Drora asked to see how the little dolls looked before their makeover. They came with these plastic furniture sets. I bought the sets for the furniture pieces and had no plans for the dolls. I'm glad I was able to find a way to use them after all.
I rewigged and redressed some Dollar Tree dolls that came with some mini furniture packages I found. Can you guess what my next project is going to be? (Hint: It has nothing to do with yellow brick roads. :) )
Today was one of those days when I felt the need to "fix" some things that I hadn't been completely happy with in my mini house. First up is my mini stocking boot. I originally made the fur with textured clay but that just wasn't right. Today I changed it to actual fake fur. It looks much better now.
I bought this bentwood rocker many years ago. It was originally a golden oak color but our real one was dark wood. I finally got brave enough to paint it. I was worried about getting paint on the "cane" part but I didn't need to. :)
And, finally, I changed the living room window treatments. Although we didn't have wood blinds at the time the dollhouse is set in, the decor has slowly been morphing into the way the house looks now. I've never liked the lace curtains that were in this room and they didn't look like the real window treatments that were in here anyway. We currently have wood blinds so I used a bamboo placemat to make some for the mini room. I need to do some dusting in here soon. Apparently, mini me is not the best housekeeper, lol.
I wandered through my favorite antique/resale shop today and found some things with mini potential. The salt and pepper parlor stoves are perfectly scaled - I've used these before in projects. I already had a toilet and needed a sink for an upcoming project. The little house went into the craft room. The chair is a Christmas ornament but ...
...it looks very nice in the Magnolia Way living room.
I finally got my snowman collection packed away last week just in time to put a vase of the first daffodils on the dining room table. So maybe I waited too long this year...
Here is how I used the items that Gaye (My Small Obsession) made. They are the perfect colors for the Magnolia Way living room.
I put Brenda's shabby hutch in the boarding house kitchen. Harriet likes it much better than the ugly blue and white thing that was there before. :)
Here's a photo of everything I received. I've found homes for everything now and I am so pleased with my gifts.
