A new doll!

Remember those two dark red chairs I made last week? They were my part of a trade I did with my friend, Brenda. This beautiful doll is what she made in return. I named her Pansy and put one in her hair. So we have Rose, Daisy and Pansy. I need to get some more cowboys in the saloon. At this point there's more employees than customers, lol.She's so dainty looking. I have to think of her story and how she came to work at A Rose Among Thorns.
Her long curls are so pretty. I just tucked the pansy next to the feather Brenda had put in her hair.

I'm so excited!

Finally - the 200 followers give away!

And the prize is this beautiful bed (made from a kit and dressed by me) and a rustic finished chest of drawers. The drawers don't open.
The rules are as follows:
1. You must be a follower as of Saturday, Sept. 11, 12:21 am (time I am posting this)
2. You need to leave a comment on this post
3. The deadline for entering is Saturday, Sept. 18 at midnight eastern time. I'll draw the winner on Sunday.

Good luck!

It's coming, I promise!

There will be a follower give away soon, I promise. I've been sick for the past week and seem to be getting worse instead of better. I'm hoping I'll hit the turning point soon. Stay tuned for giveaway details...

I found one!

I found a dartboard graphic that works and I made some little feathered darts. The board also has holes all over it from previous games. Having the board on the wall gives that area of the room a purpose now.

A place for everything and everything in its place

Rose likes to keep the saloon as tidy as possible with all of those men hanging around. She couldn't have the cue sticks just leaning against the wall when not in use. So I gathered up some of the scraps from the dollhouse kit and some other miscellaneous wood scraps and made a cue stand and several more cue sticks. The billiard room was looking pretty empty and that fills some of the wall space. I'll be hanging some photos in here and I'm looking for a dart board graphic that's not a modern dartboard. Not much luck so far but I'm sure I'll find something appropriate.

Oh my gosh! It's 3 am!

Do you ever get so into a project that time gets away from you? I frequently do. Tonight (this morning?) was one of those times. But I've mostly finished the structure for the saloon. There are some details that need fine tuning. (There's a large clamp on the roof right now trying to fix the roof trim gap issue.) But it looks really good. Although it isn't very realistic to have the whole mansard roof be copper I really liked the porch roof. It looks good, it's easy to do, AND it's cheap. All key for one of my projects, lol. The instructions for assembling the roof leave much to be desired. I'm not completely sure that I did it correctly but I had to add a lot of trim around the dormers on the outside to make it look good and fill in gaps. I like the way the trim looks so it's fine. I'm curious about whether the directions have been improved in the new laser cut version.
Daisy just brought a fresh beer up to Jake. He's practicing so he'll be ready to take on the saloon billiards champ later. The hanging oil lamp has a brass hanging frame. The base of the lamp is a large brass rose - perfect for "A Rose Among Thorns."

An interesting day

There I was, happily working away at the saloon (the roof/ceiling is assembled and the interior is finished) when my oldest daughter came home and kidnapped me, lol. She passed several garage sales on the way and wanted to go exploring. Since I still wasn't feeling 100% she drove.

She found a bread machine and a cappuccino maker. We tested the bread machine - yum!

I found these bright orange ceramic toilets that are perfectly scaled for 1:12 dollhouses. The lady gave them to me. I also got a hot pot for those days when the tea kettle takes too long to heat up. :)

Then daughter number 2 calls with a catastrophic computer problem. Hubby's out of town so oldest and I delivered his laptop to daughter 2 and brought hers back so I can have it repaired. We also took her out for a late dinner. That made for a 4 1/2 hour round trip.

I had fun with my girls but this was gonna be the day to finish the saloon. It's only midnight...maybe there's still time. More tomorrow...