MiniMadWoman Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Tracy, I'm sorry you've been ill! Of course the painting can wait, but I'll check out your blog just because I want to see!! Hope you're feeling better soon!!!!!!! <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wenlaine Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Tracy, hope you're feeling better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted November 4, 2005 Author Share Posted November 4, 2005 Thank you all!! I do feel a better today but not good enough to cook and clean the house (at least that's what I told the family) <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMadWoman Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 Good thinking Tracy! It's Friday anyway and pizza night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 4, 2005 Share Posted November 4, 2005 smallstuff@minilists.net Blech! not with stomach flu! Chicken & rice soup! Get well soon, Tracy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuttiwebgal Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 tonight my sister in law came to visit. as she lives an hour away we always plan something for a nice visit. she is a newly born miniaturist. she really enjoyed helping me Wth my Haunted house display. so for her birthday..conveniently the day after mine I gifted her with my Primrose kit. tonight we started it. and one of the things we did is make Tracy's Fireplace well our version of it. we made 2 a small one for the bedroom and a large one for the livingroom. all done...I used the airfreshner can to roll my paperclay and do you see my constant companion while doing anything mess for my hands. My sil always has a good lol at my exspense because of my aversion to getting my hands yucky. as much as I love the way paperclay makes things look. thats how much I hate the way my hands feel when working with it(blleeeecchh) Ruby's bedroom fireplace. nutti's Livingroom fireplace. This was a great class!! Thanks sooo much!!! nutti ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted November 6, 2005 Author Share Posted November 6, 2005 Nutti, I Love your fireplaces!! How cool to see everyones work! :lol: ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiniMadWoman Posted November 6, 2005 Share Posted November 6, 2005 I meant pizza for the family so Tracy could rest . . . not pizza for her! Blech . . . is right!! ;) Nutti, your fireplaces look fantastic!! Hope you and sis will share pictures as the house progresses!! :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kato_411 Posted November 10, 2005 Share Posted November 10, 2005 Terri, here is the link to the Fireplace structure building & assembly: http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/i...findpost&p=8421 I will merge everything in my blogs soon! <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks Tracy much appreciated. I am just gathering up all the info and then will try it once I have the full instuctions. We just did a small foamcore fireplace at our mini meeting but we never covered it with anything. I think this process will get a much nicer look, thanks for sharing this. I will be watching for the painting instructions to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted November 10, 2005 Author Share Posted November 10, 2005 Hi There Terri my sweet! I sent you an email with the paper clay painting blog link. I will eventually move all of this in my blog so we won't be confused . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Have been following this thread and how to work with paperclay closely, love the result and how it looks and I do think it would be an approproate exterior for the haunted house kit as well. Now to my question, where oh where could one possibly find this lovley medium? I.e a place that ships over the sea to Sweden without it costing a fortune? So far I have had no luck trying to find a source locally but I am still searching around. Hugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted November 12, 2005 Author Share Posted November 12, 2005 What about Das Clay? If you have that over there (I think you do) you can use it just the same and it's cheaper. I don't like the smell and it feels more slimy in the start but the effects are the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 Anna, If you can get your hands on an old but stil-working blender or food processor to dedicate JUST for craft use, you can shred newsprint and put it in a pot & fill it with water & boil it, when the water is cool enough to feel like body temperature pour off the excess water & whiz your newsprint mash in the blender/ processor until it's mush, then mix it with water & white glue in equal amounts until you can roll it in a ball that holds its shape and you have papermache you can play with. The nice thing about paperclay, DAS, etc is that someone has already done all that & then dehydrated it & ground it into powder tht can be reconstituted at a cost roughly five to ten times the cost of the newsprint + glue (ah, but think of the convenience of not having to take the time & effort to make such a mess!). I usually don't get to the cooking/ blending stage, I usually use strip-paper papermache, but I can't really sculpt with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Posted November 12, 2005 Share Posted November 12, 2005 This sounds like it might be do-able! I have a mixer/blender kind of thing, I got t a loooong time ago when my brother thought we should be trying out differnet drinks and serve in those fancy-smanschy glasses with umbrealls etc (I do use the umbrealls but that is another matter, they get re-formatted for my ladies needs) When I make paper mache though I make it out of the paper on toles (not the roles used in the kitchen, they have a glue in them that won't allow the fibres to separate) or tissues, I feel that it gets so much softer that way, hadn't thought about adding glue and boiling water to it. Will have to print this one out so and try it out later on when I am getting to finish the haunted house kit. Hugs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bojangles Posted October 26, 2009 Share Posted October 26, 2009 Tracy I have been wanting to work with paper clay and now thanks to you I CAN! I WILL! CANT WAIT! You are so incredable!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted October 26, 2009 Author Share Posted October 26, 2009 Sharon, you are Very Welcome!!! Please share your pictures here in this topic too with the rest of us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxlenstein Posted January 21, 2011 Share Posted January 21, 2011 Thank you so much for the wonderful tips! I just love your work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted January 21, 2011 Author Share Posted January 21, 2011 Hello Russell! Welcome to the Neighborhood Glad to be able to assist you with the clay. I can't wait to see your Orchid Dollhouse come to life :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Russell, please do drop in at the newcomers' Forum and introduce yourself to everybody! We're so glad to have you here, and I have built a couple of Orchids, and my next project is to rebuild one built originally with hot glue and now falling to pieces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkinlikegavroche Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Yay Tracy!!!! Check out my fireplace: http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/i...showtopic=28691 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minis On The Edge Posted April 1, 2011 Author Share Posted April 1, 2011 I LOVE It Toni!! It turned out Wonderfully! It Looks really Great! :idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tercon Posted November 25, 2011 Share Posted November 25, 2011 Nice, Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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