APARTMENT IRENA - THE TOOTHLESS WITCH INN - Meet The Witches and Ghosts

Hello Everybody!

How have you all been?

Thank you for looking at my posts

and for commenting.

I appreciate it all.

Halloween is just around the corner and

I have been busy for a while in making over

the bottom floor witch apartment.
Especially

since Permelia was only renting the apartment and

last year she moved out in search of another

apartment!

Permelia was renting this apartment back in 2011.

You can see her apartment when she lived there if you

check the right side under the mini labels.
Look for all of the posting with her

name Permelia and you can view them all. 

Also, Permelia's apartment was published and featured in the

"American Miniaturist" magazine October 2011,

issue 102.

It featured on page 90 and I was given

5 full pages!

It was called, "A Bewitching Apartment".

The pages show the other 4 apartments also as to

what they looked like at the time.

Thank you again - Miss Traci!

It was also published again in 'Dollhouse Miniatures'

or 'Dollhouse World' magazine,

but I have forgotten the date it was featured.

I think it was in 2012. I was so surprised and thrilled!!

I would have shown it back then, but I could not

get the magazines on my site.

I will try again soon.

Since Permelia moved out the landlady decided not

to change any of the wallpaper or floors as it still

looks in good condition.

The landlady rented the apartment

to a lady named Irena Infect.

Unbeknowing to her - Irena is

also a witch! 

You will meet her real soon.

I cannot

for the life of me decide on a name for this Inn.
Sometimes

I want it to have a name and sometimes I don't.
If I do

not have a name then it can stay secretive and hidden from

the outside world!

If I name it then who knows what porcelain doll will come

by and peek in, only to be disillusioned that this Inn is not

for the mortals!

So, at least for now, I will call this

'The Witch's Inn'

Note: Do not worry, all of my witch's are sweet! And most

importantly they hold jobs and help out each sister!

Also I want to say, that it is possible that Permelia moved

out of this apartment because it was haunted by ghosts!

So you must meet the ghosts also!

I have been getting into Halloween.
This is so much fun!!

'MEET THE WITCH'S'

Now, this apartment in Louisiana has become a small Inn.

And the owner

of this Inn is named 'Irena Infect'. S
he is the 'Innkeeper' of

'The Witch's Inn', situated in the 'French Quarter'.

She does not make much money cause

she is so sweet.
She lets anybody stay at the Inn, 

even if they do not pay her.
She never turns anyone away!

There are all kinds of conventions going on

this week in the French Quarter so her

Inn is at full capacity!

Some of them must sleep in chairs!

Just in case you could not zoom in to see.

I love these awards/certificates that I buy

from Ellie Falco.

She is on eBay and Facebook. 

She makes and sells these at good prices.

Go talk to her!!!

Meet - 'Delilah Deranged'.
She is the towns 'drunk' witch.

And she stays at Irena's Inn almost

every night.
Grateful to sleep on the sofa!

Meet - Hepsiba Hallows.
She is a

Hairstylist and she lives in Vermont.

Hepsiba is a long way from home.
She is in town

for a 'Hairstyling Seminar'.
She often

tires out easy and is often seen sleeping.

Most of the time she has her comb, mirror

and scissors in her hands.
watch

out if you wake her up, she might

accidentally cut you!
After the seminar

she will immediately get on her

broom and fly home. 

Hepsiba forgot her bag with her

night clothes.
I guess she will be

sleeping in what she has on.

Meet - Hilda Hagg.
She is an 'Historian',

for witch's, that is.
She knows anything

and everything there is to know

about the history of witch's.
She also,

is in town to give a speech at the

witch's convention.
She will be conversing

about Dorothy and 'The Wizard of Oz'.

Afterwards, her

broom will take her back to Kansas

where she can rest up before making

another speech in another State.

Hilda is already dressed in her

nightgown and robe, ready to get

some sleep eye.

Meet - Narcissa Nagg.
She is a nutritionist from the

State of Arkansas.
They have lots of old witches

that live there.
Narcissa is also ready for bed.
She has her blanket

that always travels with her.

This witch is highly sought 

after for her knowledge of

keeping witch's healthy.
She had some brochures but

she has misplaced them somewhere. S
he will be here

at the Inn for at least 3 days. 

Meet - Wendy Wendlewood.
She hangs wallpaper.

She brought some samples with her.
Wendy travels

all over the states and is in high demand, cause

she is the very best in her field.
She will be hanging

wallpaper in a very expensive 'mortals' house

on this occasion.
I wonder if they know they hired a witch!

They have paid for her trip here.

She will be here for about a week.

Wendy is already for bed.
Don't you just love

her long flowing red hair that is turning white!

'MEET THE GHOSTS'!!

Meet - Reubella Rattles.
Most of the

time she rattles chains,but Irena

has banned Reubella from rattling

chains when out of town guests

are here.
It is okay to rattle them

when only Delilah stays at the

Inn.
Delilah does not mind.

Sometimes this angers

Reubella.
But there is nothing

that she can do about it.

Irena will banish her from the

Inn, if she disobeys her.

Meet - Cherie and her baby Charlotte.

Both of them died in this apartment, back in 1917 when

the 'Spanish flu' was going around.

Both of them were buried together. 

Each night Cherie comes out of 

the painting holding her baby

looking for her bottle of milk.

Which is never found.
By morning

she returns back into the painting.

So sad!

Meet - Cookie.
Her fate was really terrible!

Cut down at the ripe old age of 102.
She

was taking a bath and drowned while

playing with her ducky.
She does

not know how her legs got cut off!

Nothing more is known about cookie, cause she

cannot remember how it all happened.
Sadly, she only remembers her age.

And if you need

a bath, she will not get out of the tub,

so if any witch wants in, they must share

it with her.
Most just let her be.

Meet - the ghost twins, Remmy on the left and Bemmy

on the right.
They used to have a good life

until an evil witch spotted them playing too close

to her lair.
The witch gave them a lollipop that

contained a potion in it to turn children into

ghosts!

Ever since then, when they found Irena,
they follow her

everywhere that she moves too since they do

not have a permanent home.
I guess their permanent home is

with Irena. 

The twins play tricks and are always trying to spook the 

guests but their schemes never work.
The little darlings are bored.

'MEET THE HELP'

Meet - Betsy Sue.
She is the cook, the maid and

anything else that Irena needs her to be.

She is the only help that Irena has!

Poor Betsy Sue.
She works so hard from sunup to sundown.

She used to be a mortal until

one faithful day when she was strolling around

in the woods.
She also met up with that evil witch.

Betsy Sue used to be so lovely as a mortal.
Look at her face - 

she is still lovely to this day!!
The evil witch

has many traps set all around her lair so that

no one enters it - if they do - they will meet

the fate of the potion.
In this case, Betsy Sue 

was thirsty and drank from what she thought was a

good 'Water Spring'.
It glistened and did not

look bad.
But the water spring was tainted to

turn any mortal into a bear. 
That is why so

many bears are running around in that forest!

As Betsy Sue was unable to return back to her family,

she happened upon Irena.
And Irena took her in to live with her.

She feeds her and makes sure no more harm

comes to her.

Irena tried with all of her

might but she cannot change Betsy Sue back into

a mortal. 

Now, bears hibernate - but Irena was able to make a potion

and cast it upon Betsy Sue so that she will not

hibernate like the other bears.
Betsy Sue

is forever in Irena's debt until hopefully the evil

witch dies or 'a high priestess' witch can

change her back.

This is a Christmas Ornament that I have

had for many years.
I was not using her and she

is the correct size for a miniature. I wanted to

use her here, so I named her and of course she

needed someone to look after her. 

Isn't she adorable!

This is the back of Betsy Sue.
She looks very

simple to make if you wanted to make her.
Or, perhaps someone is selling her.

This is how she stands up all by herself.
The tulle is the stiff kind and it

is rolled up as you see here.

This is kind of a good way to make a doll stand up

under her dress if she has no legs.

These witch's and ghosts, (except for the bear) are all

made by Detta's Darling Dolls. 

She will  make anything

that you want.

And she sells them all at an

affordable price.

Check her out!

She sells them on eBay, so here is her store address.

http://stores.ebay.com/Dettas-Darling-Dolls-And-Minis

Thank you all for visiting me!

I hope that you have had a great time reading

their stories and looking at my sweet witch's and

wonderful ghosts!

I will be posting again soon the things that are

inside the Inn.

And then will post again, the Halloween apartment!

Hopblogger

TUTORIAL - MAKE GRANNY'S VEST

Hello Fellow Bloggers!

Hope you all are well.

Thank you for the comments.

Granny's vest is super simple. It only takes a couple

of minutes to make this.

 

Supplies: cotton Cluny lace, scissors to cut, tiny button,

and a small threaded needle. I always use quilting thread

cause they are strong.

 

Granny wearing her vest.

The back of Granny's vest.

MAKING GRANNY'S SLIP

Granny's slip is merely a piece of white

cotton fabric sewn in the back. A piece of the Cluny

lace is sewn towards the bottom to the cotton.

Once that is done,

I cut off any excess cotton fabric at the top,

and hand gather it around her body.

Am sure you all know how - this is for those

that do not sew a lot.

 

MAKING GRANNY'S VEST

 For those of you that do not know what cotton

Cluny lace is, this is what it looks like.

For the vest, you need approximately this much.

If you are unsure, then just cut more. Or read to

the end of the directions to get an idea.

The Cluny lace only needs to be this wide. I used this

same size width for the slip as well.

Start by positioning the lace in the front. Refer to 

the complete picture of Granny, if necessary for the

placement. Ideally the center point is mid-way of

her neck. Make sure the lace is straight.

I have marked the spot with a pin of where

and how I want the hole to be for her arm

to go thru.

I cut only 2 of the threads. 

At this point before

you go any further, try it on your doll to see how it fits. 

If you need to cut another thread then do so then.

Ooo this fits nicely!

Now, take the cluny lace all the way around

to the other arm. See where you think that the

next hole needs to be. Be careful about stretching

the lace.  You do not want the back to be tight.

Again, I only cut 2 more threads. Then place her

arm thru it.

Now, judge the front. Make sure it meets

where you want it to. Cut off any excess

that you might have once you are satisfied

with the results. 

Next, take off the vest.

Thread your needle with white or cream thread. Start

at one edge and sew thru the top as you see here.

Once finished, it will look like this. Be sure to knot

both ends so your threads do not pull out.

Place the vest back onto your doll.

Just give one tie - DO NOT KNOT IT!!

You just want to make sure that the bottom ends

meet up good and that it all looks great.

Just a close-up to show only one tie - NO KNOT.

Go to the back of the doll and position the gathering

threads so they look nice.

Now you can knot it!

At this point, I will tell you DO NOT CUT THE
THREADS OFF!! If you are going to place a 

button there, then take those threads and thread

them thru the button. Then tie another knot and a

bow and then cut off the remaining threads if you

want. (I had meant to do this step, but forgot!)

Or if you prefer, then just tie in a knot, cut off the

threads, and glue on a button like so. 

Enjoy!!

Thank you for visiting me!

Hopblogger

TUTORIAL - GRANNY'S SHOWER MADE FROM A PHONE BOOTH

Hello Everybody!

How have you been?

Thank you for your sweet comments!

They are greatly appreciated.

I have been trying to stay busy to keep

my grief at bay. Am not sure that it

works, but I try.

 

Granny's shower is very simple to make. I am

not sure if you have guessed what it is

or not.

When I made this shower, I was not sure

that it would look good.

But it does work and I am very pleased

with the outcome.

 

Do you remember what

Granny's shower looks like! Here are

4 pics to recap.

The curtain was made by taking a

piece of fabric that was about 

2 inches wide by the length that

I wanted. The shower curtain is

glued at the top under the valance.

It is shaped into place.

The valance was cut the desired

length and width that I wanted.

And then I lightly gathered the top

of the valance and glued it into

place. I did not hem the shower

curtain or the valance.

The pink tile is just paper that I printed

off of the internet. The same tile paper

covers the floor and the walls.

I did not do a good job matching the

tile together at the top. But it is okay.

I bought the shower nozzle and

the shampoo bottle. The hot and

cold knobs are just beads.

The little shelf was already attached

to the phone booth, but it was easy

to remove, so I tiled it to match

the shower tile. 

This pic is a close up.

I wallpapered the only side of the phone

booth that had a back with no plastic.

 This is the bottom of the shower. Look at the price

of this when it was new! Too pricey for me. In fact,

I never bought this item, it was given to me by a lady

that was getting rid of some of her stuff. I had no use

for it, but I do not turn down anything that anyone

gives me.

I have had this for many years and on Granny's 

apartment finally figured out what to do with it.

Have you guessed now what this is?

I did not take any pics of my progress, but I will

tell you what I did. 

Here is what the phone booth looked like when

I received it. It was in bad shape.

See how dirty the plastic is. I

was not sure if it would come clean

or not. The doors were easy to take 

off of the pins. I left the pins there

just in case I want to put them back

on. I hid the pins with the shower

curtain.

A side view of the phone booth.

The phone sticker was so old that it peeled

right off of the plastic with no problem.

I kept it just in case I need it for

something.

This is the back of the phone sticker. It was not

even glued. No wonder - who would have guessed!

The bi-fold doors are so cute. I contemplated using

them, but decided I liked the idea of a shower

curtain better. I will use these doors as a 

folding screen in another apartment.

Okay, for the first thing I did

was to remove the phone and the

little attached table. On the last

pic you can see the damage it

left on the inside wall. 

Next, you will need to clean it

up, take some window cleaner and clean

the plastic till it sparkles!

Then paint all of the wood pieces

inside and outside

white or any color that you

desire. Afterwards, save some

tile pictures from the net or

use what you have and tile 

anyway that you like. Add your

shower curtain, a valance and

you are done! So simple.

Just a little time consuming 

because of the paint. It took about

4 coats of paint on my shower to

get it to look like that. You might

want a few more coats if you are

going for a pristine look. If you

want shabby chic then stop painting

after a couple of coats.

Damage on the inside wall before it

was tiled with paper.

If you have a phone booth, I hope you get

some use out of it, if not a phone booth,

perhaps a shower!!

I hope you enjoy this tute!

Thank you for visiting me!

Hopblogger