Its hot and sunny

Morning all

Hello and welcome my new followers, I am always surprised when I see you all and know that you look at what I do, I thank you for your interest.

its so lovely today, the sun is shining and its getting warmer all the time, mind you they have said we will have rain later, that will save me watering my veggies.

So what have I been doing, 40's house nearly done, got to attach the front, tidy up the exterior and connect all the lighting, I can then get on with the next project, I am torn between making the garden and Anderson shelter or the conservatory for my big house, decisions no doubt I will get on with something.

I have been busy making some more bits for eBay, I must get on and make myself another page for selling, but I always seem to be doing something else, I get asked if I get bored not having a job, NO I get up when I like, I do what i want and have time to spend doing my miniatures where is the boredom in that?

I am so excited I am getting a new puppy, a cross between a Yorkie and a miniature toy poodle, they are due to be born in 2 weeks, I will get fist pick,  I may have to start another blog about my new puppy, I got to see about freebie, as she is a girl I have got to get her done!!! as I want to have a boy this time and it would be hell when Freebie is in season, that will cost me I'm sure, visiting vets this week for her inoculation's so will discuss it then.

I was pleased this week I now only have to have my bloods taking every 3 weeks instead of weekly, they say they have got my blood clotting under control, I have to have another echo scan in 2 weeks, not looking forward to that I am scared as that's where I stopped breathing last time, but My fella is coming with me and I am sure they will know what they are doing, well i hope so. My joints have been very sore so at times it has been difficult, but I carry on no good moaning there are others worse off than me. see rambling again, I did warn you.
anyway lets get on with the photos.

bathroom shelving,

I distressed this and then added new covers and bows, the picture does not really show its colours at its best

back, added bows here to

kitchen dresser, i made the food, the cake stand is 2 plates connected with a small metal tube,the vase is a bead, from out of the drawers I put a small bit of checked material to represent a tea towel, the other holds napkins, which is just small bits of white material rolled and I added a trim to represent the napkin ring, other bits are from my stash.

Thats all for today

Nearly done, finished the sitting room, I decided this would be mothers best room and it is
only used on high days or when the vicar comes for tea, I did notice that she had left her knitting on the seat, they have a telly but it no longer broadcasts as this was turned off during the war, you never knew who could be listening, so they had the radio to keep in touch which what was happening.

I then moved on to the bedroom, this was a bit difficult as I did not have a lot of room, so it had to be fairly simple and not too much furniture, I hope I  have been able to portray the era, see what you think,

need to connect all the lights, attach the roof and front, then I can start to make the Anderson shelter and veggie garden,

I could not let you go without showing you the desk I got off eBay this week, this is for my Victorian house, I love it, I have also won some little ornaments will show you when they arrive.

look at my work room now, the shelves had made all the difference, and no I have not filled the spaces yet, give me time.

anyway enough of the natter lets get onto the photos

can you see the box of dominoes by the telly, they even have dominoes inside

I made the plant from florists tape and wire

see how small the bedroom is?

I hung a jacket and waistcoat on the door

my great desk

new shelving, can you see how organised I am

I made this earlier this week, I repainted the settee and made new covers with contrasting cushions

Well that's it for now, going for a bath now, trying to ease my joints they have been very sore this week, I am so glad I found miniatures as they are a great distraction, have a good weekend

I now have people and they are dressed, I purchased from my local shop a little old lady, stripped her and redressed her with petticoat, dress and apron, then decided to add the head scarf, how easy I thought that would be, Wrong, I tried gluing, them more gluing, no good, then gave her a haircut, as I decided her bun was causing the problem, Wrong again, so back to more gluing, still no good, in the end I sewed it into place, shaping it as I went, finally I was satisfied. For the old man I used a doll I had dressed before in my shed project, I have posed them in the house, I like the fact that they are posable so I can move them about the house.

I have started on the bedroom, no pictures yet, I have laid the floor and varnished it, so it is now drying, hope to do a bit more tomorrow.

Had more shelves put up in my workroom, so now I have some more space, but the comment made after they were up was " you will soon fill them " as if!!!

Looking forward to the weekend its supposed to be hot, about time we had some summer.

going so good

First I must say Hi and welcome to Marie, hope you will enjoy my blog.


Had such a great weekend, ever have one of those days where everything you touch goes so well, I did and it lasted 2 days!!!

I added door knobs and letter box to the front door, even was able to fit a key in the inside lock.
I started with the windows, I used clear plastic and drew black criss cross lines on them, and then attached them to the windows, Then using some black material I made this into blinds using a cocktail stick cut to size and again attached these to the windows.

I then turned to the curtains, as I am redoing the house I used the old curtains, I pleated them using my pleater and used a kebab stick cut to size, I had already made and painted the pelmets, so these went onto the windows.

I re varnished the quarry floor, I was then ready to replace the furniture, I made a new dresser and filled this with all the bits I had, made a clothes horse for the wet washing to dry in front of the heater, just generally tidied up.

I then placed all the furniture in place, this I did take a while over, I was constantly changing my mind where to put stuff, eventually I was satisfied, hope you all like the kitchen.

I then turned to the living room, I made a fender out of a bit of metal I had in my stash, this looked quite right, attached it to the fire place, added some ornaments.

tomorrow will show you the rest of the room, I hope that it all goes as well as it has  been doing,  anyway here are the photos, let me know what you think.

showing windows and door furniture

quarry floor

Making progress, I laid the quarry floor then realised I had no grout, so I first varnished the tiles to protect them and used some cement that I had in my shed, mixing a small amount and using a cocktail stick, grouted it, as I had varnished first the cement did not stain the tiles and I was able to wipe them down, I then re varnished twice and you can see the effect, sometimes you have to think outside the box to reach your desired effect, I have also now got all of the windows done,  today I hope to start making the window coverings of black out curtains and criss cross the window panes.

I also made a hat and coat rack ( from my new book) I made a few adaptions as I needed it a bit smaller to fit in with my little house. The instructions were very clear and easy to follow,

back of wall, coat rack.

So pleased yesterday, those who read my blog no my other passion is my veggie garden, I picked runner beans, courgettes, beetroot and swedes, can't wait for my spuds.

So sad the news about Norway, my prayers are with you all.

Well I stripped, rubbed, dressed, painted and wallpapered, I have even laid a real quarry tile floor. even if it is only in miniature I feel I did good, my friend Brenda makes the tiles and she sent me some ages ago I always knew they would come in handy.

I have got a new book    "Thirties & Forties" miniatures in 1-12 scale by Jane Harrop, so good , so many things to make and do, I will hopefully making some of the items in there for my house, I recommend it to anybody, well worth it.

Now waiting for everything to dry, seems to take ages, never mind got a pile of ironing that needs doing shame so better get on to do it.

These show the paint drying, quarry floor, that needs grouting still,

Today I woke up saying " I have survived another year" let me explain, 23 years ago on the 19th July I lost my daughter Leanne, she was just under 4 years old and had a serious condition, during her short life, she was the happiest little baby I had ever seen, throughout all of her treatments she remained smiling, and every year on that day I become selfish and sit and remember, cry and just be with her in spirit, and I always say I have survived another year.

Now I can begin another year and plant that smile on my face and continue to live my life.

So what have I been up to, well I have been carrying on with my Victorian house, started to put furniture in it. I also decorated the lounge, still need to put flooring down and curtains to make, but I could not resist trying out some of the furniture, I was really pleased with the little round cabinet I got from eBay, you can see it in the corner of the room, so now I am waiting for delivery of flooring before I can do any more, so what can i do,

I had been looking at my 40's house, this still needed finishing, but I had been looking at it for some time as I was not completely happy with the decor, so today I stripped it, yes stripped it, and I am going to begin again, I blame the menopause!!!!!
does anyone else do this? my family was so surprised as they thought it was looking good, but it had been niggling me for some time so here I go again,
I will try to put updates on regularly , but I must admit I do not write my blog as much as I should, yes teacher I will try harder.

I have also put on a picture of a pram I have just redone, there is a before and after hope you like it.

so now I am going to start redecorating my little house, see you all later.

I downloaded the pictures in the panel, and then put a frame around it,  I quite like the effect I got

the pictures, I found in magazines, laminated them added a frame, the settee and chairs I recovered and added cushions.
I also made the coal box, the fireplace, I painted white, added gold highlights and found a cherub, I added this to it.

can you see the round cabinet in the corner.

The hall, the stairs are not fixed in yet, I will leave that still last, the book case holds all the books I made I have put bills and paper work in the drawers, there is a  the chair was an old one, I recoved this in black leather

The masters secret book, it says Tom Browns days on the front, it has a few pages and then it is full of his naked victorian woman, just hope the Mistress does'nt see it.!!!

sorry for the side view, house stripped

inside front

pram before

after I got my hands on it, I covered it with red leather, added covers and a naked baby

hung a blanket over the rail

inside the pram, at the bottom I added a tray, which I filled with baby bits.