Belt up

Hi All
I must apologise, I did not notice that the number of followers had increased, so welcome to my new followers, it is lovely to see you here, I hope you enjoy my blog and feel free to make comments,

This new project of mine is getting to be very addictive, my head is brimming with ideas and I have to be careful, I do have a habit of having 2-3 projects on the go. 

Yesterday I started to make belts, I used thin strips of leather and decorated them, for decoration  I used some tiny gold and sliver (coloured not real) tiny shapes, cannot remember where I got  them from, they are very fiddly to use, and then I dropped the lot on the floor, I had to use cellotape to help me pick them up, it took me ages. That will teach me to make sure  I put things in a safe place.

I also made boxes for my gloves to go in.

I was hoping to start painting the dolls house, but the weather  here is very cold and damp, I really need a dry day so I can get outside, if  I can't do that I will only be able to do one bit at a time, that means it will take ages, and I am not  the most patient of person.

Anyway here are the photos

Only the small

Hi All

Thank you for your kind words, 
My bruises are slowly going and it is easier move.  That's the only thing about my condition, if I have a fall or an injury, my body reacts by giving me severe pins and needles in my legs and loads of pain, I have to increase my pain medication and wait it out.

I am  so glad I have my miniatures, they help to keep me distracted. Anyway enough about that.

I am continuing to work on men's accessories, I have been making socks, gloves and hankies, bugger are they fiddly, my first attempt of socks were not very good,  I thought  by sewing 2 shapes of socks together, they would look good,but they turned out to bulky.
so I made them by using  a single piece of material, they looked much better. 

The hankies were a lot easier, I just cut up strips and folded  them,placed them in a box and  covered them.

It is so fiddly making tiny bits,  my fingers  are to big, bits get dropped  never to found, the wrong bits stick together, and we call this fun,some call it madness,whatever it is I love it.

here's a photo of yesterdays work.

been busy today

Hi All

yes been busy today, I made some shirts in boxes, these are very fiddly to do,but once I got into the swing of it,it got easy,

I did not intend to start making clothes yet, but you know how it is, I always end up having  loads of projects on the go.

have not started painting the big house yet, I was going to use watered down white emulsion paint, but  a  friend of mine,he is a carpenter said it would be better to use a primer on the MDF, it gives a better seal. So I need to get some.

I am a bit sore this week, my dad came over and brought his dogs with him, the young one is very boisterous and he tried to get out of the door as I was going out and  he ended up tripping me up,so a bit bruised and battered. Never mind it gave me a good excuse to sit down and the best place to sit,just happened to  be  my workroom.

well enough about me, have a look at my shirts and hankie set.

just a quickie

Hi All

this is just a quickie, but had to show you my new unit for my dolls house, the drawers and cupboard will be used to store my bits,now I can really get started.

see my grandson Jack

So excited

Hi All

Yes I am so excited, my unit, that I ordered  to stand my big house on, its arrived, yes its here. I bribed my son to put it together for me.
Tomorrow I will put on a photo for you to see.

Anyway what have I been up to ? still making accessories for the men's department, ties were pretty much a failure,the tape did not hold, but thank's to my good friend Sue, she said to use wonder web,   I did  and its woks a treat.

I made some more tie sets, I have printed of loads of  men's aftershave boxes and some other items, so I have a lot to cut out, the pile looks so big,  still I do need lots,

Now that my unit has arrived I can now start with the building and altering the ground floor.

Before that I have to do the boring bit, using watered down white emulsion,I need to paint all of the walls,  including the edges, this will stop any paint or glue being absorbed into the MDF, but never mind,I can see the starting position.

photo's for you of my tie boxes.

I have started

Hi All

Yes it is now official, I have started my big shop.

 I had hoped to start building the ground floor,but the cabinet that I have ordered as not yet arrived.

This staircase is the sort of thing I want on the ground floor,only want to do it in marble with black and gold railings.  Looks easy!! why  do I have this need to change things? does anyone else suffer with this.



So I started making men's accessories, I began with men's ties, I made a tie template and using ribbons started, I also made a tie gift box, in this is a tie, hankie and matching cuff-links. this little lot took me all day. I found it better to use double sided tape instead of glue, less messy and no waiting for glue to dry.

Today, hopefully I will  make more tie sets and tie's, also hankies in a box.  

tie gift box

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Hi all

Thank you all for your kind words and support that you have given me in the past year,it meant a lot.

Happy New Year to you all,  I hope you had a great Christmas, I did, the best part was,my son and his wife were home or over a week and I got to have my grandson Jack for 2 days, they went shopping or something,did not really care were they went, I had Jack to myself, it was the best present they could give me. They are back in Edinburgh now and I have already been looking at train costs, I have applied for my  disabled rail-card, so will get some savings there.

Anyway, what have you planned for this year? me, well finally I am going to make a start on my big dolls house I got last Christmas. I think I told you before, it will become a modern day shopping emporium. It is to big for me to work on it in my work room,so I have just ordered a small pine unit,this will sit in  my lounge and the shop above it. It has 2 drawers and a cupboard below,so I will have room to store bits away.

In the meantime I have been busy researching and finding ideas for my shop. I want to change the ground floor, it has a arch between the 2 rooms, I want to remove this and the lower stairs to make a large room with sweeping stairs to the next floor, I have been gathering ideas and putting them on Pinterest,I love Pinterest,so addictive!!! anyway,the ground floor will be accessories for men and women, this includes, hats, bags, jewellery, perfumes, umbrellas, shoes basically anything that comes within the frame of accessories.

The second floor will be ladies and men's clothing, top floor, baby clothes and nursery equipment and a hairdressing saloon,as has a flat roof, this will be a coffee shop and small garden, I have a conservatory that is still in its box, so will be using that.

I decided that this shop will be modern as I wanted to do something different, it will be a bit shabby chic but also very ornate.

I will show you as I go along with this project, the good, the bad and the ugly. 
so that is my big plan.

enough nattering, here are a few photo's

mum and dad helping Jack with his many presents

I know I am bias but I think he is beautiful

my youngest son,Uncle Liam with jack

my shop

want to do something like this