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stefanib123

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  1. I am so jealous of you guys that have all these awesome stores! I live in the boonies, its two and half hours to ANYTHING but a Walmart, LOL! I will be making a trip soon, though, always do for Christmas, but of course the day I go, there won't be any good sales like this!

  2. Did you look in crafts for the shelving unit? I could use a couple of these frames BUT too far to travel. I have several frames but need 2 rectangle and 1 square. Will keep looking around. ebay prices have soared on frames so not there. :-) The furniture at dollar store is wood not plastic. What I saw was anyway and I only got a table.

    good luck,

    LindaC

    Linda, sent you a pm, I can send you the frames you need.

  3. I agree, but can't what we do be accurately described as decorating on a small scale?

    What do Martha Stewart, Kim Myles, Joan Steffend, Genevieve, Candice Olson, Jane Lockhart, Thom Filicia, and others do that we don't do, only in miniature?

    Don't we choose the colors and textures that express our inspiration? Don't we take a blank room and remodel, paint and/or paper, and furnish however our muse directs us? Don't we establish themes and moods for a room, keeping mind the "real" or imaginery people who will live in them?

    And are we not also architects, contractors, and landscapers? Don't we choose a plan or a kit with a style to suit the planned project? Don't we sometimes bash the outside, and/or move interior walls, stairways, and other architectural elements to best suit our design goals? Aren't we constantly aware of scale and the need to work within its constraints?

    Don't we choose construction techniques? Don't we choose siding materials? Don't we wield the tools that make the changes? (Hello, Mike Holmes & Ty Pennington) Don't we design and execute landscaping details? (Waving to Jason Cameron, P. Allen Smith)

    And don't we tell stories, weave dreams, and supply the inspiration, skill, and passion to infuse our projects with a life of their own?

    We are decorators, and among the members of this forum, there are some darned good ones! And we are much, much more!

    < :hmm: If this weren't so wordy, I'd think of embroidering it on a pillow -- a miniature one, of course!>

    :clap:

    Pure poetry!!!

  4. I think "gushy" is the key word here! :idiot: I don't think she's really looking for dollhouse'ers - it's a decorating contest among designers, just in a smaller scale. It will be interesting to follow their progress, though.

    As for entering - I couldn't find any info either so I clicked on her ContactMe link and sent her an email. Never got an answer.

    I think this is it. Its not a mini contest but about decorating on a small scale.

  5. I'm "trying" to do some myself with Sculpey, results are .....ok, I guess, LOL. I am getting better, though, so there's hope! While I can't afford to buy them, they are certainly worth what people are asking for them. I realize that after trying to do some on my own! Theres a LOT of work (not to mention talent) that goes into them.

    Going to check out the link you posted, thanks!

  6. I've used everything Kathie has listed, again, depending on whether I intend to leave it in place or not. My newest find are mini glue dots --

    they come in various sizes, from "mini" to almost an inch across, and hold really well. I use these mainly for furniture placement. Heres a

    to one brand; there are others. I find them in the scrapbooking section of most of the craft stores, like HobbyLobby:

    http://www.google.co...0I&ved=0CA0QrhI#

    I love Glue Dots! I've used them for years, as I scrapbooked before doing minis and they are great. Did you know you can make your own? I can't remember how, but if you google it, you'll find the directions. I tried it a long time ago and they worked ALMOST as well as the real thing! And much cheaper.

    ETA: here's a link:

    http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/forums/techniques-f11/make-your-own-glue-dots-t383092.html

  7. Starting a new house is one of my favorite parts! I love opening that box, after looking at it and imagining for a while, LOL, and starting on a whole new adventure! To me, thats what each house is, an adventure. In the beginning you don't know where thats going to lead you, will you learn about early American furniture or will you be studying the literature of 18th century France, or the swords of medival times? Its amazing the places our houses take us! I've learned so much much about history, the world and myself with each house I do, so a new one is just so full of possibilities! There's nothing like that planning stage, when our houses "speak" to us, we free our minds to the possibility of anything!

  8. Holly, I hadn't thought about that...hmmm.....I've never done a roombox, either, would like to do one. And you're right, they aren't going to be around forever. Mama is where I get my craftiness from, so many great memories growing up doing different things. Maybe I will get her involved, too.....

  9. Ok, that program works!! Awesome, now I can download them to read when I'm offline and also on my Sony Reader and my other ereader! I like having stuff on them while I'm working on my dollhouses, I can prop it up and keep a picture, etc. up while I work! Just make sure to follow the directions EXACTLY, and each magazine, book,etc has to be in "full view", make sure you click that before you copy the URL.

  10. Someone may have posted this before, but I didn't know about it, so maybe others don't either.

    Google books has TONS of free magazines to read on their site! Old and new! For example, right now I am reading Log Home Design magazine:

    Log Home Design Magazine

    TONS of ideas, pics,etc for my cabins I'm planning. I'm so excited, LOL!!! Especially for the older ones!

    And this magazine is called "Early Homes", simply amazing! Will come in handy for lots of houses!

    Early Homes magazine

    Make sure you click the "all issues" thing on the left to see the other issues, too. There's about 10 or so for that one.

    Here's some of their magazines(maybe all,not sure)

    List of Magazines

    For some reason, on their homepage, I can not find a link to just "magazines" and their search feature is horrible. I had to google to get that link with the magazines. If anyone can find it from their site, please let me know, LOL!

    You can't download directly from there, looks like, but I did find this:

    Program to download magazines/books

    It has a simple software to download them and tells you how to download them, I've not tried it yet, but am downloading it now, so I'll let you know if it works.

    A few more magazines that I've found so far:

    Arts and Crafts Homes

    American Woodworker

    Old House Interiors

    Timber Home Living magazine

    New Old House

    Not really mini related, but very cool, LOL!Although, it COULD be used for inspiration such as hairstyles, clothing ect. Life magazine from 1972 on and Spin from the 80's!

    Life magazine

    Spin magazine from the 80's

    Since its hard to find a complete list of what they have, can you suggest some that would be good for mini work, inspriration, etc?

  11. I think you are still accurate. The Ingalls family DID have Carrie and Grace.

    I've been following you since the beginning, I LOOOOOOVE Little House. My mama always loved them, too, and bought me all the books as a little girl. We read them together, her for the 3 or 4th time! That was a very special thing for me. I showed her your stuff and now she's throwing a fit wanting me to do one, LOL! Of course, she refuses to believe that her wonderful, perfect, can do anything child ( me) isn't talented enough to pull it off, LOL! So, I wound up telling her that I would work on it when I get all my other projects finished, not telling her that would be.....probably never! LOL!

    Just keep posting, you never know, I may have to copy you someday!

  12. I picked up some great books at a thrift store yesterday for $2.

    One is McCalls Decorating Book, 1964. This book is awesome! It has tons of big, color pictures and the best part is in the back there are sketches of the different furniture styles and eras. Each one has about a page of history, bios about designers ( had never heard of Duncan Phyfe, LOL) and other info about the different styles. I've learned a lot!

    I've already got several projects planned from the sketches, and I'm sure this will be one book I use a lot.

    I also picked up a book called "Doll Values, third edition" Its an older one, 1999, so I'm sure the values aren't accurate, but I got for the great pictures! Tons of pictures of doll faces, that I'm going to try and copy. If you need inspiration for sculpting doll faces, a book like this is perfect.

  13. I love everyone's dolls!

    I am working on creating some for the first time, and its not going so well. It may be that I'm trying to do 1:24, as they are going to be fairies for my fairy house. I can't afford to buy the ones I want, so I thought I'd try making them. I love making my own stuff, anyway.

  14. A fairy cottage, or some type of "fantasy" house, like someone above said for a woodland animal maybe? According to what your interests are you could make it a bookstore, a quilt shop, a bakery, bridal shop, etc. It would work great for something like that.

    I'm going to have to get me one of these, they are really cute!

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