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I usually post this under C, but thought I'd switch it around. Another favorite - men's shop in a vintage wall cigar humidor.
The open full view:
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This was the first time I made a men's themed project, but it fit here perfectly.
See other photos of cigar box room. Worth a peek!
Yes, odd title for the L posts, but today I'll again share the Lavender Cottage for this. (** See inside pix at link.)
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I had fun doing this house, with a more modern layout. It's a summer cottage with guest rooms, so not traditional layouts.
My favorite is the kitchen. First time I did a galley with a counter. I made the counter and changed a couple individual cabinets, plus made some to fit the space.
The best idea was transforming one cabinet into an under-counter fridge. I think it looks pretty convincing once I found a photo to use and shrunk it to the right size. I'm saying the large fridge is in the off-view pantry.
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This is to keep the posts in order. So what better than K-L and will be a two-day post: Just Love Miniature Kitchens! (* Click photos for full size.)
Real life? No. I'm not much of a cook. I can make a few things, but in miniature? So fun designing the room and all those miniature packages!
Good thing I post these as it's a way to keep track of the photos! This was an A to Z post in 2020. Yes, I really have done a lot of projects! At least I get to go back and show some photos that get lost over time.
Fun filling the fridge! This was so fun to do!! I know why people are hooked on those MiniBrand Fill the Fridge... (haven't given to that... yet but have eyed it at Walmart. ... (Wow, what's with the crazy greedy prices on 'Zon???) I keep thinking the Cher and other dolls would like a kitchen... but.. I don't need more to buy! ha!)
Vintage corner in half-scale Fairfield House attic, third floor. (See more links and pix under Fairfield here.)
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The "I" post for today has got to be titled I LOVE MINIATURES. Because I do!
What do I love?
I love - the planning, the designing, the color choosing, the new ideas and projects I can make.
I'm not crazy about building but I do like to see the final result and seeing an idea come to fruition. I love when it comes out as I envisioned it!
Another favorite part of houses: attics! You get to put all kinds of extra things in here! Attic in my large yellow Victorian house.
I really have too many favorites to add. Every house, every project is a favorite!
* See some favorites on the end-of-year Round Up: * 2024 projects - * 2025 projects
* More to come!
What else, but H for Halloween Miniatures!!
I love Halloween minis and love decorating for that holiday. I've shared many projects so I'll show and link a few again.
Yes, there is a Skellie Funeral Parlor!
Hubby found this gag stop-smoking coffin at Goodwill a while back. It fits the plastic skeletons perfectly! I love dressing them up so this was a good excuse to make the "mourners."
The Skeleton Porch - another favorite dog
The small skeleton and dog at the Witch's Cottage (views inside and videos)
* Also see my Halloween store.
Yes, more to come!
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I finally am finishing this project up. I decided after all to break out the center wood piece, and while I cracked the front of the box, it'll be fine once I find the right pattern to glue over the front. I added some trim strips on the inside and outside front bottom, and what's good is I still can take out the glass if needed.
This was another of those photo storage boxes I found at Goodwill. Here's the beginning of the project. (*Click photos for full size.)
A ceiling light is in, and of course, I took it out again and put in a larger bulb with a glassless lantern over it. That worked much better.
Books. Lots of little books. Some for here. Some for other projects as you have to be in the mood to make them. Care to guess how many? (I counted about 80.)
Sometimes it's hard to get myself to paint furniture, but I'm not a big fan of the mass-produced mahogany color. I have to admit that painting the bookcases black and adding paper inside for contrast, plus some copper on the edges, did make them stand out more. I was going to make a windowseat, but the small Victorian couch fit between the bookcases. (I cut off the edge as the clock fell in this photo. ha!)
I've been toying with trying to print brick on textured paper so I bought a rule of "speckled" textured wallpaper. (Not the brick shown here. That is from etsy.) It also works well for painted ceilings. I used some painted pieces on the outside top of the box.
I've had this little octagonal table for ages. Again, I hesitated painting it as it had a really nice finish, but I still hadn't used it anywhere and it fit well in here. I cut the legs down slightly and added some copper splotches on top the black.
Can't have a dark library without harkening back to the earliest form of "horror" fiction, Penny Dreadfuls, little pamphlets first published in the mid-1800s full of Victorian scary tales like this 1846 Sweeney Todd tale, "The String of Pearls" or Varney the Vampire (1845).
In keeping with the project, I decided to print some of those covers on the sides of the library box. I keep meaning to reread some of these classic tales. It's been years since I've read many of them. Another good one is The PIcture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde (1891), free via Project Gutenberg; a great movie, too, with a young and lovely Angela Lansbury.
I may yet add some more piles of books scattered around, but I like how it turned out. What do you think?
* Come back tomorrow for more daily miniatures!
Nothing more fun to make and collect than miniature food. I've made quite a few things over time, from "regular" food to creepy and fantasy-flavored Halloween food. I'll save the Halloween offerings for another day. Above: copying food from a vintage cookbook cover.
(Click photos for full size. Click links for more photos.)
F for Miniature Food:
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Had fun last year making some miniature Easter baskets and Easter cakes.
My friend made this cute basket.
* Come back for more tomorrow!
What else but miniature dogs! I've had dogs all my life, still mourning the loss last summer of my 14 1/2 year-old German Shepherd, Gracie.
So it seemed perfect to add some dogs. I try to put a dog in most of my miniature projects. Here's a past post with more of my miniature dogs and more here.
* See two older previous posts I wrote: Dolores's miniature dogs - Alice Zinn's miniature dogs
** Come back Monday for the next post.
Continuing on the daily blog (except Sunday) for A to Z in April.
C for Cakes
See day 1 and schedule. Tomorrow: D for.... - Back to B.
I've collected a ton of cakes for many years, eventually planning to do that Witch's Bakery, which is finally near completion. So, thought I'd share a few more cakes I've made and collected. Yes, I like making gory, Halloween foods! ha! (Click photos for full size.)
Some cakes in the bakery window:
