The weather continues to be wet and cold. Perfect conditions to either read or become absorbed in mini magic.
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.
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.
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!)
So now my pictures could quietly take their places in the hallway.
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.
As always a cup of tea keeps inspiration fuelled.
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.
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.
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!)
So now my pictures could quietly take their places in the hallway.
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.
As always a cup of tea keeps inspiration fuelled.
