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| Halloween Shop front - The pots are some kind of faux pods. The planter is a mint container lid. ********************************* |
Another day as MiniJoyMonth on Instagram unfolds. So fun to have a whole group of miniaturists sharing their work! (Be sure to join in or follow along with host @vintagedollhouseshop and look for the tag #minijoymonth2026. * See my Instagram page and friend me at cwrite12. )
*Click photos for full size. * For this blog, I'll share all my posts on the Day 1 post here.
Today's Prompt: Taking Shape
Building a dollhouse or kit takes time. It takes some thinking and planning for a project to take shape.
I know for me, I can't move forward, or don't really get inspired, until the idea for how a project should look is formed in my mind. Once I can "see" it, then I feel like it'll work. Know what I mean? That's why sometimes it takes a while to get started on a project. Then once you know if something will work, it can move forward, not that some things don't change along the way!
Finally I got the Halloween Tea Shop looking how I want it! Love the result!
Here's the orignal idea (web pic; nice, the style originally caught my eye though it's too bland for me! I like bright colors! ha!)
It started as a Tea Shoppe kit from Teri Hanson Miniatures, (see original post) but I just had to decorate it for Halloween! It will be a shop with assorted items that are now sitting in drawers or boxes.
Here are the flowers in the "pod" containers and oh, look - a visitor! Must be all that Wisc. cheese that makes them so big. haa! ( I couldn't resist! A small bag at Menard's.)
* Added: the top wallpaper is textured paper I bought by the roll and painted; the bottom is textured HS textured brick paper by Starboc1 in Greece. New site: MiniaturesWallpapers.com.
Inside:
1st Floor: I used the idea I had for the Half-Scale Garage, to make a ceiling "flourescent" light
I'm also going to use this wall cabinet kit from Teri Hanson Miniatures on this floor. It covers the back wall. It had nice scribed lines, but I wanted it to have a Halloween look so I used scrapbook paper inside. I really liked both these prints.
Floor 2 - Will have tables and lots of pumpkins. The clear pumpkins made perfect light covers!
