we still have sun

Hi All

yes we still have SUN, and its here for a few more days, yippee!! and we are still hotter than abroad, I know I am bragging, will stop now.

Have got to say Hello to my new followers, hope you stay awhile and enjoy my blog, leave a comment, I love comments.

I finally got back to doing some minis this weekend, how is it when I am doing a project my mind can wander and I start something else, I now have 3 on the go, yesterday when I was in my garden, I came across a lovely piece of wood, now I do not usually do modern miniatures, but something about this shape shouted at me, coffee table, so after I cleaned it up, sanded it down, varnished it, I added some tiny concrete blocks and I have a coffee table, and I like it. What do you think?

this is the wood I found

varnished and placed on the blocks

the next thing I worked on was my new project for the club, I had made the floor but was not really happy with it, and while I was looking for material to use for this project I came across a piece that I thought would work even better, so I replaced the floor with this and I am so glad I did, I love it now, I put some more paint on, this time using red. I also made the floor higher so that it will fit in better, It coming on nicely, I now have to work out how to drape the material on the inside, more thought needed.

the picture does not really show the floor very well, in the centre there is a satin bird.

I have not forgotten my duck coop, I have managed to dress dad, there has been a lot of swearing, sweating, screaming, but I finally got there, remind me not to try to dress something that has a long tail sticking out the back!!!, I also put skirting board around the coop and started to make a little floor in the roof,

Well as you can see I have been busy, tomorrow is another day, see you then

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Hi All
I am still enjoying our lovely hot weather, I have been working on the garden, my mum and dad brought me 12 shrubs, so they have gone in the back of the garden, its really beginning to look pretty. Last year for my birthday my son brought me 4 mini fruit trees, they are doing very well, except the pear tree, it looks like the frost may of got it, but have left it in to see if it perks up.

Have done a bit of mining, I started on the Moroccan project, I am going to the club Monday night and I thought I had better make a start, I sprayed it white, and have started to paint it, I have used gold to begin with, I also have made the flooring, I drew the shape of the base and then cut up tiny squares from some lovely shinny paper I had got, I then laid this on the base.

I made another bicycle today this time in pink, and ecorated it with flowers.

well thats my news for today.
here are some photos for you

I've been enjoying the sun

Hi All
Yes its official we have sun, its hot, hot, hot, we have been hotter than Spain, sorry,
so I have not done any minis, I have been doing my garden, planting out some plants, my mum and dad gave me 6 shrubs for my birthday, (its not till July) but they thought I could use them now.  I am trying to make my garden easier for me, I find it is harder for me to look after it, so I am putting loads of shrubs in to cut back, hopefully on the weeding.

I did pop to town today, I had not visited my junk shops for a while, I was very glad I went, have a look at what I got

this lovely book cost only £2.00, see below what was also in it

Antique bronzing kit and Antique copper verdigris, both brand new for £3.00 each.

this candle holder £1.00.


I got the candle holder as I am going to a new dolls house club on Monday and we have to make a miniature scene from something unusual, I saw this and thought Moroccan, what do you think,
Well off to water my plants.

It was hot!!!

Hi All
no minis to show you today, yesterday was hot, yes hot, so my son, his friend and myself, worked on the garden, well they worked I supervised. It was the fist day we could get out and start tidying it up, I have an area where we sit under the Wisteria, next week I am having it gravelled, so it needs clearing up and getting ready. We have nearly got it cleared, son finishing it today.

I have an tatty plastic table outside, it really looked like it was ready for the rubbish tip, but I found in my stash, 4 cans of beige spray, got them cheap some time ago, I always knew I would use them, so I am spraying the table, and I am going on to do the chairs as well, I never like to throw anything away, love to recycle.

Going out today to my mums, we usually go shopping, I visit the local junk shops to look for goodies, and the sun is out again today, its going to be HOT!!

We may be having summer

Hi All
I may be speaking to soon, but it is rumoured that we may be getting hot this week,  will let you know if it happens, although today has been warm and the sun has been shinning, we will see!!
I do hope they are right about the sun as I am having my patio area redone next week and there is a lot of clearing to do before they can start, I shall be helping with this but only as an adviser and official tea lady.

I had a fairly quiet weekend, I had a lot more pain, so I spent my weekend resting, feeling a bit easier today, I have not progressed as much as I wanted to with my little chicken coop, I have had to change it to a duck coop, when I looked again at the little figures they are ducks not chickens!!! need to go to spec savers.

I done more painting and got the window frames fixed in the coop, I then had a go at dressing the ducks, how frustrating was that, after a few hours I managed to get a dress on the mother duck, need a lie down before I start on the rest of the family,
Only a few photos today,

window frames in situ

mummy duck

back of the dress, tiny bow

new project

Hi All
First I must say a big thank you to my new followers, I hope you enjoy my ramblings and projects, please feel free to comment I love comments, and talking about comments, thank you all for the lovely comments you have made about my shabby chic shop, they mad me feel very good and I am glad you liked what I had done. I am now going to put the shop up for sale, half of me does not want to sell it, But I have to do not have the room for all my projects.

So on to my new project, sometime ago I picked up from the kiddies shop a set of tiny chickens, they were so cute, I thought one day I would make a use of them, and that day has come.

This time I am making the chicken coop from scratch. I found a small cardboard box, and used this as my base. I sketched a drawing of the design I wanted.
I then started on the box, I shaped it and cut out the windows and doors, I lined it with mount board, using tape I put it together, I papered the ceiling and started to paper the walls, I need to finish this today.

I am using corrugated card for the roof and outside walls, I painted the roof and have left that to dry, then I covered the box in the card and then painted it, that was left to dry,

I will be working on it again today, I need now to design the inside, I think I will be having a half flooring the ceiling to have as a bedding area, will have to work on that to see if I can make it work.
anyway have a look.





 shaping of the box

this will become the roof

I found this window, fitted to box

box covered with cardboard and inside decorating beginning

the family

Muppet my puppy in her bed, in the work room

Freebie, she loves the camera