A Tiny Doll and her Tiny House

So I finally managed to pick out colors for this project and get it started, and once I got going, it went really quickly.  And I adore it!!!  I'm so happy with how it turned out.  I love Pink Mouse Boutique's patterns - you can find the pattern for this one here - her patterns make doing these tiny things seem totally possible.  And they are adorable.  I love my little house book!!  And so does my tiny doll! This doll isn't the doll pattern that comes with the house rather it is this one.  

As usual, I made some adjustments.  I didn't like the way the blanket looked with all the color changes, so I did some surface slipstitches to hide them and make it look prettier.  

I used some fuzzy yarn I have lying around to do the towel and I love it!  I also sc around the shower head to make it a bit bigger.  I love the little fridge and I'm thinking maybe I'll play around and try to make some more food to put in there.   

I did a little dotted trail behind the butterfly, which I thought was a really cute idea... but it's hard to see.  

 Over all, I love this pattern and this darling little doll house - I'm debating trying to upsize it for bigger dolls...  She adds a ton of pictures and well written instructions.  Also, she is wonderful about updating patterns when she does updates.  I also got her Sophie doll pattern and made the doll, but she recently updated it with some new accessories, and she was wonderful about getting me the updated one!  I'm looking forward to adding to her stuff and once I get it finished, I'll post it here!  

Baby Blankets

It has been a busy couple months for babies!  This one was made for Jessica and Tasi Lloyd's baby!  

This one was made for Elizabeth Brooks new baby! 

Doll House Adventure Part 4

I'm kind of at a holding spot on the bed, so I got to work on the night stands.  This was my inspiration

These are the cut pieces for the basic frame.

Basic frame glued together.

And then there were two... sorry, it's upside down!

I wanted a tapered leg for that mid-century modern look - so I borrowed a pencil sharpener from my daughter and cut 8 half inch tapered legs.

Then I sanded the top to an angle so they would stick out a bit!

Here is the unit with it's cute little legs

And now with the little drawers.  I cut the wood for the drawers after finishing the base unit to help ensure fit.

Now all that is left is painting them and figuring out handles...

Doll House Adventure Part 3

The Headboard is coming along nicely - and I got the bed frame worked on this week - at this point - all that is left is finishing the painting and varnishing and then getting the handles on.   Then we really need to decide on fabric and such so I can start working on the mattress.  

Here's the beginning of the bed frame.

And here's where it's at currently - The headboard and frame are not connected yet just for ease in painting the headboard, but I think they look good together!  I'm planning on staining the doors, but I'm putting that off for now.  

Doll House Adventure Part 2

So this week I have been working on some Master Bedroom furniture.  I started with a bed - this picture was the inspiration for the bed and headboard.  I'm not crazy about the rest of the pieces though.  

I'm close to getting the bed and headboard done - here's what I have on the headboard so far.  First I planned out the furniture pieces I wanted and tried to figure out the sizes for the room. 

This is the headboard with the main structure in place.  

Here I added the doors - I used pins to hinge them in place - I am mostly happy with it, but being a bit of a perfectionist - it bothers me that they are perfectly straight....  but not enough to go remake the whole thing... 

This is it with a coat of paint - The doors will be a wood stain color like in the above picture.  I will put a back on it - but I want a very thin wood for that - and I need to hit the craft store for a big enough piece.  

I have also been working on the bed frame part - but I will post more on that next week! 

Doll House Adventure Part 1

This old doll house was made by my Grandfather many many years ago - I have many memories of this doll house - Grandma always kept it at her house out in her garage, and Sandi and I would play with it when we went over to her house.  After she passed away earlier this year, Sandi and I decided to work together to fix it up so our kid could play with it.  We opened it up and found a lot of dust, some cobwebs and wall paper and flooring that was falling off. 

We decided to take it down to bare bones - the wood looks like it's in great shape.  We took off all the wall paper, all the flooring, the roofing (which was just strips of sandpaper) and the old moldering curtains.  Then we cleaned and sanded a bit, along with taking the old carpet off the stairs.

Really, it's already looking much better.  Now we just need to decided what to do with the interior.  We are thinking with the 50's feel of the doll house, that we should furnish it in like style.  Right now the plan is to start with the master bedroom (top left room of the house.)  We have also decided that we would like to lighten it up a lot!

Baby Blankets Galore

I've been on a bit of a baby blanket bender....  I've made 5 in the last couple months for friends at church having babies and people that Dan works with.  It was tons of fun - but I'm kinda glad to get a break from baby blankets now!!  

All of the yarn was Baby Bee from Hobby Lobby - I love the way the yarn works up and how it feels, but sometimes the number of knots and other issues with the yarn drive me a bit nuts...  

The patterns are from all over the place this first one is just an icicle stitch pattern with a simple striped border.  

I'm pretty sure this was a pattern I found online, but now I can't find where...  

This one is from an Annie's Attic Baby Blanket book

This pattern came from this website

This is another one I found online, and I also can't figure out where, but I think it was called a heirloom blanket pattern....