Arnhem Fair

The last fair this month was the fair at the Eusebiuschurch at Arnhem. Which was a wonderfull location. Really enjoyed being there. I've got some nice pieces from Stokesayware. I love the gold inside the cups. Also I had to pick up my silver teaset...for which I used the money I got for my birthday.

I was surprised by the new glass items from Gerd Felka......I've never seen these on his stand.

This one has a bit of blue in it so it will be great to display along with some of my "Delfts Blauw".

The vase was painted by me and the tulipvase was made by Henny Starring.

And at the end of the show we found this "workmate". It completely folds/works like the reall one. It's amazing since it was made by the frenchman Piamini who is 80 years old! I will use it a lot for photo's while I'm building/working on my new dollhouse.

Fairs, fairs, fairs...!!

Finally it was March, which means a lot to do in the dollshouse world!

First there was the fair at Rijswijk on which I helped a friend and picked up some ordered miniatures (of which I forgot to make pictures, sorry).

Then there finally was our trip to Birmingham Miniatura...just a one hour flight and we where there. We've met our friends from the UK again and had some time to chat and enough time to walk around and do our shoppings. I got some lovely shoes an handbag from Patrizia Santi, they're for my roombox they had just te right colors for it. Some lovely silk fabric and my first 4 dining chairs.

Also I found some lovely lasercut kits of cherry wood, a wooden box with sliding lid and a tray. And a nice little mirror of which the mirror itself is made out of metal....so it's a bit darker and looks older. The lobster will be used on a buffet display. and I was very pleased with my new knifes, the detail on them are just wonderfull and a hamer ofcourse...since I have to put the mirror on a wall somewhere in the house!

These are 1:24th scale miniatures which I've bought for my Penny Thomson workshop in July. Penny's figurine of a mother holding her baby I just couldn't resist.

Windows...

This week I finally had some time to work on my dollhouse! And it was time to start with makeing the windows.....a lot of work since there are 11 windows on the front and 8 in the back of the building. Also the picture shows the "bricks" they are painted by me and had to be scored into the gesso. This was really a lot of work but I think it shows off don't you think?

My "new" doll

Well it's been a while that I've posted something here.

I didn't have much time lately for miniatures but decided to share some pictures of my last completed doll with you.
She's made from polymer clay and dressed by me.

* I enjoyed makeing this picture of her while working on her outfit, doesn't she look a bit Royal allready?

And after long and concentrating working on her this is how she's turned out.....I really loved makeing her wig and sailboat in it.......I know.......it's a bit much.....but it was a challenge to make it.

cleaning the miniatures cabinet

One of the less favorite jobs on miniatures, well for me that is, is dusting the cabinet which displays the "loose" miniatures. Why do we collect so much of them.....goes through my mind at such moments!

But after this job is done I can enjoy the result of it.....and picking up all those nice pieces bring back memories. I really like my minaitures so yes.....I will keep collecting and makeing.
How about you?

So it's worth cleaning it up but most times I'm just not looking forward to it.
But for a while I have this wonderfull lady who helps me with this job.
I have to share her with you because she deserves to be put in the spotlight for all her hard working in the house.

I've made her from a Marcia Backstrom kit.

I hope Marcia will be offering them again soon....I think their wonderfull.

Dressmakeing workshop

2 years ago I followed Jamie's sculpting workshop, which was a lot of fun to do.

And I even made a nice figure and my own mold.

But I also wanted to learn how to make those lovely outfits......they look so reall!

Therefore I followed this time a 2 days workshop dressmakeing.

I've learned a lot of neat trics to make it more realistic.

Here's the result of it(I still need to decorate her wig).

I even did some embroidery, for the first time!

And ofcourse I wanted to work on dolls again.....but first I've tryed to work again with the Genisis Heat Set Oilpaint.....The face is made by Jamie.....but I used it to paint it.......after a year of not painting! I think it went pretty well.

Penny's dolls

In my last item someone asked me to make some close-up pictures of the paper-maché dolls (1:24th scale) by Penny Thomson.

http://www.penny-thomson.co.uk/index.php

Here is a better view on the brown building that I was makeing.

Well it took me some time to make "decent" pictures of them.......since they are very tiny.

I even got a nice picture of the cat she made for me.

Penny is a true artist if you ask me.

Enjoy.

"little captain"

"pretty little face"

"the tiny cat"

"two figures from my Dicken's scene"