GirlPiper
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Missed you all and wondered how the minis were going. Such nice work! I'm finally healthy and retired now. Hope to find time to complete the house that had to wait.
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Yes to both, and be prepared to get distracted.
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Hi to all old friends and looking forward to meeting the new ones since I've been gone. Lots of little projects have been done--can't wait to see them all.
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Once again, you are s-o-o-o good at this. Love it.
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I used tiny eyelet screws that I got at Lowe's and used wooden skewers that I cut to fit each window. Just use a push pin or finger drill to put holes where you want the 2 screws to go and then twist them in place. Make your curtains and put them on the wooden skewer and slide it into and through the eyelet screws on either end. It was quite simple to do. I painted all of the skewers to mimic a red chestnut stain plus the curtains are removable should you need to remove them. Take a look at my gallery on my Garfield to take a peek at some of my curtains. Hope this helps you out!!!!!!
That's my go-to, too.
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I had some small scale print leftover and used it in he Orchid. Still OK. I used Sobo glue.
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I use strip wood from the craft store. Its slightly wider than the edge so it can cover the ends of baseboards and ceiling trim .
That's what I use, too, but have also used dowels, and gimping left over from reupholstery jobs.
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They've gotten so big and darling, too!
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I read that letter today, too, and feel for the grandmother. Some kids are so insecure they have to have expensive (not necessarily good) things to show off. The daughter missed a chance to teach her little girl about manners, creativity, and limited means. Such an omission. I hope the daughter never hits hard times. She won't know how to cope.
On a better note, I never knew if my kids appreciated the things I'd made for them until my daughter's baby shower 18 months ago. I gave her a bear, a giraffe, a small soft Nessie (Lochness monster) all home made. One of the guests kind of gushed about where the toys were purchased, and my daughter said "Oh, my mom makes them. She's the bomb with toys." My (indifferent) son has made scale houses/car garages for all of his kids because he still has the barn we made together when he was little.
Warmed me top to toe.
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Have you contacted your 4-H group for a member(s) to help you assemble the kit? Lots of the kids need projects and do not have the funds to obtain materials.
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Why can't you have a computer at work?
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The dining room is DONE! The wall cracks repaired, wood work painted, walls a pale sage green. Got the floor polished and pictures today, and it all took much less time than stripping the wallpaper. Next stop the bathroom. (small, wallpaper already gone.)
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How awful for all of you. If I could make another suggestion--how about reinforcing with lightweight canvas or heavy muslim and using ModPodge to seal the interior and then spackel or caulk for the exterior damage?
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The things we learn here. Great idea.
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I knew we had a common thread--Happy Birthday to you (mine was Friday). It's a capricorn thing to make things.
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"Real" carpenters do that too. Good fix.
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That's what this place is for--all of us are enablers!
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You can also lay a piece of paper along your line,and fold/crease the odd joint then transfer it to your molding. Casey's trick of a plinth is really good way to handle it, too.
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Sometimes stuff turns out great BECAUSE of frustration.
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Stairs are HARD. You're over the worst. The rest is a lot of flat you can play with.
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Thanks everyone for the kind words. It was a big load off. I see the GP tomorrow, cardio guy next week, and hope I'm done with doctors for a while!
The wallpaper was probably lovely in 1974, but needed to be gone. The room gets a lot of sun, so I'm going with a cool color, but haven't decided between Delft blue or a very pale mossy green. This happens with the minis, too. Decisions, decisions, and I'll see a color that is totally different--choice made!
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The biopsy from last week's colonoscopy came back benign!! I don't have to have another for 3 whole years.
I'm down to the last wall in the dining room wallpaper fiasco. Never have had such a hard slog with wall paper before.
The boiler had an issue again after the $895 repair and no heat over Thanksgiving. The tech came yesterday juggled some stuff and the funky noise quit, but I used another vacation day. Got up to an 8-9" snowfall and a below zero wind chill blowing the stuff across the road. Called in chicken--everything in the county was closed except our university. (sigh.) You may have seen the 125 car fatal pileup complete with fireworks on I-94 this morning. That was about 5 miles from my house, so I'm glad I stayed home.
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You win, Gerda!
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I have the smallest Fiskars and use it on cardboard/posterboard a lot.
I've never had great luck with the kind they use at schools that you pull down the handle. Once the blade is dull, which seems to happen quickly, they pull at the paper and it gets out of line real quick.
If you cut a piece of aluminum foil thru many times, it will sharpen the blade.
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Optimistic Newbie from Las Vegas
in New Member Introductions
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Yu should have a great time with that house.