Hello everyone! I am a craft addict and recently (early april) had to take leave from work due to a injury. Repetitive motion from Scooping ice cream made it tough to find what to keep busy with, as it was my dominant hand focused on wrist/finger numbness. At first I was a bit depressed not doing much as I needed to not be drawing/painting or doing my usual cross stitch and colouring books as time fillers because of the specific mechanics. So I found other crafts I had in my drawers and worked a bit on sewing and things related to my Ball Jointed dolls, then while searching aliexpress for hair to make wigs it sent me to these miniature room kits.
After getting one on ebay I was totally hooked. I finished a library and began a greenhouse, then decided I wanted something with less direction on how it had to be built. So I started looking at doll houses to see where to begin, I didnt want to spend an arm and a leg so found a old kit on ebay. The orchid was what caught my eye most when it came to the less giant houses. Though I also ordered one other used kit, The Arthur, which someone had begun by making the windows and did nothing else with.
I feel super lucky that in Portland there is a art store called Scrap where people donate anything that could be used for art. I spent a few hours there knowing I would find most things I needed for my first house. I came out with things like popsicle sticks to make a floor, linoleum with sticky backs for the bathroom, wallpaper pieces, house paint samples, scrapbook paper for walls, and little fake plants.
Deciding exactly what I want is going to be the hardest part, Im leaning towards just odd finds and vintage items in the orchid, and then a fairy house for the arthur. (Scrap had a huge bag of large pinecones and I want to use them as shingles)
Either way I am so glad I found this site during the process, it has helped in more ways than I can count. The info has been invaluable at finding what I need as well as showing me I can use a lot of things I already own with out having to purchase expensive materials.