PUNCHED BATH RUG

 Made with DMC 80 and Cotton Floss

MINI CHURCH

CHURCH 

DH made the dividing support posts for me, so that I wouldn't have to use my precious mini wood.I have a workshop today that I haven't been able to get ready for. (better get a move on)
I hope to spend the rest of the week in the Thornhill. Check back in a few days.

RANCH HOUSE

RANCH HOUSE

TA DA! I FINALLY got the walls to line up. I'm in the process of building the shelving for the closets.

CHIPPENDALE CHEST

APRIL 7, 2010

I think I was sprinkled with amusement park dust when I was born. Every day is a new ride.

Recent storms caused damage to my home (AGAIN).

I'm BACK on the medical merry go-round. My cardio doc won't give me permission to go off one of my meds, so that I can have needed dental surgery. AND > Monday I have to go for a cardio-lite stress test.

I get SO frustrated. I bitch moan complain cry worry, and then I remind myself of what I love about my life and get on with it.

Minis become hit and miss, but I do get there.

HOM CHIPPENDALE DOUBLE CHEST

IVY PLANT

I made this from a LITTLE GOODIES kit that I had for a dozen years

GIRLS NIGHT GOWN

Knit with DMC 80

It has a few of mistakes, and took quite a while, but I learned a number of new techniques.

CHIPPENDALE DOUBLE CHEST

FINALLY finished.
This was made from an HOM kit. It has 118 pieces. It took several weeks to complete.

REPLICA OF A NEW ENGLAND CAPE

The first mini house I built was a replica of a home in Scituate Ma, that I had rebuilt in real life.

These are picutres of the exterior and the building process of the miniature.

KLUTZY KATIE

March has been a been a busy month in my mini kingdom.

9 inches of rain, and all the problems that ensued from that, give new meaning to the phrase "rained on my parade."

Respiratory and dental flare-ups sent me to the hospital again, for more high dose nebulizer, theophylline, and steroid treatments.

Whats worse than a Klutzy Miniaturist? A Klutzy Miniaturist on steroids! :-O

Prompted by roid rage, I'm sure, yesterday I wrote 3 scathing letters to WEBSHOTS. I am SO fed up with their advertising, popups, and LOUD sales pitches. I've been trying to move my pictures to Picassa. Even though I was a PAYING WEBSHOTS customer for several years, since I am no longer a paying customer, I can only save my pictures to my computer, one at a time, which requires 3 clicks each. I have 600 pictures left there. 600 x 3 > well you get the picture (or not).

I HAVE moved some of the pictures. The REPLICA EXTERIOR SHOTS are now on Picassa.

I am amazed with myself when I see those pictures. It was my FIRST HOUSE. I am so proud of what I accomplished there. After renovations and tweaking, when I "started" to learn a few things, it turned out quite beautiful.

Seeing the interior shots, I was reminded all that needed to be renovated or re-done. I am no longer sad at having parted with the HUGE mini house.

RANCH HOUSE PROGRESS

The interior wall unit is giving me fits. I've assembled it three times and it keeps falling apart. My goof. The firebox walls don't line up "exactly" so I'm not getting a good bond. I'm scraping cement, test fitting, scraping some more, test fitting. Growling, swearing. Maybe I need to cry, so the mini gods will have pity on me?