedish House to create the look of reeded doors. It was one of many ideas we tried.</p><p>In the end I found a section from a lead stove kit to suggest a grill shown in one of the final pics.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy25PM-CF3JQQ0TMzKeKqgzwgSRjKe1XKGFd8LACp2R_jQiLIGn3RY_Zfpa7IOZ4XuNmoMKuaEAYE-Ndj5UuwFKVWEhiV0mKjyvFi1OIyfi7zFkaxYuFU8fJQDvaII-Y6CuW_bxMsca7oT/s1280/JMiniStove5+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1280" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy25PM-CF3JQQ0TMzKeKqgzwgSRjKe1XKGFd8LACp2R_jQiLIGn3RY_Zfpa7IOZ4XuNmoMKuaEAYE-Ndj5UuwFKVWEhiV0mKjyvFi1OIyfi7zFkaxYuFU8fJQDvaII-Y6CuW_bxMsca7oT/w640-h478/JMiniStove5+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Maybe we should have tea and cookies and smell the roses!<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IF6256G1Xxa_1ARbqOMvgQHWsl8Vo6mGssrixZDFH11Io2Q16CTBwu4B9CaIptTHXGKuvpjSO_DOayQ5ulA613fMw-2AyptpH_K0idp7b2GAbOVfDCbTSvj8yT7Z6m4tmX__9gJWVxRL/s1280/IMG_5584.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8IF6256G1Xxa_1ARbqOMvgQHWsl8Vo6mGssrixZDFH11Io2Q16CTBwu4B9CaIptTHXGKuvpjSO_DOayQ5ulA613fMw-2AyptpH_K0idp7b2GAbOVfDCbTSvj8yT7Z6m4tmX__9gJWVxRL/w360-h640/IMG_5584.jpeg" width="360" /></a></div><p>You need to be in a Zen frame of mind when you are saving yourself a LOT of money by DIY.</p><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-iB7LMeulUz-F2DfqsxCZ6PFZPEdQD8YGA7A5DhRAUXRf76l_UUDHbhW9cvbEZjtbcCKWPGhHdUU3blQ2Ffa0RJQ89_iW7SN__paz21i768-AQ_PzNIT2_A-8nd4Dlt9Dv7Lf7Qr3hx1/s1280/IMG_5573.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir-iB7LMeulUz-F2DfqsxCZ6PFZPEdQD8YGA7A5DhRAUXRf76l_UUDHbhW9cvbEZjtbcCKWPGhHdUU3blQ2Ffa0RJQ89_iW7SN__paz21i768-AQ_PzNIT2_A-8nd4Dlt9Dv7Lf7Qr3hx1/w640-h360/IMG_5573.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The finish is almost in reach!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkCVq-35QQt9dJPG0J4nljI109vH_lStfDIYgOsC7IHad4Zu9pmJ9C_8GsXc2IsW1V14OGZi8ayuiiKL1DLi0eCuVn0UbrkjZBCxiQkzucbOPjZ3WzNi8tM6Z8hyphenhypheniZ0dZMy4VO2dAU-oI/s1280/JMiniStove17+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHkCVq-35QQt9dJPG0J4nljI109vH_lStfDIYgOsC7IHad4Zu9pmJ9C_8GsXc2IsW1V14OGZi8ayuiiKL1DLi0eCuVn0UbrkjZBCxiQkzucbOPjZ3WzNi8tM6Z8hyphenhypheniZ0dZMy4VO2dAU-oI/w640-h360/JMiniStove17+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Roast lamb by my wonderful friend Fatima, of Beauxminis and VancouverDollhouseMiniatureShow. Look for her detailed tutorials on Instagram for inspiration. <p></p><p>Elizabeth of <a href="http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca" target="_blank">http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca</a> offers two stove tutorials - search the archives for Home on the Range 4th April 2014 and Land's End 30th August 2014. Just go there and disappear for a few hours into the wonderful world of Elizabeth's StudioE.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic72gfGS5Ed9L08gozNoFmTLjw-UEQg4gVdlO3Xej3Z_Ub3KfJLE81rDX-b1Z9dpGVqj4RxPnk1UPBV8yjbKdkQGdtZ4HYREEsm5R_Fygi2wBWCp1kEBBESvjoz3Cgslt1feNm_1bl-hoM/s1280/JMiniStove15+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic72gfGS5Ed9L08gozNoFmTLjw-UEQg4gVdlO3Xej3Z_Ub3KfJLE81rDX-b1Z9dpGVqj4RxPnk1UPBV8yjbKdkQGdtZ4HYREEsm5R_Fygi2wBWCp1kEBBESvjoz3Cgslt1feNm_1bl-hoM/w640-h360/JMiniStove15+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Of course to patience personified #1 husband B. many thanks!<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJqf9yXZ_IA3oKsZNhg0zf-yaTgwX87HlBAL2kHXbZvrkZFtwRx2vqXnwz4IqvoqciaIs0JfoH7hqIEjfKjdxCJv4AwI4nCtjIU7BA0MppMIuwloXgV8dwCcVne3-RXF0mJsuEpXKAUXZ/s1280/JMiniStove11+%25282%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdJqf9yXZ_IA3oKsZNhg0zf-yaTgwX87HlBAL2kHXbZvrkZFtwRx2vqXnwz4IqvoqciaIs0JfoH7hqIEjfKjdxCJv4AwI4nCtjIU7BA0MppMIuwloXgV8dwCcVne3-RXF0mJsuEpXKAUXZ/s320/JMiniStove11+%25282%2529.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p></div></div></div>minwkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08487584020742239991noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1577038531867279085.post-32401311816370292492021-02-20T12:25:00.000-08:002021-02-20T12:25:03.989-08:00Parcel Arrives:<p> In November I ordered a treasure from South Africa. I was aware that it would take approximately ten weeks to arrive but at last it is here!</p><p>The lady of the house has been gathering rose hips and returned home to find the cat monitoring an arrival at the Swedish House. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve0ZUhiHj6LT2HRC1wg_bIcsL48OmfcOGiDeziA9flIz9SmD24NTdezKkew-xhqQlgtuSaA7X8lgCJuNZnSktGDDX8jrT_nY3qYsRKB-uHhJgcWva6i6NNZnZjaxb6jVvtb3CQW1gVHMs/s2048/IMG_8153silver+.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhve0ZUhiHj6LT2HRC1wg_bIcsL48OmfcOGiDeziA9flIz9SmD24NTdezKkew-xhqQlgtuSaA7X8lgCJuNZnSktGDDX8jrT_nY3qYsRKB-uHhJgcWva6i6NNZnZjaxb6jVvtb3CQW1gVHMs/w640-h478/IMG_8153silver+.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p>I know what the parcel should contain, yet it is an exciting and tension filled moment with the uncertainty of expectation being fulfilled or disappointed. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>It's warm in the kitchen after a walk in the open air. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xKpw8OpMO5Qo6Re7GHIe-ZfoL1Wm9hLhxBHZoFFNi9lhoe7PfaTaf1B7-6jjWFHLxG9MGqQQwymCaDHGx_c322k1mXeL9WfaRMPTEwOyRPTIA7m9IvZYBOjKThcYayla90wF2dfhdL1_/s2048/IMG_8184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xKpw8OpMO5Qo6Re7GHIe-ZfoL1Wm9hLhxBHZoFFNi9lhoe7PfaTaf1B7-6jjWFHLxG9MGqQQwymCaDHGx_c322k1mXeL9WfaRMPTEwOyRPTIA7m9IvZYBOjKThcYayla90wF2dfhdL1_/w640-h478/IMG_8184.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>All is quiet but for the sounds of paper hitting the floor. <div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-Dz4Ln9o0kVsS3APz-iiFVv05Mj7D1AQdNnn_xElG9SJqt9nzHT0ad0l_P8auIW73XMwO4kvPSNL_M32_qmU4v3xZU7_KiUwNrjSJ5FVoxy1tdjQzWl8TODRMPUWYgjUM6qyT7l_YHEh/s2048/IMG_8193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1530" data-original-width="2048" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE-Dz4Ln9o0kVsS3APz-iiFVv05Mj7D1AQdNnn_xElG9SJqt9nzHT0ad0l_P8auIW73XMwO4kvPSNL_M32_qmU4v3xZU7_KiUwNrjSJ5FVoxy1tdjQzWl8TODRMPUWYgjUM6qyT7l_YHEh/w640-h478/IMG_8193.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is the treasure revealed at last. A charming silver tea set that travelled from the Artisans hands all the way to mine - South Africa to Canada. Imagine that small parcel leaving the semi tropical environs of Africa being shipped around Cape Horn, possible but unlikely. I will rethink this while I put the kettle on ....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Just think, from South Africa - did it fly across the fertile plains of Botswana and the ocean of sand of the Sahara? Across continents to be tumbled into planes, trains, trucks and vans to Canada and to my own postman who knows I am waiting for a parcel from afar.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A treasure to be sure. Oh happy dance, it is beautifully made. The spout is delicate on the teapot as is the spout on the milk jug. The lids fit seamlessly and all items sit flat. Did I mention that the sugar spoon is perfection! 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A shock after the mild winter we had experienced to date. Local children had a wonderful time sliding down a steep hill at a local park. This same slope in mid summer has dry grass that those same children use as an extended slide. Such a lot of fun to watch their descent. </p><p>It seems that I settle to Mini time at this time of year. I note that my previous post that it was indeed last February!</p><p>Flowers arrived for the Swedish House from StudioE Miniatures - also known to many as my good friend Elizabeth. Elizabeth does a lot of experimentation creating miniatures and I am one of those who benefits from the culmination of those experiments.</p><p>Daffodils and Elizabeth’s Paperwhites in the living room displayed in Chinoiserie pots and saucers. The hurricane lamp on the table highlights the flowers. </p><p>I am having so much difficulty posting photographs .... I may post this as an incomplete post and try again as I have obviously done something incorrectly. 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B, handy husband and excellent side-kick, has been working away making a fridge for the Swedish House. We did admire the look of the SMED (we call it SMUG) curved-top fridges but<br />
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I mentioned previously that I found a bamboo napkin holder for $3 at a Dollar Store. I used wood from it for the kitchen counters and the wood also worked in scale for the fridge/freezer doors.<br />
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Below the picture shows the basswood box finished. The doors cut to fit before beginning to paint, sand and repaint with light coatings of gloss spray paint.<br />
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Hi, Hope you had a lovely Sunday. Where we live near Vancouver BC, temperatures are still cold. Certainly above freezing so not insufferably cold but the garden has a long way to go till Spring. The snow drops, camellias and aconites are blooming and today I notice the tete-te-tete daffodils beginning to unfurl and that makes me happy!</div>
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I had a silk rug that had a similar pattern. I measured and cut onto paper the size that I thought would suit and tried it out in front of the sink. </div>
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The central pattern on the silk rug matched the size I needed. To stabilize the silk threads I pushed pins through from the front to mark the correct edge of the front pattern. I applied white glue on the back to capture the threads. Once that was dry I cut very close to the edge of the pattern.</div>
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The picture above is closer to the colour than the lower pictures. The “rug” is displayed on white paper not pink!</div>
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The incorrect colour but this is the section that forms the new rug. </div>
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This morning the Mistress of the house was awake early to make cinnamon buns and bread. TheMaster and visitors headed out to catch seafood for dinner. </div>
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Below you can see the stove, now complete. A guard rail helps keep small hands off the hot surfaces and will possible hold other items. The new kilim is in position in front of the sink.</div>
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The Mistress has now put the dough to rest and raise. She had made a cup of tea using the Monique Juvenal teapot, cup and saucer with her feet supported by the little heart footstool for a few quiet moments. The teapot, cup and saucer are painted with delicate flowers.<br />
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I have mentioned before but it may be helpful to know that most of my displays are waxed into position using Museum Wax on acrylic sheets. Anna asked me what I used. Fatima bought a supply and kindly shared it with Elizabeth and me. The acrylic is from packaging . In this way I can slide the display onto a table or shelf and then just as easily remove it.<br />
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Another small thing in the list was to paint oars - these from a Playmobile dinghy. You will see them displayed elsewhere in due course.<br />
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The wall to the left of the stove hood had one shelf but even though I like empty space it seemed this needed another shelf. It is too high make to sense to use as kitchen storage but not too high for showing off a vintage yachting picture and assorted boating trophies .... even a small boat built by one of the grandchildren.<br />
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You may notice the wire at the top of the range hood ... this is for two LED’s installed under the range hood. I will tell you of our experiences with installing LED lights .... very soon.<br />
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Some may recognize the origins of the wood-burning style stove? It is a Chrysnbon kit that one would normally see with a base that includes legs and a side (for heating water, I think) as well as an elaborate back frame. The photo below shows the original back that I thought I would use.<br />
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I could tell immediately when I saw it on the counter that it would not work and more surgery was required.<br />
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The stove would now need a hood. Below are two cupboards bought separately - one from the Portland Show in 2018 and the other at the Vancouver Show in 2019. They were identical. I bought them with the thought to paint them in a Swedish primitive style to use as wall-hung cupboards for the kitchen. I looked at them more carefully when I gave up the idea of using them as cupboards. I had run out of wall space! I decided to try and convert one to a stove hood.<br />
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I removed the legs, drawer and cupboard doors and painted one black. The black seemed too severe and did not seem of the era I imagined. You can see I have made a small box for wood to go below and create a support for the stovetop and oven. <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br />
The photo below shows the counters and a half piece of plastic pipe, painted black, that connects the stove with the hood. The decorative metal at the bottom conceals lights and gives space for a saucepan hanger. This was part of a light fixture that I had disassembled for my granddaughters who played with it as as a crown. I don’t think they will recognize this part now it has been recut apart.<br />
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Elizabeth of StudioEMiniatures visited and one of her recommendations was to continue the tile around the back of the sink. We have now done that and I like the look. It is painted with high gloss white paint and reflects the lighting.<br />
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Below... originally I had just one shelf with preserves etc as I like white space - but the space did seem to call for another shelf.<br />
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I decided it was too high for every-day kitchen items so I have made it a nautical shelf displaying an earlier era photograph and yachting trophies including a world map and a grandchild’s version of a rowing boat.<br />
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My desk is a mess - I have so many different projects under way. B (handy husband) made an L shape for me to be able to sit the boards that my displays are built onto. This is the first time I have done my build this way. The wood of the renovated farm house is warped and this seemed a better way to straighten things. The card walls with all attached are slid into place and glued to the existing walls. I will show you that process underway in the next post.<br />
If anyone has questions I would be happy to expand on process we have used. Unfortunately I cannot reply on comments but could address questions on Instagram: wordsworth502018<br />
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Hi, Thank you for visiting. There does not seem to be as many active blogs at present and I miss seeing what is happening. Instagram etc are wonderful for a quick photo but it is also good to have a forum to share the process of how our miniatures are made.<br />
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In the Swedish House I decided to have natural wood counters, a concrete apron-front sink, reeded cupboards, open shelving, a wood-fired style stove, mmmm what else was on the list ... oh, yes wood flooring and good lighting.<br />
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Isn’t it amazing .... in a mini house I can have almost anything I want!!! But how to get it!<br />
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I started with a bamboo napkin holder and pulled it apart. This was a $3 investment that proved to work for all the counters I needed. The counter depth was correct so it was just the width and lengths to be cut.<br />
The plate rack is basswood with bamboo skewers painted black set into the sides to hold the plates.<br />
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On the counter cinnamon buns are cooling beside a raised platform tray with the coffee pot, honey container and cups. Behind is a tray that Elizabeth made - at one time you could buy them laser cut ready to be punched out, glued and stained. E then put a motif suitable for a farmhouse on an island!<br />
The sink is made of basswood, cut to size and then covered with drywall mud to soften the edges and after sanding I painted it with Antique White Acrylic Craft paint. The crackling was unintentional and happened after I painted it with a clear matt finish.<br />
There is a drain and plug attached with a chain ... the drain is one side of a necklace box clasp. I am very happy with the way it looks. I needed to hammer it flat and paint the area behind with black to Create the impression of a drain. I searched through my metal collection to see if I had anything suitable. Yes, this is a requirement for mini house builders. I also had BB pellets from an air rifle (amazing things in my metal box!) - they make perfect pewter looking cupboard knobs!<br />
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I made cutting boards with basswood - scored, stained and threaded wire through the wood to create the look of a leather tie for hanging up the boards.<br />
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Below you can see the bass wood box measured to set into the counter before mudding.<br />
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These are the cupboards in progress. You can see the texture of the sink prior to sanding. I did paint it to represent concrete but I was not happy with it in the room as I already had lots of grey. It looked so much more appropriate once it was antique white.<br />
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The cupboards are made with mat board boxes overlaid with bass wood to give the impression of cupboards and inlaid with ribbed craft foam that took paint very easily to make the reeded door panels.<br />
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The foam was so much easier to work with than creating the reeding in wood. Handy husband rebuilt a cupboard that you can see in a previous post for the bedroom. It has reeded doors in wood and it can be worth the effort.<br />
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Below is fabric my friend Fatima gave me as it looked in the style of the Swedish house. I recovered these chairs that I had previously used in the French house.<br />
Note the spacer beads attached to the bottom of the kitchen table. The table had a grid at the bottom that I removed but the table was a little low but it was a simple fix to increase the height and paint it.<br />
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Like most miniaturists I endeavour to make or create an impression of something without incurring too much expense. This allows me to buy things that I could not possibly make.<br />
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My plan for the upper hallway was to display pictures on the wall that may help place the house as one that is in the now but carries a sense of its past. I imagine it as a renovated inherited family farmhouse on a small island off the coast of Sweden.<br />
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I checked in my supplies for a narrow picture-frame moulding to make simple frames for the pictures I had chosen. Alas, nothing left in my collection ..... thinking, thinking ... I decided to cut cardboard and cover it with fine linen to use as a frame. I found little jump rings to which I threaded silk ribbon that attached to the linen backing. I had a few decorative nails ... only four! Lucky for me ( note to new Miniaturists - never throw anything away!)<br />
So now my pictures could quietly take their places in the hallway.<br />
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Down the stars you can just see the checked fancy flooring of the living/dining room. Another inexpensive - time consuming, but rewarding solution to finishing the flooring of this style of house.<br />
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Greetings All and best wishes for a safe, healthy and happy 2020. 2020 has quite a ring to it.<br />
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This year it was the “outlaws” turn to have the sons and families for Christmas Day ... we celebrated later and enjoyed being together under one roof. The Grandchildren had a wild time especially , participating in a Treasure Hunt that handy husband Bruce had spent hours formulating.<br />
He colour-coded clues, then tailored each hunt taking into consideration the age and interests of each child. He even laminated same clues before hiding them in the often rainy outdoors. It kept him busy for half a day! (That’s a good thing!)<br />
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Four very excited, red-cheeked children arrived back into the house to find their final clues hanging on the tree. The eldest, now 13, voted it “epic” and the other three asked if Grandpa could do it again next year!<br />
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It was a brief break from the Swedish House but now in the quiet, short, wet and dark days of a BC winter the Swedish House is receiving some well needed attention! Once again for my Christmas gift B has committed to do my bidding on mini projects. Thank you B<br />
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He is relegated to a square foot of space while I have fun doing some table tops for a change-of-scene in the living mini room. I did offer him the desk but he refused. It’s nice working together while the music fills the room and my heater clicks on and off keeping us very cozy in my small workroom.<br />
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Teapot, cups/saucers/plates Sam Dunlap, Cherry pie servings: Janet Uyetake<br />
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Teapot, Cups and saucers: Musselmalet<br />
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Desserts and strawberries by Elizabeth of StudioEMiniatures. The little reindeer cookies are amazing! Strawberries are displayed in small crackle bowl by Elizabeth Causeret.<br />
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One day I will fill the mini dining room table to show you all the amazing food Elizabeth has gifted to me over the years. We met early in the 1980’s but minis did not bring us together till the early 1990’s, so now you know why I have so much of Elizabeth’s work in The French and now Swedish Houses.<br />
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Do blog to let us know what is happening in your lives ... not only minis! I like<br />
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How nice to greet you once again, but how quickly this season has come around. In many parts of the world Christmas is well under way.<br />
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Here in my miniature Swedish House in my imagination friends have been invited to come by to enjoy Fika.<br />
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Fika, pronounced Feeka, is a relaxing social time in which one partakes in coffee and cake. The food is not important but the concept of companionable time together is almost a ritual.<br />
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A perfect blue-sky day and crisp air carries their voices to give hosts plenty of time to prepare hot coffee and chocolate to accompany cinnamon buns and cookies.<br />
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A dry but light snow has fallen.<br />
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The old sled is packed with gifts.<br />
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Take your boots off - hang up your sweater and scarf and come inside to warm up!<br />
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Again in my imagining the events in my Swedish House - tonight these same friends, neighbours and others will arrive to enjoy each other's company and eat together.<br />
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Please consider yourself invited... the door will be open. God Jul.<br />
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Merry Christmas All.<br />
This is just a temporary seasonal scene for my miniature house. I do imagine it as a renovated family farmhouse located on one of the small islands off the coast of Sweden. It is always helpful to be able to set a location and history for a miniature house to better create a theme for the interior furnishings and accessories.<br />
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The dusting of snow is grainy salt, I do hope I can brush it out of the slate tiles!<br />
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The sled was made following directions on YouTube -<br />
Miniature Sled by Tiny Clay Charm, the skis from photos from a blog that I cannot seem to link for you, named Gennaio<br />
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A great tutorial for the Nordic sweater hanging up in the foyer (plus many other tutorials): <a href="http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca</a><br />
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Cinnamon buns and cookies, white poinsettia, Christmas stocking beside sled, gold-wrapped gifts and buffalo check-blankets by Elizabeth of StudioE.<br />
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White bench seat inside foyer by Norma: <a href="http://www.makeminemini.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.makeminemini.blogspot.com</a><br />
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Also .... I am sorry that I no longer seem to be able to leave comments on blogs. It has been quite frustrating.<br />
Also .... I have an Instagram Account on which I sometimes feature my miniature works, travels and gardening. You can find me at Wordsworth502018 <br />
I do not believe you need an Instagram account to drop by - simply type Instagram wordsworth502018 to visit.<br />
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I do hope you may find comfort and joy in this Christmas season.<br />
Regards Janine</div>
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The Vancouver Show is coming up fast. Sunday September 15 between 10:00 and 3:30 PM ..... such a brief time and so much to see!<br />
I will be there, so will Elizabeth from Studio E Miniatures showing her most recent house Villa Leone,<br />
I know this reads like and ad but it is so exciting to have a Show here as it only comes round every second year!<br />
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Will report .... I hope I do not buy too much but I am feeling that Autumn is here and all of a sudden I am thinking minis not gardening/boating etc.<br />
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A chest, a chair and a kakelugn.</div>
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View of the hallway - doorway to left to bathroom, red French doors to upper deck, door entry to bedroom to right. </div>
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The chest/trunk began as a Asian-motif lacquered box. You may recollect seeing them. They are highly glossed black painted with gold.</div>
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It was crying out for conversion. A good sanding removed most of the lacquer so that I could paint the box. I am using small sample bottles of milk paint on a lot of the furniture. The sanded box took the paint well leaving the impression that it had been around a while and well used. </div>
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I had been looking at Swedish marriage chests and thought I could paint a primitive motif on the box but found I had some laser cut pressed wood images. (Linda, I think they came from you?) I cut them into a shape that fitted onto the chest and painted it a different colour. I know it looks the same but the two colours I am using are both a blue grey.<br />
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The vignette on the top of the chest.<br />
I painted a small plinth and put a piece of marble in the centre before adding Elizabeth's bead bottles to a round mirror. The tray is a pendant backing with a doily reduced to size, books, flowers and stacking bracelets.<br />
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I had made a tray to match the size of the top of the chest but I did not like the look of it on the chest.. .. so that will find its way into my storage drawers.<br />
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In the picture below I am also working on making a pattern for a sweater. I knitted a rug for the day-bed in the living room so plan to try and continue knitting and I am working on the vignette while talking to #1 son on the speaker phone. Who said I could not multi task?<br />
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I painted the edge of the circular mirror gold which finished it nicely. #1 son also said it needed handles and a lock. Now looking for something that will give the impression of a lock.<br />
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No doubt the display on the top of the chest will undergo many changes before I move on.<br />
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Linda of <a href="http://lindasminiworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://lindasminiworld.blogspot.com</a> makes the most wonderful cushions and slippers in petit point. Actually she is adept at most things mini. Please go and have a look at her blog and be inspired! These slippers have the Swedish crown on their toes. She had also made me bee slippers for the Empire room in the French House.<br />
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Anyone perusing extreme shabbiness might like to try the following technique.<br />
I did not care for the mottled sateen upholstery on this ugly reddish mahogany wood chair.<br />
When I was bemoaning that I did not think I could do a good job of changing the upholstery on this style chair Elizabeth said. "Why don't you paint it?"<br />
Good idea Elizabeth! I did paint it with the milk paint. The seat went all lumpy. Never mind I thought I will have to pull it off in any case ... so I painted it again and then stuck a Swedish crown motif on the back and painted over that. Then I sanded the edge of the seat where it was all lumpy.... then I painted the wood and wiped it off a bit.....<br />
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Then I made a rough linen cushion (below), for those winter afternoons reading beside the kakelugn stove. Ones slippered feet resting on the embroidered footstool of course that Linda made for such occasions. Thank you Linda!<br />
I must say it felt quite liberating to shabby the chair. I can see that it could lead me down a different path altogether.<br />
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Almost last, but not least, above is the kakelugn. The metal wood basket is a napkin ring.<br />
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Now B. has finished the stove he can go out and play!<br />
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In this snowy weather I am busy in the workroom!<br />
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Hope you are having fun too.<br />
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regards Janine<br />
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It is a very satisfying challenge for many miniaturists to convert an item into something that will suit ones project. </div>
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I won this wardrobe in the 1990's as a door prize. It was surprisingly sturdy but held no appeal.<br />
I am often hesitant to attempt to change an existing piece of furniture. I worry that I will make it worse than it is. I have decided I should be more adventurous ... so this was the process.<br />
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This existing wardrobe was too small for the room. It was also the wrong colour and had very unattractive knobs. It did have recessed cupboard doors that would accept trim. I thought the base and the top were very simple and could be removed easily.<br />
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The base was removed and an extra drawer made.<br />
Below you can see the extra drawer mocked up and a little extra height added. The reeded front panels are clamped in place to dry. To make the reeded door fronts I used panels of thin basswood scored with a needle tool against a ruler.<br />
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Squares cut from a Dollar Store ribbon add a little detail below. <br />
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In the next photo you can see the reeding better... also the trim was removed from above the drawers. The mock bottom drawers did not look right so Bruce (thank you, thank you) redid that drawer.<br />
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Sections of metal trim, a key and fob are now added to the doors. Yes, the drawer pulls are earring backs - cut in half with a ring threaded through and painted black.<br />
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The half-moon table is a kit. I changed the legs and added plastic trim on the fronts and metallic silver tape on the apron. I keep fighting with one of the legs to get it straight. I think I have won that battle.<br />
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Now it is painted and almost ready to slide under a window beside the wardrobe. I reglued the errant leg again after this photo was taken. It really does help to take pics as you can look at items in more detail.<br />
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Once it was fitted under the window sill I realized the table top needed extra width to carry the items I wanted displayed on top. An extra panel was added to the back and supported with two wooden brackets then sanded and the table repainted.<br />
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Now in position with the wardrobe. The space is beginning to looked lived in.<br />
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Handy husband has taken over my workroom. Below he is making the Mora clock.</div>
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Last year handy husband began building the Kakelugn Stove for the bedroom. You can see how it was made with parts of a cardboard tube, rubber ring, flexible tile, bits of plastic and metal crowns and light fitting in a previous post. Here B is finishing the copper door - adding a piece of metal jewellery findings as door decoration and door handle.<br />
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The fireplace glows, The little handle on the side is for controlling draft. I will try and get a close up pic soon to show you more details.<br />
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I made the lower book with the tie on it using the foil from a Ferrero Rocher chocolate. Of course I did not eat the chocolate I just wanted the wrapper!<br />
I had made the book pages and cover and then cut to size and glued the wrapper on to the cover in one piece -front, spine and back. Before I cut the foil to size I smoothed it gently to remove some of the texture and then pressed it onto a metal jewellery finding to give the impression of embossing.<br />
I then sponged colour on to the foil and used a matt finish paint to give it some stability. It looks like leather.<br />
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It was a lot of fun to spend time together and to try something different.<br />
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The weather has been cold and wet... except for a couple of sunny days that pushed me out to the garden. I was tip toeing around as when the ground is soaked it is easy to compact the soil.<br />
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My snow drops are beginning to nod their heads. I lifted the skirt of the large rosemary to find them sheltered and almost in bloom. I was rewarded by not only the blooms but the fragrance of the rosemary. The Sarcococca is also in bloom near my front gate. The tiny blossoms give up such a heady fragrance it just makes you feel hopeful that Spring will arrive in due course.<br />
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Now Christmas is over and our three sons birthdays have been celebrated it was time to change the decor of the Swedish House. I am not sure it is a Swedish House but it will continue to evolve until it settles into its location.<br />
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I built a simple settee. I imagined a small grandchild sleeping there - cozy beside the fire. This build has only one large bedroom so I thought I would try and include and extra sleeping space. It may not stay there.<br />
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Here it is with a rug I knitted on 00 circular needles with very, very fine wool.<br />
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Tea is served with cinnamon buns. I read that in Sweden more cinnamon buns are eaten than in any other nation! Can it be true?<br />
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Handy husband Bruce asked me what I would like for Christmas and to fulfill that wish built a mora clock.<br />
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Just noticed the side bar is covering the clock. I will try to repeat pic at the end of the post. J.<br />
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The feast has been cleared away from the table but may return as I have accumulated, with contributions from my Miniteer friends, quite a collection of food.<br />
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A pot of daffodils have come in from the winter room at the front of the house.<br />
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I like the reflection of the chandelier in the window in the picture below.<br />
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The bedroom is next on the agenda!<br />
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Hope everyone in blog-o-sphere is finding time to enjoy their projects.<br />
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All the best.<br />
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Still 2018 near Vancouver, Canada. At last I have had some inspiration and begun work on my Swedish House.<br />
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It began with the acquisition of a prancing deer in the Christmas section of a big box store. 'I may be able to do something with that" I thought. Home I raced and quickly decapitated the representation of a deer to create an over-the-mantle decoration for the season.<br />
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No deer were harmed in this post.<br />
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It can take such a small breakthrough to get one energized for a project. Now I was ready to fill the panels with a mural I had chosen some time ago.<br />
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After a lovely mini day with Elizabeth of <a href="http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.com</a> and a consultation on fabrics I began to cover the furnishings I had reserved for this house.<br />
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This chair was previously covered in a very shiny cream sateen but was easy to reupholster with cotton fabric. The small table is painted with chalk paint. Christmas tree and pastries by Elizabeth.<br />
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Lovely Bespaq cupboard bought at a Seattle Miniature Show contains two Elizabeth Causeret casseroles with lids. One from the Paris SIMP in 2017 and one matching a gift from Minteer friend Linda during her visit to the Kensington Show 2018.<br />
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Tea set by Elisabeth Causeret.<br />
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I cannot help but be thankful for the view from my workroom window. It is not always so benign nor are the skies always blue but ever-changing and to me awe inspiring.<br />
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The closing of the final day of 2018.<br />
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Second Granddaughter and I wish you a very happy, healthy and safe 2019.<br />
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Warm regards and thank you for visiting.<br />
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The Swedish House:<br />
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A new day dawning.<br />
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Believe it or not, lots has been happening at the Swedish House despite the silence from this blog. I was a bit sidetracked trying to create a silicone mold from silicone caulking.<br />
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I thought it would help to make a frame to extrude the silicone into before pressing the fireplace I hoped to replicate, into the silicone.<br />
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To make a long story short, my experiment was a failure. Perhaps I did not add enough powder to the silicone. I had done it successfully for a very small item so I thought I knew the correct "feel" of the substance. The mix never dried and believe me it was a very difficult and sticky mess to remove all of the silicone from the original even though I had been patient and waited a week before I attempted to remove it from the mold.<br />
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On to the backup plan to find a picture frame that I could use as a fireplace. I managed to do so for about $6.00 at a home decor store.<br />
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Below you see the frame attached to the backboard with a support for the faux marble mantle.<br />
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Almost there. If you look at the previous post you will see the fireplace (unfinished) but in position. It still needed a hearth and an exterior chimney.<br />
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The Chimney:<br />
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Egg-carton bricks rule! Well, yes, it is a bit tedious to paint, measure, cut, detail edges, place, glue, mortar, seal .... but it is worth while for the realistic results at minimum cost!<br />
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Planning below. First attempt at colour for the bricks. We were also thinking of some very fancy brickwork but ...<br />
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decided on a much simpler pattern mainly because the bricks did not fit properly without cutting into the patterns. On the left of the picture below you can see the prepainted egg carton. It did not look very promising but when they were cut I was very excited about the effect.<br />
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This was the result. It was a mix that looked authentic but once on the house we could see the terracotta tones did not compliment the red doors.<br />
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I liked the result of mixing several colours and splattering some before cutting and mixing them up to create a random brick colour. I realize the colour softens when mortar is applied.<br />
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But no, not the look we wanted for this renovation. Our new colour choice shown below is Craft Smart acrylic "French Wine". It did look harsh in its entirety but once grouted with tinted spackle it mellowed and we are very happy with the result.<br />
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You can see below we did a small sample before we did the whole chimney to check the final result.<br />
There will be some aging to do before we consider it complete but for now we can move on.<br />
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The extension is still held on with a clamp. The chimney is attached with earth magnets for easy access to wiring which feeds from the attic down to the power supply.<br />
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Project Kakelugn ... Swedish Stove<br />
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You can see images of these stoves online. They can be very decorative. B has made it very plain as it is in the bedroom. I have laid out the components to give you an idea of how it was made. Firstly a cardboard tube which is made larger with an extra layer at the bottom. Flexible tiles (Elizabeth made me take these from her some time ago), glued around the cylinder create the basic stove shape.<br />
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The decorative element on the base is part of a plastic princess crown from the dollar store. The metal crown is part of an old light fixture rescued from one I found on the road.<br />
The granddaughters used it as a crown but as they are now "so over" the Princess thing I decided it was safe to cut it up.<br />
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Plastic heated and bent and glued for the base.<br />
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Tiles now glued in place, black rubber seal for transition between bottom and top. This rubber seal has been a difficult thing to paint as the paint just seems to slide off.<br />
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Of course I had to check it out to see if the light would cast a glow inside the stove.<br />
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Bruce preferred to play with fire and scorched some wood for the stove. Boys will be boys...<br />
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Grandchildren always like to get into the act..... hide the blow torch!<br />
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Extension: At last the extension has been attached, roofing and gutters also. The siding is being glued.<br />
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Siding has been completed and chimney in place.<br />
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It is sometimes difficult to know what to attack next. but we decided to make slate tiles for the winter room floor and the landing.<br />
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Texture of tiles. This is very easy to do - of course you need to paint the edges too.<br />
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The floor has been glued down as have the ceiling rafters. Where the white and blue panel finishes near the red doors there will be a door and wall for the bedroom. The circle on the right side near the window is the light for the interior of the kakelugn stove. On the left is the stairwell.<br />
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Stairwell wall panels, hand rail and almost finished stairwell banisters.<br />
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Now they have proven that they fit they will be painted but not glued into place until the rest of the walls and lighting has been installed.<br />
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The winter room is attached, the slate paving installed as are the downpipes on the gutters. The red steps lead inside. They are detachable using earth magnets again to make the building less cumbersome to move.<br />
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And so ends this epic of the renovations to the now called Swedish House. I am not sure when it will be finished and we can reclaim our living/dining room. We have had so many luncheon and dinner gatherings sitting around our coffee table instead of the dining table - people are beginning to wonder if we will ever finish.<br />
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In Vancouver the snowdrops are up and daffodils are nodding their unfurled heads. However tonight snow is predicted. On Thursday the Miniteers are gathering for a day together. I am looking forward to that!<br />
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All the best everyone .... keep on mini ing.<br />
regards Janine</div>
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HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018<br />
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This afternoon, just as the light from sunset faded a fabulous moon loosened from the horizon<br />
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Within moments a silver path traced across the Bay. The air was cold and crisp but clear skies - what a wonderful beginning to 2018.<br />
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In the Swedish House construction continues and to celebrate a new year a small gathering is held. Food and drinks were spread on a work trestle among the unfinished renovations. <br />
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The floors of the living/dining have been laid and painted in a whitewashed diamond checkerboard.<br />
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The fireplace has been installed but as the chimney has not been built Christmas lights are providing<br />
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Frosted branches and pine cones are back drop to drying firewood and a few Christmas parcels still to be presented.<br />
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A silver star at the window is the only Christmas decoration - perhaps a symbol of the star that guided the Magi?<br />
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Wall panelling behind the fireplace is whitewashed cedar strips, rough cedar for the rustic ceiling beams and simple moulding on the front wall.<br />
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Wouldn't be exciting if the chandelier could be installed! Doorway on left reveals demolished kitchen.<br />
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Hurrah, it works perfectly ...... but is it perfectly placed?<br />
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Best wishes everyone for a happy and healthy 2018!<br />
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The Miniteers met last week and as always my compatriots gifted me and each other with wonderful mini treasures. Unfortunately Fatima was unable to join us .. . next time we hope she will be with us.</div>
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Linda has been busy once again and made this amazing bee cushion for the French House. The bee was a symbol that Napoleon took as his own. I have used in the Empire Room but as Bruce and I have kept bees it is a very appropriate gift. Linda also made the amazing little bee slippers that I have in the Empire Room. </div>
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I have placed it on a chair where the lady of the house spends time (when not gardening), refurbishing old linens.<br />
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The cupboard and laundry basket is full of these linens - repaired, washed and bleached in the sunshine and then ironed to crisp perfection... if only in my imagination!<br />
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Many of the neatly packaged linens with minute lace trim are from Studio E. <a href="http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca</a> - she actually does rescue all kinds of handkerchiefs and converts them to folded linens or bedding. I try not to look at them in Thrift Stores as I already have an ample collection.<br />
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The room above is named for the birds in the wallpaper. Breakfast tray on the desk by Studio E. Door panels are painted to match the wallpaper. In the picture below you can see the petit point cushion on the chaise that Linda <a href="http://www.lindasminiworld.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.lindasminiworld.blogspot.ca</a> made using my initial.<br />
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The Swedish House has not been forgotten. Perhaps Christmas is happening there at present as here in Vancouver it is Christmas Eve.<br />
Wrapped parcels, pink snowballs and cinnamon buns from Elizabeth. Candles by Linda.<br />
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Can you see the little circles on the gifts - they are tiny fimo circles with santa motifs. Look how the icing and cream looks so deliciously edible.<br />
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The reality that the Swedish House has turned the living/dining room into a construction zone has not yet become an urgent problem as this year our children and grandchildren are at the "outlaws" for Christmas day. We will celebrate together at the end of the week.<br />
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Decorative gable lit from behind. I bought this some time ago. I thought I might use it to imply a decorative ceiling in the French House. We have cut it in half to fit into this space.<br />
In the French House I did do a decorative texture ceiling. I took a plastic doily and painted it on to the ceiling, when the paint was still wet but stable I gently peeled the doily off and it left a plaster-like impression. A happy accident I must admit.<br />
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Red doors on the upper balcony. The balustrade has not been installed. This railing was from the previous incarnation of the house and I am not sure if we will use it.<br />
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The "four inch" extension piece fitted but not permanently in place to enable us easy access to the interiors.<br />
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The entry vestibule, also fitted, but not glued. Interior and exterior lights to be added.<br />
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Front door open - inner door also painted red.<br />
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But occasionally, it is amazing, the rain ceases and the sky clears revealing the mountains in all their breathtaking glory.<br />
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In the Northern Hemisphere we have reached the winter solstice and once again turn our thoughts to the seemingly elusive possibility that Spring will return.<br />
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Merry Christmas everyone.<br />
warm regards,<br />
Janine and the trusty man, Bruce.</div>
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Sometimes input from those smaller persons in ones life is a great help. Recently we had two grandchildren and dog stay with us for ten days while parents went on a well earned escape to tropical climes. Lucky parents and lucky Grandparents!</div>
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Handy husband is encouragingly patient and has Grandchildren doing all kinds of work as assistants.<br />
This five-year-old is a dab hand with the hot knife (cutting curtains for our canal boat), sewing (tabs for tying back same curtains), using the Dremel and vacuum cleaner are also only a few of her learned skills.<br />
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In the above she has shown Grandpa how to attach clamps and below she shows same Grandpa how to do a happy dance. Dancing is a skill that seems to be completely natural to her.<br />
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Grandpa needs a lot of practice. It's nice to teach Grandpa something new!<br />
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In the mean time the Swedish House is taking shape.<br />
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The walls and floors of the demolished house were in such rough shape that we decided to make cardboard templates of all floors and walls to enable us to apply coverings on those and apply those finished replicas to the interiors.<br />
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Ceiling beams stained and installed - bedroom and upper hallway. You can see an entry cut for French doors to the balcony. The door into the upper level hallway has been moved to allow a through view. <br />
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Yes, we are still working in our living/dining room as my workroom is far too small for all this construction and it is too cold in handy husband's workshop.<br />
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Below the beams in the living room are larger than those in the bedroom.<br />
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This is the wall panelling in progress for the stairwell walls. I must acknowledge and give thanks to Liberty Liberty <a href="http://libertybiberty.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://libertybiberty.blogspot.ca</a> for this effective and easy wall panelling method.<br />
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The doorway on the left is the access to the kitchen.<br />
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Upper hallway with new stairwell. French door to balcony.<br />
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The extension - beginning the shiplap siding.<br />
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Windows and edging being trimmed before painting.<br />
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The chimney.<br />
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Wood flooring for the living room cut from 1x6 cedar for the bedroom and fir for the living room.<br />
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I like this wallpaper as it is nicely distressed. However, when I clamped it into the room it appeared too heavy. Plans for the other rooms are for pale finishes. I will photocopy it and do an mock up with wainscotting on the lower half of the room to see if that helps quieten it.<br />
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Front of house - French doors to balcony and proposed railings.<br />
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To my Scandinavian friends please remember this is my impression of a Scandinavian House only and perhaps as it develops it may morph into its imagined location .... or it may take on a life of its own and move location.<br />
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When you ask a best friend "what would you like for your birthday?" ... be prepared!<br />
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Elizabeth <a href="http://studioeminiatures.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">studioEminiatures.blogspot.com</a> celebrated, in part, her birthday with us yesterday and when I asked her that question her answer was: "I want you to begin blogging again" and also ...<br />
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It is hard to say "no" to Elizabeth, yet alone NO!<br />
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I have finally begun a new miniature project. The French House took twenty years to complete. Handy husband gently suggested I should not plan on taking twenty years to finish this one.<br />
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My Miniteers friends had, for some time, been encouraging me to begin - but begin what? That was my dilemma. Fatima & Elizabeth found me a very nicely-built dollhouse that I bought home and the thinking began in earnest<br />
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So handy husband painted it white so I could think easier or faster. (Trust me he is not reading the instructions - the brand new pressure tin nozzle was blocked.)<br />
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The house began to take shape. The balconies were removed. windows were raised and enlarged, walls modified, floor coverings removed, interior and exterior doors changed and<br />
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Elizabeth arrived, full of wonder at such amazing happenings. (That didn't last long. I could almost hear her thinking, but showing admirable restraint). Then we had wine with lunch and she casually noted, "You realize of course one would hit ones head if you tried to walk up the stairs?".<br />
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Out came the stairs for rebuilding.<br />
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Then we had dessert. "You realize that if you have a fireplace in the bedroom it will be too tight to walk around the bed?"<br />
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"and an extra four inches on your project" she said quietly.<br />
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Happy Birthday Elizabeth! (Be careful what you wish for, I thought, but didn't say it out loud.)<br />
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Next Birthday lets go OUT for lunch!<br />
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Our other Miniteers, Fatima of Beauxminis and Linda <a href="http://lindasminiworld.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">lindasminiworld.blogspot.com</a> could not be with us and I really missed their presence. They are so good at diverting the topic when they see that gleam in Elizabeth's eye. We know it can only mean more changes!<br />
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Would anyone like to attempt a guess at the "style" I am attempting? I hope someone can guess or I might have to make more changes. Wait! handy husband ..... wait!<br />
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Greetings all, I do hope you managed to spend time with those you love. It is so very special when all of those near and dear can gather under one roof.<br />
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We have had an active year traveling and I must admit there has been very little focus on my miniature world. I had more enthusiasm for decorating my mini house than our Real life home. I was soon cured of that disinterest when we looked after three of the four grandchildren for the week prior to Christmas eve. Their enthusiasm and ideas were refreshing and I now know how to attach dinky-type toy cars and Shopkins accessories to decorate a tree.<br />
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The shortest day has passed and the dark brief days will begin to expand into Spring in the Northern Hemisphere.<br />
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Soon the bright lights of Christmas will dim to be replaced by the optimism and hope for a healthy, happy and safe 2017 for all.<br />
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You may recognize the work of:<br />
Elizabeth: <a href="http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca</a> coffee pot, petit fours & cake<br />
Windypoint Miniatures <a href="http://www.windypointminiatures.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.windypointminiatures.blogspot.ca</a> Pear preserves<br />
Bren's Miniature Pottery Calgary Alberta No website Blue pottery on kitchen table<br />
Ff Pink sweater<br />
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But soon the house will fill with family and once again the clock will add these past moments to the treasure box of memories, a lasting gift.<br />
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Thank you my fellow bloggers, you are so supportive, kind and interesting. Such a nice meeting of minds from near and far. I wish you all the best.<br />
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French House: le salon<br />
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Greetings All. In my last post I talked about making climbing roses. I am sure you are all tired of seeing that photograph. I was on a push to complete the house to display it at the West Coast Miniature Show on June 7. I seem to work best under pressure as after dithering for many months ... or was it years I hunkered down in my workroom, burned the midnight oil and met the deadline. Sighs of relief all round! "This must mean it is finished!" naively handy husband remarked.<br />
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To make a long story short - it sort of, kind of, almost felt finished!!! Well finished enough to enter it into the show, after all we do it for fun don't we? I had not anticipated the fierce competitive spirit displayed by my besty friend and mini buddy Elizabeth. Thank goodness Fatima's house was not ready or we might have come to three-way blows!<br />
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No, just joking .... but we were neck in neck in the final count and then .... and then .... darn, you suspected it already <a href="http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca</a> came in as Best in Show for Green Dolphin Street and I was a lowly first. It was an exciting day though and the first time that anyone but the Miniteers or family had seen The French House.<br />
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I did show you my progress on the book case for the salon and now I want to share the end result of my work on the salon. <br />
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Maid in China print anchores the side table and brings attention to the blue ginger jar. The fireplace does work and throws quite a satisfactory glow in the evenings.<br />
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Chinoiserie baby-cupboard.<br />
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Lattice rug, can you see through it? It is a stencil. I was thinking of painting the pattern on the floor but I liked it just the way it is.<br />
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Settee with same fabric cushions and book coffee table. Ceiling texture was made by painting over a plastic doily and then removing it as the paint solidified.<br />
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Chairs and settee Bespac.<br />
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Ginger jars on the mantle - two make reference to the colour of the reading chair.<br />
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Suitcases and magazines under the sideboard. Swan set of drawers on left by Bespac. Swans on furniture were a nod to Empress Josephine's interest in them.</div>
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Painting leaning against fireplace, more books.<br />
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More books and orchid on side board. Napoleon on horseback under the glass dome.<br />
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Table set for a visit from granddaughter who has bought finds from nature in her basket. French doll by Ethel Hicks.<br />
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Petit four on pedestal tray by StudioEMiniatures, Clarice Cliff style pottery vase by Margaret Crosswell of Tasmania. Cup and saucer by Monique, teapot Christopher Whitford.<br />
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We had a long and sunny summer in British Columbia this year. The humans appreciated it but with lack of rain and water restrictions our gardens suffered somewhat.<br />
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Now transitioning from Fall to winter. The days are growing shorter and great flocks of sea birds are migrating south. What a good idea.<br />
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You may recollect that I had been avoiding working on the climbing rose for my French House courtyard garden. I hope that a description of my solution will take you along the garden path to your own climbing roses.<br />
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At a Miniteers meet Fatima and Elizabeth decided we should make a quantity of crepe paper roses and buds for my project. They were trying to kick start me in the right direction but I think the roses languished for almost a year waiting for me to be inspired.<br />
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The technique for making roses is varied. Some were made using a heart-shaped punch and the petals placed individually on a green wire - for others we used two tones of apricot crepe paper rolled and crimped. The calix is a star punch of green crepe paper threaded along the wire and glued to the bottom of the rose. I know there are quite a few tutorials online. It all depends on the species of the of rose you would like to replicate.<br />
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The climbing roses in my RL garden have a woody bare base. Climbing is a bit of a misnomer as the branches just grow, drape and rest and do not attach themselves as an ivy or hydrangea petiolaris does by an invasive air root system.<br />
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On my meanderings I gathered dried branches of a huckleberry bush that looked a bit like my rose stem. This became the base. Once I had the framework of "old wood" glued to floral foam in the planter I added fronds of plastic foliage to duplicate the "new wood" growth.<br />
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Now the bush was ready for the roses to be attached. I tried to distribute them as naturally as they would appear on a climbing rose. There are a lot of illustrations available online - many are heavy with flowers others not. I prefer the look of the roses on their own stems - not just the flowers placed as they seem to all end up on one angle. When you try and place the stems into the foliage they take on a life of their own and will drape quite naturally or sometimes almost disappear.<br />
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This photo shows the base of the rose woody and bare, green plastic foliage simulating the new growth and roses attached with their own stems in different lengths. (This is the photo that made me realize I needed to fill the upper left side of the trellis where there appears to be a white patch.)<br />
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The planter is attached to the wall and the garden slides under it so it sits on the gravel. You can see the pullout metal slides that extend to support the walled garden. It is a large house and the garden and the roof can be detached to make it easier to move.<br />
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Now for the leaves. I have a punch to make the leaves and tried to make them out of green crepe paper. I felt they did not have enough body. I painted thin water-colour paper with various tones of green. Failure! I had tried to match the colour of leaves from roses in my garden but the colours became muddy as I kept adding paint from a brush and dotting with yellow and black spot. I am not good at this!<br />
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My breakthrough came when I decided to use a manila brown envelope as the paper. The weight is good and the manila colour became the underpainting for an almost-dry-sponged layering of green colours. The underside being sponged in slightly lighter greens than the upper side. I liked it. In some areas the colour showed through and as I had painted a large area of the envelope and punched many leaves I had quite a variety of colours in the leaves available to use.<br />
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I showed this picture of my desk when I was working on the wisteria. I thought I would show it again so you could see the manila envelope leaves in progress.<br />
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I ran my needle tool down the centre of each leaf to give them shape and I was ready to glue. I used a product called Flora Bond to attach every section. It is similar to Quick Grip glue but not so quick to dry and allows for a bit of flex.<br />
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My goal was to place the leaves on to the rose stems that were exposed and through the existing foliage until my eye was satisfied that it was indeed a representation of a rose bush.<br />
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Elizabeth of Studio E. always advocates taking photos to help clarify the image you have created. I did find it helpful (thank goodness for digital cameras), and noticed the bush needed more foliage on the left side. I had not been able to let go of the idea that the vine should only cascade right, over the French door. I thought that could be an appealing shape and it did double duty to cover the electrical wiring that supplies power to the light above the door. I ended up making more roses to help fill the area to create more balance in the bush.<br />
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Now I look at the many photos I have taken for this post perhaps I should add even more!<br />
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Above you can see the coffee/tea soil covering the floral foam in the planter. A few leaves and petals have fallen .<br />
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Early morning, the sun highlights the courtyard.<br />
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The gardener in the house knows it is the best time to pick the roses. Once again a photo is helpful as I see the leaves are quite flat but to the eye they seem quite natural. Back to the drawing board for those leaves!<br />
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The dog waits longingly for her morning walk.<br />
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Not all is tranquil in the French House.<br />
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Number 1 Granddaughter decides her LaLa Loopsy dolls fit perfectly in the Empire room bed.<br />
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A rearrangement is underway. The living room becomes a store, the dining room a party room and the tiny Star War troopers do battle with the robot if they can find him. I know he is hiding in the toilet with the yellow duckie from the bath.<br />
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I'm sitting nearby pretending to read my book. I do not interfere but become invisible to them as I listen to all the happenings in my mini house. How wonderful and lucky I am.<br />
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regards Janine<br />
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Dear All,<br />
How time gets away from us.<br />
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In May Elizabeth and I enjoyed a visit from Linda of <a href="http://www.lindasminiworld.blogspot.com.au/" target="_blank">http://www.lindasminiworld.blogspot.com.au</a> who splits her time between Sydney Australia and Whistler Canada. We had met Linda last year here in Canada and had planned a mini day on her return. Unfortunately Fatima was unable to attend. Linda came for lunch and was able to stay with us overnight.<br />
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She kindly carried gifts from Norma <a href="http://makeminemini.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://makeminemini.blogspot.ca</a> ,which was a lovely surprise.<br />
Thank you Norma.<br />
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Norma knew I was working to fill the book shelves of the book cases in the Salon of my French House.<br />
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The books and cushion found their home on the window seat.<br />
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I was not successful at downloading book covers so as an alternate I made a collection of books including sketch books, diaries and old ribbon closed papers. On the top shelf I covered books from a picture of the battles of Napoleon and Wellington.<br />
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That was fun and conceals the lights that are recessed above the window seat.<br />
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Notice the window closure. More on that later.<br />
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The magazines were perfect on the steamer chair in the courtyard garden. The garden boots have been kicked off and a glass of lemonade awaits.<br />
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At last I have been inspired to work on the garden. I added water lilies to the fountain and made pots of succulents for the hot spot under the clematis.<br />
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My impetus to complete my French House was the looming of the West Coast Miniature and Dollhouse Show held on the 7 June. However, despite the fast approaching date I did not seem to be inspired.<br />
The rose bush had been holding me back for so long was still not a reality. I kept avoiding it.<br />
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Over breakfast I would examine the climbing rose visible from the kitchen. Elizabeth of <a href="http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca/" target="_blank">http://www.studioeminiatures.blogspot.ca</a> seemed to have no problems at all generating a fantastic English-style garden but I had mini gardeners block!<br />
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Watching the roses bloom in my RL garden:<br />
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Linda Park bought me a gift of a vase by Magaret Crosswell of Tasmania, that is finely painted with the image of a wisteria. I was inspired and decided I could make wisteria.<br />
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This is Margaret's vase and the finished wisteria.<br />
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I could make wisteria! It was very easy once I found an appropriate floral pic with foliage similar to wisteria. I cut down the size of the foliage and made many florets using pale green embroidery floss dipped into white glue and then into lilac-coloured Flower Soft.<br />
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This is my under control work table with several projects on the go. Please note that the space on the table will become smaller and smaller as the week goes on till I have an unbelievable mess. The manila envelope is in the process of being painted to replicate rose leaves.... more on that in a later post. On the right on the blue pad are black bamboo sticks being made into French-style window openers. A finished example is shown in the picture of the salon window seat. They have a wrap of thin brass at the top and bottom, the handle is made with fimo baked and painted gold.<br />
In the centre of the photo are the bits and pieces of wisteria foliage and the flower soft florets.<br />
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I decided I would add wisteria to the chimney as well. Still avoiding roses as you can tell.<br />
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In my RL garden when I move or dispose of unruly plants I check the roots to see if there is anything that may be suitable for miniature trees or vines. The above vine began as a section of dried root from a yew shrub. I sectioned the roots and glued them onto the chimney to create the vine. <br />
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Added the flowers<br />
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and the foliage, moss at the base of the chimney as well as the roof and chimney pots. I added a drain under the downpipes with a smear of muddy gel candle under the drain to replicate water.<br />
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The little grotesque is waiting for the broken pot to bloom.<br />
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at which time he will offer her a flower.<br />
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More to come. Any questions happily answered.<br />
regards Janine</div>
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