Have got the dresser finished, I added some china pieces a plate of cakes, food in the bottom cupboard and the linen, the doors I replaced the inner panel with fine wire mesh, you can see the final result in the pictures.
I also finished a bed I had lying around, I made pink covers with matching pillows, got to make a couple more pillows than that's done.
still rubbing down the other unit, and still have not decided what to do with it.

Went junk shopping yesterday, found a lovely wooden frame and a little unit with glass doors, so far I have just rubbed them down and painted them white, I am waiting for inspiration to strike, must add these are not miniatures.

we are hoping that the weather will hold and we can get painting the unit and shelves painted, so much want my living room finished, but looking out its looks very grey,
if it does rain I will shut myself in my workroom and enjoy my miniatures,

have a look at the photos, what do you think of them,

Hi all
I must say thank you all for you great comments, its lovely to hear from you, due to my condition i do not get out much and I rely a lot on the Internet to maintain contacts with everyone and I really do appreciate it when I hear from you, I do not feel quite so isolated, so a big THANK YOU.

have got a little bit more done, not much, as I spent the day with my eldest son, he was home fro Scotland for a few days, so he took me out to my favorite junk shops, we had a great day,
how is it when you go to these places you always find something that you did not know you really needed,  so you have to have it. I keep trying to stop buying but somehow my hand goes in my purse and if by magic I have a bag with items in it,

Back to minis, I have painted the dresser light blue, distressed it, made the doors,
made a tablecloth and napkins, I want to fill the bottom shelves with linens, so lots to do there, so I thought of tea towels, dusters, maybe more depends where my mind takes me.
have a look

can you see I have a blue theme going on.

I never know how my minis will turn out as I make it up as I go along, I sometimes have a rough idea, it seems like this dresser will be having a blue theme.


I finished off a couple of projects I am doing for my kitchen, one was a 2 drawer box, I painted this, distressed it, added some pictures I found at Graphics Fairy blog, this is a great blog and well worth looking at. This box is now used for keeping my garlic and fresh ginger in, the other piece was a small box, again this was painted, distressed and pictures added, I also varnished both bits to protect them, anyway some photos so you can see what I did.

 Don't forget to click on the pictures to see the detail.

I was so pleased I received some Egyptian objects from eBay, as if I needed any more, but could not resist when I saw them, they arrived yesterday, I am hoping today to start painting the shop, I cannot wait to start putting it all together, take a look at my new pieces

well time to hang out my washing, for a change its not raining, see you all soon

SNEAKING IN MY MINIATURES

I managed to sneak out and work on some miniatures, I left them hanging the wallpaper, crept into my work room and got busy, and I was not missed and apart from the odd call for cups of tea I was left alone, as I was not sure how long I would have I did not want to start my Egyptian shop because knowing my luck just as I got started I would be called.
I checked in my box of minis and found a few bits I could work on,

the minis I picked out

first I got a settee and decided to turn into a grubby worn out piece, cruel I know but I painted the base white, broke one of the legs and then attacked it all with sand paper, I made holes in the seat pulled out some wadding and then put in some springs, I then got a bit of fabric edged it with a fringe, dirtied it up and placed this on the settee, I added 2 grubby cushions, hid a gin bottle behind the cushion, a couple of screwed up newspapers and a glass, see what you think.

see the books under the broken leg, they are to help steady it,


I then turned to the cabinet, I wanted to distress this and also change it a bit, I removed all the doors and first painted it white, then pale blue, I decided that I did not want the doors on at the top of the cabinet but would be keeping 2 doors on the base, I have had to take them apart to make them fit better, I have taken out the inner panel of the doors and I will be replacing them with wire,

now waiting for it to dry then I can add the blue, In the meantime I came across another cabinet so I have started to rub this down I am not sure what I will be doing with it, once I have stripped it back I will then decide.

All the time I have been doing this my wall is now wall papered, looks great, this week the new units will be started to be painted, there is a lot of painting before it is put together, I am so impatient for it to be done,
well that's all for now,

DIY

Its been a busy week, got very little done on my minis, as you know I am having a new Tv unit and shelving fitted to my room, well me being me was looking at the existing wallpaper and decided that I wanted to change it, so now this weekend my room is being redecorated, chose the wallpaper today, luckily it does not need repainting and its only one wall to be redone. but that now means my curtains do not go and I need new lamps and shades, poor me I have got to hit the shops, I will look first at my favorite shop, its called the Attic, full of all sorts of things, i am hoping I will find what I need there, I am always in there and I always find something, I then revamp the bits to suit my decor.
I have a lovely old pine dresser and I am trying to make my mine up about painting it an off white have been thinking of doing this for a while.
will try to remember to add photos.
I have been busy painting my hearts and redoing some of my kitchen bits, I have not said anything yet but I am planning on having that redone next.
oh and my bedroom well that's all for now, tomorrow will have my son stripping wallpaper, PS he does not know yet will save that little gem for the morning,

some work done

Glad its Monday I can get back to working on my miniatures, this weekend was spent helping to rub down my units that have been made for my living room, (not mini) we are hoping to start to paint them tomorrow depends on the weather, pray it does not rain, these have been designed by my boyfriend I have got to wait for them to be put up before I will see what they are like, exciting, will put up a photo when they are done.

anyway back to minis, today I started to make jewellery for my Egyptian shop, very fiddly, I need lots as there are lots of shelves to fill and its a big shop, got photos for you, I also finished  spraying and decorating the shelving units.

well another day tomorrow see ya

jewellery I have made so far

units sprayed and decorated

I have been busy

I have been busy making more bits for the new project, I have found the wall paper I am going to use, bit more to do on it before I show you.
today I made a scroll and a box to put it in, here are the details

I made a small long box to hold the scroll

this I painted metallic gold, placed tiny picture on top

sorry this i a bit blurred, I cut and painted 2 cocktail sticks, rolled a small Egyptian design and attached the ends to the sticks, then it was rolled up

scroll with cocktail sticks attached

finished item.





I am making a few of these, along with boxes and other bits, as it is a large shop, I hope to end up with a large selection that are for sale,

I have also been to the hospital today to have my echo scan, will have the results in a couple of weeks, just hope all is ok,
this weekend is down to housework stuff like washing, ironing cooking cleaning, there depressed myself now, so going to have a large drink and watch a bit of telly bye for now

FINALLY STARTED

Hello and welcome to my new followers, how pleased am I to go over 50, how will I feel if it reaches a 100, hope you enjoy my blog and like my work, please feel free to make comments, I enjoy recieving them.
below are pictures of what I am going to do next

my bargain shop

some of the items I have made

some of the items I have sprayed

some of the items I have brought

after a lot of deliberation I have decided to start my Egyptian project,it has been sitting looking at me for a long time, and now I have my new work room I have the space to work on it, I have put on pictures before but will be showing them again, one of my problems was deciding what to cover the wall with, well I found something, and I am now in the process of making the paper look right, I am still undecided what to do the outside wall in, I welcome any suggestions, I was very lucky with the shop, I picked it up for 5.00 from my local second hand shop, I could not believe my luck, the other bits I have collected for a long time and I have also made a lot of ornaments and bits for it, today I am going to spray a cabinet gold to match the others I have already done, it really just needs decorating and putting it all together, so off I go.
If you want to see some more pictures see earlier blog pages.

this is before I get spraying,

I have also completed another one of my projects, its a mans desk, I sprayed this matt black, added some gold decorations and then added stuff to make it look real, hope you like it

you can see the before and after,
well better start preparing the room box, will be putting on pictures of my progress