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1/1/18

artwork

another exercise from the journaling workshop, mixed media

12/29/17

Happy Holidays!!

Happy Holidays to everyone.

From Miss Olivia

10/31/17

Zora in the rain

Zora in the rain with her new umbrella.I hate calling it a shadowbox or a diorama but don't know what else to call it. A shrine to her cuteness?

10/7/17

More dollhouse furniture and dollhouse rooms

"Circus Room" Bunk bed bedroom

First started with basic form and shape of the furniture. bed was a soap box cut i half log ways and folded strips for strength for the posts/legs. Glued together with tacky glue and then taped with masking tape to hold together while drying. Then painted and I added a flower decal for trim.

The wall have circus figures that I printed from the internet and glued on to the walls. There is also a little triangle banner going across a corner of the room.

I crocheted a round rug fr the floor and coverlets for the bunks

The book case is the bottom part of a jewelry box and I added a strip of cardboard for a shelf.

I used a paper punch to make blue flowers to decorate the book case.

9/30/17

The Pink Bedroom-Cardboard Dollhouse

I started making the furniture from cardboard cut from boxes that I had saved from my kitchen. I found that some cardboard boxes were thicker than others and chose the thicker ones. Milk bone dog biscuits and club cracker boxes were good. I also used small boxes for shapes like little jewelry boxes and soap boxes. You'll be amazed what you'll find once you're looking. Then I glued parts together and taped with masking tape. Next came thin layers of papier mache.

I crocheted a rug from thin cotton yarn and also crocheted blankets for all the beds.

Paint came after they were all shaped. I then added details with a bottle of plastic paint, gems to decorate and beads for handles.

Had a little tough time with the posters/legs for the bed. They kept pulling away from the cardboard after they had been glued so I decided to use something flatter. Instead of sticks I used popscicle sticks to have a wider surface to adhere.

Closet with opening doors and a pull out drawer.

Vanity with real mirror and pull out drawer. Stool is a plastic cap decoupaged with fabric.

More rooms to come...!

9/26/17

Come in to my dollhouse

And now some rooms and furniture inside the dollhouse. First come into the kitchen.

Close up of interior - window, shelf above window, clock, ceiling light and wall and floor tile.

Pictorial steps of constructing the kitchen appliances.

Finished appliances.

Table and chairs - there are 4 chairs. Chairs made from pudding cups and a very small box cut to fit height. Table made from a sewing thread spool, a cap glued on the bottom and a cardboard circle top with cut flowers from a punch cutter to decorate.

9/21/17

Inside the doll house

Looking inside the doll house

The first pictures are when I was starting to do the interior rooms - walls and floors.

Finished interiors with furniture. All furniture made from cardboard, papier mache and sometimes little pieces from packaging like a jelly container for the kitchen sink.

There's a wagon and a metal bicycle that I found-literally on the ground - and a tiny bird cage I made from wire and cardboard then added a bead in the shape of a bird perched on a long bead swing.

There is an outside patio area with a fire pit, lounge chair and table with an umbrella. There is a garden and a fence added to the edges. I stenciled the floor of the patio with a leaf pattern. It is above the kitchen and has a door into the pink bedroom.

8/15/17

Outside the dollhouse

Looking at the outside of the dollhouse:

The dollhouse is in two pieces so that it can be easily stored by putting the second part and the furniture in the main dollhouse and slid under a bed.