My Country Chicken Coop

Hello Everyone!

Sorry, I have been sick. 

I caught that crud that was going around.

And it put me down.

A big thank you for all of those that commented

at my last posting.

And I will get to your blog soon!

I made 2 chicken coops, one in 12th scale

and the other in half scale.

I gave the half scale to my sister because

she wanted that.

I am so pleased that she loves it and I

will show you hers at the next posting.

Wanted to show you a 12th scale 

Chicken Coop that I made for myself.

This is the first real project that I have

ever made in this type of scale.

I do have to buy some more chickens along with some

other things though!

It is a dirty chicken coop!

Hehehehe!!!

Some of the grey and white paint has weathered

away leaving some bare wood spots.

Window moldings are long gone rotted away.

But this is home to some happy chickens!

Hehehehe!

A little garden of watermelons and cabbages await

the owner to take them indoors. 

I made the cabbages, they were not easy.

Did not make the watermelons - bought them 

at a cheap price. 

This little chicken is playing with a basket.

Yes, chickens like to play!

Hehehe!

What else will he tear up, I wonder?

I made the bucket but these chickens eat everything!

Will put more food inside for them, once it is all 

gone.

Hehehe!

See, I am so surprised that the bucket was not

turned over and the contents were on the ground.

Hehehe!

Here is one side and I have some 

tools here. 

This is the only place the owner has

to store these.

I hope they do not rust!

The door hardly ever closes anymore.

The coop was becoming loose so the owner had

to add some wet cement so that the coop would

not tear away from the base.

In the back I placed a white bicycle.

This is the perfect place to put this bike at!

The owner rides it once in a while. 

The roof used to be just a plain metal color but the 

weather has played its tole on it. 

It now has soot and some rust on it.

Shingles have fell off of the other roof. 

It is now down to just the plywood so the owner

not wanting it to look tooo bad, dabbed on what

paint she had lying around and she did this 

years ago!!!

The other side of the coop is the chicken house

really.

I took one door and split it in half and cut

a little slit in each door to be used as a means of

pushing the doors open, not caring if the 

slits matched up or not.

I wanted to be able to see fully in here.

I put a track over the door and under the

door so the doors would slide freely.

Gee, perhaps I should think about a lock

here in case someone tries to steal some 

eggs from my hens?

Hehehe!

I hope you can see in here.

I do love the look.

There is the ladder that goes down

to the play level.

The paint is bad and peeling here

also.

There is a chicken playing in a tire. 

However the owner has to rescue him cause

he always gets his feet stuck!!

He is still waiting!

I hope the owner comes soon.

Here is a bad window area with just chicken wire

in it since the window no longer exists.

This is above the nesting box.

Just inside the front door, I made 2 inside food

holders from straws.

See how messy those chickens are!

Yuck - who cleans that mess up!

Am hoping you can see the nail.

The nail goes up and down and I use it to keep

the door closed at night so the chickens do not

get out.

And then in the morning I turn the nail down so

the door opens. 

This is how our chicken coop was!

Because our door was hanging off of the hinges!

Hehehe!

We never knew that chickens liked to play so

we never had any things in there for them to

play with.

Also our chicken coop was not this fancy.

See the nail down.

Here is the ladder and the swing.

More light in this image.

The owner was so tired after dragging this

pound of Hen Feed that she just left it

there.

I made the coop so that the roof comes

off in case I want to put something else

in there or hang plants from the rafters.

Here is the nesting box.

Ooo the owners better get out here fast and 

get those eggs!

I still have a few things yet to make or to buy.

The chickens need a water bucket among

other things.

I hope you liked looking at my coop!

Thank you for visiting!!

Hopblogger/Conny

Hidden in the Forest 2 - Finished!

Hello Everybody!

Thank you for your nice comments!

I took the birdhouse scene and did

more work to it. 

Figured that it needed more.

New Pics now to show you what I did.

Yes, now I have a bell with wood base

to keep the dust out.

My friend Lesley gave me all of the

foilage and flowers to go to the scene.

She also gave me the skunk and

Tinkerbell.

She is so cute and very tiny!!

Thank you Lesley for all of these

sweet things including tinkerbell!!!

I hope you like the new look!

With the glass bell off.

I didn't say on the last posting, but

I aged the post and the birdhouse

all by myself. 

So, I didn't really want to hide all of

that. 

Tinkerbell is resting on the leaves

after having long and exhausting flight.

Perhaps she just curls up and goes 

to sleep.

A little closer up!

Here you can see some of the base.

I built the wall up a little higher and to me it

looks lots better.

I used air-dry clay and it took about 5 

days to dry.

But when it hardened - it was rock hard!!!

I hope you can see where I dented in

some of it to look like concrete. 

I still like the little pebble walkway.

I wanted it to look like a little step down

to proceed into the woods, but did not

have enough room to create this vision.

Do you see the skunk!!!

Hope you like the pink flowers and 

the flowered ground cover that has

grown up onto the pebbles.

I wanted you to be able to see the skunks

head. Hehehehe

Just a better view of the base and pebbles.

Am turning the base around as I go

to the backside.

I like all of the tall and short flowers

that is now growing up behind the

post.

The post is built up high on this side.

Also to look like that the little

birdhouse is situated on top of a small

hill.

I hope you like the new images!!

Thank you for visiting me!!

Hopblogger/Conny

Hidden in the Forest 1

Hello Everyone!

Hope all is well!

I finished my birdhouse scene.

I hope you all are getting ready

for Spring!

Had enough of winter!

HIDDEN IN THE FOREST

is titled so because you must

imagine the birdhouse being

in the woods, all alone amidst

the animals and birds. 

I tried to make it appear so but I still

wanted you to be able to see the 

birdhouse.

I hope you like it!!!

Everything was made by me

except for the dome of course.

Lols!!

The little scene went thru a lot of changes

before I settled with this look!

Front

The little blue birdie.

I think that I should have made the

hole in the birdhouse bigger!

Lols!!

I hope it doesn't look weird.

Perhaps I need more foliage to hide

the birdhouse.

The path narrows on this side.

On this side you can see more of how

the path widened.

Here is the back.

I need perhaps some animals around.

Thank you for visiting me!!

Hopblogger/Conny

My PRINCESS AND THE PEA roombox

Hello Everyone,

I have been making miniatures. 

Hope you like my little Princess and the Pea

scene.

Not very big at all.

The doll is only 2 inches tall.

Measurements of the box are the last 

pictures in this posting.

Oops! my box is a little crooked!!

I cut out the front and glued plastic to the

inside.

Didn't want it too fancy on the outside.

I put the little doll together, but had a friend

paint her eyes.

She did a great job. Thank you Mari!

She stands on her own without a doll stand.

Front.

Back

Hope you like the bed.

I put a green pea there.

Actually it is straight pin with a green

ball on it.

Had to leave it hanging out some so you could

see it.

I made this little nightgown and robe

set.

Edged it with narrow gold ribbon and

tiny lace.

Here you can see the straps on the 

hanger. 

This is the inside while it is sitting

on top of the box lid.

I made the little bed and painted it

green.

Also made each of the mattresses

to go on top.

And the ladder.

Made the pillow and the little coverlet.

I was given the little box by a friend and knew

that I wanted to make a little scene in it.

Am sure everyone has seen these 

'Tiffany & Co' boxes.

They come in all sizes. 

Here are the measurements of my

tiny box.

Hope you enjoyed seeing my little

Princess!

Thank you for visiting me!!!

Hopblogger/Conny

Lesley Jacoby's Boy with Telescope

Hello Everybody!!!

Hope everyone had a lovely Christmas

and a wonderful New Year!!

Time to get back to blogging now.

Wanted to show you 

Lesley Jacoby's Boy with Telescope

Hope you love this - it is so cute!!!

Enjoy!

Thank you for visiting me!!

Hopblogger/Conny