30.6.2011
Kirjahylly - A Bookshelf
Tässäpä hutera kirjahyllyni. Simpukkapurkit on näytehuulipunan hylsyjä, samea kristallipallo on tehty lasikuulasta ja napista, kirjat, paperit ja rasiat on tulostettu jostain päin nettiä (muistaakseni Jim's printables tms.), ja pääkallon olen tehnyt fimosta. Muut ovat sekalaista sälää. Itse hylly on puuta, pahvia, rautalankaa ja muutama helmi!
Here's my wobbly bookshelf. Jars with seashells are from sample lipsticks, the blurry crystal ball is made from a marble and a button, books, papers and boxes has been printed from the net (Jim's printables, if I remember right..) and the skull I made from fimo. Other stuff is just miscellaneous things. The shelf itself is wood, cardboard, iron wire and a few beads!
I got my first followers! Thank you so much Victoria and Daphne, and welcome!!
dollhouse, dolls, miniatures
bookshelf,
furniture,
huonekalut,
itsetehtyä,
kirjahylly,
self-made
29.6.2011
Ruokapöytä - A Dining Table
Nyt tarvitsisin enää kuusi tuolia. Siinäpä se ongelma onkin. Tein jo yhden, ja kyllästyin sitä tehdessäni koko hommaan.. Ja tuolin selkänojasta tuli vino, joten oikeastaan tarvitsisin edelleen kuusi tuolia!!! Ja kärsivällisyyttä. Olisiko kellään ylimääräistä?
Now, all I need is six chairs. That's the problem. I already made one, and got bored with the whole thing while doing it.. And the back rest got all crooked, so actually I still need six chairs!!! And patience. Does anyone have spare?
dollhouse, dolls, miniatures
dining table,
furniture,
huonekalut,
itsetehtyä,
ruokapöytä,
self-made
26.6.2011
Nukkepariskunta - Doll Couple
Ensimmäiset fimo-massasta tekemäni nuket. Tätä ennen olen tehnyt muutaman nuken paperimassasta (esittelen heidät myöhemmin..). En osaa sanoa kummasta materiaalista pidän enemmän! Tämä pariskunta ei ikävä kyllä muuta Rottingroofiin asumaan, koska ovat lupautuneet toisaalle, ja haluavat majoittua hieman väljemmin, kun eivät näes ole aivan 1:12 kokoa.. Mutta jostain kumman syystä tuntuu kuin luopuisi rakkaistakin henkilöistä?? En ole tehnyt muille nukkeja tätä ennen. Ehkä se on kerta kerralta helpompaa? Ainakin näiden tekeminen on aina vain hauskempaa!!
My first fimo-dolls. I've done a couple papermache-dolls before (whom I will introduce later..) and I really can't say which material is better! This couple unfortunately, is not moving in to Rottingroof, because they're promised elsewhere. Besides their size is bigger than 1:12, so understandably they want bigger quarters.. Funnily it feels like giving away dear people?? I haven't made dolls for anyone else before. Perhaps it's easier next time? Well, at least making them is more fun every time!!
dollhouse, dolls, miniatures
dolls,
itsetehtyä,
massailu,
nuket,
polymer clay,
self-made
Köynnöskasvi - A Climber
Käppyrä tikku, paperipäällysteistä rautalankaa, kuviorei'itin, silkkipaperia ja glitteriliimaa. Täytin ruukun itsekovettuvalla massalla, tökkäsin tikun massaan ja kieputin köynnöksen tikun ympärille. Kukat ja lehdet liimailin viimeiseksi. En ole mikään viherpeukalo, mutta tässä puuhassa väkisinkin iskee puutarhakuume..
One twisted twig, papercoated iron wire, shape puncher, silk paper, and glitter glue. I filled the pot with self-hardening clay, stuck the twig in the clay and twined the climber around the twig. Then I glued on the flowers and leaves. I don't have a green thumb, but doing this, I kind of felt myself a bit garden-feverish..
dollhouse, dolls, miniatures
itsetehtyä,
kasvit,
kukat,
plants,
puutarha,
self-made,
the garden
25.6.2011
Pylvässänky - A canopy bed
Tulevia asukkaita testiajolla! Future residents test driving the bed! |
Kelpaa! - Good enough! |
I try to make all the furniture myself, if I only can, mainly because I don't want this hobby to become too expensive (someone might argue with that already..) and because it's the best part of the whole thing, eventhough sometimes demanding!! Making of this bed was easy and fun, not to mention the bedlinens.. I found a lovely piece of velvet in discount, and it was asking for to be made as a bedcover, curtains and a pair of pillows. I still have some of the fabric left, and I must make something of it.. The bed itself is made of different pieces of wood, bedlegs of beads, and the decoration of spiralled iron wire. And getting the decoration on it's place, was the hardest part of the job! I'd love to design and build all kinds of beds, but I'm short of bedrooms.. Do I have to start thinking about another dollhouse?! Tempting..
dollhouse, dolls, miniatures
canopy bed,
furniture,
huonekalut,
itsetehtyä,
pylvässänky,
self-made
Kaappikello - The grandfather clock
Ensimmäinen huonekalu jonka nukkekotiin tein. Kello on vanhasta rannekellosta, joka ei enää valitettavasti käy.. Killuttimet on tehty sekalaisesta krääsästä, muuten kello on puuta. En kyllä ole vielä aivan varma, että onko kapistus ihan valmis. Kaipaisiko se vielä jotain lisää? Koristeita?
The first piece of furniture I made for the dollhouse. I took the clock part from an old wristwatch, which sadly doesn't function anymore.. Dangling parts are made of some miscellaneous trinkets, otherwise the clock is made of wood. I'm still not sure if the thing is complete. Should I add something more to it? Decorations perhaps?
dollhouse, dolls, miniatures
itsetehtyä,
kaappikello,
self-made,
The grandfather clock
24.6.2011
Portaat - And then there were stairs..
Tarvikkeet - Materials |
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Viimeinkin paikallaan ja maalattuna! Finally ready, on its place and painted.. |
I kind of hated making these stairs, and yet there are a few more to go, I haven't yet figured out how to do them.. Again I needed help with measuring and counting, and my knight in shining armor was there!! I wonder, if it had been easier if I had bought them from the store.. Or if I could've done something differently? Well, any way, I find this nuisance to be the most beautiful thing in the house..
23.6.2011
Ensimmäinen yritys - My first attempt
Sommitelma.. Composition.. |
Liimattu, ruuvattu ja naulattu! Glued, screwed and nailed! |
And here it begins! I never thought I'd fall for this kind of stuff, but for some reason, I should never say never.. Or maybe there always lies a lesson for me to learn, because this has proven to be a wonderful hobby! I'm glad that my partner (is it the right word? We're not married, but I don't want to call him a boyfriend, because that sounds silly..) helped me to build the frame because I suck at measuring and counting and, well, someone has to do the sawing too..
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