Claud and I parallel played a lot whilst we were home sick. She made lolly stick bookmarks, playdough dolls and she was gracious enough to let me play with her felt-tip pens. I dollhoused.
A lot of the doll house stuff I've made I'd like up-sized and in my house. The Eero Aarnio ball chair and the Breakfast at Tiffany's bed for example. My latest doll house make is no exception.
Doll house trestle table
(Large and small lollypop sticks, a saw, wood glue, 2 x mini hinges, felt tip pens, thin string and a compass point for making holes)
Doll house shelf unit
(the sides are a double layer of large ice block sticks, with gaps cut to accommodate the shelves)
Pin board and waste paper bin. Lolly sticks and a chopped up cork coaster (the bin copied from one I bought and broke)
Colour scheme in aid of colour me happy's rainbow challenge
Along with these teeny-tiny rainbows
Cocktail stick pencil crayons and paint brush
(with slightly sanded sharp ends, to minimise child impalement issues)
Further uses for a wooden cocktail stick (mini knitting needles)
This mini-knitting is my 2 nd ever knitting project (I started knitting class last week!)
Me made books:- Knit Wit (knitting projects to make you larf) and 'The Politics of Crochet', from paper and glue.
Balls of wool (wound balls of op-shopped coloured cotton with a paper belt)
Claudines slightly chewed lollypop stick came in handy for the cotton reels
Macrame bead vase (op-shopped)
Fimo-ed sewing machine
Op-shopped chair fixed and tarted up by moi
Mini Mollie Makes Magazine (magazine advert cut out)
'Glass' vase-the lid from my hair de-tangle spray
The map, rainbow pop pom bunting and other makes are from my ongoing doll house renovation
do come and take a peek!
I'm going to make a titchy painters palette, maybe a mini-dress-makers dummy, and I'd love to make an
anglepoise desk lamp. What do you think my mini craft room needs? What's in your dream craft room?
(hmm, that'd be a chaise-lounge and a teasmaid for me!)
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Far out you are insanely talented Max!!! All those miniatures are truly incredible!
ReplyDeletethank you widge! success is a dangerous thing though, now i am seriously considering making a life-size version of this if i can get some old planks (and someone else to do the sanding lol!) x
DeleteYou're such a clever one Max! Love it all, especially the trestle table & map on the wall. Only suggestion would be that you make a braided rug?! (or have you already?) And I wish my craft room was this tidy!!
ReplyDeleteHope the sickness has been banished. S:)
tee hee, you should see the state of mine after this little project! I do need a rug and i haven't made one to date (unless you count a piece of flocked scrapbooking paper). might have a go at finger knitting then stitching it up in a spiral...thanks for the idea!
DeleteOh Max they are amazing, if you did not say they were for a dolls house I would honestly think it was real life size treasures.
ReplyDeleteYou are so clever.
I hope you guys are feeling better.
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thanks Vanessa, claud is the picture of health and I'm well on the mend x
DeleteI'm gobsmacked Max. Really, this takes my breathe away x
ReplyDeletethanks Kylie! i know what you mean, it's waaaaay nicer than my craft room x
DeleteAbsolutely amazing!!!!!!! Had you just posted the photos alone I would have thought they were full sized furniture. Your scale is perfect. You must be a very patient crafter - I am in awe!!
ReplyDeleteahh, if only they were life size, sigh!
DeleteI love this area! The sewing machine is so cute and all the yarn. Do love the colours.
ReplyDeletethank you! i do love your very zen moomin house too x
DeleteLove it - you are genius! Awesome. You need some hoop art somewhere too! :o)
ReplyDeleteI do, i really do. i've been thinking about how to make some, hard, but nothing has come to me...yet!
Deleteamazing, just amazing!! looks so real, I was fooled too! brilliant work, with great detail:-)
ReplyDeletethanks aleka x
Deleteahhhhmazing!!! The crazy thing is that the whole setting looks real - like everything is in proportion etc
ReplyDeleteI am in awe
if i'm being picky the trestle top is about 1/2 cm to wide, but i just knew if would break if i sawed it!
DeleteHope everyone is feeling better. Good Lord, you must have the patience, and the fine motor skills, of a saint, Max, the miniatures you make are amazing! xxxx
ReplyDeletei have fat fingers and man do you need fine motor skills to wind mini bobbins and pick up mini-pencil crayons, half the challenge was getting everything to sit just so on the table without me knocking it all over!
DeleteYou must have steady hands ;) This is so beyond adorable! So well done.
ReplyDeletethank you! i actually have really stubby fingers which makes rolling titchy wool balls and cotton reels very tricky!
DeleteYay! A dolls' house post! Eeeek!
ReplyDeleteI love it all, but the mini cotton reels are just genius!
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theres just something about tiny stuff that looks really real isn't there. it has the same effect on me that babies do!
DeleteYOU ARE AWESOME!!! The title of Dolls house queen is definitely very much yours!
ReplyDeleteBUT... there's something missing... where is the dolls house sized rag rug???
I know i know!!! one is in the sample phase I promise x
DeleteSo cute! You are so clever!
ReplyDeleteThank you fay, i'm so pleased with how it turned out x
DeleteUmm - that's pretty much my dream craft space, now can you come make it up for me? I guess the only extra's I would need in real life are lots and lots my shelves and my pidgeon holes for stash storage...maybe some little stacked vintagey suitcases for your mini space?
ReplyDeletepidgeon holes and suitcases...YES! *plots*
DeleteWowee Max. You have been busy creating in miniature.
ReplyDeleteYou'll have the sweetest dolls house ever.
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it is coming together nicely now, and the end is in sight (and I'm still loath to hand it over, i want to play with it just a little bit longer...) x
DeleteOh squeal - that is adorable!
ReplyDeleteSeriously AMAZING!!! wow. I am in awe!
ReplyDeleteHi leonie! thank you x
DeleteThat is all just a bit cute!! I may have to wait for my daughter to get a bit older before I spend so much time on making things she would destroy in seconds.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful job xo
thanks michelle. it is good to make an early start you know, it takes a while to do a whole house, and it is quite addictive...(and who says we have to give it to the kid, ha!) x
DeleteWow, that is amazing. I love all the detail- the magazine and sewing machine lept out at me. So clever. Cx
ReplyDeletei made a sewing machine out of a chopped up eraser to begin with, but i just knew claud would gnaw on it so fimo it was (hope she doesn't break her teeth!) x
DeleteI want to play here too!
ReplyDeleteit is inviting isn't it! hee!
DeleteThe fimo sewing machine is way cute! You are having so much fun with this dolls house, is it for you or your children? Or both?
ReplyDeleteheh heh, the jury's still out on that! no, i will hand it over. just, not yet...
DeleteYou are so clever and are really making me want to get my second dolls house finished so I can start furnishing them xx
ReplyDelete2nd doll house?!! now your talking. i'm going to stalk your blog and look for these, i hope you posted about them?
DeleteWell I have a small shop with quarters above, that one is all built, it just lacks roof tiles and my husband Andy somehow got glue all over the window pane so it doesn't have 'glass' and, a floorboard is missing.
DeleteThe second one has had it's doors and windows primed but it's not built, but as I am impatient and the house is huge and I would do something wrong and have a hissy fit, Andy promised he would build it for me before Christmas. We shall see. I am still though, deciding what era to do them out in.
I don't have any proper pictures on my blog at all, the closest I have is in this post (scroll down), but it was taken before I put the front on - http://follybird.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/moving-on.html and it's currently somewhere in the spare room surrounded by boxes as we have just moved. The annoying thing was it was all dry built with masking tape and then we got the letter telling us we had to move, so it was all taken apart again and packed away.
(Oops, I just wrote a short story for you there!)
I love the colorful edges on the table. Gives it a little something extra! Perfect for a play room. I have to agree with Cat from Raspberry Rainbow's comment above... I think I'd have to keep it for myself rather than letting the kids have it!
ReplyDeletethats my fave bit too Erica. I'm casing my house looking for other things i can do it to!!
DeleteOH my GOSH! you just keep getting better and better at this! i can't even pick a favorite thing in this post! i love everything!
ReplyDeleteaww, thanks rae x
DeleteWOW! You have really inspired me! I have fantasized about an extraordinary doll house my whole life and even though I don't have kiddies yet I think I have to create a dolly mansion for myself, right now lol. xxx
ReplyDeleteooh do, it's sooooo much fun!
DeleteSo gorgeous and so intricately and lovingly made, every tiny item. You are giving me lots of ideas. Thank you.
ReplyDeletethanks juliet x
DeleteWith nothing in the first photos to tell the scale, I thought they might be a new range from Ikea or Habitat. If they were I'm sure they would sell.
ReplyDeletei would buy them in a heart beat (it would save me having to build my own lifesize version which i'm very compelled to do!) x
DeleteThis is completely and utterly incredible. If they held a "Block" for dollhouses, you would be top of the pile. I agree about the rug, maybe crochet or a tiny doily? And definitely some shelves full of the stash of mini vintage sheets, ooh and maybe a shadowbox shelf for vintage cotton reels. melx
ReplyDeletethank you! oh, that's a thought, a doily. very good idea! and I'd LOVE a shadow box shelf too. I wonder if i could find some miniature miniatures to put in it lol!
DeleteWow! You have a fabulous talent
ReplyDeleteha ha, more of an obsession!
DeleteOh this is amazing. You have created such a beautiful mini room. I just love it!
ReplyDeletethanks x
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DeleteHi Max, thanks for visiting my blog! I love your tiny craft room here! Actually I have a bit of a passion for miniatures, I'd love to make a dollhouse some day. For now I'll go look at your other dollhouse posts!
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thank you x
DeleteOH MY GOODNESS FABULOUSNESS!!! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog, so I could discover yours in return!!
ReplyDeleteI am about to launch an online magazine dedicated to New Zealand's burgeoning Indie Design industry and have been searching for somebody to do a couple of DIY tutorials for the magazine. Would you be interested? I think you would be perfect for it, given the AMAZINGNESS of your dolls house.
More details about the magazine can be found here: http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d6753712145e4f6d666344e6a&id=f2ff49ff93
The launch issue goes live 1st September and is all about bold colours.
Let me know your thoughts!!
:) Hazel
hazellovesdesign@yahoo.com
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DeleteThis is amazing! I wish I was as talented as you!
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Thanks you Gina x
DeleteOh my! I'm speechless! This is so creative and awesome.... love your creations for the dolls house :)
ReplyDeleteha ha thanks. i wish the mini knitting was up to your life size standard, imagine having a mini knitted bunny on the craft table, now that would add wow factor!
DeleteI'm amazed! <3
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DeleteThat´s perfect.
ReplyDeleteIncredible work I always wanted to have a doll house and never had time to make one!! II actually would love to have that desk in a real size. There's also a sewing machine!!
ReplyDeleteit's amazing! you are super clever!!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on winning the competition at Colour me There - I follow you but somehow missed this post originally. This is awesome - you are so clever!
ReplyDeleteCheers jen x
DeleteUnbelievably talented crafting. Speechless.
ReplyDeleteYou haven't posted in a while. Hope all is ok. I miss your tasteful, well thought out, interesting posts. Just wanted to let you know i was thinking about you way over here in Ireland.
Morning sickness misery and earthquake related woes, both of which i hope are soon resolved...so nice to be missed x
DeleteWOW! You are one talented gal!!!!!!!! LOVE what you made... I remember many a fond afternoon playing with my dollhouse when I was a girl... my furniture was handmade by an older gentleman who struggled terribly with Parkinson's Disease. I'll never know how he managed to hand turn all those little wooden legs whilst shaking... he said that it calmed him to create things...
ReplyDeleteI have to say that is awesome, you have much more patience than me, this would be a little fiddly for my sausage fingers.
ReplyDeleteIt's fantastic.
Hi Max,
ReplyDeleteHow are things. How are you feeling. I've seen you comment recently, so i hope you are feeling better and all is well.
x
Max......you won the Sakura Bloom giveaway! Hooray!!!!
ReplyDeleteEmail me (address is on the sidebar of the blog) and let me know whether you would like silk or linen and what colour x
Totally obsessed with this dollhouse, you are amazing!!!
ReplyDeleteOMG you are just wonderful, everything is perfect!! I used to make my kids dolls house things when they were younger but they never looked like this lol
ReplyDeleteBrooke x
Oh my goodness, Max, I am in AWE of your handiwork. I have not seen anything like this before. You are one talented lady.
ReplyDeleteRonnie xo
Where did you get that sewing machine? It's so cute.
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