Apartment #12 - Diana's Apartment Begins

Hello Everyone!

 

Thank you for the sweet comments.They

are greatly appreciated. I did not

realize that there was so much problems

with trying to follow a blog. I have

tried to follow at least 8 more people

and that has made me frustrated.

I am wondering if perhaps the problem

is with 'following people on google'.

I must say that it has only been following

with those pictures that this problem

has started with me.

Has anyone noticed that this is where their

problem started??

I have thought about getting rid of all of

that, just to see if that is where the

problem lies?

 

Thank you KIKKA for the interesting

comment that you left. That is a good

idea!

 

Anyway enough of that.

 

I do want to say that I was recently informed

that I am going to be a great grandma on 1 December!

This was a complete surprise!!

There is so much to do. I hope to be able to keep up!

 

 I have started on the top floor of the New York

apartment building. There will be 2 apartments

on this floor. Each apartment is 10 inches wide

and 15 inches long.

I painted all the walls, ceiling and the floors white

on this top floor. Both apartments will be in a

shabby chic style. 

 

The wallpaper for this apartment was saved from the net.

I found it while looking through scrapbook papers. This is

shabby and I love it!! I printed it out on printer paper

and pasted it onto the wall with modge podge. For this

apartment I like how the roses are a little big and the

stripes are fat!

There are 2 small little walls. The door to the apartment

will be against the white wall. The other little

wall makes a small alcove or a niche.

 

I am not finished yet with this apartment. There will

be a kitchen and a bathroom in here. A living area

with a bedroom will be in this space. As you can

see the bay window still needs painting. The outside

of that window also needs painting. I am slow but

I am getting there.

 

The shabby chic scrapbook paper was used on

a box that I recently sent to a friend of mine. It is

lovely.

You can see the box and what I made on my

other blog: remakeremixreuse.blogspot.com

 

When you print this out on printer paper, it

is not a thick paper so it is easier to adhere to

anything! The bubbles are easier to get out

also.

Here is the paper that I printed out to use on

the walls. It took about 3 of these papers to

wallpaper this wall with the little side walls.

And each side wall is wallpapered on both

sides.

Isn't this so pretty!!

Thank you for visiting me!

Conny

 

Shake, Shake, Shake

Hello everyone!

Thank you for your sweet comments.

 

I am very

happy to know that all of you that have

won so far - really love the fabrics.

They are pretty!

 

Have any of you been having trouble trying

to become a follower on someone's blog?

Well - I have. I have been trying for a while

to become a follower to MINI ADDICTIONS.

I do not know what happens. I will keep trying!

 

SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO

SHAAIRAH!!!

 

 

Shaairah, if you send me your full name and address

then I will send the fabrics.

Thank you for visiting me!!

Conny



TUTORIAL - Make 9 Mini Books made in less than 10 minutes!

Hello everyone!
Thank you so

much for your sweet comments.

I have been so busy lately that I have

hardly had time to sit down.
At least it feels like that!

 

I do not think that anyone has came up with

this idea yet - so I wanted to show you how

to make some books real quickly - that is

if you need them in a hurry!!

In other words - Conny's books!

 

Yes - these are made in 10 minutes or less!

 

These books have scrapbook papers for their

skins. I have not embellished them, however you

can do that anyway that you like. These little books

work up very fast - so make lots of them to fill

your bookcase!!

 

WAIT TILL YOU SEE HOW EASY THESE
BOOKS ARE TO MAKE!!

Get your supplies ready. All you need is glue and

some paper or fabric. Also need some cutting

scissors!

 

 This is one of those paper legal pads that is stapled

at the top. Do you see those staples!

All of the paper has been used on mine. This

is when I make books.

 

Do you see these books!!
They will have blank white pages.

Glue pictures on the

pages if you want to when you finish.

 

Tear or cut off the cardboard back and this is what

you are left with - BOOKS!

 

Take a ruler and mark off the sizes that you want.

Be wary of the staples. Try to work around them.

 

I did not worry about the staples.
I cut for 10 books and one tore up.

No biggy - I am still left with 9 of them.

Do not stress yourself with they way they

look.
Straighten them up the best that you can.
Also be careful because some of the
pages might fall out, if so then
just glue those pages back
into the spine of the book.

Concern yourself with the pages.

The fronts and back will be covered. So some of

 the mess will never be seen.
The book sizes are 0.5 inch

to 1 inch.
Cut the sizes you prefer.
Then clean the pages up a little!

 

Do you see the spines!

 

Everyone has made books before - so this is where

you can do your own thing.

Cover the little books anyway you want to.

 Take a small piece of scrapbook paper or anything

that you want to use and cut the correct width.
But do cut it longer.

 

Butter it up - baby!!

 

Press the paper down firmly on the outside.

 

Be sure to fold the left over paper to the inside of

the front and the back of the book.

Then press one of the pages down

on top of the flap.
This gives a more professional look.

 

Then trim off anything that sticks out.
Clean up the little book again if need be.

 

This book was covered in scrapbook paper that

looked like a real book. I will not worry about

the way the pages look here.
I want them to look

ragged - so it looks well used.
Maybe I will apply some gold paint to the page ends.

 

A couple of your books could have a staple in them.

No biggy!
Some of these little books will not

even be opened.
If you do not want these staples

just make sure that the book is well adhered to the

spine before taking the staple out.

I hope you enjoy the way that I make mini books!

Thank you for visiting me!

Mini smiles and hugs sent your way!

Conny



Giveaway #12

Hello Everyone.

It is really cold outside and the

temperature keeps dropping very fast.

Schools let out 3 hours early today because

they are expecting bad weather. The

rain has already started and it is

freezing. Enough to make me cold!

 

This is Giveaway #12. So sorry that I

am late. I had to give myself a few days

after mailing off the last package.

 

Hopefully soon I can get back to posting.

 

SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE!!

 

CONGRATULATIONS GOES TO

MARIA IRELAND

 

Maria - if you would send me your full name and

address, then I will mail you the package.

 

Thank you very much for stopping by and visiting

with me.

Conny



Giveaway Bundle #11

Hello Everyone!

We have been getting a winter storm! My

grandkids have been home since Tuesday.

No school tomorrow as well.

Snow is so pretty, pure and serene.

But a mess when it starts to melt.

 

ITS SHAKE, SHAKE, SHAKE TIME

 

The reason being is that the lovely

Rosamargarita has not responded to the

giveaway.

Gee, I hope all is well with her and her

family.

 

CONGRATULATIONS TO HANNAH!!

Hannah, please send to me your full name and

address.

Thank you all for visiting me. Stay safe.

Conny