tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13008514471830997472024-02-20T22:05:26.109-09:00Jolie's SanctuaryJoliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-6840798102143903502015-08-08T11:24:00.001-08:002015-08-08T11:24:49.256-08:00Nursery work<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGJwm1BcsW2zrTiwd3HECztXKfsmVeZocYqyS1sx9E13wpu6K8RcaTHy3zvkone5xcTp3pJNcy89bCP5HNLBAZhG31Lg3nrmcilywoF_THC4heJMuReoHmirGorHxAKN-ALwRcreWcYE/s640/blogger-image-855449916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGJwm1BcsW2zrTiwd3HECztXKfsmVeZocYqyS1sx9E13wpu6K8RcaTHy3zvkone5xcTp3pJNcy89bCP5HNLBAZhG31Lg3nrmcilywoF_THC4heJMuReoHmirGorHxAKN-ALwRcreWcYE/s640/blogger-image-855449916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjirXyaP2-oJLwBoiM5eaYyR0EHlJwbtkGprvrh8cLzpEooTf0jApfI9GmTgFx2thgKRRX3I4QyYLIxW_JH03wempG_FTcooxHrhdGf6RGFxgaol_EgkEO3T-K8xXXFBpnoaz5iMP4p8/s640/blogger-image-481294287.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdjirXyaP2-oJLwBoiM5eaYyR0EHlJwbtkGprvrh8cLzpEooTf0jApfI9GmTgFx2thgKRRX3I4QyYLIxW_JH03wempG_FTcooxHrhdGf6RGFxgaol_EgkEO3T-K8xXXFBpnoaz5iMP4p8/s640/blogger-image-481294287.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkGJwm1BcsW2zrTiwd3HECztXKfsmVeZocYqyS1sx9E13wpu6K8RcaTHy3zvkone5xcTp3pJNcy89bCP5HNLBAZhG31Lg3nrmcilywoF_THC4heJMuReoHmirGorHxAKN-ALwRcreWcYE/s640/blogger-image-855449916.jpg"></div>Slowly but surely working in the stone farmhouse attic. The slanted ceilings are a challenge, but wallpaper and painting is finished. Need to work on trim and a stained glass window still, but I am so excited to see it coming together!<div><br></div><div>PS I am NOT a fan of blogging via smartphone!<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_YLYHLHHBzr28C-Bnew2UetktJ8S5wLKop-3s9ImGk1rYY_H-FGgQP8zzd3LU88RvbVP6JVpe43xcaGz9ygzuH4K25bII1IJ8aZBAWEfeDxuBl8N7I_QLyERwZ1rlWWq3Zjok0gWhME/s640/blogger-image-1699755972.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH_YLYHLHHBzr28C-Bnew2UetktJ8S5wLKop-3s9ImGk1rYY_H-FGgQP8zzd3LU88RvbVP6JVpe43xcaGz9ygzuH4K25bII1IJ8aZBAWEfeDxuBl8N7I_QLyERwZ1rlWWq3Zjok0gWhME/s640/blogger-image-1699755972.jpg"></a></div></div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-35438424651663219552014-10-22T17:58:00.001-08:002014-10-22T17:58:06.148-08:00KDF!!!!So, a miracle happens and I live my dream!Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-69450427473240833782013-12-27T17:06:00.001-09:002013-12-27T17:06:56.030-09:00New Shelves....Woo hoo on sale!!! <div>Hoping I can get this crap organized and get back to creating! If I can just get them out of the car and up three flights of stairs...and get rid of the old ones.<br><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGDZ9F7KeuUl8-JULmhzv6W6KluTVwOl3vPxY6qB67FU9a16DodTG2TKnbepe12gtkZC5YvvoKtmFCv-5muo9_xFG4GEmiWxFWWDhJ6ikeIT5vHxCxqgmlNv_3bvn5OLFu-Bzq_gOwg0/s640/blogger-image--1822661143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCGDZ9F7KeuUl8-JULmhzv6W6KluTVwOl3vPxY6qB67FU9a16DodTG2TKnbepe12gtkZC5YvvoKtmFCv-5muo9_xFG4GEmiWxFWWDhJ6ikeIT5vHxCxqgmlNv_3bvn5OLFu-Bzq_gOwg0/s640/blogger-image--1822661143.jpg"></a></div></div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-82296575197833994412013-04-30T19:04:00.000-08:002013-04-30T19:04:05.371-08:00Time and Pride<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Time. It's been on my mind lately. I need to make some time, for me, for my new space. I moved in October and then life happened. Crafting supplies are still in boxes and I have no idea where my sewing machine is...it's in there somewhere, I personally supervised the movers!!!!!!!!<br />
The one thing I did accomplish since moving, the one thing I am really, REALLY proud of is my $2000.00 haircut (my 40th birthday present to myself). I raised that money through the donations of my wonderful family and friends for my favourite charity, <a href="http://littlewarriors.ca/">Little Warriors.</a> for sexual abuse prevention for children. The reason they are my favourite, I am a survivor too! I was 7, a family member molested me until I was 10. I am fighting back!<br />
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Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-31431723582101157512012-12-22T13:06:00.001-09:002012-12-22T13:06:54.755-09:00Merry Christmas Everyone!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am thankful for what turned out to be a fantastic year, I was fortunate to go to exciting places (Kona, Hawaii and Palm Springs, California) I met new people and reconnected with old friends. I have a new place that is all mine and it's wonderful!<div>
New Year approaches and I am looking forward to my personal opportunities. To be Stronger, To be Faster, To be Smarter and to Create Amazing Things!<br /><div>
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Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-32582089177395918502012-08-26T07:01:00.001-08:002012-08-26T07:01:06.018-08:00Packing Up and Moving Out!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Wow, I am a lazy blogger. It has been nearly a year since I posted anything. A year of many, many changes. I find myself single, happy and being kicked out of my home of 10 years! What a great opportunity for me to get a bigger better place, a place with a master bedroom that will become a dream craft room!<br /><br />Packing has been on going since April, but so much to do and how do you classify dollhouses when you are hiring movers? As furniture?<br /><br />I hate moving, but this move, I am so excited about. October 1st is coming faster than I could imagine and in a way not fast enough!</div>
Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-11869585550263304612011-09-27T17:29:00.001-08:002011-09-27T17:57:01.847-08:00It's been too long!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Welcome new followers! I haven't been all that inspired lately, and a busy summer and no dolls house stuff done. *sigh* <br />
I was lucky enough today to visit <a href="http://www.glenbow.org/">The Cut; Costumes and Cinema exhibit @ my local museum</a> I took loads of pictures, here are some of my favourites, hopefully they will help inspire me. The detail on these dresses was astounding! Considering the purple dress from The Duchess was only seen briefly in the film!<br />
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</div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-27694381563233648172011-06-12T09:03:00.000-08:002011-06-12T09:03:40.799-08:00Installation complete!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hurrah! Floors are all installed, wood filler added, stain goes on today and tomorrow, VARNISH! Woo hoo! It took forever, partly because I was uninspired near the end and was sick of looking at wood sticks!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Attic Nursery </td></tr>
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Next will be selecting wallpaper and paint, my mini family is getting excited that the renovation is drawing to a close! </div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-11479393073519522732011-05-18T19:16:00.000-08:002011-05-18T19:16:52.572-08:00Today was a GREAT day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">I am exhausted due to very little sleep the night before (Darn Mom and her planting good books to read in my "visit" room)<br />
Today, I was so fortunate to see a childhood friend inducted on to the Wall of Fame at our elementary/junior high school. Caprice and I have been friends since we were five years old, she has always been one of the most positive and inspiring influences in my life. Even though we lost touch for a few years, she is still the same lovely and amazing lady she always was. She was added to the wall of fame for her <a href="http://www.capriceartstudio.com/">AMAZING ART</a> and it was so wonderful to see her and her mom, <a href="http://elizabeth-justthetwoofus.blogspot.com/">Elizabeth</a>, that I was very close to tears.<br />
I was also fortunate to meet up with two of my old teachers, Mrs Lawlor and Mrs Sheen.<br />
Mrs Lawlor, my grade 3 & 7 teacher, is still the splendidly tough, "Find a chair and park it!" that she always was (she had said this to me in the past and again today!) It was surreal to actually be taller than her! <br />
Mrs Sheen, my grade 2 teacher, always read to us in the afternoons "The Baby Whale, Sharp Ears" and, one of the contributing factors to my Miniature Obsession "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Littles">The Littles</a>" She has also become an <a href="http://lethbridgeartistsclub.wordpress.com/artists-gallery-new/janet-sheen/">Artist </a>after being a teacher!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">From left to right: Angie Lawlor, Caprice Hogg and Janet Sheen</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Caprice and me, She is just a wonderful Artist and an even more amazing person!</td></tr>
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</div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-36880947324703700742011-04-16T07:36:00.001-08:002011-04-16T10:16:10.135-08:00New little bits!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">This internet shopping thing is great, if not slightly dangerous ;o) <br />
I purchased these two lovely items from two fantastic artisans, the elegant Oriental rug from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/dalesdreams">Dales Dreams</a> and the adorable Kitty from <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/BridgetMcCarty">Bridget McCarty</a>.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dales Dreams Oriental rug carpet, beautiful, elegant for the dressing room.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bridget McCarty, Adorable little kitten, such mischief, she will run circles around the basset hound I am sure.</td></tr>
</tbody></table>It really helps to inspire and makes me want to finish the large house faster so these beautiful items have a place to live!<br />
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</div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-8866309239194542592011-04-08T22:19:00.001-08:002011-04-08T22:21:01.068-08:00Sticks and Stones and Glue<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Finally, over 3 months later, I am working on the very last room for the hard wood! (Yippee!) It's quite pathetic, now when I go to Starbucks, I don't want to add anything to my coffee that I have to mix in, as I get stir stick envy....why are theirs so much straighter, flatter....etc. Oh! The "stones" reference in the title, that is what the tin can is full of, it helps weigh down the wonky-doolally sticks when I glue them in.<br />
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</div></div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-32166618632581462522011-03-11T15:14:00.000-09:002011-03-11T15:14:11.190-09:00Flooring ....will it never end LOL!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">As I used wooden stir sticks for the floor (easy to cut with scissors) they are not always straight or even, there were a lot of gaps in the floor that needed wood filler to make it look "real". First I applied 3 coats of natural stain as I wanted the variations of colour to really show. Then I filled with wood filler and put on a heavy coat of stain. Now it's ready for one final sanding and varnish! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After floors are done, I will need to paint the rooms and add baseboards and window frames. I can't wait to get the furnishings etc. in, right now it reminds me of a collage apartment! </td></tr>
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</div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-19876397527381911802011-03-03T20:23:00.001-09:002011-03-04T16:49:13.391-09:00On my Birthday I partied like a Four Year old.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">My Dad built me this doll house for my 4th birthday and my Mom made the soft furnishings and decorated it for my Sunshine Family dolls. I think they had fun doing it and I still have it! On my 38th birthday, I played with my other dollhouse, putting in wood flooring.<br />
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</div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-62455822580517721662011-02-27T14:46:00.001-09:002011-02-27T20:08:24.190-09:00Progress on Flooring<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlFENvcBYKshU38Hjbe10QZuGPEi-4dvadYWxewht_p8Vs7kEcrvOPcg9O8a09NRCcEIkNcyKMtDpQtlbXT40AxYypOPRDyaxQwYUHSrqmepDdJVSGmI1LdL_8zMmx1p-uug6LWkOyAE/s1600/CIMG1318.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjlFENvcBYKshU38Hjbe10QZuGPEi-4dvadYWxewht_p8Vs7kEcrvOPcg9O8a09NRCcEIkNcyKMtDpQtlbXT40AxYypOPRDyaxQwYUHSrqmepDdJVSGmI1LdL_8zMmx1p-uug6LWkOyAE/s320/CIMG1318.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Welcome to my New Followers!<br />
Well, three rooms finished, five rooms to go with the hardwood installation. Then sanding, oh so much sanding, staining and varnish. The other two rooms (kitchen and bath) will be tile floors and I am still trying to find just the right medium to use for those rooms. I put the kibosh on the stairs, not enough square footage (or is that "inchage") so there will be imaginary stairs in this house.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A not so enthusiastic assistant, but he can fetch and carry, my new addition to my collection Edgar Basil (that's BAH-zil not BAY-sil) Winchester, the Basset.</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-79980552013564934102011-01-02T17:05:00.001-09:002011-01-03T14:53:32.638-09:00How much wood would a Woodchuck chuck...Bag fulls! I am getting ready to install the hardwood floors in the "Stone" 3 story I have been working on. I have loads of regular popsicle sticks, but they just don't seem to be the right width and thickness. So off to the Dollar Giant I went and came home with 16 bags of coffee stir sticks to be on the safe side. I will be starting on the ground floor and working my way up.....but before I move to the second floor and attic, I have "THE STAIRS" (dramatic dun-dun-dun!)<br />
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I do have to figure out HOW oh HOW to put in the darn two staircases. That will be a tricky feat, as the stairs I have from main floor to 2nd are not tall enough and the existing opening to the second floor is too small. There is NO opening from 2nd to attic level and I haven't got a clue how to position them...they are also too short.<br />
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But.... I shall worry about the stairs later. Floors first.<br />
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</tbody></table>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-300499937183729672010-12-04T18:50:00.000-09:002010-12-04T18:50:04.165-09:00Closer and CloserMy aching back is totally worth it, and not just because I get to have a nice massage. It's starting to come together. I will still need to do the next 3 steps, colour with pastel chalk, varnish, varnish, varnish (varnish is one step but need at least 3 coats) and then grout. It's going to get messy! I can't wait!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After the 'stone' is applied</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-13573331027835103782010-12-04T13:21:00.000-09:002010-12-04T13:21:13.788-09:00When did my Butt get so old?Lesson learned from today:<br />
<ol><li>Sitting on the floor to play is meant for much younger, fitter and flexible miniaturists!</li>
<li> Glue is not delicious.</li>
<li>Where my butt has plenty of padding, my elbows do not.</li>
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Progressing nicely!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-2826024240957150452010-11-16T16:40:00.000-09:002010-11-16T16:40:57.193-09:00Time Marches on........and ran me over!November 16th already....sheesh. I know, I had planned to finish my Witches shop by Halloween, and nothing...<br />
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I am very disappointed in myself, I was doing really well. I was on a roll with the little books and then KABLAM I hit the creative block wall. Gremlins must have been in my things as everything I touched turned crap. I am now putting the little witches house away. Not for good, but for now.<br />
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I have a Giant Unfinished Dollhouse in the room that has been waiting for me. It looks like a big, sad, unfinished face. I had started it LONG before I even got the Witches shop.<br />
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So, back to stone work I will go, then varnish, then mortar and.....we shall see what's next. As winter has arrived with a blizzard, I plan on hiding in that room as soon as this coming weekend is over!Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-18861253228942425172010-10-05T04:23:00.000-08:002010-10-05T04:23:22.562-08:00Haunted House Online Party!: Join the party!<a href="http://katthehatladyhalloweenhouse.blogspot.com/2010/10/join-party.html?spref=bl">Haunted House Online Party!: Join the party!</a>: "What do you need to do? All you need to do is to post something Halloween on your blog page between the 30th October to the 2nd November. ..."Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-43588578463659058332010-09-27T04:12:00.000-08:002010-09-27T04:12:48.728-08:00BOOO!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNAYx81OC0n5N5CFTAieYuBqB5CIgKEhLoymvbVmI_-S3Yhr27DMF_2CGF-FdMOYROIJMq_iET2Az6tCfljrCGhmpXBh3mOSXYzxLt7n283vpJof_2z8uE3mtedsGI4id_0nyGH-PgPs/s1600/003.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjNAYx81OC0n5N5CFTAieYuBqB5CIgKEhLoymvbVmI_-S3Yhr27DMF_2CGF-FdMOYROIJMq_iET2Az6tCfljrCGhmpXBh3mOSXYzxLt7n283vpJof_2z8uE3mtedsGI4id_0nyGH-PgPs/s320/003.JPG" width="240" /></a></div>Here is a picture of the ghost I am working on for the Witches Shop. I will post more pictures when it's finished.Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-50807763299773881462010-09-18T09:04:00.000-08:002010-09-18T09:04:47.655-08:00Excited, Scared.....need a bigger place to live!Yup, it's official. I have 7 dollhouses!<br />
Yesterday, I picked up the <a href="http://shop.greenleafdollhouses.com/Beaumont-Dollhouse.html">Beaumont Dollhouse by Greenleaf</a>. Holy Moly! I could help myself though, fantastic deal and I would have regretted it if I had not purchased it. <br />
I had gone to this <a href="http://www.chinookandhobbywest.com/">local hobby shop</a> several times before. They carry a fantastic selection of scale trains, model cars and action figures. I have always bought landscaping materials from them as they are close to home and very knowledgeable. A few weeks ago their sign said they had dollhouse miniatures, first time EVER! It turned out, they had renovated their upstairs of the shop to make it into the clearance section and in their off site warehouse they had a bunch of old stock of dollhouse miniatures. As they never carried it before and only really want to get rid of the stock, the prices they put on all the items is nearing Epic Garage Sale proportions. Chrysnbon bits and bobs for $1 - $2 dollars! The dollhouses, about 8 kits in total, were less than half current retail. <br />
I have never bought a kit this big before, I am very excited to start it, but terrified I will screw it up. I have no space to build it, I have no idea where I will put it when I am finished. .... What was I thinking? Was I thinking?<br />
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I know what I am thinking now, I am deliriously happy!Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1300851447183099747.post-85726790872047656512010-08-15T15:54:00.000-08:002010-08-15T15:54:33.032-08:00So Relaxed!I am on a one week vacation. No minis for me this week, away from home and busy, but still very relaxed. I am at the homestead (my parents' little acreage) and I was lucky enough to be able to visit <a href="http://maps.google.ca/maps/place?cid=12343673864751576205&q=the+craft+store+lethbridge&gl=ca&ved=0CBEQtQU&sa=X&ei=E31oTMWVNpGMNvq-3ZkF">The Craft Store, Lethbridge</a>. Sadly, no website, but the review on the link is true, they have some very unique and interesting items. Not a lot of minis, but ones that you can work with! I found some awesome wizard charms for the Witches shop. I will see how I can work them in somehow!Joliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03615589450945585522noreply@blogger.com1