tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72698286842373351582024-02-07T07:35:21.793+00:00WendiesMiniWorldwhere I ramble on about what's happening in my little world and hopefully you have some enjoyment reading about it!Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-87277429371643559352012-04-23T11:59:00.002+01:002012-04-23T13:32:13.586+01:00a quick flash of my drawers...<div style="text-align: center;">
well hello again peeps! long time no hear eh? thought I'd best pop in and do a blog-post seeing as <a href="http://debbiestinytreasures.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/something-crafty.html">Debbie from Tiny Treasures</a> mentioned me the other day on her blog ... methinks she's trying to lure me back to blogging again LOL as I sort of gave up on the whole blogging lark last year as I had not only lost my mini-ing muse but also had lots going on at home & I suppose I just fell out of the habit of blogging. I am however gonna try and make more of an effort again, but if I dissappear again... I usually find the crumbs and wander back again eventually.</div>
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So... flashing my drawers???.... </div>
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despite my non-blogging spell, I do keep in touch regularly with a few other bloggers via my facebook account and a few of us have recently been updating our workspaces. Ikea sell really good value storage drawers, but they are soooo plain and boring looking so we've all been decorating ours.... so, these are my new drawers</div>
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only the <a href="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/search/?query=moppe">MOPPE drawers</a> on the top row are still available, they aren't on the website so its always worth a look instore to see whats new (the bottom row were bought yonks ago) I didnt have proper fancy papers like <a href="http://debbiestinytreasures.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/something-crafty.html">Debbie</a>, so just scanned & printed out some of my fabrics onto paper and glued them onto some of the drawer fronts & painted the others, this is probly best done with a pritt stick as pva can cause some paper to stretch and go a bit wrinkly... yeh I found out the hard way LOL</div>
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as for the paint in the picture... I have been dreaming of a more usable workspace AND a cutting table for a looooooong time (so that I can make loads of fabric mess without harming the dining table!) and finally convinced my daughter to swap rooms with me as although both rooms have a similar sq footage, her room had a better layout for me to be able to fit in my dream wishlist! I had to bribe her with allowing her free reign of colour choice in her new room first though, </div>
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so, all my worldly belongings and assorted 'stuff' got boxed up (& temporarily filled the rest of the house) until I managed to relocate her lock, stock into my old craft room...<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lS9bCvwYqQA/T5Uw6fCvVuI/AAAAAAAAA6M/F5TRmj1VUN8/s1600/IMG_0611%5B1%5D" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lS9bCvwYqQA/T5Uw6fCvVuI/AAAAAAAAA6M/F5TRmj1VUN8/s400/IMG_0611%5B1%5D" width="400" /></a> </div>
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then hubbs set to work in MY new room!!! :D </div>
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can ya tell what it is yet? :D </div>
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yep I got me a nice big cutting table at last!!!</div>
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I probly will get back to making miniatures again at some point, but for now, methinks my love affair with cloth has woo'ed me over ... for now... but I am such a fickle thing, I might change my mind again next week LOL but to keep up with whatever else I'm up to I shall probly just keep my other blog updated - <a href="http://stitchingthestash.blogspot.co.uk/" target="_blank">Stitching the Stash</a> </div>
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methinks now I have rediscovered blogging I'm gonna have to set aside a whole day a week to catch up & keep up on whats out there in blogland again... I may just set aside Mondays from now on as 'My Mondays'! :D<br />
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*edit - pic update for Debbie cos she does love the danglies! LOL</div>
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<img alt="Photobucket" border="0" height="80" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" width="200" /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-6119165757634642642011-06-06T09:59:00.019+01:002011-06-06T16:48:02.125+01:00A bit of a mini adventure...<div style="text-align: center;">I've been away a while... having a mini adventure... well, I've been about a bit and seen a lot of mini-ing things...<br />Firstly, a huooge thanx to the lovely mini-ing friends that I met up with at Kensington Doll show, for making it more than just a great day out, so much giggling... definitely one of the best days out with friends I've ever had!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TWPPNDIr80w/TeyY_u6tLxI/AAAAAAAAAzA/EyhCaG02ArM/s1600/kdf5.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 269px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-TWPPNDIr80w/TeyY_u6tLxI/AAAAAAAAAzA/EyhCaG02ArM/s400/kdf5.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615031056117608210" border="0" /></a><br />(I'm the one in brown trying to breathe in and not make my tummy look quite so humungus, others opted for the 'hide the belly' game in other ways! LOL)<br />We met up afterwards with some other friends too who had stalls at the show and I returned home feeling quite inspired to get mini-ing again.... and then I helped move my son from one flat to another and was too tired to even think about mini's for a few weeks!!!<br /><br />I'm really enthused now tho as I've just had a nice holiday on the Isle of Wight, and was lucky enough to go to Godshill Miniature Vilage while I was there. If you love miniatures and you've never been, it's REALLY worth a visit! I thought I loved my dollhouses, but when you see the workmanship that goes into these buildings that live outside permanently, well... its starts ya thinking in a whole new light!<br /><br />(if you poke the pictures, they will pop up bigger for a better look)<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VHaucj4rMuE/TeyeF8GC66I/AAAAAAAAAzg/MZ7R0fp8pW8/s1600/HPIM8624.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VHaucj4rMuE/TeyeF8GC66I/AAAAAAAAAzg/MZ7R0fp8pW8/s400/HPIM8624.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615036660292184994" border="0" /></a>we wondered just how accurate it was... so we walked up the hill afterwards to see the real version of the church and houses and its a suprisingly good likeness!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6OZg4ZZJ5bE/TeyhcznRFBI/AAAAAAAAAz4/LGWaRopuQMw/s1600/IMG_1127.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6OZg4ZZJ5bE/TeyhcznRFBI/AAAAAAAAAz4/LGWaRopuQMw/s400/IMG_1127.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615040351687480338" border="0" /></a>I snapped this with my mum in the foreground as a reminder that this is the real version LOL<br /><br />this is my daughter crouching to take pics of the shopfronts<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8yPLlmfqIpU/TeyeFkdTMlI/AAAAAAAAAzY/uZMADXM8G1k/s1600/HPIM8616.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8yPLlmfqIpU/TeyeFkdTMlI/AAAAAAAAAzY/uZMADXM8G1k/s400/HPIM8616.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615036653947269714" border="0" /></a><br />(I'm too decrepid to crouch nowadays LOL)<br /><br />Most of the village is in 10th scale but theres even a model of the model village in the model village at 1:100 / 1:1000!<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9mep1BsoXfI/TeyeEWrxiJI/AAAAAAAAAzI/-cJqkfmkyDY/s1600/HPIM8568.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9mep1BsoXfI/TeyeEWrxiJI/AAAAAAAAAzI/-cJqkfmkyDY/s400/HPIM8568.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615036633070012562" border="0" /></a><br />the miniature buildings were incredible , but the landscaping was equally as impressive, over 3000 trees and shrubs are manicured regularly to keep this looking as great as it does.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fWmeZ6sb6TI/TeympEy4rpI/AAAAAAAAA0I/RO8jbsXxoBc/s1600/HPIM8612.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fWmeZ6sb6TI/TeympEy4rpI/AAAAAAAAA0I/RO8jbsXxoBc/s400/HPIM8612.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615046060016184978" border="0" /></a><br />I even spotted a little peep doing some decorating/maintenance!!!<br /><br />hubbs spotted other things, trust him to ask the question.... can you spot Erica Rowe? :D<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tS1Zpd3pfWA/TeylvLzBqSI/AAAAAAAAA0A/uLXuHXYV9Wg/s1600/HPIM8611.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tS1Zpd3pfWA/TeylvLzBqSI/AAAAAAAAA0A/uLXuHXYV9Wg/s400/HPIM8611.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615045065463408930" border="0" /></a><br />(for those who need a clue... she was a topless streaker! LOL)<br /><br />and of course the village pub... in miniature<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cZCW8mPEadM/Teyu3AX92qI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/V7ONUZk4zUU/s1600/HPIM8563.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cZCW8mPEadM/Teyu3AX92qI/AAAAAAAAA0Y/V7ONUZk4zUU/s400/HPIM8563.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055095440726690" border="0" /></a> and real... <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p73upUAqCEE/Teyu3V7UrKI/AAAAAAAAA0g/hGfZ2Iim7hM/s1600/IMG_1146.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p73upUAqCEE/Teyu3V7UrKI/AAAAAAAAA0g/hGfZ2Iim7hM/s400/IMG_1146.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055101226167458" border="0" /></a>its never a proper holiday without a stop off in one or two :D<br /><br />We did so much last week but still found a bit of time to relax,<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G4UAio7YPFA/Teyu3zDAR1I/AAAAAAAAA0o/Z_RWZSpb_v4/s1600/IMG_1404.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G4UAio7YPFA/Teyu3zDAR1I/AAAAAAAAA0o/Z_RWZSpb_v4/s400/IMG_1404.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055109043013458" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTrXhvpgVCA/Teyu4PVtzuI/AAAAAAAAA0w/QarbGplFHCc/s1600/IMG_1393.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eTrXhvpgVCA/Teyu4PVtzuI/AAAAAAAAA0w/QarbGplFHCc/s400/IMG_1393.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055116637687522" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SW8Dx4GoET0/TeywdprfOiI/AAAAAAAAA04/fEAmUeG3kSA/s1600/HPIM8643.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SW8Dx4GoET0/TeywdprfOiI/AAAAAAAAA04/fEAmUeG3kSA/s400/HPIM8643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615056858875116066" border="0" /></a>have a paddle,<br />and stop to smell the flowers.... well, the ones without bees in anyway! LOL<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SV4xN3OxH3w/Teyu2n-aR8I/AAAAAAAAA0Q/LGCuQg5_bN4/s1600/HPIM8535.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SV4xN3OxH3w/Teyu2n-aR8I/AAAAAAAAA0Q/LGCuQg5_bN4/s400/HPIM8535.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615055088891086786" border="0" /></a><br />oh and the yummys.... can't forget them!<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OPYOPch6NBA/TeyxwN2xTZI/AAAAAAAAA1A/e2iJsqc1dfQ/s1600/HPIM8907.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OPYOPch6NBA/TeyxwN2xTZI/AAAAAAAAA1A/e2iJsqc1dfQ/s400/HPIM8907.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615058277335387538" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k3jXaWx3CY8/TeyxwAYhzyI/AAAAAAAAA1I/I6i0MIwqhtA/s1600/IMG_1383.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-k3jXaWx3CY8/TeyxwAYhzyI/AAAAAAAAA1I/I6i0MIwqhtA/s400/IMG_1383.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615058273718882082" border="0" /></a>... back on the diet again for me methinks LOL<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 197px; height: 79px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-67555849082469544082011-04-13T14:44:00.012+01:002011-04-13T18:24:57.115+01:00Anyone seen my mojo? & new little things<div style="text-align: center;">My mini-ing mojo has run away!!! has anyone seen it? LOL I have no idea when it last graced me with its presence but it's been far too long since I felt like I wanted clay in my hands & I'm beginning to feel a bit 'lost' now.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm hoping that the school holidays will encourage my daughter off the playstation and into getting messy in the craftroom thus kick starting my creative mojo once more, I do have a few other bits & bobs keeping me occupied though and seem to be quite content at the moment with knitting needles in my hand, so maybe the mini-mojo was hijacked, & hidden away somewhere by the knitting fairy instead? After all, over the last month, I've also been to watch the Rugby @ Twickenham and spent a few days in London sightseeing /going to a concert so havn't really had a great deal of spare time anyway!<br />I have still had my eyes on minis, and have had some lovely mini things appear through my letterbox from some of my even lovelier blogging friends :o)<br /><br />...some hatpins from Glenda of <a href="http://peppercornminis.blogspot.com/">Peppercorn Minis</a>, for Granny Weatherwax's hat, although she needs considerably more coverage than just her hat as she's been naked for about 18 months now... crivens!!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2MJFYmQbbvQ/TaW7CfO2WuI/AAAAAAAAAvU/5YovpunctJs/s1600/Photo0404.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2MJFYmQbbvQ/TaW7CfO2WuI/AAAAAAAAAvU/5YovpunctJs/s400/Photo0404.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595083763495623394" border="0" /></a>...and some cute little cutters from Julia of <a href="http://bearcabinminiatures.blogspot.com/">Bearcabin Miniatures</a>.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xmr2VNJZbA4/TaW7O_8t4lI/AAAAAAAAAvc/6WSxRsjZ35w/s1600/Photo0406.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Xmr2VNJZbA4/TaW7O_8t4lI/AAAAAAAAAvc/6WSxRsjZ35w/s400/Photo0406.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595083978436371026" border="0" /></a>I 'just' need to mix up some gingerbread coloured clay and make some biscuits to go into my Santa's shop/house :o)<br /><br />...and I won <a href="http://kat-the-hat-lady.blogspot.com/">Kat the Hat</a>'s red nose day hat<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5utrQAjQyS8/TaW4AbE4fGI/AAAAAAAAAuc/g4f3rlLETDs/s1600/HPIM8114.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5utrQAjQyS8/TaW4AbE4fGI/AAAAAAAAAuc/g4f3rlLETDs/s400/HPIM8114.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595080429485456482" border="0" /></a>which looks good whatever side you look at it from<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ERo9OgW5JrQ/TaW3_tYhUUI/AAAAAAAAAuU/BPFO0eErETk/s1600/HPIM8112.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ERo9OgW5JrQ/TaW3_tYhUUI/AAAAAAAAAuU/BPFO0eErETk/s400/HPIM8112.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595080417219793218" border="0" /></a>she sent me some other bits too ... I love the little black straw bowler and WHEN my mojo returns I shall have to make some-one to fit it as its a perfect size for a trainee witch - its just too nice to spend its life on the end of a bed :o)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KdJFDw-BTbk/TaW3_K6yOyI/AAAAAAAAAuM/4Qa893AaBQs/s1600/HPIM8111.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-KdJFDw-BTbk/TaW3_K6yOyI/AAAAAAAAAuM/4Qa893AaBQs/s400/HPIM8111.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5595080407968267042" border="0" /></a>the adorable little newly hatched sleeping dragon was made by <a href="http://theminidragonqueen.blogspot.com/">the dragon queen,</a> Nicky Cooper and is just SO detailed... the picture doesnt do it justice at all!<br /><br />oh well, thats about it from me for now, I have a mojo to find & more procrastinating to do!<br /><br /><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 190px; height: 76px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-8096380126878281322011-03-16T12:44:00.004+00:002011-03-16T12:54:54.531+00:00another blog<div style="text-align: center;">No new minis for a bit, I've been distracted by other 'stuff' in my creative stash.... anyways, I don't want to clutter up my mini's page with my stitching stuff so have made a page specific for my textile & yarn ramblings, & thought I'd put a link to my other blog on here for anyone thats interested "<a href="http://stitchingthestash.blogspot.com/">stitching the stash</a>"<br /><br />I'm a bad blogger at the best of times so heavens only knows how I'll cope with managing 2 blogs LOL<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 210px; height: 84px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a> </div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-32332115898274171292011-03-07T10:24:00.008+00:002011-03-08T09:30:07.871+00:00paperclay & filler exterior tutorial<div style="text-align: center;">Apologies for promising a tutorial & then leaving you waiting!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"> I am very easily distracted and decided (in my infinite wisdom) over the school holidays, to learn how to knit and it sort of took over for a while... I have now put the needles down and am back... for a bit.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">OK so in my last post, some of you out there in blogland wanted to know how I acheived this look<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-156G7gFbOoU/TXSyIYbJkXI/AAAAAAAAAns/fbsc2S5eqTA/s1600/HPIM7970.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-156G7gFbOoU/TXSyIYbJkXI/AAAAAAAAAns/fbsc2S5eqTA/s400/HPIM7970.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581281695283908978" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7TXYW032VkY/TXSyIWiYvXI/AAAAAAAAAn0/RBpoS_-r3Ng/s1600/HPIM7967.JPG"><br /></a>heres a glimpse into how I did it.<br /><br />For this project I have used ordinary ready made household decorating filler & 'creative' brand paperclay but note, this paperclay is very difficult to get hold of in the UK! if anyone knows of a current UK supplier PLEASE let me know! as import taxes make this product as rare as hens teeth here! I'm sure the same principals will work with other air dry brands of clay.<br /><br />Roll out your paperclay between two pieces of cling film wrap, to a depth of approx 2 mm.<br />Rolling between clingfilm stops it sticking to your surface & your roller.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SkCrYW8BAbY/TXSzcCUYkaI/AAAAAAAAAoM/GZGseEKk5xc/s1600/HPIM7943.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SkCrYW8BAbY/TXSzcCUYkaI/AAAAAAAAAoM/GZGseEKk5xc/s400/HPIM7943.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581283132458963362" border="0" /></a><br />then, using a ruler gently mark out lines of 1/4 inch wide to indicate the bricklines, and mark the width of the bricks at 3/4 inch in length. Stagger /alternate the bricks on each row until it looks like the pic below. This represents the equivalent of a 3" x 9" typical housebrick. For other sized bricks adjust dimensions to suit.<br />Be careful not to cut through the lines.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SkCrYW8BAbY/TXSzcCUYkaI/AAAAAAAAAoM/GZGseEKk5xc/s1600/HPIM7943.JPG"> </a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bfpDgUeI9gA/TXSzcWr5anI/AAAAAAAAAoU/DDPLzrd72sM/s1600/HPIM7944.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bfpDgUeI9gA/TXSzcWr5anI/AAAAAAAAAoU/DDPLzrd72sM/s400/HPIM7944.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581283137926294130" border="0" /></a>then using an embossing tool or something similar with a small rounded end, follow your score lines and smooth off to make the grout lines.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-75fnO_vuoZA/TXSzchksw5I/AAAAAAAAAoc/rtbgBcrO9yk/s1600/HPIM7945.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-75fnO_vuoZA/TXSzchksw5I/AAAAAAAAAoc/rtbgBcrO9yk/s400/HPIM7945.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581283140848894866" border="0" /></a>cut along the brick lines, into random shapes<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Cj0fea5b6I0/TXSzc83QWNI/AAAAAAAAAok/w_67qVdVxqk/s1600/HPIM7946.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Cj0fea5b6I0/TXSzc83QWNI/AAAAAAAAAok/w_67qVdVxqk/s400/HPIM7946.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581283148174481618" border="0" /></a>use PVA to glue these shapes onto the surface you are wanting to cover, starting along one edge rather than in the middle. Smooth the very edge of the clay down a little to help the adhesion to both the surface and for the layer of filler to be added to over this edge.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FEmva6VO_5Q/TXSzdKkj1oI/AAAAAAAAAos/bf_HaKE0d3k/s1600/HPIM7950.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FEmva6VO_5Q/TXSzdKkj1oI/AAAAAAAAAos/bf_HaKE0d3k/s400/HPIM7950.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581283151854163586" border="0" /></a><br />I then mark out a grid to follow so that my bricks line up a bit more accurately as when I've not done this step it doesn't quite look right. I must be one of life's 'picture straighteners' as I can usually spot something not lined up right and it irritates me until its straightened LOL<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NtdwConiHN4/TXSz6BYBTJI/AAAAAAAAAo0/TWR1U5FwQOU/s1600/HPIM7954.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-NtdwConiHN4/TXSz6BYBTJI/AAAAAAAAAo0/TWR1U5FwQOU/s400/HPIM7954.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581283647601855634" border="0" /></a>Stipple the paperclay bricks using an old brush to add some texture to the clay.<br /><br />Next the colouring. This is all a matter of personal taste, I prefer grey toned grout lines as it just looks more weather worn to me, but any colour you like can be used, as per the the bricks too.<br /><br />I coloured my bricks using a mix of watered down 50:50 burnt umber and burnt sienna acrylics with a grey grout line painted in with a fine brush. The last bit of the brick painting gets done after the final wash has been applied.<br /><br />I forgot to photograph this bit sorry :o( but fellow blogger Michelle from <a href="http://wwwmichellesmadworld.blogspot.com/">Michelles Mad World</a> recently did a post on paperclaying exteriors too, and has covered the painting aspect much better than me anyway! if you need help with the painting step or havnt seen it yet pop over & take a peek <a href="http://wwwmichellesmadworld.blogspot.com/2011/03/yes-i-know-im-on-breakbut-heres-update.html">here</a> .<br /><br />The next step I really enjoyed! using a narrow spatula/pallett knife, smooth your readymade filler evenly onto the surface, to the same depth as the bricks. Cover just the edge of your paperclay bricks. Dont worry about getting a super-smooth surface, you dont want that anyway! a few ridges make it look better. (I used ready made filler as it seemed to give a much finer finish than the powdered make it yerself variety)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2JmT4hAp4e4/TXS0wLgDL9I/AAAAAAAAAo8/-KIYX3ae_Zs/s1600/HPIM7960.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-2JmT4hAp4e4/TXS0wLgDL9I/AAAAAAAAAo8/-KIYX3ae_Zs/s400/HPIM7960.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581284578032824274" border="0" /></a>when adding plaster to the edge of wooden beams, take great care not to let filler dry onto the wood as it will be difficult to remove, so have a damp cloth or damp cotton buds to remove any excess filler from areas its not supposed to be!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tQWTRHoSSm0/TXSyIn9pjJI/AAAAAAAAAn8/BXnWhB6hook/s1600/HPIM7963.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tQWTRHoSSm0/TXSyIn9pjJI/AAAAAAAAAn8/BXnWhB6hook/s400/HPIM7963.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581281699455143058" border="0" /></a>add a few cracks along the edges where the 'plaster' has 'fallen off' using a scalpel or sharp knife. The effect will look better once a final dirty wash has been applied as the colour will sit in the cracks and look like dirt accumulated over the years.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n5ab_OI_xmc/TXSyI4ZWskI/AAAAAAAAAoE/Srjvq2vEmO0/s1600/HPIM7961.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-n5ab_OI_xmc/TXSyI4ZWskI/AAAAAAAAAoE/Srjvq2vEmO0/s400/HPIM7961.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581281703866315330" border="0" /></a>then the boring bit... waiting for it to all dry!<br /><br />It needs to be thoroughly dry before the next step.....<br /><br />Sand the surface of the plaster with a fine grade sandpaper to remove any sharp edges, nature wouldn't leave these on an old building, so neither should we.<br /><br />OK, so now its dry and sanded... Mix a wash of brown, grey and even a little green acrylics together and water down. It nees to look like a dirty dusty mud colour to work properly. Try the thickness/colour on a piece of paper or sample piece before adding to your finished piece, to check the desired shade / consistency. Add over the whole side of your work, bricks and plaster, then wipe off from the surface gently with a cloth before it dries. This will remove just the surface 'dirt' leaving the 'dirt' in the areas it would naturally fall into.The final step was to dry brush a litte burnt sienna over the top of the bricks, which catches in the stippled areas giving the red tinge we normally associate with bricks.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7TXYW032VkY/TXSyIWiYvXI/AAAAAAAAAn0/RBpoS_-r3Ng/s1600/HPIM7967.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7TXYW032VkY/TXSyIWiYvXI/AAAAAAAAAn0/RBpoS_-r3Ng/s400/HPIM7967.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581281694777392498" border="0" /></a>You can enhance the look further by adding moss into the cracks or edges of the bricks.<br /><br />Hope that helps some of you get started on your projects. It's really not as scary as you think, just experiment and you'll be surpised how you work things out as you go along , any questions just ask.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 218px; height: 88px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-25656564452357690922011-02-23T21:57:00.007+00:002011-02-23T22:37:27.879+00:00almost done :o)<div style="text-align: center;">I had a few hours to myself over the last couple of days, which is rare for a school half term! but my daughter is getting older now and doesnt need (or want) permanent supervision from mum!! LOL so I made some progress on the sewing shopbox whilst the playstation kept her company.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">and it went from looking like this....<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QAr2vSgLnAg/TWWFhYuoY2I/AAAAAAAAAnE/eSC0wQVX9gA/s1600/my%2Bsewing%2Bbox%2B%25282%2529.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 189px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QAr2vSgLnAg/TWWFhYuoY2I/AAAAAAAAAnE/eSC0wQVX9gA/s400/my%2Bsewing%2Bbox%2B%25282%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577010522188440418" border="0" /></a>to this.... :o)<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cXvWaVUwAuQ/TWWHDPnOzrI/AAAAAAAAAnM/mSKdkJHx5j0/s1600/HPIM7977.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cXvWaVUwAuQ/TWWHDPnOzrI/AAAAAAAAAnM/mSKdkJHx5j0/s400/HPIM7977.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577012203368664754" border="0" /></a>The bricks were made from paperclay & painted with acrylics, then the rest was plastered in ready made quick drying filler, sanded and then a weak dirty wash applied all over.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hxAaKL6BDFU/TWWJj4AmeaI/AAAAAAAAAnU/McYxI8BAHG8/s1600/HPIM7967.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hxAaKL6BDFU/TWWJj4AmeaI/AAAAAAAAAnU/McYxI8BAHG8/s400/HPIM7967.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577014962991561122" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R9Rf0pYKB5g/TWWJkNme70I/AAAAAAAAAnc/qc3A58o3Dpo/s1600/HPIM7970.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R9Rf0pYKB5g/TWWJkNme70I/AAAAAAAAAnc/qc3A58o3Dpo/s400/HPIM7970.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577014968787595074" border="0" /></a>I dont like the door it came with as it's just mdf so will make one of my balsa specials for it next... maybe tomorrow? and I want to try out Glenda's idea for a leaded window too, you can see her fantastic <a href="http://peppercornminis.blogspot.com/2011/02/make-your-own-leadlights.html">tutorial here</a>.<br />I'm on an urge to get it all finished as I want to make a start on my steampunk mousientists house ... and because it'd be quite novel to actually have something FINISHED for a change!!! :o)<br /><br />I did take lots of pics while I decorated it, but wasnt sure if anyone would actually want a step by step how to do it with paperclay and polyfilla? let me know if you want to see how it's done.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 192px; height: 77px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a> </div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-9121989705960380892011-02-21T17:08:00.008+00:002011-02-21T23:52:24.018+00:00another project to add to the to-do list!....<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W6dDYR6m11c/TWKdyyZR79I/AAAAAAAAAm0/4vOt6Vi9Lb4/s1600/HPIM7933.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-W6dDYR6m11c/TWKdyyZR79I/AAAAAAAAAm0/4vOt6Vi9Lb4/s400/HPIM7933.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576192784484921298" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">just a quick post... I found this whilst out shopping this morning and just HAD to have it !! and it was a bargain too, so home it came :o) as soon as I saw it I thought it was just the right size to turn it into a 2 floored steampunk style clockwork 'dolls'-house/room box 'thing'!<br />I have a vision for it... (wether it turns out anywhere near the image in my head is another matter LOL) I think I shall put a lift in one corner with cogs and chains etc and on the upper floor will be an observatory, with a pull down/fold up bed contraption. I've been wanting to do something steampunk for a while and now I have the perfect vessel for me to play with :o) I had a chat about this with a few friends and Joolz of <a href="http://jakdawsattic.blogspot.com/">Jakdaws attic</a> is going to make me a steampunked mousientist with mad hair, boggly eyes & goggles on, to live in it (when he's not running around the Skool of Majick blowing things up!! )<br />:o) Happy days ....<br /><br />I'd love to make a start on the new project but the neverending 'to-do' list insisted I finished some overdue tasks first... so I did a little bit of decorating on the sewing (shop?) roombox instead (little being about right! LOL) painted the ceiling, fitted & painted flooring, bashed the beams about a bit and stained it.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MZ_YinAAY-s/TWL02d93YtI/AAAAAAAAAm8/iUceE-aXGwU/s1600/HPIM7938.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MZ_YinAAY-s/TWL02d93YtI/AAAAAAAAAm8/iUceE-aXGwU/s400/HPIM7938.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576288505232319186" border="0" /></a>not much to show workwise & not very exciting really, I need to buy some filler stuff to put between the beams on the outside as 'plaster' & I need to spray seal the wallpaper that I printed off for it, but I need to do the spraying outside and today it rained! :o( ... so those are jobs for tomorrow & hopefully I'll show you a finished roombox next time?<br /><br />back to the to-do list... I did tick some tasks off but now seem to have added more than I removed... c'est la vie!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 235px; height: 94px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-14417976835031880002011-02-20T11:57:00.005+00:002011-02-20T12:25:39.102+00:00and now for something completely different...<div style="text-align: center;">Not my usual sort of miniatures, but...<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A while ago, I discovered the world of "inchies" on another blog and did much covetting, ooo-ing and arrr-ing, googled it... and oh my, it opened a world of mixed media delights upon my eyes!! and then I wanted to have a go too :o) Before miniatures, my first love was always with textiles and stitching so I enjoyed focusing on playing with fabric just for the fun of it again, rummaged in my stash & this is my first attempt.<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v6LmrI6Tf1E/TWEE5omTm3I/AAAAAAAAAmI/fK9MuDpAkZk/s1600/HPIM7886.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-v6LmrI6Tf1E/TWEE5omTm3I/AAAAAAAAAmI/fK9MuDpAkZk/s400/HPIM7886.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575743201858526066" border="0" /></a>They say size matters... well an inch wasn't quite big enough for me (no smutty jokes please) and I settled for an inch & a quarter.<br /><br />some closer views,<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8K2h5UJJSnc/TWEE6WRX2oI/AAAAAAAAAmg/4WYyUqNTYBE/s1600/HPIM7910.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8K2h5UJJSnc/TWEE6WRX2oI/AAAAAAAAAmg/4WYyUqNTYBE/s400/HPIM7910.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575743214118754946" border="0" /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BcavbvrwdNM/TWEE55sc8VI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/Ralx_KBmmPQ/s1600/HPIM7897.JPG"><br /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-62aMJd7cKFI/TWEE6fsSEMI/AAAAAAAAAmY/jh8jiElitVo/s1600/HPIM7900.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-62aMJd7cKFI/TWEE6fsSEMI/AAAAAAAAAmY/jh8jiElitVo/s400/HPIM7900.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575743216647540930" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8K2h5UJJSnc/TWEE6WRX2oI/AAAAAAAAAmg/4WYyUqNTYBE/s1600/HPIM7910.JPG"><br /></a><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BcavbvrwdNM/TWEE55sc8VI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/Ralx_KBmmPQ/s1600/HPIM7897.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-BcavbvrwdNM/TWEE55sc8VI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/Ralx_KBmmPQ/s400/HPIM7897.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5575743206447706450" border="0" /></a><br />Now they're finished I wish I'd added more stitching... maybe next time? I need to find a nice box frame to mount them in now ... nothing's ever completely finished around here LOL<br /><br />back to my 'to-do list!.....<br /><br /><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 197px; height: 79px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-56060916339214291112011-02-15T17:05:00.007+00:002011-03-07T13:24:17.059+00:00adding door hingesAs requested by Michelle...<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5lHK09dFCNY/TVqzeZZrbwI/AAAAAAAAAk4/qbG5DRDzo7E/s1600/HPIM7825.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5lHK09dFCNY/TVqzeZZrbwI/AAAAAAAAAk4/qbG5DRDzo7E/s400/HPIM7825.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573964823620448002" border="0" /></a>to get your doors to sit flush within the door frame so that no gaps are visible where you've added the door, you have to rebate the hinge into the door, just take a look at your real doors at home.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">So here's how I did it... Firstly lightly mark around the hinge to be fitted, I positioned mine about an inch from the base, in line with the brace at the back of the door and the mock strap hinge at the front. You can buy working strap hinges that are all in one.... unfortunately I only discovered this AFTER I'd bought mine :o( so had to do it this way.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-by_F6MxFGaA/TVqze8_qFhI/AAAAAAAAAlA/JGmyMhJ4XAs/s1600/HPIM7807.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-by_F6MxFGaA/TVqze8_qFhI/AAAAAAAAAlA/JGmyMhJ4XAs/s400/HPIM7807.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573964833174984210" border="0" /></a>then cut/slice this section away using a sharp scalpel (I have no idea if you can get proper mini chisels, but I found this worked well enough for me) as a safety warning... cut away from you (not like I do... I am an accident waiting to happen LOL) Cut away just a 1mm depth or that of the hinge you are fitting.<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aeV5QwrquQ4/TVqzgCn-rUI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/cysQNb4D50I/s1600/HPIM7813.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-aeV5QwrquQ4/TVqzgCn-rUI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/cysQNb4D50I/s400/HPIM7813.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573964851866152258" border="0" /></a>like this -<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4syl9__uBQY/TVqzgo7xpoI/AAAAAAAAAlY/oKjcSWNMdkQ/s1600/HPIM7814.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4syl9__uBQY/TVqzgo7xpoI/AAAAAAAAAlY/oKjcSWNMdkQ/s400/HPIM7814.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573964862149731970" border="0" /></a>Put a drop of superglue on the back of the hinge to keep it in place, but take great care at this point not to allow the glue to get into the hinge or it will stick & remain permanently in that position ! (yep, I found out the hard way)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rnjSOQrXtW4/TVqzfVg5ezI/AAAAAAAAAlI/WERvszpML4M/s1600/HPIM7816.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rnjSOQrXtW4/TVqzfVg5ezI/AAAAAAAAAlI/WERvszpML4M/s400/HPIM7816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573964839756856114" border="0" /></a>add the fiddly screw-pins, remember, double sided sticky tape over the end of you thumb is a godsend for keeping the pins where you want them!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4Yx1AOVx4HY/TVq0G40Id2I/AAAAAAAAAlw/2EzHGXFrc1I/s1600/HPIM7821.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4Yx1AOVx4HY/TVq0G40Id2I/AAAAAAAAAlw/2EzHGXFrc1I/s400/HPIM7821.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573965519247669090" border="0" /></a>at this point I go over any raw bits of the door with a touch up of woodstain, and paint the hinge with a bit of black paint, filling the gap between hinge & strap to make it look like one piece (again, you can buy working straps and save the hassle of this bit). <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qw4sKfawI3Y/TVq0He009wI/AAAAAAAAAl4/jHmmNxBQPRQ/s1600/HPIM7824.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Qw4sKfawI3Y/TVq0He009wI/AAAAAAAAAl4/jHmmNxBQPRQ/s400/HPIM7824.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573965529451132674" border="0" /></a>When dry, your hinge should close flat like this :o)<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EyU15VrcqIo/TVq0F9uvhJI/AAAAAAAAAlg/-WK7FGsQlPw/s1600/HPIM7818.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EyU15VrcqIo/TVq0F9uvhJI/AAAAAAAAAlg/-WK7FGsQlPw/s400/HPIM7818.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573965503387370642" border="0" /></a>and not be raised at all, perfect for a close fitting.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hQAqbqzgZ8A/TVq0GVMqkkI/AAAAAAAAAlo/9UgN3_RCIFI/s1600/HPIM7819.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hQAqbqzgZ8A/TVq0GVMqkkI/AAAAAAAAAlo/9UgN3_RCIFI/s400/HPIM7819.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573965509686891074" border="0" /></a>as you can see... I didnt find the doorknobs! LOL so havn't finished the final fitting bit as it'd be too fiddly adding the knobs once the doors are fitted properly. To fit, I will cut a similar groove from the door frame as done in the first & second step shown, and just apply a thin bit of E6000 glue to the hinge, put into the frame rebate and wait... it takes a while to dry so gives you more working time but this stuff is industrial strength and is much stronger than superglue, so make sure it doesnt get into the working bit of the hinge!!!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9uvDwUPVSfo/TVq0Hwy8QcI/AAAAAAAAAmA/5MdAtp3_a1g/s1600/HPIM7825.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-9uvDwUPVSfo/TVq0Hwy8QcI/AAAAAAAAAmA/5MdAtp3_a1g/s400/HPIM7825.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5573965534275060162" border="0" /></a>I have just had some replacement knobs delivered and am waiting for the paint to dry before fitting them ... and its teatime... and Im hungry, so will show you the final bit tomorrow.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 162px; height: 65px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-68488327885932290102011-02-09T12:36:00.018+00:002011-03-07T13:24:52.213+00:00I made doors & I've still got all my fingers :o) or just - 'how to make doors' !<div style="text-align: center;">As you would expect from anything thats mine, nothing is 'normal' and all my mini doors are an odd shape &/or size! so I've had no choice but to make my own. I had been collecting coffee stirrers believing they would do the trick but they were just the wrong scale, so following much inspiration from Nina (<a href="http://tudordollhouse.blogspot.com/2010/06/medieval-tudor-door-tutorial.html">the tudor dollshouse project</a>), Michelle (<a href="http://wwwmichellesmadworld.blogspot.com/2010/07/update-on-hogwarts-my-summer-house-and.html">Michelles Mad World</a>), and Janice (<a href="http://onbeingaminimum.blogspot.com/">on being a mini mum</a>) & their wonderful blogs offering advice, I took the plunge, ordered some 1/4" x 1/2" balsa and set to work :o)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;">Firstly, I drew around the door hole to get a guide, and then started cutting the balsa to size, using a razor saw as recommended by Janice. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKQrSURWLI/AAAAAAAAAkg/PMU1f9R1ktw/s1600/HPIM7759.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKQrSURWLI/AAAAAAAAAkg/PMU1f9R1ktw/s400/HPIM7759.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571674762336360626" border="0" /></a>I had no idea what a 'razor saw' actually was but was given an assortment of blades a few xmas's ago so made full use of it, experimented with all the ones with teeth, and found the perfect tool to cut with! I then scored the balsa with my modelling tool to get some deep weather grains into the 'wood' as I don't want them looking all new.<br /></div>When all the pieces were cut to fit the pattern, I used Michelles tip of adding some brown paint to the PVA to colour it, as an added ageing thing; and glued all the pieces together. I had to add a coffee stirrer to each side as it wasnt quite wide enough to fit the door hole but its provided a 'frame' for the door so it worked out ok for me. The balsa didnt stick too easily so I taped it tight with lowtack tape and left it for a few hours for the PVA to dry.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKQrWNf9oI/AAAAAAAAAkY/Ea4HtJEY6l8/s1600/HPIM7766.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKQrWNf9oI/AAAAAAAAAkY/Ea4HtJEY6l8/s400/HPIM7766.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571674763381700226" border="0" /></a>I wanted my doors to look like they had iron studs on the door braces so made pilot holes using my 2mm drill bit and cut small bits of cocktail stick to dowel them together (I also glued them at the back just to be sure!) this sounded much less time consuming than cutting down real nails like Nina did!!!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKQqzZZQjI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/hNUa4Ge2yKs/s1600/HPIM7767.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKQqzZZQjI/AAAAAAAAAkQ/hNUa4Ge2yKs/s400/HPIM7767.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571674754036351538" border="0" /></a>Hinges.... here I nearly lost my sanity completely!!! the TINY screw/rivetty things they supply with hinges I swear are meant to drive you crazy trying to insert into the holes! LOL the balsa was simple to get them in but getting them into a coffee stirrer type strength of wood..... NO!<br />So, my 'Tip of the Day' is the same as yesterday's.... double sided tape again! worn over the finger tip worked a treat at keeping them where I wanted them ... which wasnt on the floor :o)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKQqtD1gcI/AAAAAAAAAkI/7vQDOHzOcpU/s1600/HPIM7771.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKQqtD1gcI/AAAAAAAAAkI/7vQDOHzOcpU/s400/HPIM7771.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571674752335315394" border="0" /></a>next, the brace studs got painted with black acrylic<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKQqaJPaOI/AAAAAAAAAkA/ojM3LQsEdbw/s1600/HPIM7772.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKQqaJPaOI/AAAAAAAAAkA/ojM3LQsEdbw/s400/HPIM7772.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571674747257710818" border="0" /></a>After staining with a coat of satin walnut woodstain, I added a wash of grey acrylic and then dry brushed a bit of sap green on the edges of the doors to make it look a little mossy/mouldy like I imagine old doors to look.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here are the finished doors for the front & upstairs back door.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKMAi3Y1YI/AAAAAAAAAj4/7tkZTY6U2Tw/s1600/HPIM7784.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKMAi3Y1YI/AAAAAAAAAj4/7tkZTY6U2Tw/s400/HPIM7784.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571669629997733250" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">adding mock strap hinges ... and a little moss to hide where the superglue leaked! and painting a little black acrylic over the TINY brass 'rivets' that I have learnt to despise more than I thought possible!<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKMAi3Y1YI/AAAAAAAAAj4/7tkZTY6U2Tw/s1600/HPIM7784.JPG"></a><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKMAU7leFI/AAAAAAAAAjw/enasCIeQBaQ/s1600/HPIM7788.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKMAU7leFI/AAAAAAAAAjw/enasCIeQBaQ/s400/HPIM7788.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571669626257242194" border="0" /></a>The finished door in place ... at last! & the upstairs of The Skool of Majick is now a little safer from the invasion of the dust monster.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKMAZc86xI/AAAAAAAAAjo/uAFiurQ4Yng/s1600/HPIM7794.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKMAZc86xI/AAAAAAAAAjo/uAFiurQ4Yng/s400/HPIM7794.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571669627470932754" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKMAAZRj-I/AAAAAAAAAjg/PITJRl4RJnQ/s1600/HPIM7799.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKMAAZRj-I/AAAAAAAAAjg/PITJRl4RJnQ/s400/HPIM7799.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571669620744622050" border="0" /></a>I cannot do anymore to finish them properly yet, as I cant find my door knobs. I really, really want to finish it all :o( but I seem to have mislaid the smaller hinges that I bought as well and as you can see, the ones I have used on the other doors are just too big!!! (typical of me to now be officially un-hinged LOL) methinks I have put them in the same 'safe place' and lost them! if I cant find them, I may have to get the clay out and attempt to make some. I have the most amazing dragon door knocker to put on the front door too and cant wait to show it off :o)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKL_6ZkONI/AAAAAAAAAjY/8SGljUHozYE/s1600/HPIM7800.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVKL_6ZkONI/AAAAAAAAAjY/8SGljUHozYE/s400/HPIM7800.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571669619135232210" border="0" /></a> right ... off to have another rummage for my sanity.<br /><br />P.S. I also have to think up what to do with a bagful of spare wooden coffee stirrers!!! LOL<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 187px; height: 75px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com29tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-84053193561201902702011-02-08T10:50:00.010+00:002011-03-07T13:26:27.519+00:00banisters & more sticky fingers<div style="text-align: center;">I've pulled my finger out of where-ever it was it got stuck and have been getting on with a few overdue neccessaries in the Skool of Majick :o)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />As some of you may know , I don't like doing woodwork... it conjures images of splinters and chopping bits off of digits usually, so it was ignored.... until now.<br /><br />Now, most normal people buy ready made stair banister railing thingies... not me, I'm a tightwad, and despite limited abilities with anything wood, thought it would be easier? better? or just cheaper, to do it meself!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEg0JB6qSI/AAAAAAAAAik/z7g5pdrbPI4/s1600/HPIM7694.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEg0JB6qSI/AAAAAAAAAik/z7g5pdrbPI4/s400/HPIM7694.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571270294183258402" border="0" /></a>marking up, for dowelling so that it stood a chance of not falling apart! I had to add a thin woodstrip at the bottom for the spindles to be glued to, to save my sanity attempting to work out how to secure them to the floor otherwise!!<br /><br />I then used a 2mm drill bit, to make a hole just big enough for a bit of chopped off toothpick to be used as a fine dowel.<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEg0XVsb1I/AAAAAAAAAis/KgyLZw2sY-w/s1600/HPIM7697.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEg0XVsb1I/AAAAAAAAAis/KgyLZw2sY-w/s400/HPIM7697.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571270298024308562" border="0" /></a>then the bit I dread.... whittling bits of the wood away to imitate years of knocks and general wear 'n' tear.<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEg0iiVOeI/AAAAAAAAAi0/0d7RlYTrlRQ/s1600/HPIM7703.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEg0iiVOeI/AAAAAAAAAi0/0d7RlYTrlRQ/s400/HPIM7703.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571270301030103522" border="0" /></a>adding woodstain... and getting very dirty fingers, I then discovered my 'Tip of the day'...<br />Double-sided carpet tape!!! perfect for the spindles to stick to so they can be painted right up to the top without covering my fingers in quite so much mess :o)<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEg06E4hlI/AAAAAAAAAi8/e-VhJv0jPrs/s1600/HPIM7705.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEg06E4hlI/AAAAAAAAAi8/e-VhJv0jPrs/s400/HPIM7705.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571270307349038674" border="0" /></a>it was also useful for keeping the base together whilst the glue dried.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEg01sdMTI/AAAAAAAAAjE/X8jC2u-5N9s/s1600/HPIM7707.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEg01sdMTI/AAAAAAAAAjE/X8jC2u-5N9s/s400/HPIM7707.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571270306172842290" border="0" /></a>and the end result...<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEhn0c3fhI/AAAAAAAAAjM/tP65XtmZS20/s1600/HPIM7715.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TVEhn0c3fhI/AAAAAAAAAjM/tP65XtmZS20/s400/HPIM7715.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571271182012349970" border="0" /></a>it just needs some dust... no creative tip there other than to leave the roof off for a bit... it'll soon find its way in ;o)<br /><br />My balsa wood arrived too , so I've also made a start on the doors... more to follow<br /><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 173px; height: 69px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a>.<br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-86203982607726955072011-01-19T20:24:00.013+00:002011-01-31T11:00:39.300+00:00busy, sticky l'il fingers!<div style="text-align: center;">Hello Peeps... me again :o)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />I've actually done some more work on the Skool of Majick and finally FINISHED one room!!! <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMJ0f2zeI/AAAAAAAAAiA/QxgKMaj-1z0/s1600/HPIM7678.JPG"><br /></a>I've been planning and plotting for years on how to finish it, and had originally intended on having a parquet floor... bought all the wooden pieces, got covered in wood glue, sanded it down, sanded down my fingers too, sanded a bit more and it still looked awful so I resorted to plan B, threw it out & fitted floorboards instead... much simpler, and it finally enabled me to move on!!!<br /><br />(I'm sure some of you out there are thinking "Plan B? I'm suprised she even has a Plan A!")<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMItcbcUI/AAAAAAAAAhg/FnSzXvbAgLw/s1600/HPIM7586.JPG"><br /></a>I also added paperclay stones around the doorways to add a bit of detail into the hallways & rooms... and because they are arched doorways, there was no way my woodworking skills were up to adding wooden architraving!!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMItcbcUI/AAAAAAAAAhg/FnSzXvbAgLw/s1600/HPIM7586.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMItcbcUI/AAAAAAAAAhg/FnSzXvbAgLw/s400/HPIM7586.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568292070555873602" border="0" /></a>First step - add a dark line into the mortar crevices.<br />.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMI9g0RpI/AAAAAAAAAho/nQmLkJ7ho0M/s1600/HPIM7665.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMI9g0RpI/AAAAAAAAAho/nQmLkJ7ho0M/s400/HPIM7665.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568292074869245586" border="0" /></a>this is /was my palette. Normal acrylics, mid grey & earth brown, with a water to thin.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMJDFvaqI/AAAAAAAAAhw/GT9HIaruSpU/s1600/HPIM7671.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMJDFvaqI/AAAAAAAAAhw/GT9HIaruSpU/s400/HPIM7671.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568292076366293666" border="0" /></a><br />next step, applying thin, uneven layers of differing shades over the 'stones', until happy with the colouring. (this proved tricky painting in a 6" halway with an 8" brush!) Wait to dry between coats. When finished, apply a last thin coat of colour over ALL the stones, as this blends them all together. When dry, seal with a matt varnish.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMJYmZ6eI/AAAAAAAAAh4/U41TUUX4neI/s1600/HPIM7673.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMJYmZ6eI/AAAAAAAAAh4/U41TUUX4neI/s400/HPIM7673.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568292082140441058" border="0" /></a>Despite my woodworking skils being fairly minimal, I did however work out how to cut a nice neat angle onto the skirting at the top of the stairwell, as it is very thin and could be cut with a craft knife, so I had no worries about chopping off any digits LOL<br />Remember to fill in any cutlines with more stain/varnish to hide the join.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaNv4uzIkI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/HWOU4njAYQo/s1600/76217631.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaNv4uzIkI/AAAAAAAAAiQ/HWOU4njAYQo/s400/76217631.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568293843112239682" border="0" /></a>I also added some more detailing to the dormitory wall, my next challenge is to work out how to make and fit doors!!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaNvgSzpNI/AAAAAAAAAiI/efG8sbCkjTA/s1600/HPIM7663.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaNvgSzpNI/AAAAAAAAAiI/efG8sbCkjTA/s400/HPIM7663.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568293836552381650" border="0" /></a>I've been collecting those free wooden coffee stirrers for some time to try & make the doors out of, but will need a lot! This has always provoked lots of 'those' looks from my family when were out but my needs must have rubbed off on their conscience, as my daughter came home from a well known burger chain at the weekend with a nice suprise for me :o)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaSYcPorjI/AAAAAAAAAiY/Ik-xvYaPc4s/s1600/HPIM7647.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaSYcPorjI/AAAAAAAAAiY/Ik-xvYaPc4s/s400/HPIM7647.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568298937886486066" border="0" /></a>bless her! I still need a few hundred more tho LOL<br /><br />The finished room, "Hagatha & Grumpbold's" bedroom.<br />Both of the dolls were made by Nicky Cooper, long before I learnt how to make anything with clay.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMJ0f2zeI/AAAAAAAAAiA/QxgKMaj-1z0/s1600/HPIM7678.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TUaMJ0f2zeI/AAAAAAAAAiA/QxgKMaj-1z0/s400/HPIM7678.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5568292089629167074" border="0" /></a>oops ...actually its not! now I see it in a picture, it needs something at the windows! <span style="font-style: italic;">Aaarrgghh!</span> what do you think? more stonework around the windows, or dark curtains?... or both?<br />is a miniature setting ever really finished?!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 190px; height: 76px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-8605922513436082362011-01-13T15:48:00.008+00:002011-01-13T19:13:13.694+00:00the luv-spud and other 'things'<div style="text-align: center;">Hello Peeps!<br />Happy New Year!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I've been a bad blogger... again!!! (methinks far too many of my posts start this way) It being a new year and all that I really should do something about it, especially seeing as my good friend Debbie from <a href="http://debbiestinytreasures.blogspot.com/">Tiny Treasures</a> has been nagging & wagging her virtual finger at me to to update my blog.<br />So here goes... well I thought I didnt have much to blog about until I sat at the keyboard and now I think shall have to make several posts with all I'd like to say since I last said something! I never learn.<br /><br />Xmas brought me some lovelies that I hadnt expected, most of you by now have realised I have a 'thing' for pumpkins & chickens, but I also have a 'thing' for mushrooms and a 'thing' for hearts, amongst other 'things'. So imagine my suprise while preparing the breakfast on Xmas morning when this heart shaped mushroom made an appearance.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kkS9UWmI/AAAAAAAAAhA/LOA0ExfcTKs/s1600/HPIM7512.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kkS9UWmI/AAAAAAAAAhA/LOA0ExfcTKs/s400/HPIM7512.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561704270808767074" border="0" /> </a>then my lovely hubby gave me this as a present<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kikIabBI/AAAAAAAAAgg/GLGiDLb_UcM/s1600/HPIM7534.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kikIabBI/AAAAAAAAAgg/GLGiDLb_UcM/s400/HPIM7534.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561704241058966546" border="0" /></a>I'd admired these mushroom stools for a long while and was over the moon to get one that had heart shaped seats :o) I had no idea he had hidden it in the shed, he apparently got up at stupid-o-clock to carry it through the garden full of snow into the house, whilst I slept!!! (note more of my collection spreading across the background)<br />and to complete the hat-trick, I also had a heart shaped potato... we called it the luv-spud... and it was luv-ly :o)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS9DM--trXI/AAAAAAAAAhY/wmuwa2C1JH0/s1600/luv%2Bspud.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS9DM--trXI/AAAAAAAAAhY/wmuwa2C1JH0/s400/luv%2Bspud.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561737955169381746" border="0" /></a><br />I was also delighted that my son bought me another Pendle Witch to keep the one that sits above my workbench happy<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kjRNV__I/AAAAAAAAAgo/8nzhmryWFMk/s1600/HPIM7520.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kjRNV__I/AAAAAAAAAgo/8nzhmryWFMk/s400/HPIM7520.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561704253159243762" border="0" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kjzV4q6I/AAAAAAAAAgw/ROxY42o-bE0/s1600/75217522.JPG"> </a>my first Pendle Witch above, and below the new one I got for xmas :o)<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8ng7iFlEI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/r1kd2GxcFQc/s1600/HPIM7525.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8ng7iFlEI/AAAAAAAAAhQ/r1kd2GxcFQc/s400/HPIM7525.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561707511515812930" border="0" /></a><br />she has such a kindly face :o)<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kjzV4q6I/AAAAAAAAAgw/ROxY42o-bE0/s1600/75217522.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kjzV4q6I/AAAAAAAAAgw/ROxY42o-bE0/s400/75217522.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561704262321875874" border="0" /></a><br />(you can read about The Pendle Witches <a href="http://www.pendlewitches.co.uk/">here</a>)<br />... methinks witches should be alone or in 3's so methinks another may be needed... this is beginning to sound like yet another 'collection' brewing LOL it did however leave me pondering if it were possible for me to scale up rather than down and try to make one by myself? I've only ever worked with polymer clay in 12th scale and smaller so this will be a real challenge for me. My miniature 'to-do' list has grown so long, that I really should be working my way through that rather than venturing into different scales. But to be honest, my dream of being able to make miniatures as a business venture has slid almost out of reach due to various health issues hindering my timescale for creativity ... and deadlines... pfft, I'm not the best with them! So, similar to the claims I made for my last new years resolve, I have decided (again) that I'm not pressurizing myself into making anything this year! it'll happen when it happens!!! (which isnt usually very often! LOL) but if I do make anything for sale I shall list it on here first.<br /><br />When the snow from holidays cleared and the postman resumed his duties, I received a beautifully made xmas ornament from my friend Kat over at <a href="http://minikatslittlethoughts.blogspot.com/">'Little thoughts from an Average mind'.</a><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kkO5qzSI/AAAAAAAAAg4/4CS-o8XdosM/s1600/HPIM7531.JPG"><br /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8ngdyuJgI/AAAAAAAAAhI/mB6f2w5OSsQ/s1600/HPIM7517.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8ngdyuJgI/AAAAAAAAAhI/mB6f2w5OSsQ/s400/HPIM7517.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561707503532516866" border="0" /></a>it will look great alongside the other felt ornaments I made for the tree, but alas, it didnt make it onto the tree in time this year, but has been packed away safely ready for when the big event comes round again. In the mean time, I can play with the other goodies she sent me to go into the sewing shopbox I'm putting together. I shall show pics of its progress next time hopefully.<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kkO5qzSI/AAAAAAAAAg4/4CS-o8XdosM/s1600/HPIM7531.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TS8kkO5qzSI/AAAAAAAAAg4/4CS-o8XdosM/s400/HPIM7531.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5561704269719719202" border="0" /></a><br />The Teapot is for Hagatha in my Skool of Majick... and the bear will go into the Santas Toyshop, more buildings which I hope to show you progress of soon!<br /><br />Another reason I've not posted much is that I have been discovering so many new blogs! for example one I found has given me a numb behind where I have sat reading & admiring her work for so long today! LOL & my head is now filled with so many wonderful images that you just have to go see for yourselves. Pop over to <a href="http://boxoftrix.blogspot.com/">Boxoftrix </a>and have a peep, if you love embroidery,textiles & miniatures, you'll be glad you did.<br />I have also been remiss in welcoming my new followers, I apologise, and will add links to your pages with a proper introduction SOON x<br /><br />right, off to prioritize that 'to-do' list!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 182px; height: 73px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-42094665298897259922010-12-13T10:30:00.012+00:002011-01-17T14:06:23.835+00:00sparkly things<div style="text-align: center;">I've seen lots of bloggers have been showing their beautiful xmas decs, so I thought I'd join in and share some of mine too.... although I must confess that they're nowhere near as stunning !! but they're what makes my family and I happy, and thats what matters at this time of year :o)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We have a really large conservatory and so put our tree here as theres more room to move about when lots of people are in there.<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX5-YPUj-I/AAAAAAAAAeU/3A6qW0VLRsA/s1600/Photo0020.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX5-YPUj-I/AAAAAAAAAeU/3A6qW0VLRsA/s400/Photo0020.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550116965857923042" border="0" /></a>and for <a href="http://debbiestinytreasures.blogspot.com/">Debbie</a> - top right corner is my first ever Dec, my precious windchime thats always the first to be put up... holds some memories that one :o)<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYHTAdDN2I/AAAAAAAAAes/d_BB7GSHEJI/s1600/Photo0031.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYHTAdDN2I/AAAAAAAAAes/d_BB7GSHEJI/s400/Photo0031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550131613901469538" border="0" /></a>some of our decs, there are a few that have been around many, many years like the robin - I seem to have had that forever! but the little red hen was a pressie from one of my chicken chums more recently :o)<br /><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYHTXDz0NI/AAAAAAAAAe0/WZme5j_TU3w/s1600/Photo0032.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYHTXDz0NI/AAAAAAAAAe0/WZme5j_TU3w/s400/Photo0032.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550131619969618130" border="0" /></a>we usually have white twinkling lights on our tree, but the xmas 'stuff-up' fairy (I'm not normally that polite and have worse that I usually call it!) decided to attack them in the loft! so off we went to buy new lights, and they looked lovely for about 20 minutes and then one set died!! so... off came all the decs and lights and we decided to use our red holly berry lights instead that used to go around the stair garlands, only the 'stuff up' fairy had mutilated them too... wires everywhere!!! Not one to be defeated, hubbs decided to play fix it guy and resoldered all the joints to the lights and hey presto they now work :o) alas the twinkly lights couldnt be saved... we've still to put up the light nets onto all the windows, it is a total sparkle-fest in there at night as the lights all bounce off the windows .<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX-rVxndKI/AAAAAAAAAek/6LFsnU6Nnfg/s1600/HPIM5320.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX-rVxndKI/AAAAAAAAAek/6LFsnU6Nnfg/s400/HPIM5320.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550122136337085602" border="0" /></a>this was one taken last year of my son helping to put the lights up... probly the only time Ive ever seen him with cleaning products in his hands LOL<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX9IiZQDsI/AAAAAAAAAec/RHXBNdC2cBA/s1600/Photo0328.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX9IiZQDsI/AAAAAAAAAec/RHXBNdC2cBA/s400/Photo0328.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550120438917500610" border="0" /></a>this dec is one of my favourites, a friend bought it for me last year and I just love it! its 12th scale too and has a tealight at the back to make it glow.<br />We dont decorate the lounge much as we tend to use the conservatory at xmas so this tiny tree is the only one in this room LOL.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYHTnPsfEI/AAAAAAAAAe8/4F6_GUCnU8k/s1600/Photo0034.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYHTnPsfEI/AAAAAAAAAe8/4F6_GUCnU8k/s400/Photo0034.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550131624314436674" border="0" /></a> but I do have one in my craftroom! <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYL_X4JzeI/AAAAAAAAAfU/HEDhRCATw5A/s1600/Photo0042.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYL_X4JzeI/AAAAAAAAAfU/HEDhRCATw5A/s400/Photo0042.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550136774149918178" border="0" /></a>you still with me?... tis going on a bit LOL<br />here's my stair garland-y thing in the hall/dining room...<br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX5Jc4CmlI/AAAAAAAAAd8/8vibuzNBLNU/s1600/Photo0008.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX5Jc4CmlI/AAAAAAAAAd8/8vibuzNBLNU/s400/Photo0008.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550116056569387602" border="0" /></a>and the dog has a stocking too :o)<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX5-EY2uhI/AAAAAAAAAeM/DBtLWsAJaDA/s1600/Photo0017.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX5-EY2uhI/AAAAAAAAAeM/DBtLWsAJaDA/s400/Photo0017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550116960529201682" border="0" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX59U1vD6I/AAAAAAAAAeE/6q67Qed_WSY/s1600/Photo0009.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQX59U1vD6I/AAAAAAAAAeE/6q67Qed_WSY/s400/Photo0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550116947765432226" border="0" /></a>and finally a few recent additions to my kitchen <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYHT6NIZaI/AAAAAAAAAfE/yZyZU_WcxzY/s1600/Photo0035.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYHT6NIZaI/AAAAAAAAAfE/yZyZU_WcxzY/s400/Photo0035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550131629403956642" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYHUGjeHII/AAAAAAAAAfM/HCQ08SkyeS8/s1600/Photo0037.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TQYHUGjeHII/AAAAAAAAAfM/HCQ08SkyeS8/s400/Photo0037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550131632718879874" border="0" /></a>am off for a cuppa and a mince pie now... hope you enjoyed my decorations :o)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">I wish every one of you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year</span><br /><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 213px; height: 86px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"> </a>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-24191034154161870642010-12-08T15:14:00.009+00:002011-02-20T12:26:49.122+00:00nom, nom, gingerbread :o)<div style="text-align: center;">I havnt updated my blog for a while... again, but I've been very good and have been doing the excercises the physio-terrorist gave me and am slowly becoming more mobile and less achey :o) (methinks the drugs help too!) I've still not been able to get the clay out for a play yet tho as I know if I sit down to sculpt I will take root and it wont do me any good to sit for that long! I don't like to get bored so I have been going through my 'to do' list for things that I CAN do. One of the things I decided on was a pattern for a half eaten gingerbread man I saw somewhere in blogland last xmas (sorry I forgot where) but it originated <a href="http://www.elsiemarley.com/pattern-for-a-half-eaten-gingerbread-man.html">here at Elsie Marley's site </a>and I fell in love with it ♥ its ever so easy and full instructions are given on her site, including the template... and its FREE!<br />Anyway, here's some of my efforts at making a few for my tree.<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TP-4LWYrE9I/AAAAAAAAAd0/evoMEtN704Y/s1600/Photo0352.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TP-4LWYrE9I/AAAAAAAAAd0/evoMEtN704Y/s400/Photo0352.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5548355771070878674" border="0" /></a>I made some uneaten ones as well as the half eaten ones from the pattern & made enough to go on the this tree in my craft room and some more go into my kitchen.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I hit a blank when trying to remember how to do the French knots for the eyes and found this reminder on youtube that helped to shake my brain cells back into action.<br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ul8XT72oA68?fs=1&hl=en_GB"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ul8XT72oA68?fs=1&hl=en_GB" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object><br /><br />You're probably all tutting at me for not remembering how to do something so simple, but hopefully some-one might find it useful, my memory obviously isnt what it used to be if I'm forgetting how to do stuff I've done a thousand times before! best I not try and ride a pushbike eh...? LOL<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I'm going to make some xmas pudding decorations next, I'm sure I can manage those without instructions ;o) but before then I shall be making a tiny coat for my littlest chook, as she's not regrown all her feathers since she moulted and its been bitterly cold here recently so she needs a protective layer, -6 is not a good time to be featherless!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 182px; height: 73px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-76036807826096712812010-11-29T14:16:00.002+00:002010-11-29T14:22:52.363+00:00Great Give-away!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2-nbQKtHQ9EcUSNG91hbJu_E9FffpUYvBBr-mXhhqLduRVh0tBE3Ai4GviUyBRL8THneGYo2J_L_MYMccTl9McdkBCqrmcJ_L52j0WgHIicIS7PtKXCaec9-5IY5zP5WarW_u7JVwJi_/s1600/angel1a.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 333px; height: 432px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG2-nbQKtHQ9EcUSNG91hbJu_E9FffpUYvBBr-mXhhqLduRVh0tBE3Ai4GviUyBRL8THneGYo2J_L_MYMccTl9McdkBCqrmcJ_L52j0WgHIicIS7PtKXCaec9-5IY5zP5WarW_u7JVwJi_/s1600/angel1a.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">this is a great give-away I've found here in blogland! For any of you that arent already familiar with Marie Segals lovely claywork, pop over and take a peep at her blog<a href="http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/"></a> at <a href="http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/">Art from my heart</a> the more comments she gets the more draws there will be for the <a href="http://mariesegal.blogspot.com/2010/11/17th-giveaway-victorian-angels-and-my.html">giveaway</a>! The draw started on my birthday so I'm hoping that will earn me some extra luck from the angels she's giving out on her birthday !!! LOL<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 170px; height: 68px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-89146299356344123652010-11-24T12:12:00.005+00:002010-11-24T12:52:52.789+00:00out of the loop<div style="text-align: center;">just a quickie to let you know I'm still about, and attempting to keep up to date reading all the blogs, even if I dont comment on them, as I still cant sit for long and so am trying to cram in as much as possible in my windows of opportunity! I was making some progress with my back problem and then I took the dog for a stroll at the weekend and got yanked sideways putting me flat on my back again!!! :o( this setback is gonna take me months to rebuild my ripped muscles..... Im doing things properly, heat and ice and have an excercise plan from my phsyio-terrorist oh and the other important ingredient... drugs!!! :o) ....as a friend said to me the other day 'better living through chemistry' ! hopefully if I do as Im told I shall be mobile again by the new year... I wonder if hubbs realises I havent done ANY xmas shopping yet?... LOL its gonna be interesting!!!! I just really hope I can find a way to do some crafting or I may go insane with boredom!!!!<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 210px; height: 84px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-17745834731071992732010-11-08T14:58:00.010+00:002010-11-15T18:46:14.051+00:00Carnivaaaaaal :o)<div style="text-align: center;">Every year my hometown has the most amazing illuminated carnival, said to be the largest in the world! so I thought some of you out there in blogosphere might be interested to see a few pics of the Bridgwater carnival that went on a few days ago. This event attracts visitors to our town from all over the world. I realised this year that I take this amazing spectacle quite for granted as I dont even go to watch it some years! There are lots of different categories that the floats are judged in, some floats are called Tableaux and the people on them remain absolutely still throughout the procession,<br />like these ones<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TNggl6s6USI/AAAAAAAAAdM/rxKpWXCQneE/s1600/Bridgwater+Carnival+2010+082.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TNggl6s6USI/AAAAAAAAAdM/rxKpWXCQneE/s400/Bridgwater+Carnival+2010+082.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537211577636901154" border="0" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TNggmFvbufI/AAAAAAAAAdU/tK_bLjhAmVQ/s1600/Bridgwater+Carnival+2010+125.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TNggmFvbufI/AAAAAAAAAdU/tK_bLjhAmVQ/s400/Bridgwater+Carnival+2010+125.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537211580600269298" border="0" /></a>while others have carts with moving parts that go in all directions with dancers on that continue for the 2 hrs plus that it takes to go through the streets!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz1kTeo-6AABoyuSjoGsEZN84WEJpxHZsqp2dV2W00nTGTvO4PQP8Luwpea24Y8e_6J8LhEs377--3ieqrj-w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Gremlins CC 'Runaway Train'<br />Gremlins usually win the show and did so again for the 7th time in a row as overall champions! but when we got a first glimpse of this one coming we all knew it was special, and it went on to win the top prize in the open feature cart section.<br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TNggmi2ff3I/AAAAAAAAAdc/z9Dj7vPs160/s1600/Bridgwater+Carnival+2010+145.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TNggmi2ff3I/AAAAAAAAAdc/z9Dj7vPs160/s400/Bridgwater+Carnival+2010+145.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537211588414504818" border="0" /></a>Masqueraders CC<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzFn0yy-suRvwzl7gPAqmCU2Exdf6tuYMgF8D4BFMw2qCnyMT0Pahwt9jhRBvgmqnrWFg1l8rfGSdUt6M7IJg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />and this one came 2nd<br />This was the last 'cart' and was totally my favourite<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TNggmxoIutI/AAAAAAAAAdk/XGWrc0JliR4/s1600/Bridgwater+Carnival+2010+174.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TNggmxoIutI/AAAAAAAAAdk/XGWrc0JliR4/s400/Bridgwater+Carnival+2010+174.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5537211592380824274" border="0" /></a>Harlequins CC<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw7ecPMbWPryUrL_t3QzbVL5ec2XVuaWTZeC1Eil5EEMtcyJ9N72VjxpJUtuhQR7fTIEGPs9IpYctkLB-dWJw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br />Despite the weather usually being wet and cold it doesnt put anyone off this wonderful free event. There are collectors that walk alongside the procession and collect donations which usually raises between £20-30,000 which is distributed to various charities. The sad thing is that this works out at just 50p-£1 per person watching, which is quite disappointing as the people in the clubs involved give their time and skills for free and build these wonderful entries from scratch each year !!<br />It is most amusing walking around our town at times, seeing some of the fantastic costumes that will be appearing on the carts that year. I'm glad I went to watch it :o)<br /><br />more info about this great event can be found on this website<br /><a href="http://www.bridgwatercarnival.org.uk/">www.bridgwatercarnival.org.uk</a><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 176px; height: 71px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-48539076982415165562010-11-01T17:18:00.007+00:002010-11-01T18:06:41.631+00:00Halloween & a slightly bigger than usual PlumpKin!<div style="text-align: center;">I've seen some wonderful Halloween blog posts this year :o) this probly isnt one of them tho!!! but I wanted to take part in <a href="http://katthehatlady.blogspot.com/2010/11/haunted-house-party-last-posting.html">Kat the Hats Halloween Blog Party</a> so here's my post, last minute me strikes again LOL!<br />I had a feeling my back wasnt going to let me have much fun this week and I wasnt far wrong, BUT.... the main reason I've not posted for a while is that I now have a new computer :o)!!! YAY :o) I was limited in trying to communicate for a while with just facebook via my mobile phone so am overjoyed to 'normal' again so quickly. What did we do before all this technology me wonders!!! anyways, I had no idea that retreiving and reloading all the files and programs to my new shiny majickal box would be so mentally taxing!!! let alone learning the differences between my old operating system and Vista! So I may have missed out on most of the Halloween fun but can assure you I have spent my fair share of time in 'Hell' LOL<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I did however spend a few minutes a few times each day attempting to make myself a paper-mache pumpkin house, but didnt quite get to the finish line in time for the big day! jeez get out the violins!!! haha<br />this is the story so far.... this started when I saw a Pumpkin by <a href="http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#%21/pages/STOLLOWEEN/288961974226">Stolloween </a>on facebook where it showed the internal makings of a mache pumpkin. It was 'just' strips of card attached to a floorplate with strips of card or newspaper weaved between to make a base for the mache to be added, the first pic is not mine as I forgot to take a pic of how I started mine D'oh! so I hope he doesnt mind me using it.<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TM7964JDuXI/AAAAAAAAAdE/NIDgO_-XyGU/s1600/stolloween+pumpkin+base.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TM7964JDuXI/AAAAAAAAAdE/NIDgO_-XyGU/s400/stolloween+pumpkin+base.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534640180029536626" border="0" /></a> but you get the idea? I only wanted a half pumpkin so made a few adjustments.<br />Then began the layering up.... <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TM75xJ7k1zI/AAAAAAAAAck/PRFHMiVLIz8/s1600/pumpkin1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TM75xJ7k1zI/AAAAAAAAAck/PRFHMiVLIz8/s400/pumpkin1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534635614959621938" border="0" /></a>I had to make a few cuts in the top to give it a bit more shape, the central tube was just to support the shape while it dried.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TM75xsB0BYI/AAAAAAAAAcs/dXHMRR5DmVk/s1600/pumpkin3.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TM75xsB0BYI/AAAAAAAAAcs/dXHMRR5DmVk/s400/pumpkin3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534635624112588162" border="0" /></a><br />until it got soggy.... and had to be replaced by something a bit sturdier when I added the 'stalk'!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TM75yGHpUfI/AAAAAAAAAc0/va_8UphjQj4/s1600/pumpkin4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TM75yGHpUfI/AAAAAAAAAc0/va_8UphjQj4/s400/pumpkin4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534635631116374514" border="0" /></a>lots and LOTS of coats of paint later!... so far its had 2 coats of white and & 7.... yes, 7 coats of orange, I reckon it probly needs another few to be totally orange. NOTE: I learnt that using a good coat of ordinary household white emulsion was much more effective at covering newspaper mache than white poster paint or acrylic! and when you've already got backache those few minutes saved mean a lot!!!<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TM77Ct3FLiI/AAAAAAAAAc8/y0a1SNQ9-tM/s1600/pumpkin+001.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TM77Ct3FLiI/AAAAAAAAAc8/y0a1SNQ9-tM/s400/pumpkin+001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5534637016173850146" border="0" /></a>I still need to paint the inside a pale pumkinny colour and then add a floor and some shelving into the natural curved alcoves and .... you know how it goes, IF I'm lucky I may have it finished before NEXT Halloween!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 190px; height: 76px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-43701762755479777872010-10-25T15:33:00.006+01:002010-10-25T16:27:53.680+01:00whinge alert!!!<div style="text-align: center;">I'm seriously fed up with myself now!!! Last year I completely missed Halloween because I was in hospital having my gall bladder removed and so was REALLY looking forward to having a big celebration this year to make up for it, BUT..... once again my body has other ideas as I've only gone and done my back in again somehow and so spent most of the last few days horizontal!...... no jokes please, it wasnt a fun kind of horizontal!! its all my fault anyway as I will insist on overdoing things when I feel ok! I did manage to get to see my phsysio-terrorist this morning but she didnt think it was gonna be a quick fix, as it seems Ive damaged/over stretched? the ligaments again that I tore last xmas, so poor ol Boris our big friendly Spidey might not be coming out of the cupboard this week as me & ladders are gonna be a definite no-no for a while :o( <a href="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/Halloweenspidey-1.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 283px; height: 191px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/Halloweenspidey-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>This pic was taken the last time we had 'Boris' out of the cupboard... poor thing must be lonely in there! but I can barely stand at the moment let alone walk very far so wont be doing any Trick or Treating or playing hostess with the mostest this year :o( thankfully I can still have some Halloween fun with all the online gatherings instead and am just going to put off my partying for another year.... again! and my golf... sob, sob... second thoughts, I never did like playing in the rain anyway so that may be the excuse I was looking for LOL<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Hopefully this latest ailment wont keep me from my mini-ing too long, who knows? not me! I shall keep popping back to read the blogs but I may not be creating anything new or posting again for a while, but I WILL be back! x<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 175px; height: 70px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-52335054576500763472010-10-18T12:06:00.004+01:002010-10-18T16:11:00.282+01:00just a quickie<div style="text-align: center;">just a quick line to apologize for my blogland absence .... again! Real life keeps attempting to force me into doing anything other than what I have plans for!!!<br />I've had a few ongoing health issues that thankfully some of which have now been resolved :o) but, my nomadic son is on the move again and because he's been staying in my workroom it has caused a few delays and 'occupational hiccups'.... clay and airborn dust 'n' fluff REALLY do not mix well! ...actually they mix only too well, which has created many issues.... hairy candles just dont look right! so I have downed tools and taken to the golf course to escape the madness!! I really do apologize to those who are waiting for orders, but I have taken the very selfish attitude of putting myself first for a bit.... or I may have had a serious meltdown!! I have no intention of ruining anyones Halloween scenes, so 'last minute wendie' policies will be in force and you'll have a big sigh of relief when your orders arrive just in time!<br />Hope you can understand.<br />I won't be gone long!<br /><br />Edit... I'm also having trouble reading & leaving comments on some peeps blogs, if I havnt seemed to have visited for a while, then you may be one of the blogs that I cant read, (possibly something to with backgrounds and text conflicts?) but its nice to be able to see the pics anyway :o)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 202px; height: 81px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-16786356183596546232010-10-03T16:37:00.021+01:002010-10-03T20:50:05.004+01:00Miniatura<div style="text-align: center;">I had a wonderful day at Miniatura yesterday, and am so glad I decided to go after all. The day started on a high when I met one of my lovely customers who had flown over from America! she collected her order from me and happily liked what I'd made so I had some money to spend which made me very happy indeed!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is the pumpkin witch & travelling trunk I made her, and some smaller peeps. <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKinYI0ARUI/AAAAAAAAAbE/V9Xnzx3TbzU/s1600/Peggy+Pumperkin+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKinYI0ARUI/AAAAAAAAAbE/V9Xnzx3TbzU/s400/Peggy+Pumperkin+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523848976094217538" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKi2Ef3KG7I/AAAAAAAAAb8/ZRfpg7AtIs0/s1600/trunk+%26+candles.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 301px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKi2Ef3KG7I/AAAAAAAAAb8/ZRfpg7AtIs0/s400/trunk+%26+candles.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523865131358493618" border="0" /></a>I then met up and chatted with lots of mini-ing friends and bloggers AND found time to spend lots of money too!! If I had more £, I'd have just spent more, as there were so many beautiful things Id have liked to have bought but alas, not on this trip :o(.... do you hear the sad violin tune playing? LOL<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are some of the things I bought... (a certain person has been nagging me since I got back for pics of my 'tiny treasures' so hope it keeps her happy LOL )<br />My first stop was to say Hi to Julie of <a href="http://bellabelledolls.blogspot.com/">Bellabelle Dolls</a> and I fell in love with her new marotte dolls and just had to have one <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKinZWYyCqI/AAAAAAAAAbk/qQT5bjWBobA/s1600/julies+marotte.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKinZWYyCqI/AAAAAAAAAbk/qQT5bjWBobA/s400/julies+marotte.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523848996918004386" border="0" /></a>I also had a bit of a splurge on <a href="http://mags-nificentminiatures.blogspot.com/">Mags Cassidy's</a> stand too! she was selling out fast and I could totally understand why, she needs to make more witchy stuff as it proved very popular. This is what I got from her, <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKinYux6bcI/AAAAAAAAAbU/iX377KQfgMQ/s1600/mags+stuff.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKinYux6bcI/AAAAAAAAAbU/iX377KQfgMQ/s400/mags+stuff.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523848986285993410" border="0" /></a>click the pics to make them bigger as these small images really dont do them justice!<br />We had a good 'ol natter and a giggle, one day I shall have a stand next to hers and we shall put the world to rights but we'd sell more if we were further apart! LOL<br />I lost count how many giggly chats I had with my twinikins Debie from <a href="http://piskies-and-poppets.blogspot.com/">Piskies & Poppets</a>, and think we may have worn our jaws and ears out, but still wish I could have been there today as well to do it all again :o)<br />I also bought lots of 'doing' stuff too, shiny 'things' to convert into other 'things' from TeePee crafts, and some cold porcelain, colouring, cutters, wires etc as I fancied having a go with another medium as the leaves I've been making from Fimo are just not thin enough and I can (hopefully) acheive this with the cold porcelain. I also bought lots of bulb wires so I can make some more lit up pumpkins, oh and some cernit clay. After the moonies and hairline cracks Ive had in the other clays Ive been using lately, I thought I should try this out. I shall be running a test on all my clays and will report the findings here when Ive done them. I have high hopes for this stuff and hope it doesnt disappoint :o)<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKjD_AkNAPI/AAAAAAAAAcc/0ZiMO8vhOmU/s1600/doings_stuff1%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKjD_AkNAPI/AAAAAAAAAcc/0ZiMO8vhOmU/s400/doings_stuff1%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523880430220935410" border="0" /></a>please forgive the odd picture... blogger has been a pain in the rear this evening and driven me nuts with its shannanigans wanting to put the pic sideways!! ? I gave up arguing with it and tried to outsmart it.... it almost worked so Im obviously not that smart? LOL<br /><br />I also had a freebie from the very lovely <a href="http://www.angiescarr.co.uk/">Angie Scarr</a>, I'm hoping it brings me luck and lots of real £ - then I can go shopping again :o)<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKjD-4VZFkI/AAAAAAAAAcU/nVI12vcjBNY/s1600/angies_gift1%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TKjD-4VZFkI/AAAAAAAAAcU/nVI12vcjBNY/s400/angies_gift1%5B1%5D.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5523880428011329090" border="0" /></a>and.... I spoke to Bea from Petite properties too who informed me I've also been included on AIM grapevine this month click the pic below to read the fantastic online magazine!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAswoAdimrHJnxHfb9TGTXapJJzMFwUsk_mA5Srn7sPeHJGIBsDsg_QNf5iorBUUgHFKgN-S0_aNY5Np4CJonLwgrs8meIT9djqS6Kpr1B51BVlAykI2019XdgYJ4Om9xn3XzDR5_ebt1/s1600/October+Cover.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 479px; height: 389px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWAswoAdimrHJnxHfb9TGTXapJJzMFwUsk_mA5Srn7sPeHJGIBsDsg_QNf5iorBUUgHFKgN-S0_aNY5Np4CJonLwgrs8meIT9djqS6Kpr1B51BVlAykI2019XdgYJ4Om9xn3XzDR5_ebt1/s1600/October+Cover.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>there's a 101 more things to tell you & share, but it'll have to wait till another time ...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 165px; height: 66px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-43192370909898206402010-09-26T15:38:00.005+01:002010-09-26T15:45:43.291+01:00sometimes you've just gotta do it!<div style="text-align: center;">Despite being skinter than a skint thing, the overwhelming urge to go to Miniatura has got me! I missed it last year and KDF too and know I'd be sulking all next weekend thinking that I should've gone and didnt, so I fluttered my eyelashes, counted the pennies and justified the day trip until before you know it I was ordering my tickets :o)<br />I shall be there on the Saturday so if anyone else wants to meet up and say Hi, let me know xxx<br />I am so excited!!!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 202px; height: 81px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-22335107259318939252010-09-21T19:54:00.012+01:002010-09-21T22:08:45.418+01:00sad farewell :o(<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I vant him back</span>....<br />(said in the deepest Transilvanian accent I can manage)<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TJkDEjKNwaI/AAAAAAAAAak/Z0O9gCf4m84/s1600/Dracula+01.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TJkDEjKNwaI/AAAAAAAAAak/Z0O9gCf4m84/s400/Dracula+01.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519446195011699106" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I had to say goodbye to this chap yesterday as he went on his journey to his new home. I'm hoping he doesn't dine out on too many postal workers en-route!!<br />(maybe I should have packed him off with a nice raw steak as a snack?.....)<br />I don't know what it is about my dolls just lately, but Ive been getting REALLY attached to them, it was like packing off one of my children!!! daft old thing that I am LOL<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He's loosely based on Bela Lugosi's Dracula, (the old, original Dracula movie) and the customer didnt want fangs. But then I suppose vampire fangs aren't on view unless they're eating so it made perfect sense....<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TJkDF17cX5I/AAAAAAAAAa0/eHfS0F6I0Pw/s1600/Dracula+038.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TJkDF17cX5I/AAAAAAAAAa0/eHfS0F6I0Pw/s400/Dracula+038.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519446217229885330" border="0" /> </a>if you click on him it'll zoom the pic even more<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">He's just under 6 " tall, poseable, and again I have used eyes made by Debie from <a href="http://piskies-and-poppets.blogspot.com/">Piskies & Poppets</a>. They are a dream to use! I wasn't looking forward to dressing him as it meant I had to make yet another jacket!! you all know how much I dislike jackets! but it wasnt so bad after all, so I must be getting used to them now. I also made him a detachable cape, he tried it out by flapping about around the school of majick which didnt impress its inhabitants at all, and they all ran away, jumped on their broomsticks and scarpered! methinks there'll be some garlic concoctions being brewed soon!!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TJkDFNjwZVI/AAAAAAAAAas/G1XXLqCXceA/s1600/Dracula+002.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TJkDFNjwZVI/AAAAAAAAAas/G1XXLqCXceA/s400/Dracula+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519446206393115986" border="0" /></a>there he is flapping about..... looking for a late night snack!<br />(its not easy taking dark/moody night time pics on macro is it?!)<br /><br />if you like vampires, you should pop over and take a look at <a href="http://williambezek.blogspot.com/">William Bezek's</a><a href="http://williambezek.blogspot.com/"> blog</a> to see his latest creation! his are a lot bigger than 1:12 scale but REALLY good! and theres a coffin 'to die for'!!<br /><br />I also said goodbye to a few pumpkins this week, the last few for a while are on ebay this week if you want to grab one. <a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OOAK-handmade-pumpkin-pal-candle-kin-1-12-miniature-/230528965622?pt=UK_Dolls_House_Miniatures&hash=item35ac98dbf6"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a><br />(click on the pick to take you to ebay direct)<br /><br /></div><a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OOAK-handmade-pumpkin-pal-candle-kin-1-12-miniature-/230528965622?pt=UK_Dolls_House_Miniatures&hash=item35ac98dbf6"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 322px; height: 242px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TJkOzrCdZhI/AAAAAAAAAa8/2yTWGT06OHw/s400/candlekin1.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5519459099208410642" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;">I know I will make more of them, but for now I am pumpkin'ed out. I have a few doll commissions to wade through anyway, 'witch' I'm looking forward to LOL apart from several witches, (and yes, poor ol Granny Weatherwax is STILL in a state of undress!) I've also got a mummy, a wolfman and Frankensteins bride wanting to appear before Halloween and I'm not the quickest at creating anything so need to get my skates on!! so I may not be about for a while.... or at least that's the plan!<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 210px; height: 84px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7269828684237335158.post-27643277089271488432010-09-12T12:45:00.009+01:002011-02-22T00:14:16.781+00:00Two faced mate is on ebay<div style="text-align: center;">OK, apologies if this post sounds like Im touting for business LOL tis really not my style, but you said it'd sell so I thought Id let anyone thats interested know, that I've listed the 'Two faced mate' on Ebay, <a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230525273632">item no 230525273632</a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230525273632"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 400px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_PJDIKuNtBmo/TIy-g1_jf3I/AAAAAAAAAaI/fAisSZGOEjc/s400/happy+side.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5515993115080753010" border="0" /></a>still cant find that bloomin battery charger.... so can't show or list any of the other stuff.... grumble grumble.... off for another rummage<br /><br />A big hello and welcome to my new followers too, I shall introduce you all on my next post xxx<br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/?action=view&current=blogsignature.png" target="_blank"><img style="width: 210px; height: 84px;" src="http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc151/chixieboots/blog%20stuff/blogsignature.png" alt="Photobucket" border="0" /></a><br /></div>Wendie-kinshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02383074000561049048noreply@blogger.com12