My Santa Christmas Room

 My Christmas Santa Room

Hello Everyone!

Sorry that I have not posted. I have been Super Busy!

I stopped on most of things that I was working on so 

I could work on this project from the 

Miniature Group that I belong to.

Every time I try to get ahead - I get slower!

Thought I would try starting early and 

hopefully I can finish this by Christmas

and post it when finished.

My Santa Christmas Room will be going into 

a large football plastic case. 

This fits it perfectly. 

It is made  from Gator Board and glued together.

I cut strips and glued to the outside

aligning them up with the window. 

Am not sure what I will put there in that

little corner.

This is the inside. 

Am hoping that I can do the little space

justice.

If you have any ideas - I would love some.

Thank you for visiting me.

Enjoy!!

Hopblogger/Conny

HALLOWEEN SKELETON with a broken wrist

 Hello Everybody!

Sorry that I have been absent - been so busy!!!

Been sick as well.

Hope everyone else has been well and keeping safe.

Wanted to show you a little setting that was given to me.

Cute, cute, cute!

I have plans on fixing her wrist and perhaps

putting her in another setting.

Thank you Lesley.

I want to thank those that visit me and others that

lurk here and there in the dark.

Hopblogger/Conny

HALLOWEEN - WITCH'S SECRET ROOM - MEET AGNETTA

 Hello Everyone!

It has been awhile, have been so busy. 

Sorry about that. 

Hope all have been well. 

Gee, I didn't expect the change in the

design in the posting feature.

I guess it is better, hope I can get used to it.

I told Detta  of 'Detta's Darling Dolls' ,

that I wanted a witch coming out

of a mirror.

BTW - Detta is on ebay. 

All you need do is type in clay witches, or witches and most

of the time her store comes up. 

Or you can do a search on her, somehow

her site will pop up!

They are very reasonably priced and she

will try to make a doll to your liking.

Meet Agnetta!

She is a very secretive witch.

Although you will only see a small part

of her secret room, know that her house is 

much bigger than this.

However her house and secret room are

all hidden away from people. 

Her room is hidden away in a berm of a

hillside, no one knows she exists there.

You must watch out for Agnetta cause she has

a hidden agenda - SHE STEALS!!!

That's right - she goes around the countryside

and anything she sees worth saving or having,

then she takes it when you are not looking!!

She takes it back to her secret room and then

hides it away from everyone. 

Hope you like Agnetta and her secret room!

RARE PHOTO of Agnetta on the prowl again. 

OH NO!! Has Agnetta's secret room

been found!!!

I hope not.

RARE PHOTO OF HER COMPLETE FACE!

Someone is trying to find the thief

that steals from everyone.

OOOoo get a good look at her face people.

Agnetta leaving the safety of her 

hidden room.

A side and back view of the moss covered

room.

You cannot tell that there is a secret window

here covered with moss.

I can get inside to move things around

if I want to.

Another view of the moss glued to the box.

Had to leave a space for the lid to go

back on.

Remember the hole in the roof that

I cut out.

A Halloween LED tealight fits inside.

Did not glue in the light and it fits

snugly.

Hid it with moss.

Towards the front of the box.

We must hurry before Agnetta comes

back.

She will not like it that we discovered

her hidden room.

Lets get an over-all view of the things

that she has stolen.

She stole everything including the light!!

She stole the desk area and bookshelves.

Of course I do not know how she got

the desk  or the bookshelves 

on her broom!!!

But, witches can be resourceful. 

Can't they?

There is some art work on the top shelf

that was painted by a famous artist.

3 large empty colorful bottles 

stolen from a famous wizard.

We have all heard of his name.

The word has it - that they were

stolen from Merlin before he died!!

Oh my - that is horrible!!

The small box with the haunted house

on it was stolen also. 

Inside there is a crystal ball hidden 

away. 

Ancient scrolls on the shelf beneath.

A skeleton box with its skeleton key.

I wonder what that belongs to.

A box of skeleton bones beneath the desk.

The window is to the right.

It is that large black space you see on the right

side of the wall.  

She stole the clock from a time traveler!!!

She stole the sign warning everyone that it is too 

late - you have been seen. 

Numerous books she has stolen.

I made all of the books that are displayed in the room.

OOoo she even hit the fairies!!!

She stole their secret potions. 

They are so heavy as well are the books that

they broke the shelf.

I hope the shelf does not fall down from the

weight!!!

Empty shelves show there is plenty of room

left to store more things she steals.

I tried roughing up the floor so it looks a little worn.

Some more books that Agnetta stole

that were previously twice stolen

before she stole them!

She stole that 'spell' page too!

And a hat!!!

Yes, as you see here -  she stole 

Harry Potters Sorting Hat!!!!

Oh my is there anything that Agnetta

will not steal? I guess not. 

Btw - Detta made me the sorting hat 

from nice leather.

Amazing what she can do! 

Here is the light on. 

So cool to have lights!!

Oh my!!! Agnetta is getting ready to go

out again.

It is a good day to go out.

See the skies above her head.

The sorting hat is telling her not to

go!

'Don't do it' he says!!!

Will she listen? I doubt it!

Hehehehe I love Halloween!

Hope you enjoyed Agnetta and her

secret room!

Thank you visiting me.

Come back soon!

Hopblogger/Conny

HALLOWEEN - WITCH'S SECRET ROOM - Things that were done

Hello Everyone!

Hope all is well.

Thought I would show you what 

has been done on the 

witch's secret room.

All of the outside has been painted

black. 

Still have the lid to be painted

black but will do that later.

The inside was painted green

to just make it look more colorful.

I had to search for book shelves and that

took a lot of time.

I didn't want to spend any money on it

because the room is supposed to be from

stuff she had found that hopefully

holds some meaning to them.

I remembered after a search of looking

around the net that I had a garden

bookcase given to me by one of the

ladies of the mini group.

It was so cute so I placed it inside

of the box.

It was so cute and was made of

cardboard that had a pretty paper

glued to it. 

It was not very sturdy, but thought that

this would  work and could be great for the room.

It works! Looks like it was made for the

space. 

Had to paint it to get rid of the roses

look to it.

Before painting, I decided to make a

shelf look like it was getting ready to

break. 

I just took a random shelf.

I painted over this as you can see in the

pic a purple color.

I kind of liked the pinkish look to the

shelves but decided I would paint over

with purple to hid some of the roses

but that didn't even cover them liked I had

hoped for.

The purple color sure is an eye catcher,

but way to colorful for this room.

So, back to painting the shelves another color

on top to cover before deciding the

color I want it to be.

The purple has to be toned down a lot

before going into the room.

I made the desk area in the back along with

the shelves from thick brown cardboard. 

Then ran a little bit of black across them 

to give them a little bit of age. 

I like the way it looks and might think

about making some more stuff out of

cardboard. 

Hope you got some ideas here and 

enjoyed seeing what I had done. 

Thanks for stopping by and visiting me.

Hopblogger/Conny

Dollhouse - Name Unknown

Hello everyone.

Hope all is well and are continuing

to be safe.

Hope you also will use the

envelope patterns on the inside from

the last post.

There are so many ways to use them.

Do not know the name of this dollhouse

that I received. 

It is big and very nice!

But I cannot use it - no room here!

So I m going to donate it to the 

Thrift store here in town. 

Am sure or hope that some lucky little

girl will see it, want it and make it

her very own.

No words necessary.

Thank you for stopping by.

Conny/Hopblogger

PRINTABLE - Inside envelopes show quilt designs

Hello everyone!

Been running behind on everything.

Just one of those months I guess.

Anyway until I can get caught up - thought

that you would like to print these out

so you can have some COOL quilts.

Just print them onto fabric, do some

hand/machine quilting and POOF you are

finished!

Be sure to check out the insides of those envelopes.

This first envelope is 1655 X 1522 pixels. so it will

print out bigger, just reduce to the size you need and

want.

There is a wrinkle in the pic but I thought it would

look good to see some movement in the quilt.

I left a little at the top here for you to cut off 

cause not sure what size this one would print

out to be. 

This one would look great as backing fabric

for a quilt or as dress fabric!!

You choose.

It is 1072 X 1358 pixels.

Hope you have had a great day!

Thank you for stopping by!

Conny/Hopblogger

HALLOWEEN - WITCH'S SECRET ROOM - BOX PREPPED AND PAINTED

Hello Everyone!

Hope you are all staying safe.

And definitely keeping busy

doing your miniatures.

Love those booknooks.

Thank you so much Drora for

sending me the link on how one

guy made his.

I see the box is much narrower than

the box I am using. 

My box is 3&3/4's inches wide.

Those booknooks are much skinner

at least about half of the width of mine.

So, this will not be a booknook but will

be I hope a secret looking room.

I am still looking for a narrower box though

to make a booknook. 

Here are some pics of what I have done already.

Remember what the box looked like before.

It looked like a piece could be sawed out.

So I sawed out that piece to make a window.

It may be a secret witch room but I want

to be able to see in.

I cut out a hole at the top for a tea light

to be inserted in.

I then cut 2 sticks and glued it to the bottom.

You can see that I did not take the sticks up

to the edge.

The reason is because I want the lid to help keep

dust out of the room.

Just an upright pic to show the bottom.

I cut the plastic out for the window.

Inside is dirty and was wiped out.

Outside of box is painted black.

Just have the lid to paint.

I painted the inside of the box black.

I felt that it was 2 dark so I painted it

green with some black streaks.

Thank you for stopping by and hoped

that you enjoyed visiting with me.

Hopblogger/Conny

HALLOWEEN - WITCH's SECRET ROOM - start with an empty box

Hello Everyone!

Hope you are all well and escaping

this virus.

Stay safe!

I know we have a few months before Halloween

arrives but sometimes I jump the gun if

inspiration and ideas start flowing. 

And this is one of those times.

I had been seeing those booknooks around on

Pinterest and Etsy and they are cute!!

Thought if ever a skinny box got in my hands that

I would  try to make something similar.

Although I am not experienced as many are.

I did get an idea for this box.

Hope you get some ideas too.

Months ago at our last miniature group

meeting a lady came in with a few items

that she did not want.

Well, need I say that I am one of those that

will take anything given to me.

LOLS!! Lo and behold there was this box and lid!

Smaller than a shoebox,

The box is blue and white toile with pretty ribbons

for carrying it. 

Thank you for looking!

Visit again!

Hopblogger/Conny