Cross-stitched Rugs

First I would like to thank all of you lovely

people for becoming my followers and taking

the time to stop by and say hello!

What do you do with a sweet lady

that does not do any miniatures but sends

you 2 sweet rugs that she cross stitched.

Catherine from Diamond C from:

http://diamondc-diamondc.blogspot.com/

Both of the little rugs are light and airy yet soft

to the touch.

 A close-up of the pink and blue heart rug. Just the right

colors of blue and pink.

 A close-up of this beauty! Blue flowers and lilac.

Both of these rugs are going into the Van Buren dollhouse.

She also sent me these composition books. They do

not have any paper on the inside and I like that.

This way I can add my own and title the little

journals! Maybe some diary's.

Thank you so much Catherine, for the beautiful

rugs and the journals! I love them.

Thanks for visiting me!

Conny

Thrift Store - TURN BINGO CHIPS INTO PLATES!!

Welcome to my blog!

Thank you for your wonderful 
comments.
It is very much appreciated.

Do you need some cheap plates.
Look no further!

These BINGO CHIPS are just the right size

and they are not heavy!

They come magnetic or unmagnetic and they

come in red and green.
Not sure

if they have other colors or not.
I did not pay

this price for them - they were only 50 cents

at the thrift store.
AND LOOK there are 200 in each package!
That's a lot of plates!!!
Include these in your kitchen projects!

 You can use these as they are or you

can glue pretty papers to them on the

fronts and the backs.
You can also take a gold

pen to the edges to give them a china effect.

If I were not so busy then I would have

glued on paper or painted some of them

 to show you.
As of now, I have not had the time
to mess with them.
I would love to

see what you do with these plates.
You can give some of these away!

Thanks for stopping by to take a look!

Conny

CLOTHES - A Shabby Chic Closet With Nightgown And Robe

The intended use for this little
cabinet when bought new was as
a food pantry.
 

The bottom 2 pics show what the pantry

used to look like.
This is what it is now.

I have been working on this for several months

among other things.
 

I hope that you

like what I have done.
First I tore out the shelves.

That took some doing!
You can actually

see the lines where I took them out at.
I left it like that cause

I like the character that it gives.
When you have a hard time

seeing, then mistakes comes very

easy and are hard to fix once you make them.
 

Anyway I had seen on blogs where some

very talented ladies had made
some Faux Drawers.

That sure did intrigue me when I

was looking at this pantry.
Sorry, that I cannot

remember what the name of those blogs were.

Anyway the bottom shelf is a small faux drawer.

The bottom shelf is made from balsa wood.
I took off the red knobs and dug out

little holes from the new drawer

and glued them in.

Afterwards I gave the entire cabinet a white

washed effect.
If some areas did not have paint

on it then I did not worry about it.

 

 The pretty pink hi-heels are actually

earrings.
They came from Claire's boutique

and were very cheap.
I could not resist buying 2 pairs of them.

 

 The little blue dress was a small

Barbie doll dress that was the perfect

size for a small miniature dress.
A little bit of

gathering around the waist makes it fit

the small doll.
This dress is the only

thing on the closet that has bold color.

 

I am hoping that you can see in this picture

what I lined the doors with.

It is merely white bridal tulle.

The tulle is soft and not scratchy.

 

About 15 years ago I made the little hat out of

yellow felt.

It has pink ribbon glued around the brim

with the same ribbon for the ties.

The hat sits on top of the closet nonchalantly.

 

 The little yellow book is titled Gone with the Wind.

It stands in there nicely.
The bathing suit was just an afterthought to display it.

 

The white robe and matching nightgown, I made from

a very thin almost worn piece of cotton.

I do not

know if you can see it or not but there are gathers

going around her waist.

I added a little loop on the robe

for hanging.

I generally make all of my clothes to fit my dolls.

So that is why they are a little long.

 

 This pic shows the bottom half of the robe and

the nightgown.
The drawer shows up better in this pic also.

 

 I wanted you to see what I used to hang the robe on.

I took 2 jewelry pins and glued them down on both

sides of the closet to hold clothes.

 

Remember now what this little food pantry

looked like.

It used to be in widow Sarah's apartment.

And by the way widow Sarah does not own

this closet anymore.

In fact a new tenant named Amanda Grace

occupies the space.

I hope to show you that apartment soon.

 

 Here is the inside of the food pantry.
All of the

items were glued down to the shelves.
I had no

other choice but to rip them all out.

Apparently I like to tear up things!

Hope you have enjoyed my shabby chic closet.

It was destined to have a new life!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hopblogger



BATH'S - TUBS - Soap-Dishes - Normal or Miniatures?

Have you seen the regular bathroom
soap dishes!
Some of them are so pretty!
It is hard to decipher if they are
miniatures or normal soap holders
for your bathroom in your home,
not your miniature home!!

I bought 4 of them at the thrift store
the other day.
Some are so pretty!
Just like this green one with white
dots!!
To see this soap-dish, take a look at
Daisy's Apartment - Re-Decorated with
a bathroom.
It fit so nicely in her bathroom

 I stole these 2 pics from Daisy's apartment.

At the craft store a year ago, I came across a
couple of plastic see-thru small coffins.
Each were filled with a green jelly substance.
A few colors to choose from.
Now, wish I had picked up several of them!!
They did not cost much so I picked up 2.
I did not know they had scents added in!


I put every bit of the green jelly like substance
in Daisy's tub - OH MY GOSH - it smelled
so nice!!!
Green Apples!!
As you can see from the pic above - it almost
filled up the tub!!
It is covered with plastic in hopes that it
will last awhile before the scent dissipates.

 

 Found this brass one and this is just lovely.
It has a gorgeous

patina on it with a little green.
Not sure you can see it very well.
This will be going into an apartment.

 



Inside the brass tub.

 

Love all of the scratches!

 

 You might remember seeing the bottom soap dish
that has the blue heart on it.
I also saw one with a pink heart on it.
It is a little country, but hey it

works for me.

The opaque plastic one looks cool!
You could paint it in another color if you wish.
Was thinking about painting it,
but got scared.
I am not a good painter.
Might try painting the inside of the tub white later.
Then perhaps paint the outside in a color.
Maybe I will do that when I find another one,
just in case I mess it up!
Love it though and would love to use it!

 

Up close with the country bathtub.

There was not a dent or a scratch on it.

 

Was well cared for!

 

WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THE
BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE OUT
THERE THAT VISIT MY BLOG.
 

THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.
 

AS FOR MY NEW FOLLOWERS

THANKS FOR COMING ON BOARD!

Thanks for stopping by!

Conny



KITCHENS - The Playschool Kitchen Is Painted

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OF YOU THAT ARE NEW TO MY
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INFORMATIVE AND LIKE WHAT

YOU SEE.

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Sorry, it has been so long for you to see

what I did with this kitchen.

I tore up a plastic dollhouse

just to get that kitchen.
I am so awful aren't I.

And I do admit it.
That is the worst part about it!

However it does have its benefits.
Testament is to this kitchen.

 

If you do not remember what this
little kitchen looked like before,
then just scroll down to the very bottom of these

pics and take a look at it.
Do you remember the kitchen now.

This kitchen belonged to the

Playschool dollhouse that fit Barbie Kelly.
 

I liked the colors before it was painted and I

had a hard time deciding if I wanted it back

to those colors.
However it did look tooo busy for
what I had planned!

So, in the end the white won!
My granddaughter

Elise lovingly took the little kitchen home and

spray painted it white for me.
She did a wonderful job!!
Thank you Elise!

The white color

makes the little kitchen seem more expensive

than what it really is.
It offers lots of storage.

And a place on top to store decorative items.

 

 I think that the oven and below the sink need

a shelf.

 

 There is plenty of storage to hold dishes and food.

 

 And this space is big enough to place a make-shift shelf

inside and that is what I am going to do.

 

 This the side view.

 

 The back offers a little spot to store something

inside or I guess I could add a shelf.
I don't know

yet what I will do here for this little nook.
It could easily make a nice hiding place.

 

 This side will probably go against a wall.

 

 Nice white clean tile, sink & faucets!

 

 Here is the before picture. Remember it now!

 

By the way I have been re-decorating the apartments.

They are receiving bathrooms!

This kitchen fits great inside one of the apartments.

It is the correct size - so if you get your hands on

one of them then make it yours.

Can you guess which apartment is going to receive

this new rare gem!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hopblogger