It’s Friday! I hope you have had a wonderful week. I know life can really distract with all it’s “have-to’s” and adult responsibilities but I truly hope and pray you are able to find a way to add your own unique, unmatched magic to everything you do. The world truly needs your magic.
For me, I have been thinking all things Christmas. I know, it’s not even Thanksgiving and I promise you I am a bit of a seasonal/holiday purist. Nothing gets decorated until the season is (in my opinion) upon us. I really like enjoying what is and right now it is fall and I love this season. I love the colors and the falling leaves so I don’t want to rush forward.
The holiday shopping however does take a bit more than the season allows. In addition to the holidays my oldest daughter’s birthday is in December so once Thanksgiving hits, like many of you I am sure, time runs out.
And I do love making holiday gifts. Handmade gifts became a part of our family holidays about 8 years ago when I made these sweet felt dolls for each of my children. It was the first time I made anything like that and they have so many mistakes that I see now but the kids loved them. So I have extended things a bit and I am going to be sharing more about all my handmade gifts as the season goes on but for today I wanted to share a bit of a childhood dollhouse update.
As you may know I have been working in the kitchen of the dollhouse and I am happy to say that I have finished the stove! It looks so sweet and I have an idea to make a crocheted granny towel to hang from the handle. I had a great aunt who used to make us the kitchen towels that were crocheted on the top and would secure to your stove handle with a button and I just thought my little dollhouse kitchen needs one of these. I have never made one so it will go in the ideas list for now but I really think it will be fun.
You may notice a refrigerator hanging out in the back corner. I still need to do some sanding and probably a bit more wood filler to fill in the top to fill in the rounded look. I am going for a vintage style refrigerator and I used this tutorial for my measurements and initial instructions but I am changing things up a bit as I go. It’s a great tutorial if you want to make one yourself.
I have also made a table all on my own which I am pretty proud of. It’s a simple project of course but still it’s nice to have something be all your idea and creation. For the chairs I followed this tutorial and they came out really sweet. I need to still sand and paint them all but I really wanted to make a table cloth. I have some fabric I picked up for my handmade Christmas gifts and picked one that it so sweet and I love that it doesn’t perfectly match anything in the kitchen. It adds a bit to the whimsy of the whole space that I enjoy.
I was originally thinking of sewing the table cloth but in the end I decided to just glue myself some hems
and add the corners so it draped nicely and away I went. It was a fun project that was a nice break from some of my other projects.
There is still more to do in the kitchen. I keep thinking I am almost done then I remember things like molding and refrigerator doors but there is no rush of course. I am finding that this project in particular is really my relaxing project when I need a bit of a break from the things that need doing all day long. I have even noticed that if I don’t work on something miniature in a day I can be a bit crabby which I find interesting. There is something about the tininess of the project that automatically makes me smile.
I hope you enjoyed today’s post and I hope you are getting on with some miniatures of your own. Please comment below and let me know what you are working on.
You can also watch the video of my making the tablecloth below if you would like.
Until next time…
-Michele, aka The Dreaming Dilettante
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