I made the 2 little rugs.
The tiny furniture (still in packs) I got to use as doll furniture for a little girls room.
The armoire in front and oval shaped box were going to be trash to treasure projects that never got done - maybe another time.
I made the 2 bowls of pudding with the cherry on top. What few minis I have made (or attempted to make) - I have learned to have a very high respect for the many very talented miniature artists in the world. So much of their work is so detailed, it looks like the real thing. I made a bowl of popcorn a few years ago, with pieces of a styro. packing nut, tiny specks of brown paint for the kernals & watered down yellow paint for the butter. Hey! Looked good to me, so decided to spray it with "that protective coating stuff in a spray can", so it would hold up better. Take my word - "Do Not Do That". Did you know that stuff will melt styrofoam?!?! I don't know how long I stood and stared at it before I pitched it in the trash. :(
On my previous post, Glenda at Many Fond Memories, ask me how many sets I have. I have enough for 2 dolls houses (1 is already set up), the general store, greenhouse, and a small yard (not displayed now - need to find a better place for it). After I decide what I will use in the San Franciscan when I get the inside finished (or if I get it finished!), I will use the odds and ends left over, to do a antique or consignment shop.
Sometime ago, someone made the comment that I must have a lot of money invested in this hobby. I do not. The Vermont Jr. Farmhouse was my biggest buy, and then I got it on sale. I don't pay full price for the minis - wait til Hobby Lobby has their 50% off sales - a few years ago, they had a 75% sale :-). The majority of what I have, I accumulated over many years. A lot of the items in the general store, accessory and decor. items I bought for pennies on the dollar, when a place had a going out of business sale. I have a few better pieces, but the majority are not - just run of the mill pieces.
I went to an estate sale last year, that advertised a room full of miniatures, dolls houses, roomboxes, etc.. I went, and my mouth must have dropped open - all the walls in the room (size of a medium sized bedroom) had shelves filled, and several large houses completely furnished out in the middle, with only walk space. I purchased a couple of pieces (most were priced to high), and they were taking silent bids on one of the houses with furnishings (they probabley laughed at my bid), but I did not get it. Most of the houses were already sold or to high for my budget.
Ok, I have rambled enough - you now know the story of my mini hobby. :-)
Got up to a another heavy dusting of sleet and snow this morning - at least we did not get the ice that was originally predicted, but it was enough to close the schools in the area (does not take much around here :) ).
Hope everyone is having a great day.
Glenda
