Finally something done...

Hello guys and dolls

Another long time since you last heard from me. But I have been very busy. No...no miniatures but my own house needed some tlc. Bought new doors wich still need some paint. Cleaned up the addic and a bedroom. Place a new floor, wallpaper and painted a cabinet wich I had bought on the internet.

So you see....I had no desire to make miniatures. But I made some anyway. Meet Ms.Amalia Hornblower. She is Mr. Peter Pendleton's housekeeper. She's going to keep the house nice and tidy and prepares meals for Mr. Pendleton and his guests.

Further I made some friends for little Bear. His house is never crowded enough. (still need to finish the garden) It's a little shy ducky and a ladyrabbit.

With love

Sjoukje



Another little bear

This morning I went to Klara. We've been very busy with some little critters. Klara finished her rabbit and I finished my bear that I started to make a really long time a go but never was finished.

I don't like it that much but it is my first little bear so I will cherish it. :-)

Well....at least he is looking cute into the camera. lol

I also been to a fleamarket and bought these two. A lovely couple. She was wearing something awfull and I knew I had knitted a sweater a while a go.....it fits her like a glove.

With love

Sjoukje



Tulips from.....Amsterdam???

No....these tulips are from IJsselmuiden. And they are standing in Little Bear's garden.

The buddleja is also finished.

You see the lego....Klara told me to put a 1:1 item in the scene to compare scale

 The green you see will be the lawn and the rest will be stones.

This is how I made the tulips. They are 1.8cm high.

The buddleja in progress.  This wasn't the most efficient way.

Next time I will first put the leaves on and then make a bunch of it. :-)

With love

Sjoukje

Lythrum salicaria and waterlilies

The water of the pond is nice and clear but had become quite collapsed so I have put a new layer of "water" on it to fill it some more. I also made waterlillies and a few Lythrum salicaria.

The pond is almost ready.

I also try to make a buddleja.

What do you think....is it going to look like one or should I give up.

(click to enlarge)

With love

Sjoukje

Little Bear´s garden in progress

Have I been busy today. The fence has it´s pergola, a clematis is climbing up the trellis, the square meter garden it´s veggie´s. There is also "water" en some green in the pond. But there is still a lot to do. 

Want to make a little lawn and a path of stepstones.

Also want to make a laburnum and an ivy for the fence and a lot of other plant for the garden.

The waterlily will be placed after the water´s dried up.

With love

Sjoukje

Fence for Little Bear

This weekend I made a fence and a "square meter garden". It´s a wooden fence in wich you can sow the seeds.

Above the fence there will be a pergola.

With love

Sjoukje

Planter with trellis 1:24

For a long time I wanted to make this for little Bear´s garden.

It´s made from small stripes of wood.

I want to fill it with a clematis



With love

Sjoukje

Fabergé 2

And here is number 2.

With love

Sjoukje



Fabergé...

A Dutch blog challenged us

to make a Fabergé-egg or some ornamental egg.

Well....this is mine. It´s 1 cm in height.

It´s made from a fimo-egg with nailpolish and little ornaments uses for necklaces and earrings etc.

With love

Sjoukje

Handbag

Last thursday I made a handbag but I wasn´t completely satisfied. It was a horrible bag and I thougth that there had to be another way to make it. (I also wanted it to open).



Isn´t it a horrorbag??

This is the new one. It´s the same leather but then the inside out.

Pictures don´t do justice this time.

Little Bear wanted to see the bag too.

"Look.....I fit right in!!"

With love

Sjoukje

Let me introduce you to......

....Mr. Peter Pendleton.

Don´t be shy.....

"But......I´m not wearing any clothes"

That´s oke Mr. Pendlton.....In Holland it is normal for mice to wear nothing but their furr.

"I´ll show myself if you make me some trousers".

Oke...we have a deal!!!

With love

Sjoukje

Hello again

Hello again.

It´s been a long time since the last time I wrote but I couldn´t find the motivation to do something because of some disorder in my family.

But.....I have been busy with a house a cousin gave to me. It´s not the house that I would have so I will give it away to my neighbours daughters after I´ve restored it a little bit.

This was the house when I got it, it had no windows at that time. 

With new paint on the outside it looks like this.

Added some wallpaper.

 And this is the house now. You can click on the foto to enlarge.

 Last saterday I have been to a craftfair with Klara. I bought quiltstuff.

Fabric, neeldes and paperhexacons. Now it must turn into a quilt. :-)

With love                

            Sjoukje



Dollshousefair and more

Klara and I went to the dollshousefair at Urk today. We had a lot of fun.....ofcourse. It was very busy. But before we went to Urk she gave me a little box and when I opend it......I saw 2 lovely little dragons in my favorite colours.

Aren´t they the cutest dragons in the world??

They will live in my 1:48 Dragonhouse. Thank you Klara....they are so cute!!!

These are my buyings. I bought a travelingcasekit and a little gardenboxkit wich will protect de flowers against the sun. (Sylvia´s Lutjeboudel) Sylvia gave me a kit for making an toy airplain.

I also bought 2 dimlights from Nalladris, hinges and my quest......a lock.

I thought it looked a bit hartshaped but I decided to buy it anyway.

Later in the day I went to a local store where they sell all kinds of stuff. The Action.

I can´t do without this store. And look what I found there.....in a little case with beads.

I´m going to drill a hole in it and make it very rusty. This is the lock that I needed!!

Now I only need two or three tramps then the sewerscene is finished. ( But these guys are hard to find)

With love             

             Sjoukje 

Fence update

I wasn´t totally satisfied with the fence. So I had some sleep on it and decided it had to be changed.

So today I did a lot of carving, sanding, cutting and slashing. Did a bit of staining.....and this is the result. 

You see that I cut the fence in two. I wanted to use a chain and lock to keep it closed.

Lisette gave me that idea.

Saterday I will go to the dollshousefair and I hope to score a chain and lock. Very rusty ones.

With love              

               Sjoukje

 

Coathanger for little Bear.

Little Bear decided that he needed a coathanger. I asked him why? His aswer....It looks good on the wall in my house. He already wanted to start with sawing the wood. I didn´t think that it was a good idea if he

 would use my sawmachine...

                                                  ....so I gave him the saw he got from Jollie.

No little Bear.....we don´t need that much wood....

It´s finished. You see Little Bear´s happy face?!

I also made a new fence for the sewerscene.

This is the old one.....

....and this is the new one. I´m not finished yet. It needs to be painted and molested a little and I have to plant the ivy again. ;-)

Wich one do you prefer??

With love               

             Sjoukje

Abducted by the decemberspirit.

Oh my....my last post was a long time ago.....I blame the decemberspirit who abducted me.

To busy to blog. But the new year has begun and slowly everything goes as usual. I hope you all had happy holiday´s.

I got a visit from Margriet. To my big surprise she brought Hector. I refer to Margriet´s link for the story before.

Hector and Agathe had a lot of fun. He brought her flowers and candy. What more can a girl want.

Because Agathe didn´t have a bathrobe she used a towel to cover her female forms.

She thanked Hector with a big kiss....

 ...and she took the flowers and chocolat to the bathroom.

Margriet also gave me a box of chocolat. Mmmmmm

Little Bear was so happy to see E-beertje again. E-beertje also had presents for little Bear. A beautifull birdcage (very tiny) and a crown. Now little Bear thinks he´s king of the house.....I think not!! :-)

  

Thank you Margriet.....the gifts are lovely.

   

E-beer and little Bear eat a lot of  "oliebollen" (things we eat at New year´s eve)

I hope E-beer didn´t get a stomach ache.

Last thuesday I visited Klara and we made cupcakes, muffins and little fruittarts

We also made some bread.

For my birthday she gave me this Christmastree.

Thanks Klara.....I love it.

My boyfriend gave me this  magnifying lamp. Very usefull....especially for me :-)

Jolly send me this Christmas wreath. It now hangs on Harrison and Lara´s door

This beautifull angel was send to me by Jolande.

It found its place in the Christmas house.

Thanks girls....for these lovely gifts.

So far my update. You´ll here from me soon......

With love         

             Sjoukje