I know because I've trudged through several inches of it to do chores twice today. Brrr - it's as cold as it was yesterday, too. But it sure is pretty with the sun shining on it.
I ended up alone today so I spent some time on the French Country house.
First up was the chandelier for the master bedroom. It looks so pretty with the vaulted ceiling. The wicker cradle was a gift from a friend several years ago. I want to get a resin couple from HBS to be the parents and I love the pregnant young woman. With the toddler upstairs, the new baby will be in mom and dad's room at first.
Speaking of the toddler's room, it got some new things, too. I raided a nursery room box to find these goodies. The blocks are just beads but many of the other items were made by miniature friends. I made the afghan on the bed.
I made pendant lights for over the dining table and the island. They are fairly simple but I'm happy with the results. The lights are similar enough to look good in the same room without being identical. The rooster on top of the range hood was a lucky find. I'm not sure where he came from but was part of an earring. The rest of the earring gave me the unique light hardware for the island light.
I also made a greasy skillet since they are having burgers for lunch. The pan was made with a makeup tray, a paper fastener, black beads, and a bit of beading wire. The "grease" is amber Gallery Glass paint.
This house is progressing slowly but surely. Soon I need to make some decisions about the exterior. I think I have a plan but I'm not 100% sure yet. At the rate I'm going with this house, I'll have plenty of time to decide, lol.
Have a wonderful and blessing filled weekend, my friends!
The whole nursery with the recovered rocking chair and new blankets for the cradle.
The rocking chair up close. I found this yellow flannel with pink flowers in my fabric stash. I love how it brightens the dark chair.
This is the newborn I made for the cradle. She has blotchy newborn coloring and is anatomically correct - although I immediately glued a diaper on her, lol.
I posted photos a while ago of the nursery swaps I got in a Small World swap. Today I finally made a place to display everything. I started with a photo box I bought on sale at JoAnn Fabrics. I paid a little over $2 for it. Everything else was a swap item or I already had it on hand.
The tree stump table by Sandy Copeland needed some matching chairs so I made the little tree stump stools. They aren't as nice as Sandy's table but they fit the table theme. The wall shelf and changing table are two pieces of the same Michael's hutch. I added trim and a bottom shelf to the hutch top to make the shelf. The bottom got "carved" feet/trim made from pieces of wooden clothespins. The window is made from the doors of another hutch. I made the border at the ceiling by cutting elements from floral wallpaper
The curvy wood trim was cut from veneer strips with scrapbooking scissors. The baseboard is also from veneer strips. The carpet is just a piece of felt.
These are some of the wonderful items I received in a recent Small World nursery swap. I made the basket full of baby toiletries sitting on the table and an afghan not shown. I have such an amazingly talented group of mini friends!
I made this baby girl to go in the cradle I received in the swap. She's anatomically correct...and then I glued a diaper on her, lol. There are even tiny little diaper pins. She's got that blotchy skin color that newborns have, too. She's cuter than what this photo shows. I had a horrible time getting one even this good.
I also made this Victorian Father Christmas today. He's listed in my etsy shop. He has sculpted boots and his coat is lined with gold satin. I love how he turned out. Isn't it great when the idea in your head actually works out the same way?
