tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30368170994434664922024-03-14T02:47:05.182+11:00~ A Minni Mum ~Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-49702643018197127812023-05-04T15:05:00.000+10:002023-05-04T15:05:58.857+10:00The Fairfield: Exterior Trim Finished?<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I dragged the Haunted Fairfield out of storage again when inspiration hit. It's been sitting on my dining table - where I can see it each day - and I've been plugging away at it, little by little. I think I finally have the exterior trim finally finished? Apart from gluing on the railing that is, I don't want to do that until after I paint the decking.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2zbOdyv_KZZEW-7GuQoadaEvz9BL36pdgGVF-1snk07cz8Q6gObUjXYyXj5EVt_eUa78IZUXa_BPR3BB18n8Gjo_SzrXfnA05LtC08Y3FeVBgCiSEcI7J6UvOJWl2U6jffMUwEnPbCaPjVtvMKYTDFkB8Eden-etE5nCTrObsrddrpnIpsVeD3Y/s4032/IMG_1636.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB2zbOdyv_KZZEW-7GuQoadaEvz9BL36pdgGVF-1snk07cz8Q6gObUjXYyXj5EVt_eUa78IZUXa_BPR3BB18n8Gjo_SzrXfnA05LtC08Y3FeVBgCiSEcI7J6UvOJWl2U6jffMUwEnPbCaPjVtvMKYTDFkB8Eden-etE5nCTrObsrddrpnIpsVeD3Y/w480-h640/IMG_1636.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I kind of don't want to paint it all now, it looks so clean and nice LOL. The perfectionist in me is terrified I'm going to wreck it - even though I'm going to be distressing it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqzMlJs1egzFozU6XhJKNNUe32mOoGWxz-SIp3Cp60uVJzS-K1VTNXtM8gHURSm9zGRgwymi5BeWVPhx_-EUO84yYbGGXYIVwGY3i6RvYmkH7hujE-QrrBrQ9XiGnzWW16BcD5Gc4hRzruCXrt8mZ99dWuREbv-Vng2B8YP3uEE3ckJL565zvRwo/s4032/IMG_1638.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijqzMlJs1egzFozU6XhJKNNUe32mOoGWxz-SIp3Cp60uVJzS-K1VTNXtM8gHURSm9zGRgwymi5BeWVPhx_-EUO84yYbGGXYIVwGY3i6RvYmkH7hujE-QrrBrQ9XiGnzWW16BcD5Gc4hRzruCXrt8mZ99dWuREbv-Vng2B8YP3uEE3ckJL565zvRwo/w480-h640/IMG_1638.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p>I cannot for the life of me decide on a colour for the roof shingles. I feel like black is all too much, even though I have seen many pictures of black Victorian rooves. I suspect I will go with a charcoal grey? I'm also deeply undecided about the colour of the porch decking. Stained? Weathered grey? Black? The porch posts and railings will be black.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYLr2nutaJE15jKkOi6VztQmoMrhG7X-umHENu6UZfECt8a-28xKKIIHljEZ_E57ZSLF9bZUIRK5zSY2dWMseLD3Ye_lK2N5e9y2rp0AUXyD9jaaCIfQgh5CW2A1l5GFUzz6XA9F1-KnaCiWsP8UUzm9WdPJhM0toJIFT72yPCDh6VC8n2SpRt1M/s4032/IMG_1639.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYLr2nutaJE15jKkOi6VztQmoMrhG7X-umHENu6UZfECt8a-28xKKIIHljEZ_E57ZSLF9bZUIRK5zSY2dWMseLD3Ye_lK2N5e9y2rp0AUXyD9jaaCIfQgh5CW2A1l5GFUzz6XA9F1-KnaCiWsP8UUzm9WdPJhM0toJIFT72yPCDh6VC8n2SpRt1M/w480-h640/IMG_1639.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p>I allowed the tiles to deliberately warp to add to the distressing and I will add moss and lichen to them after I paint. Probably some autumn or dead leaves in the gutters too.</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0m-3djHS6_W_JVIFDTImH3ePk_LZkr7UdGzAZ1dNch-UJuwGzgSoQDz2gFz9CvVPcE0VWfaLTYwD1uXzx8E9K8CvsQBqhVKPoAS1ttpRGoTvf6MBfVvCiX-2568sDwdyzSklizt5R2kPWs_l1P9ol0YI1PpPsHfMdv_frqiNTAJilrZgm9AK0YGs/s4032/IMG_1640.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0m-3djHS6_W_JVIFDTImH3ePk_LZkr7UdGzAZ1dNch-UJuwGzgSoQDz2gFz9CvVPcE0VWfaLTYwD1uXzx8E9K8CvsQBqhVKPoAS1ttpRGoTvf6MBfVvCiX-2568sDwdyzSklizt5R2kPWs_l1P9ol0YI1PpPsHfMdv_frqiNTAJilrZgm9AK0YGs/w480-h640/IMG_1640.HEIC" width="480" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Now I need to cross my fingers that the paint colour I choose will look OK!</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDgiNAMhCcAl8wEc3iE7ekwTWteMaVl4PyMk1TvnxabB9usx3WxBRZ3RHDl5dNCj3DD_fszTB66XYPM28yS_uGkFgNz3od5-vpgPPNytNWua3wzpyhhIzzBVrlrNaYaJ2hK5KrKPt9rgLpRJ-FJnIzxIhRib2qcrdXdA3jdfcrTjEQ03qrxPUG_4/s4032/IMG_1630.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfDgiNAMhCcAl8wEc3iE7ekwTWteMaVl4PyMk1TvnxabB9usx3WxBRZ3RHDl5dNCj3DD_fszTB66XYPM28yS_uGkFgNz3od5-vpgPPNytNWua3wzpyhhIzzBVrlrNaYaJ2hK5KrKPt9rgLpRJ-FJnIzxIhRib2qcrdXdA3jdfcrTjEQ03qrxPUG_4/w640-h480/IMG_1630.HEIC" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-27009302058141963342022-08-06T17:59:00.036+10:002023-04-26T16:11:31.935+10:00The Fairfield: A Roof at Long Last<div>I finally dragged The Haunted Fairfield out of semi-retirement to finish off attaching the roof and applying floorboards to the porch. I had lost one of the roof pieces so when I found it (whilst looking for semething else of course), I decided to just glue it all together.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTXAi-5x-cBQGyCXvcD2bNHcffN4XagTo9wsou_lqyQfEUEWv_-SNMuyUrcJOjmz8cE8XNW0CJRznN43JS0-C6ydZ6sy-61lW_R8fViTzR1U4dbClBcqULWwgL3gZHDiNU7IWa6VvoBhCdekcbv02OAKuuvMspqQ2Pv4j_lNu7_-ybVf4LvAzy_w/s5184/IMG_8268.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="2912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaTXAi-5x-cBQGyCXvcD2bNHcffN4XagTo9wsou_lqyQfEUEWv_-SNMuyUrcJOjmz8cE8XNW0CJRznN43JS0-C6ydZ6sy-61lW_R8fViTzR1U4dbClBcqULWwgL3gZHDiNU7IWa6VvoBhCdekcbv02OAKuuvMspqQ2Pv4j_lNu7_-ybVf4LvAzy_w/w360-h640/IMG_8268.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I also decided not to use the original pieces that came with the tower and use kraft board instead so that I could bend it into the slight curve it has while gluing it more easily.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBR6ex5KWNSdxcJTt5CsIixde4lQ4j7YaDHOrKnRzPoPRRrinKPQBNHD_By6H6j3X5nhvjsTQf2M8UBTbXwju71VF3SbAbshHRQhaKcYJimw4mMDyyt79yjhHmQg2Joh_z5g8--UqEPaAXh131RlHptLXOwxnvWTfxOGVJLqvhj7yWwrFv-W8N74s/s5184/IMG_8271.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="2912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBR6ex5KWNSdxcJTt5CsIixde4lQ4j7YaDHOrKnRzPoPRRrinKPQBNHD_By6H6j3X5nhvjsTQf2M8UBTbXwju71VF3SbAbshHRQhaKcYJimw4mMDyyt79yjhHmQg2Joh_z5g8--UqEPaAXh131RlHptLXOwxnvWTfxOGVJLqvhj7yWwrFv-W8N74s/w360-h640/IMG_8271.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I then reinforced the edges and joins with paper tape.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlXEkETYSD0YJU2XZUMH52TmMSCUGh_BnLFJUPxZPH2f6oV2hYP16kd9gMtXAKMgFMQcrkL_oftdRjzpOboYlpCOXY5Amtv5omHKS91O_EEber9H9AcLp7J3J3GbWdpP-id_RlWg_4FYnCp8ClVWprawtNdExNn0Vr5AaUSnH6twoftIeke9UF3o/s5184/IMG_8275.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="2912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYlXEkETYSD0YJU2XZUMH52TmMSCUGh_BnLFJUPxZPH2f6oV2hYP16kd9gMtXAKMgFMQcrkL_oftdRjzpOboYlpCOXY5Amtv5omHKS91O_EEber9H9AcLp7J3J3GbWdpP-id_RlWg_4FYnCp8ClVWprawtNdExNn0Vr5AaUSnH6twoftIeke9UF3o/w360-h640/IMG_8275.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>And undercoated it in black.</div><div><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5d5LtkEPSxPIATsh8ivRoYoql7J3nqJVdRWxci_5zauY9wn2ySQH_U7tUuouBe8V8YPQXgtQf16Gc812ZUt_GKc6BMKMSK1RxBZBgD9BwlfpWqUMffZ2_Tc_OqW4Dx8AM8l7mwXK39A5fp517ZVT3GA-Z_b5IZIeTwzA-tbEf9ukIf_FtN873_rw/s5184/IMG_8279.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5184" data-original-width="2912" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5d5LtkEPSxPIATsh8ivRoYoql7J3nqJVdRWxci_5zauY9wn2ySQH_U7tUuouBe8V8YPQXgtQf16Gc812ZUt_GKc6BMKMSK1RxBZBgD9BwlfpWqUMffZ2_Tc_OqW4Dx8AM8l7mwXK39A5fp517ZVT3GA-Z_b5IZIeTwzA-tbEf9ukIf_FtN873_rw/w360-h640/IMG_8279.JPG" width="360" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>I was going to move onto the porch but I discovered that I've lost a porch post so I will have to order more. I can't deal with shingling just yet, so this will probably be put away for another couple of months until I am more motivated lol.</div>Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-49442258887823815672022-08-05T19:07:00.000+10:002022-08-05T19:07:52.358+10:00The Cozy Cat Complete: Part 2<p> I completed this project in April 2021, after picking it up and letting it slide numerous times! Although I had a few issues with it, overall I was quite happy with the end product.</p><p>I made it for my eldest daughter, who shares my love of books and cats, hence The Cozy Cat!</p><p><br /></p><p>Street number above the door:</p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeaft6W-4o_-ykzaNtBXCrxtxf4qeYNKRTmWuI-ptoTzVYlWttthC_5BqQQkiM2Oxr_KIF81Sq3e_st8nNeCx6_crdCb_lr45HUTPntiW7KW8lYxFyfUyu7b3WgJy74yNUijOslCVIuLJI_tthdx9QUtXy6Gef76rycBq8n8Z6IF3Ev958kIcUGs/s4032/IMG_0164.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKeaft6W-4o_-ykzaNtBXCrxtxf4qeYNKRTmWuI-ptoTzVYlWttthC_5BqQQkiM2Oxr_KIF81Sq3e_st8nNeCx6_crdCb_lr45HUTPntiW7KW8lYxFyfUyu7b3WgJy74yNUijOslCVIuLJI_tthdx9QUtXy6Gef76rycBq8n8Z6IF3Ev958kIcUGs/w640-h480/IMG_0164.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-79686290867031699952022-07-28T17:32:00.000+10:002022-07-28T17:32:58.660+10:00The Cozy Cat Bookstore and Cafe Complete: Part 1<p> I completed the Bookstore around a year ago, but because I am a bad blogger I never got around to posting it here.</p><p>I am pretty happy with the result. It was made for my eldest daughter and she was pretty happy with it too and that's what matters most!</p><p>In this post I will quickly post some photos of the facade, and then the interior, next post. Please excuse the glare on the photos!</p><p><br /></p><p>The exterior of the Bookstore:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga8UP1p6VkhbFHrC4rG9bYfPBjMsInEGsPmHa71jxIoIOYJY41OaV_DdN3lS8-4sUACGFrpzaCkvn1SnjMLStHMackE5lTXacDzBCcECeQcSuJ_N04gZNNlsT1M77A5lQdIxszADRQUNer5y5WHdX3E7b8UyN6zawxncgXxSdAZjoa8TaUGaZEKjA/w640-h480/IMG_0172.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" width="640" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The Bookstore has interior lights:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKVnMn3RI1p-Rb94vLMYz0wKe5skh_SGGJ0KMjfKNPRdMJfzn8r5Mwe9vzlviD4ouo8H4JlUERUY4g0SvXsd3WDKiFWOknZ2BZTF7hvZN3dQYqQfAPMZs_m5gftATM84rPLlU3gkf8UWipXA5iz4xXt30JfFKMEqjFGhJABMl7ndsWArGgNTzn_oU/s4032/IMG_0158.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I'm still unboxing my minis and this project probably requires the least mess-making of my current WIPs, ha ha, an important consideration since I have been booted out of my craft area to make way for my husband who is working from home during the Covid-19 lockdown.<br />
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This project is going to be for my eldest daughter, who shares my love of books. And really, is there anything better than a good book and a hot beverage to drink?<br />
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The scale is 1:12, and this is the façade of a shop room box I bought on eBay. The kit came with stairs at the side and a railing along the rooftop, but it won't fit into her bookshelf for display with those on it, so I am omitting them.<br />
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So far I have painted the façade Hunter Green, and lined the interior of the box with embossed brick paper. I've also constructed some bookshelves and painted them black and stained the timber skirting boards. I'm going for a contemporary renovation of an old building kind of look?<br />
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Wish me luck!Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-43771196422973840292020-04-09T15:35:00.001+10:002020-04-23T17:06:22.036+10:00Bates House CompleteWell, it may have taken 18 months, but I am finally finished (for now) with the Bates House. It was constructed from a laser-cut kit I bought on Etsy and I'm not sure of the scale - I think around 1:32 or 1:35?<br />
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Anyway, whilst it was easy to assemble, painting and weathering is not my strong suit, and as a result this project had a LOT of stops and starts because I just wasn't happy with how it was coming along!<br />
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It all comes with practice though and this is only my second time weathering and landscaping like this so I have cut myself a break and called it done! It is very overcast and my photos are dull, for which I apologise, but I am keen to get it off my work desk and onto display, lol!<br />
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I started with a black roof and then changed it to a red one, as I had seen in many photos of the house from the movie <i>Psycho</i>, however I wish I had left it black in the end? If I was to start again, I would do the whole thing in shades of grey - including the landscaping - to reflect how I remember it from the original black and white movie. I think that would have looked cool.<br />
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<br />Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-89227127340632940932018-09-27T15:18:00.001+10:002018-09-27T15:18:44.537+10:00New Project: Bates HouseTo celebrate Halloween this year, I am putting together a model house kit I was gifted for my birthday - the Bates House from the movie Psycho. It's a pretty famous house, lol, so I hope I can do it justice!<br />
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I'm not sure of the exact scale but it's roughly somewhere between 1:24 and 1:48, so I'm calling it 1:32 scale for the moment. As it is a model, not a dollhouse, it doen't have access to the inside so to-scale furniture is not an issue :-)<br />
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This is what it is supposed to look like when put together in the raw state, although I will probably pre-paint many of my pieces before assembly.<br />
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The kit also includes frames for the windows. Painting and decorating is NOT my forte, so I hope my painting and landscaping can do the house justice!Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-6610679393191075182018-09-22T16:48:00.000+10:002018-09-22T16:48:14.474+10:00The Mod Pod Build: FinishedAfter finishing off The Dressmaker's Cottage for my middle daughter, it was time to go back and finish off The Mod Pod for my youngest daughter! The inspiration for the Mod Pod was the modern shipping containers converted into compact holiday homes which have appeared near beaches and lakes around the world recently. You'll have to imagine that this Pod has a second Pod nearby containing the bathroom and laundry, ha ha, because this one only has a bedroom, kitchen and lounge!<br />
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I abandoned this build after I did a terrible job on putting together the under-bench stainless steel sink from an ELF kit. It was first attempt at something like this but I was really dismayed at how it turned out - warped and with glue on the aluminium sheet :( I didn't trust myself to finish off the kitchen then, so I started on another project.<br />
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Coming back to it now, I felt a little more confident - and a little less perfectionist about it, LOL. The ELF kitchen was straight forward to assemble which was great. I decided that you can't really see the sink anyway, so I left it as is and chalked it up to experience ;-)<br />
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After the kitchen, there wasn't much left to do except make a headboard and dress the bed, and attach the "concrete" ledge for the electric fireplace in the lounge. Oh, and I ordered some 3D printed door handles from Marion Rissek's Shapeways store, for the sliding doors at the front! It all came together pretty quickly after that.<br />
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It's very hard to take pictures of the front doors as the plastic reflects everything terribly! I rook the doors off for a better view of the inside, but my pics of the whole Pod are not very good because of the reflections. Oh well!<br />
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This is the empty Pod before adding the interior. The "glass" doors slide on each end towards the middle. <br />
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The boho pillow, plant, Buddha, hanging lights, mirror, cross, surfboard and cane basket came from MiniHomeCoAu on Etsy. The sign is from My Miniature Emporium ( also Etsy).<br />
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I made the bed, headboard and bedding.<br />
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<u>The kitchen</u>.<br />
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The doll (Chad), is a Heidi Ott doll, dressed in clothes and shoes from Lena Kristapchuk on Etsy. The kitchen kit is ELF Miniatures, the coffee machine is also ELF, the knife block is Miniature Co, the bowl of yoghurt and fruit is Petite Boulangerie Au and the stools are My Miniature Emporium.<br />
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<u>The lounge room</u>.<br />
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This is the kitchen and lounge together, for a better perspective.<br />
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With the lights on!<br />
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And the kitchen and bedroom together.<br />
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There are LOTS of things I would do differently if I were to do it again, but as my very first from-scratch build, it didn't turn out too badly! :-)Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-39035669834208074552018-08-28T15:15:00.004+10:002018-08-28T15:15:42.100+10:00The Dressmaker's Cottage Finished: Part 2Here is Part 2 of the Dressmaker's Cottage, the downstairs rooms!<br />
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On the left is the kitchen, with a blue Aga stove and porcelain sink.<br />
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My daughter loves baking, so I had to include an apron (from Mondina Dollhouse) and a baking scene on the table :-) <br />
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The gorgeous cannisters on the shelf are from A Lavender Dilly, and the
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Looking across to the sewing room from the kitchen.<br />
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The sewing table. The pattern and cute little buttons card are from Mini Fanaberia.<br />
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The bolts of fabric and the sewing book are also from Mini Fanaberia.<br />
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Mini sewing patterns, also Mini Fanaberia. She had a sale on her mini sewing items and I couldn't resist!<br />
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Lastly, the sitting room. The side table contains another sewing book, a pair of scissors and a packet of licorice allsorts, my daughter's favourite sweets :-D<br />
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The Aubusson rug and pillow are from Mondina Dollhouse. So pretty, the photos don't do them justice.<br />
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The blinds and curtains are from MiniMaisonMiniatures.<br />
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Thanks for having a look around!Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-19975196897302752642018-08-27T15:10:00.002+10:002018-08-27T15:10:17.336+10:00The Dressmaker's Cottage Finished: Part 1<br />
I don't think any project is ever 100% finished but I am happy to hand over this one at this point to my daughter!<br />
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Let's start with the outside! This was what it looked like once I had finished the exterior (see the rests of the exterior <a href="http://minni-mum.blogspot.com/2017/10/the-dressmakers-cottage-exterior.html" target="_blank">here</a>). I had done basic landscaping.<br />
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I had paved a path and added a fence and some vines and grass.<br />
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Once I had stopped fiddling with the interior, I could add the rest of the landscaping without fear of losing it every time I moved the house, lol (although they are all attached with museum wax!).<br />
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The daughter loves her bike, so of course the garden had to have one. The I added flowers and plants, chair, hat and garden tools, amongst other things. I love the leaves, although I didn't make them, they came in a set with the rake.<br />
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The hydrangea and strawberry are from LoveratsMiniMishmash on Etsy, and the parsley pot is from PinkabellaMinis on Etsy.<br />
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Just the downstairs:<br />
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The upstairs consists of the bedroom and bathroom.<br />
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Here is the Dressmaker's bedroom! The dressmaker herself is a Heidi Ott doll, in a gorgeous dress and shoes from Into the Blue Couture on Etsy.<br />
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The hat is from Mondina Dollhouse on Etsy.<br />
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The fur rug, skates and basket are from Minimum World. My daughter has ice skating lessons each week :-)<br />
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The bedspread is from Beautifully Handmade on eBay. The pillow, tray and rug are from Mondina Dollhouse, and the tea cup with lemon slice from A Lavender Dilly (Etsy).<br />
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Her dress has lovely details and does up with teeny tiny buttons in the back!<br />
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I'll continue with the downstairs rooms in another post :-)Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-3341246929491490372018-08-23T12:41:00.001+10:002018-08-24T15:34:06.651+10:00The Dressmaker's Cottage: the last additions!The very last things I needed to do to the Dressmaker's Cottage before decorating were to finish all the curtains, painting the furniture, and installing the lights.<br />
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I was stalling on the curtains for weeks as I didn't have anything suitable in my stash. Eventually, I buckled down and found a piece of pink lace from an old slip, and ordered two more blinds from Etsy.<br />
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Bedroom dormer window, three layers of lace glued to a small piece of card:<br />
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Bedroom window blind (Mini Maison Miniatures):<br />
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Once the blinds were done I moved on to finishing up the furniture. The bed and wardrobe were both bare wood, so I painted them with an undercoat of pink, followed by crackle glaze and a white top coat.<br />
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The hat stand, ironing board, pie crust side table and bookshelf were mahogany but they needed the shabby treatment, so they got an undercoat of grey and then a top coat of white, before they were lightly distressed with sandpaper.<br />
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I decided to add pretty paper to the inside and outside of the wardrobe, and I replaced the handles with crystal knobs.<br />
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Ta da! Everything in the house! I'll do a pictorial review tomorrow to look at everything properly. <br />
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<br />Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-31963375332411433742018-06-21T16:06:00.000+10:002018-06-24T17:00:50.984+10:00Hufflepuff Roombox FinishedYay, the Hufflepuff Roombox is finished! I'm pretty pleased with how it all came together and it was a good learning experience for making a lot of the pieces.<br />
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The kit comes with pieces of perspex to make a dust cover which is great, as dusting these tiny pieces would be annoying, lol.<br />
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I printed the fabric for the bed cover, chair cushions, bed cushions, rug and curtains on special paper-backed fabric designed for ink jet printers. The curtain tie backs and tassels are made from gold thread, and the bed throw is a tiny piece of fabric.<br />
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I made the candles from Sculpey, my first ever attempt. I also made the green ear muffs (for using when repotting mandrakes!) from Sculpey and wire. The envelopes are printies, as is the quill, the Weasley Wizards candy box and the Mandrake poster. The ink pot is a bead, and I bought the 1:24 scale crystal ball online.<br />
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When I glued the pieces of the desk hutch together, I must have bumped it before it dried completely, as it is slightly wonky. So I did what all good students do when they have a wobbly desk - I stuck a copy of The Quibbler under the leg!! Worked perfectly :D<br />
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The potion bottles are made from plastic beads and I made the text books and scrolls from printies.<br />
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Just for my own future reference, the books I made for the bookshelf include Hogwarts: A History, Advanced Potion Making, Ancient Runes Made Easy, Unfogging the Future, The Hairy Heart, When Muggles Attack, Defence Against the Dark Arts, A History of Magic, Easy Spells to Fool Muggles, Which Owl?, Owl Breeds, Gilderoy Lockhart's Magical Me, Winogrand's Wondrous Water Plants and - of course! - Newt Scammander's Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.<br />
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The recipe sheet on the desk is too small to read, but it is for Polyjuice Potion. The mortar and pestle and wand I bought online. The basket on the shelf to the left contains Dragon Eggs!<br />
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I also made the potted plant - my version of Neville Longbottom's
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I made the plant from pieces in the kit - it is supposed to look like the flowers have eyes, lol.<br />
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The little suitcase under the desk is a printie.<br />
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All in all, it was pretty fun!!Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-72246480047270646222018-06-16T15:42:00.000+10:002018-06-20T16:17:10.763+10:00Hufflepuff Roombox: A pause in proceedings, a project for me!So it was my birthday last week and I decided that since it was a wet and gloomy week, I should take a quick-and-dirty detour from working on the Dressmaker's Cottage and make something for me!<br />
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Some time ago I stumbled across <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbzSOgB6eEA" target="_blank">this video</a> on Youtube by The Hollycopter and being a Hufflepuff - as are two of my 3 daughters - I fell in love with it and bought the same roombox kit on eBay! I believe it is from Cuteroom, and called "The Heart of the Ocean".<br />
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This is the picture on the box, and yes, the instructions are all in Japanese (?), but there are pictures :-) <br />
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This is the beginning; the floor and wall covered...The holes are for the music box and the light.</div>
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Constructing the bed and linen... I found the fabric via the link in the video and printed it out on the printer fabric The Hollycopter recommended. I cropped the fabric sample to make the cushions, rug and curtains.<br />
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Here's the obligatory owl! She is from Alpha Stamps, and I bought the cage on eBay. I'm not sure if I like the white cage it not, I might paint it.<br />
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The room is starting to come together.<br />
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Better! I painted the furniture and window frames with Jo Sonja wood stain gel in Jacobean Oak and lightly sanded them lightly to add texture. Then I dabbed the sanded areas with Tim Holtz Distress Paint in Walnut Stain.<br />
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As I mentioned before, I printed out the curtains on printer fabric using my inkjet printer. I pinned the folds and set it with hairspray - forgetting that I had not set the ink on the fabric and it ran everywhere when the fabric got wet!! Fortunately, it just faded it a little, which adds to the effect I was going for ;-) Phew!</div>
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A little suitcase made from a printie I found on Pinterest.<br />
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A quill made from paper, the ink pot is a bead and the envelopes are printies.<br />
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Newspapers and potion bottles made from beads.<br />
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The curtains in place, hung on stained toothpick "rods", with ties and tassels made from thread.<br />
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A Madrake poster and the light fitting made from beads and wire. No matter what I do I can't make the LED light bulb work - I am pretty sure the battery pack that came with the kit is broken as I tried it with two sets of new batteries and on two spare LEDs and couldn't make any of them work. So sad :( New battery packs are inexpensive, I will just have to wait until my next mini order.<br />
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I played with Sculpey for the first time and made a couple of tiny candles, and this Harry Potter plant! It is supposed to be my take on Neville's Mimbulus mimbultonia plant :-)<br />
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I think nearly everything is done now, except for making a blanket for the bed (because comfy), then it is getting the time to put it all together!Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-58160409387112964952018-05-09T13:52:00.000+10:002018-05-09T13:59:24.307+10:00The Dressmaker's Cottage: Bathroom ProgressI've been playing with the bathroom for the last couple of days. I started by making a faux roman blind for the dormer window. I cut a section of fabric with lace trim to fit the window from an old handkerchief, and glued a short piece of white-painted trim (skinny sticks) either side of the top. I added a couple of folds, which I glued in place, and then glued the blind to the top of the dormer.<br />
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Next, I used most of the remainder of the hankie to make a shower curtain. I folded the top down and threaded 4mm jump rings (in antique bronze) through the lace to act as curtain rings.<br />
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The heaviest gauge wire I had in my stash was only 20 but I used it anyway! I cut a length to fit and painted it with tarnished brass distressing paint. Then I threaded the curtain onto the rod, and glued a jewellery spacer on either end.<br />
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Using pins, I pleated the curtain roughly and sprayed it heavily with hair spray and left it to dry overnight.<br />
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Here is the dormer blind and shower curtain in place - please excuse the dark photos as it is over cast today :(<br />
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Of course then I had to check how the curtain looked with the bath tub! The bath tub as is, is pretty boring and uninspiring:<br />
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I used the tarnished brass paint again on the taps, and the legs but the outside was bothering me. <br />
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I only have acrylic paints on hand, which obviously won't adhere to the porcelain so I was stumped for a while, until I remembered that I have a porcelain pen in my stash. It needs to be baked on to ensure a permanent finish - which I didn't want to do for fear of ruining it! - but I think it will be OK as long as it isn't handled too much. I was pretty happy with the shabby, mottled look of one rough coat with the pen.<br />
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I felt it needed a bit more aging though, so I went over the dry ink first with a Walnut Stain distressing paint dabber, and then a Weathered Oak (grey) paint dabber. Not too bad?<br />
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I also added a bit of staining to the drain ;-)<br />
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And here it is <i>in situ</i>.<br />
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I think it is coming along OK, considering that Shabby Chic is NOT my thing at all, lol!!<br />
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This is the bathroom with the sink and toilet from the set the tub came from added in.<br />
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I'm not happy with the boring toilet as it is, but I am not sure what to do with it to help it tie in with the bath tub? I was originally thinking of painting the seat pale pink but perhaps that would clash with the black tub? Although it would probably clash less than the timber seat does now! <br />
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I will also age the sink taps with tarnished brass to match the bath taps, and possibly mount a shelf above the bath for storing toiletries. I also need to hang the mirror above the sink. Then, once the stair railing is complete, the bath room will be ready for accessories :-)<br />
<br />Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-75112895175983423132018-05-08T11:30:00.000+10:002018-05-08T11:30:24.008+10:00The Dressmaker's Cottage: Fixing and FutzingI found the glue gun back this morning and went to work fixing the awning, fence and greenery which was knocked off when the house took a tumble (the shelf it was sitting on collapsed!), so it's nice to have that back on before it all got lost - or eaten by the cat!<br />
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While I was at it, I added a house number from a set by Tim Holtz. Cute :-)<br />
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Then I glued in the blinds and curtains I ordered from a local seller on Etsy. I am really pleased with how they turned out, they suit the parlour nicely! I will try and make the other blinds myself with bits of lace.<br />
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I have no idea where to even start with the other blinds but I guess I will learn, lol. I have the two small dormer windows in the bedroom and bathroom and then the larger bedroom window and the kitchen window. I don't have any lace wide enough to use in one piece in my stash which is a shame, so I might see if my Mum has any scraps she could share :-)Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-20421925008748483132018-05-07T11:10:00.000+10:002018-05-08T11:14:33.735+10:00The Dressmaker's Cottage: Interior Trim FinishedI pottered away this week finishing off the interior trim. I had to paint some more skinny sticks and trim, and then finished off the cornices, skirting and other bits of trim.<br />
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In between, I worked on the fireplace, as that had to be installed before I could finish the trim on that wall.<br />
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I added a small piece of leftover textured brick paper to the rear of the mantel, and painted it. I made a hearth out of a scrap piece of balsa wood and painted it too, then added a little highlighting to the mantel with a Tim Holtz dabber in Weathered Oak. It's not great, but you can't see too much of it as it is side-on to the rear opening.<br />
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It's nice to have the French doors glued in so that the cat will stop knocking them out, lol. I aged the handles with some Tim Holtz distress ink in Tarnished Brass and used beads (also aged with the ink) as handles on the inside.<br />
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Next up is to complete the railing for the staircase return in the bathroom, but I soon discovered that I don't have any spindles in 1:12 scale (heaps in 1:24 scale lol) so I have had to order some and will wait for them to arrive.<br />
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In the mean time, I will work on the curtains and blinds. I ordered a couple of pre-made blinds and a set of curtains on Etsy from a local mini-maker, which are really cute! They will go in the bump-out. This was originally going to be the sewing room, but now I think I will swap the sewing room with the lounge area so that you can see all the cute sewing miniatures more easily. It would be a shame to have everything tucked away where you can't have a good look at it all :-)<br />
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So, for now I am scrounging through my fabric box to see if I have anything suitable for blinds for the two dormer windows, and curtains for the bedroom and kitchen windows.Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-45105541717732954152018-04-30T18:23:00.003+10:002018-04-30T18:23:54.955+10:00The Dressmaker's Cottage: Interior BeginningsWell, my mini-making became stalled for several months after my daughter #1 was given a kitten for her birthday... and that kitten is Very Naughty! I learnt very quickly that tiny miniatures, glue and paint are irresistible to energetic kittens who haven't been taught not to jump up on tables so my gear has been packed up until now.<br />
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Now, daughter #2, the owner of The Dressmaker's Cottage, has asked that I finally finish off the interior, <i>please</i>!<br />
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This is how it is at the moment. There are some repairs required after the house had a tumble off shelf (!) and then next is to finish off the remaining trimming - door & window frames, cornices & skirting boards and the stair posts.<br />
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After that, the curtains and blinds and the fireplace... and then the furniture! I have lots of bare wood pieces which need painting and decorating before they go into the house too.<br />
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Decorating is NOT my forte, so I'll see how I go, lol.Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-33915821203805658812017-10-31T08:33:00.000+11:002017-12-17T14:08:09.916+11:00Halloween 2017: The Mini Mausolem dioramaHappy Halloween peeps!<br />
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It was actually sunny today, but that made it almost as difficult to take nice photos of the diorama without it fading out the colours. Oh well, one day I will learn how to use my camera properly (and/or how to use Photoshop ;-) )<br />
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<br />Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-23395323338584148012017-10-30T15:41:00.000+11:002017-12-16T16:45:12.215+11:00The Mini Mausoleum: Part 4Landscaping time!<br />
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Sorry about the terrible lighting in the photos, it was so dark and overcast today, it was difficult to get any decent photos at all.<br />
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Anyway, I knew I wanted to add some greenery to the Mausoleum, so I used Super-Tac glue and medium green flocking to add some creepers, and light green flocking for moss along the roof and some of the tiles.<br />
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I added small tufts of "dead grass" made from twine around the walls of the Mausoleum and the headstones. To make them, I used a tip I picked up on Pinterest - unravel the end of a piece of twine and then cut short lengths off it. Pick them up individually using tweezers and glue them on end, onto the board (I used using Super-Tac glue). <br />
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A close up of the headstones before landscaping. They are from Lemax Spooky Town.<br />
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First I used medium green scatter across the board, followed by "dead grass", again made from twine by unraveling the end of a very fine twine and snipping small pieces off, all over the top of the board. I then added small plants and shrubs using coloured craft moss (which I bought in various in packets from Spotlight).<br />
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At this point I decided that there was too much green!! I thought about for a day or so, but still couldn't stand it, so I painstakingly picked most of it off until I thought it looked better, and then added lots of "dirt", i.e. dark brown scatter, and "gravel" scatter. When I was happy, I set the landscaping scatter with "wet glue" - watered down white glue with a few drops of dishwashing detergent added to it - and let it dry outside.<br />
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When dry I decided it needed some sort or fencing to finish it of, so I added a crooked fence made from toothpicks painted black. I help keep them semi-upright, I made a "dead hedge" base from more craft moss. <br />
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Now, it is 99% finished I think?! Is any work actually ever properly finished, lol? Tomorrow is Halloween however, so if I decide to do anything more, it might have to wait for a "refurbish" next Halloween :-)Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-928559717864504812017-10-26T14:32:00.000+11:002017-12-16T16:03:35.056+11:00The Mini Mausoleum: Part 3Now it's time for the windows and turrets! Yes, I did decide to add the turrets :-)<br />
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The window frames were painted black first, and then glued in place on the exterior. I'm loving the Gothic effect, which is what drew me to the kit in the first place.<br />
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I painted the turrets with texture paste and paint, to match the rest of the Mausoleum, and affixed them to the roof corners. It needed a little something else, so I added spikes made from the tips of toothpicks, painted black. I tried using tacky glue to affix them to begin with, but they kept falling over, so I ended up using tiny dabs of Tacky Wax. Works great!<br />
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The turrets needed a little something too, but all I could find in my stash that would fit was this little skull. Looking better :-) I think it might have come from a Spooky Town kit too.<br />
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As you can see from the last pic, it was now time to move onto landscaping the diorama :-) I started by painting the board (which is a plain craftboard placemat from the craft section of Bunnings) a dark brown. Leaving spaces for the headstones, tree, the path and the Mausoleum, I covered the rest with pumpkin-orange thin acrylic felt which I pulled from my stash. Although it's not it's Autumn here in Australia at this time of year, I wanted to go with a dead-foliage and grass look.<br />
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I then made the pathway from pieces of egg carton, cut into rectangles, painted grey and then highlighted with off-white acrylic paint - similar to the exterior of the Mausoleum - to simulate stone pavers. <br />
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With the Lemax Spooky Town headstones, tree and the Mausoleum in place, the Halloween diorama is starting to take shape!<br />
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I added a dead vine to the exterior, using a dead root from a weed (which I had purposely set aside to dry the last time I did the weeding in the garden :-), which I attached using Tacky Wax. I started using hot glue but it left really obvious blobs of glue.<br />
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Next up, the rest of the landscaping!Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-67405144791946329422017-10-22T19:24:00.000+11:002017-12-16T15:32:55.327+11:00The Mini Mausoleum: Part 2After the texture paste dried on the exterior of the mausoleum, it was time to paint it! I still haven't glued the roof pieces on, so I can get access to the inside.<br />
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I used a combination of my model paints on the exterior, starting with the darkest greys and working up to a dry-brushed coat of off-white.<br />
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Here you can see it before the final highlighting. From memory, the paints I used were mainly Vallejo Gunmetal Grey, Cold Grey and Coldmetal Grey, with Bone White as the highlighter.<br />
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To the roof tiles, I added highlighting with Bone White and Sap Green, to mimic moss. I also ended up adding raw earth and sap green to the bottoms of the walls to mimic dirt and moss, although it hard to see in the photos. <br />
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After painting, I decided to add some stone-effect paper to the flooring and walls of the interior. I was going to try stenciling with paperclay, but eventually decided that with the doors on, you wouldn't be able to see it clearly enough to make the effort worthwhile :-) <br />
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I really love the wood cross. It is 1:12 scale, but looks good as an oversize wall piece in the 1:48 scale Mausoleum. It was from <a href="http://www.ryansrealm.com.au/Online_Store.html#!/Wooden-Cross/p/23018803" target="_blank">Ryan's Realm</a>.<br />
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For a bit of fun, I added a tiny rubber snake from a Lemax Spooky Town collection, and a cross from a model train scale box of figures I had bought for my terrarium.<br />
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Next up, it was time for the front doors. I used the piece of board which had I popped out from the doorway on the front wall of the kit. I cut it in half, scored lines to indicate boards, and painted and weathered it. The paint was predominantly Jo Sonja Raw Earth, with a bit of Sap Green at the bottom.<br />
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I used a black acrylic wash over the paint, and when it was dry I added door handles. I used two jump rings from my stash of jewellery findings, and attached them using thin strips of cardboard folded in half and glued to the door. When the glue dried, I gently dabbed on Tim Holtz distressing ink in Tarnished Brass.<br />
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The doors in place, below. It's been hard to get good photos with all the overcast days we've been having :(<br />
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And here's a pic with the front two turrets in place. I can't decide if I want the turrets or not, which is why I haven't painted them yet?<br />
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<br />Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-10861418639478871272017-10-20T19:19:00.000+11:002018-05-09T14:23:28.010+10:00The Mini Mausoleum: Part 1I bought this fabulous little quarter scale laser cut mausoleum from Alpha Stamps, which is my Halloween project this year! Here it is in it's raw state, straight out of the bag.<br />
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Gluing it together with tacky glue was very quick, and here it is after an undercoat of acrylic paint in grey. I left the roof off to aid in accessing the interior, and had a bit of a play around with some Lemax Spooky Hollow tombstones I bought a few years ago. The base is a chipboard placemat from Bunnings.<br />
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I decided to add some shingles to the roof panels, so I made some diamond-shaped strips from cardboard, glued them on and painted them black as an undercoat.<br />
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After that, I decided that the exterior needed some stonework. I was originally planning to use cardboard egg cartons to make stones, but in the end I coated the mausoleum with Jo Sonja Texture Paste and roughed it up with an old bristle brush, then dragged in some rough lines with the end of the brush and left it to dry.<br />
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Looking good I think!Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-23565990484047944282017-10-09T14:49:00.000+11:002018-04-30T13:51:02.871+10:00The Dressmaker's Cottage: Exterior FinishedSo the exterior is finally finished and now I can move onto the interior decoration! <br />
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These photos aren't the greatest as the lighting wasn't playing nicely with me, but they give you a pretty good overview of how the Cottage is coming along :-)<br />
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<br />Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-25917408159840853212017-10-07T14:48:00.000+11:002017-12-21T18:54:53.954+11:00The Dressmaker's Cottage: Exterior Trim, Painting & LandscapingGah, the cottage is getting so close to completion! All very exciting, but of course I will still have all of the inside to do, lol :-)<br />
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I have added a little timber capping to the chimney and have started on the trim under the eaves. The chimney needs some more paint work at this stage, it's all too creamy, lol.<br />
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The chimney is looking a little better now, so I've begun painting the cladding in Antique White, with a light sanding in between to make it look a little more weathered and shabby.<br />
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Now it's time for the front pathway in the courtyard. I decided to do "crazy paving", made from egg cartons torn into rough shapes. I painted the pathway with grey paint first and then glued the egg cartons "stones" onto the path like putting together a puzzle.<br />
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When the glue was dry, I started painting the stonework in dark greys and browns.<br />
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Like the chimney stones, I sealed the "stones" with ModPodge, and then (when dry), I will grout the stones.<br />
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For a bit of detail on the sewing room gable, I made a little vent out of balsa offcuts and cardboard. I made the inside piece out of a rectangle of cardboard cut to size, with regular slits cut almost to the edges. I then inserted the tip of a scalpel into the bottom of each slit and eased it up to look like the vent edges.<br />
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Oh my gosh, the number of times I repainted this front door is embarrassing!! I knew I wanted a weathered, shabby chic look which is quite easy to achieve with sanding and rough painting... but I could NOT decide on a final colour! Lucky for me, each layer of paint colour just adds to the patina, LOL. I think I have finally settled on this pretty grey-blue. I will paint the door handles to age them too, so they won't be so shiny and new-looking ;-)<br />
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Here, the doors are in place, and the grout has dried on the crazy paving. I've cut faux grass inserts from a roll of <a href="https://www.spotlightstores.com/craft-hobbies/other-crafts/floristry/artificial-flowers/moss-runner/p/BP80401531" target="_blank">artificial moss</a> from Spotlight, and the pre-made picket fence is from eBay. The moss was a little thick, so I peeled the black foam backing off it, before gluing it to the foam board base.<br />
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The awning over the front door is glued in place with hot glue. I went through a couple of different covers and colours for the awning before deciding on this paper, which I ModPodged to seal. I trimmed the edges with pinking shears.<br />
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At this point you can see that I've also painted the roof shingles - I forgot to take a photo! There was a lot of fluffing about with colour washes and I've made a lot of mistakes, but I'm running out of time to do much more so it will have to stay as it is for now :-)<br />
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Now I've taken a piece of fern garland I bought from Alpha Stamps (they don't appear to sell it any more, which I am really bummed about) and hot glued it across the awning. I also had some shrubs I bought from Minimum World which I added to the grass. I think it's starting to look good!<br />
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Here you can see I have glued the timber framing to the base and have puttied the joins on the corners. It just needs some paint - although I am yet to decide on a colour, lol. I have added some scenic scatter around the edges of the grass (and in spots across the roof tiles) to resemble moss.<br />
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As a little treat, on the corner of the awning I added a tiny birds nest with eggs, which I found in an Etsy shop :-)<br />
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Caroline uses a wonderful-looking (and cheap!) faux greenery garland as her vines, but despite extensive searching, I couldn't find anything similar here in Australia. I made the vine on this side of the cottage from a branch trimmed from <a href="https://www.spotlightstores.com/craft-hobbies/other-crafts/floristry/artificial-flowers/mini-leaf-80-cm-hanging-bush/p/BP80367596" target="_blank">this garland</a> from Spotlight, which I bought on sale.<br />
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You can also see below, that I finally decided on a French grey-blue paint for the timber base trim :-)<br />
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Oh my gosh, just a few final touches, and the outside is almost done!!Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3036817099443466492.post-27101398945236900932017-09-30T14:47:00.000+10:002017-12-21T18:04:18.245+11:00The Dressmaker's Cottage: The Sewing Room Roof & Front AwningTime for the sewing room bump-out roof.<br />
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Caroline lined her roof with popsicle sticks, so I did the same using the balsa wood ECObalsa Basics Sticks from Spotlight (the same sticks I used for the floors).<br />
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Once finished, I sanded it lightly, checked the fit, and white-washed it with diluted Titanium White acrylic paint.<br />
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I finished the inside front wall of the sewing room with stippled on Jo Sonja Texture Paste (the same as the exterior sides of the dormer windows) to mimic plaster.<br />
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Looking good so far:-)<br />
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Like the roof of the dormer windows, I made the faux metal sheeting for the roof from cereal box cardboard overlaid with thin strips to mimic the joints.<br />
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Another strip of cardboard was used for the roof capping.<br />
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Here you can also see that I have started to make the timber skirting for the base. I found a 2.4m piece of moulding at Bunnings which is 27mm wide, to match the depth of the foam base (which is approximately one inch). I am mitering the corners, and will putty them and then paint it to match the cottage.<br />
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At this point I wanted to see where the awning over the front door would go, to make sure it wouldn't impact on the roof, so I cut a piece of board to size and mocked up a couple of brackets.<br />
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I think that's going to look good, so I don't need to worry about it until I finish the roof now :-)<br />
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I will paint the roof the same way as I did the roof on the two dormer windows. Here is the sewing room roof, waiting for the first (under)coat of grey paint to dry.<br />
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When it's dry, I will highlight it with silver and off-white (Semco Antique White) acrylic paints.Minni Mumhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05380570737780717931noreply@blogger.com0