MUPPET HAS ARRIVED

The puppy is finally here, little Muppet has taken over the asylum!!! she may be tiny but she has already made her presence known, it was funny yesterday when we brought her home my other dog Freebie just kept wandering over to her and looking at her as if to say " what the hell is that?" today she has overcome all that and has made sure that little Muppet knows she is the boss here. I have had to go round the house making sure all tiny bits are put away, she likes to chew wires so they have been hidden, she follows us all over, we have to be careful as she is so small, have a look at the photos and see why I am in love

so tired its been a long day

I fit under the coffee table

my big teddy

checking out the garden

I am still the boss

not a mini tutorial

I have been resting, yes really I have, but I have this problem I cannot just sit and do nothing, so I got on with my Christmas decorations, I hear the groans now, but I think you will like these,
Last year at our craft club, one of the girls taught us these, not sure where she got them from, but I thought I would share them with you and show you how they are made
hope you will understand my pictures and instructions
so here goes

finished decorations

these can hang from your tree or anywhere you would like to put them

items needed, gold tiny pins polystyrene egg, fabric cut into 5cm x 5cm squares

cover one end with your fabric, then start making your triangles

5cm x 5cm square

fold into a small triangle

pin round the egg, this usually takes 4 at a time

keep going round with your fabric triangles

when you get near to the bottom cover with fabric

finished decoration



well that's how you make them, hope you enjoyed it.

very excited tomorrow we go and pick up the puppy, yes little Muppet is joining our home, let the madness begin.

thank you all for lovely comments.

I am enjoying this late summer, just what we need to keep us smiling, long may it last

see you all soon

thank you

I have been reading through your lovely comments and I thank you for your kind words and the encouragement you all give me, not doing much this week having to rest my body, it seems like I can work a week then have to take a week off, still at least by doing this I can continue with my creations.
see you all later

nearly there

Making good progress these last few days, despite my rt arm trying to stop me, its will never win.
Next came the best bit putting it together, I did not realise I had so much to put in it, so I had to decide on what bits to use, hopefully I have picked the best pieces,
the jewellery I decided to place in the gold trunk, I did not have room to show it all, but I know its there and it will be fun finding the bits hidden there.

I had to make shelves for some of the bigger pieces, they would not fit in the units, so I did not use all of the units, this did give me more room.

I have started to place the paving slabs to the front and hopefully tomorrow I can begin laying the grass, i think I need to make a fence around it as well, I shall have to look at it and see what it tells me to do, yes I do think my miniatures tell me what they want me to do.

I have started making little labels and signs, I was going to price items up but decided to make it an exclusive shop where you have to ask the prices, that way I will know the customers can afford it, I am also going to make the shop open by appointment only.

anyway enough chat lets take a look, remember to poke the pictures to make them larger and to see the details.

floor done

First I must thank you all for your lovely comments, i love reading them.
so chuffed my miniatures was shown in the lastest Dolls House and Miniature scene magazine, they showed my ruined settee and a room box, at last my name in lights.


Finally got the floor finished, due to not having enough tiles I had to adapt and change my idea and lay what I had in this pattern ( see photo) I also experimented with printing my own fabric, I first found some pics that I thought would lend its self to being printed as fabric, scanned them, messed about with them using my photo programme, then printed, not that happy with the results, they ended up looking faded, I am finding that with my Kodak printer the inks maybe a lot cheaper, the printing colours are poor, luckily I still have my older one, so going to try with that, as they say you get what you pay for, and this time it seems I did.`

I have also been busy making cushions for my bed, I found a lovely bedspread in pinks and whites, I had red cushions on my bed so they had to go, in my stash I had some lovely vintage flowered material, never throw anything away you never know when you will be able to use it, anyway made 4 cushions, they look great but now I have decided that the wall paper does not go, so added that to my list of jobs to be done, this list is getting longer,

went into my work room this morning and its a mess, so will have to tidy before I can start again, that's after doing the washing, hovering, dusting oh dear why do we have to do these things, well better get on see you all soon.

making progress

Awake early today, well if I am honest did not have a lot of sleep, why does pain wait for you to relax and then jump in and says got ya, so in the end I got up and worked on my project, I find when I am occupied I can sometimes switch off the pain, so armed with the paint brush I carried on painting, I have used gold to highlight the window and door,
for the ceiling I used a design that I had in my stash and painted it, when it was dry I cut out the bits I wanted and placed it on the ceiling, I think it looks quite effective,
I needed to check I had enough floor tiles, so I drew the shape put and started to place the tiles, and what did I find I do not have enough to cover all the floor, so I messed about and came up with a design that will fit, but that meant I had to come up with something else to cover the floor, after checking my paints I found some black, so I have painted the floor black and hopefully can lay the tiles tomorrow.
The front door was also painted gold and I have added a Egyptian figure to the front. I made a decision to cover the front with a lovely brick paper that I found, I really need to check out my boxes to see what I really have got,
well that how far I have got,
I could not help bragging about my new shelving, have got a picture for you now I have put on my ornaments, I made the love sign, my bronze Indian's I have had for a long time, i really love this. check out the photos.

you can see the black painted floor

the door not yet attached

I used some brown tiles on the window fronts

my new shelving

back working

Its great I feel much better so today I started back on with my big project, no pictures to show yet, I have painting the shop, I am also going to highlight areas in gold paint, I managed to wallpaper the ceiling and I have got a design to put on it, but for now there is not a lot I can do, hate watching paint dry, its so boring, so I have shut the door and will start again tomorrow, but so happy I can do some work again, I still have pain but its back to its acceptable level.
will be put photos on tomorrow see you all then