HollyhockCottage Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Hi all, I started a dolls house 10 years ago and absolutely loved every bit of the hobby but real life stepped in and took over and after a long break I’m wanting to get my cottage completed so am looking for inspiration for the return of my lost mojo. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SueM Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Why not browse the internet looking at dollhouse miniatures? That always fires my imagination and drive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Welcome to the little family, Christine. What have you left to finish? I make the things I put into my little houses, perhaps you might stitch a little hearth rug or bed coverlet or pillows. I found some dollhouse accessories on Wish.com. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elsbeth Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Post some photos and show us what style you're going with. I am working on a primitive farm folk sort of house at the moment. But I spread my mini time too thin and work on lots of things at the same time...trying to learn to focus! So hard! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Hello Christine, I'm sure your Mojo is around here somewhere......we will enable help you to find it. Just start browsing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyhockCottage Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 9 hours ago, SueM said: Why not browse the internet looking at dollhouse miniatures? That always fires my imagination and drive. I’ve tried but it’s just not doing it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyhockCottage Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 8 hours ago, havanaholly said: Welcome to the little family, Christine. What have you left to finish? I make the things I put into my little houses, perhaps you might stitch a little hearth rug or bed coverlet or pillows. I found some dollhouse accessories on Wish.com. Thank you. I have the roof to complete and a couple of rooms to decorate. I loved making as many of my on bits as I could so that should inspire me but I think I’m stalled on the best way to finish the construction and do repairs. It’s surprising the deterioration that comes with neglect ... and 2 enthusiastic kitties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyhockCottage Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Elsbeth said: Post some photos and show us what style you're going with. I am working on a primitive farm folk sort of house at the moment. But I spread my mini time too thin and work on lots of things at the same time...trying to learn to focus! So hard! Haha Too many other things that distract and not enough time! I had a go at putting a photo up last night but couldn’t get it small enough for the forum to accept, even emailing it to myself at 29kb - surely dollshouse scale! Will have another attempt tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyhockCottage Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 3 hours ago, Mid-life madness said: Hello Christine, I'm sure your Mojo is around here somewhere......we will enable help you to find it. Just start browsing. I knew I’d come to the right place thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shareb Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Welcome Christine!!!!! This is a fantastic group of people who will help you find your mojo and more! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonc60 Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Hi Christine. I am in Victoria. There are some other Aussies on here too. My guess is you just need some inspiration for finishing off the outisde. I always stop when something isn’t right and I don’t know what to do to get it right. Sometimes it takes me years to get back to it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid-life madness Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 I use http://www.picresize.com/ to resize my photos . This thread will help you make a gallery album http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/?app=forums&module=forums&controller=topic&id=40441 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keifer Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 Welcome Christine. I also use picresize but in app form. Usually to post into a topic thread the size limited but putting pics in an album accepts larger resolution. I look forward to seeing your projects. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 There is also a limit to how many pictures you can post directly; there isn't a limit to what you can post in the gallery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Hi! Queenslander here. I often find a smaller project gets me going. Like making a piece of kit furniture or repainting/upholstering some ugly red velvet & mahogany thing. Nothing like giving a mini a new life to get the juices flowing. @Myangela & @otterine have some albums here that have inspired me. Maybe go for a bit of a browse... be warned, you can fall down a rabbit hole of inspiring albums here quite easily. Also, where are you located in Oz.. the Sydney miniature show is coming up at the beginning of May and there is one in Melbourne in, I think July??... @shannonc60 can you confirm? Also Amea is having convention this year in Brisbane in October. You do need to be a member to attend but they are holding some great workshops if you are local and interested in attending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonc60 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 5 hours ago, Samusa said: Hi! Queenslander here. I often find a smaller project gets me going. Like making a piece of kit furniture or repainting/upholstering some ugly red velvet & mahogany thing. Nothing like giving a mini a new life to get the juices flowing. @Myangela & @otterine have some albums here that have inspired me. Maybe go for a bit of a browse... be warned, you can fall down a rabbit hole of inspiring albums here quite easily. Also, where are you located in Oz.. the Sydney miniature show is coming up at the beginning of May and there is one in Melbourne in, I think July??... @shannonc60 can you confirm? Also Amea is having convention this year in Brisbane in October. You do need to be a member to attend but they are holding some great workshops if you are local and interested in attending. Yes Sam, Sydney is first weekend in May and the Melbourne one is about the 12th July or thereabouts. All the other states/territories have shows too, except Northern Territory. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyhockCottage Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, Shareb said: Welcome Christine!!!!! This is a fantastic group of people who will help you find your mojo and more! Thank you. I’m already finding inspiration as I learn to navigate in here. Edited April 17, 2019 by HollyhockCottage Testing emojis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyhockCottage Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 10 hours ago, shannonc60 said: Hi Christine. I am in Victoria. There are some other Aussies on here too. My guess is you just need some inspiration for finishing off the outisde. I always stop when something isn’t right and I don’t know what to do to get it right. Sometimes it takes me years to get back to it. Hi Shannon, we know each other from another forum although I haven’t been there for years. I’ve been enjoying watching your progression in the dolls house business when I do hunt for something to inspire and your name pops up along with your gorgeous kits. Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyhockCottage Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 10 hours ago, Mid-life madness said: I use http://www.picresize.com/ to resize my photos . This thread will help you make a gallery album http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/?app=forums&module=forums&controller=topic&id=40441 Thank you Mid life madness (fantastic user name)! I’ll give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyhockCottage Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 10 hours ago, Keifer said: Welcome Christine. I also use picresize but in app form. Usually to post into a topic thread the size limited but putting pics in an album accepts larger resolution. I look forward to seeing your projects. Thank you Keith. I’ve been noticing your projects in my browsing too. Amazing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyhockCottage Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 9 hours ago, havanaholly said: There is also a limit to how many pictures you can post directly; there isn't a limit to what you can post in the gallery. Thank you. I’m still learning my way around and getting a lot of crashes but that could be my phone and our less than perfect internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HollyhockCottage Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Samusa said: Hi! Queenslander here. I often find a smaller project gets me going. Like making a piece of kit furniture or repainting/upholstering some ugly red velvet & mahogany thing. Nothing like giving a mini a new life to get the juices flowing. @Myangela & @otterine have some albums here that have inspired me. Maybe go for a bit of a browse... be warned, you can fall down a rabbit hole of inspiring albums here quite easily. Also, where are you located in Oz.. the Sydney miniature show is coming up at the beginning of May and there is one in Melbourne in, I think July??... @shannonc60 can you confirm? Also Amea is having convention this year in Brisbane in October. You do need to be a member to attend but they are holding some great workshops if you are local and interested in attending. Hi, I’m quite near you in Toowoomba. I always admire the work I see from the Brisbane miniaturises at the annual craft shows in Brisbane and that inspires me ... until I get home. I remember Otterines work from when I started 10 years ago - she’s so talented and I’ll look out for myAngela but I have to be careful not to spend so much time drooling that I never get started! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonc60 Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 13 hours ago, HollyhockCottage said: Hi Shannon, we know each other from another forum although I haven’t been there for years. I’ve been enjoying watching your progression in the dolls house business when I do hunt for something to inspire and your name pops up along with your gorgeous kits. Well done! Aha! Ok! And thanks for the compliment. The business is slowly building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesp2k Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Hey Christine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shannonc60 Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 On 17/04/2019, 5:46:21, HollyhockCottage said: Hi Shannon, we know each other from another forum although I haven’t been there for years. I’ve been enjoying watching your progression in the dolls house business when I do hunt for something to inspire and your name pops up along with your gorgeous kits. Well done! I was thinking about this and realised I do remember your cottage - I adore it. It was just hard to see it from your photos with the kitties/able assistants. And you had a blog too? I hope you post more beautiful pics soon so we can drool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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