Finally, something new!

 A nasty virus found me the day after Thanksgiving. I've been down ever since. I haven't been able to decorate my house for Christmas yet but I was strong enough to give Harriet a hand with hers. I also made up a tray of craft supplies ('cause you can only spend so much time sleeping no matter how sick you are!) and pulled up pictures of Red Flyer sleds on my laptop and went to work. I think the resulting sled is really nice. I had originally propped a popsicle stick sled that I found in the round robin swap box against the porch wall. Even after some modifications, though, it still looked too fake. That's what led to this project.

 The living room looks quite festive for the holidays. The stockings are hung and there's even a stack of gifts under the tree table.

 The kitchen calendar has been turned to December and there's a lovely Christmas print cloth on the table. You can see that Harriet and Sandy have already been baking, too. There's a gingerbread house, fruitcake and Christmas cupcakes.

Welcome!

I have been very lax in welcoming new followers. Several of you have recently started following De-Lightful Minis and I am so glad to see you! There are 379 of you now! Wow! Once we hit 400 it will be time for an extra special giveaway.

I hope to start my newest project soon. Now that I am working 5 days/week there seems to be much less time for minis. :(  Thank you all for staying with me even during the long "dry" spells without minis. You are all the best and I've learned so much from following your blogs. Wishing all of you a wonderful week!

Everyone is home again

On Saturday, a friend and I brought the four dollhouses home from the library. It was quite an adventure! Once again, the two smaller houses rode in my Toyota. Theresa has a larger vehicle so I had planned for the larger houses to ride in the back. Unfortunately, her car isn't much taller than mine. One of the houses fit nicely behind the front passenger seat but the Petite Dreams had to lie flat on its back. We put it on a blanket with all of the stuff still inside the house and hoped for the best. I had some major resetting to do but nothing was damaged. My bedroom doesn't look quite so empty anymore now that the houses are back. Oh, and I am already scheduled for another library display next October. :)

Hello!

I haven't posted for awhile because hubby and I were away on a Caribbean cruise to celebrate our 30th anniversary. We had an amazing time and visited some beautiful places. This was the view from our cabin balcony. It was very difficult to come back to real life. ;)

A Few New Things

 Many of my new swap things now have homes. I love the new lamps. The knitting bag on the floor was a prize from Small World forum. The colors are so good in this room. The needlepoint pillow was a recent purchase.

 The leather topped dresser looks great in George's room. The base violin is a recent purchase

 Sandy put the laundry away and now she's finishing up the dishes for Harriet.

Harriet is putting her own laundry away today.

Chair Challenge

 The chair challenge photos have been posted on my mini forum so I can show you what I did. The idea was my husband's. The little boy has broken his mama's favorite vase playing soccer in the house so he's "doing time" in the chair in the corner. His faithful dog thinks it was partly his fault so he's "chairing the blame."

 If you look very closely you can see tears on the boy's face.

I revamped a Dollar Tree doll to make the little boy. He used to be a blonde, blue-eyed little girl, LOL.

Wait 'til you see what I got in return!

 Sandy got a couple of pretty new dresses and some movie magazines from Brenda. The Eiffel Tower went to George who used to travel around the world before the war.

 Gaye made canisters for the kitchen and pretty lamps and a doily for the living room. Sandy got some more magazines. Rosie made the milk basket, pecan pie and men's grooming supplies.

Sandy was the over achiever this time. ;) She made nightwear and dresses for the ladies. Boarder Sandy got the little pink nightie and robe. She also got the lovely green hat. The leather topped dresser and masks are in George's room. The cookie jar and cute little towels are in the kitchen.

Everyone got something and all of the new accessories add so much to the boarders' stories. I don't have enough room to display all of the dresses so I'm thinking of stringing a clothes line on the porch to show the others.

Special thanks to Brenda for the use of her photos.