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Here's a peek at what is going on with my Spring Fling....
How much do I love that paper?!?! A ton! But wait until you see what I did with it. :D
That's all I can share for that right now. The rest would give stuff away. I can say, that I built something for it for the very first time and I love how it turned out. It was a lot easier in some aspects and harder in others. Can't wait to share more when the deadline passes!!!
I have fallen so behind on blogging! I do apologize to all of you. I know, when friends of mine don't blog for a while it can feel as though you are suffering from withdrawals. But when they finally do, OH THE JOY!!!!
Anywho, my time had been mostly taken up with the fact the my tiniest baby just turned one year old on St. Patrick's Day. *Cheers* This is a big deal for any parent, but I fall into that neurotic category where everything is HUGE and epic with the fun. :) This meant I ridiculously huge party with family, friends and playgroup pals. We didn't really do anything the day of his birthday, but hang out with one of his besties. Friday was spent doing last minute prep for the party that was on Saturday; this meant buying lots of green things. The only unfortunate event was that lots of our friends came down with what we referred to as The Playgroup Plague (more commonly known as rotovirus). It's a highly contagious GI virus and is just awful to witness in tiny one year old kids. Even with that going on, the party was a smash. Charlie got all sorts of fun outdoor toys to play with and he even got a picnic table. (There is nothing cuter than seeing two tiny little boys sharing lunch at a pint sized table!)
His smash cake was a ridiculous success! That winning shot you always want to catch the baby in-hands full of cake and icing smeared on their face-he was all over it!
So where are the pictures?! Sadness in my world of being picture-happy-Mommy and miniaturist extraordinaire, a child that is not mine busted my camera the week before. :( Until I can get a new one, there will be no new postings on Etsy, or fun mini updates, or pictures of my adorable kidlets. It's very sad. However, my sister was at the party and she took umpteen zillion pictures and is sending them to me on a disc.... actually, *discS*. And for the day after the party, when we took the boys to the zoo (eeeeeee!!!!) we borrowed one from James' mom. So, the important family stuff is covered. :)
The upside to no camera is that I won't be tempted to share what I am working on, which is good since I will be starting on my entry for the Greenleaf Spring Fling 2011, that is, if it EVER gets here!!!!! I ordered all my components a week ago and they have yet to be shipped... I wouldn't be so upset about it, but this is the prime time for me to get some work done on it since I have the week off (Spring Break). I am itching to get started on it! I even cleaned up the work room, which was no easy task since it had turned into a dumping ground of sorts whilst I was busy with birthday plans. Speaking of which, I need to get started on the plans for Cayce's birthday. He is getting a dinosaur theme and he is so excited!
I will share pictures of the birthday and zoo trip as soon as the discs get here (hopefully today). And if you hope to see pictures of mini's, you can always contribute to a new camera fund by buying stuff from my etsy shop!!!!! *hint, hint* And I take custom orders!
Later taters!
Welcome to ALL my new followers!!! Wow! There are 16 of you, my goodness.
Down the line we go:
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Woowhee what a list!!! Thanks for joining the ranks, mini friends. Glad to have you aboard!
There hasn't been much mini development here. Life has been busy with birthdays, playdates and beach trips. I hope to get back in the swing of things soon though. I just wanted to welcome everyone that has joined in lately.
leads to a frilly looking house!
I recently started working on the Creatology Fantasy Villa to quell my need to build a house. The weather has been very erratic in Florida, as well as the rest of the United States, and I didn't want to start on a big build (Washington) if I couldn't be out on the wintery porch every night. Good news on that front, is that Spring seems to be on it's way here! We have a high of near 80 today. =) Schweeeeeeet!
Anyway, I had picked up all these really interesting papers the last time I went to Michael's, and I thought they would go perfectly with the whimsy of this house. I plan on trying to construct it just like a kit, so I will be getting rid of everything that looks "puzzle-ish" and cutting off the tabs. So far, I am really happy with the way things are turning out on it.
I used denim colored felt as carpet in the two upper rooms. The window frames are made out of cardstock and I plan on putting some faux stained glass in a few of the windows. The tile floor is a printie from Jim's Printables that I sealed 3 times with glossy modge podge. The wood floor is made from sticks that I bought from Ann at Amazing Miniatures (her Etsy shop is full of fun stuff). I also used these sticks to make the baseboards and such throughout the house.
I really like the fun color scheme that this house has and I think it would be great for a girl that has tiny fairy dolls or even the Little Petshop characters. I am still undecided about the exterior, but I think I want to do some sort of stone or stucco finish so it looks like a fairytale castle.
My time is limited lately, so I haven't really gotten that far on it, but like I said, I am really happy with the results so far.
Happy Valentine's Day, beloved followers! I want to thank each and every one of you for dropping in to hear about my craziness in the land of tiny things. I hope you all have a fabulous day, single or coupled. ♥
As promised, the drawing took place this morning! I printed out all the comments, sans the doubles and my own, cut them into strips and threw them in a hat. James pulled one out and the winner is....
♫ drum roll please♫
Ani! of La Inspiracion. Congratulations, Ani! If you could get me your information, I would love to have this sent out to you this week. Thank you to all whom entered! I really loved doing this and will do another at 100 posts, I think. :)
