THE COOLEST TOY EVER

OH MY GOSH! Have you seen this thing? Oh, oh, oh, the possibilites....
Dollhouse furniture, accessories, mini schtuffs that you've always wanted but couldn't find..
I may have to sell some of my treasures to get one of these. This thing is NOT going to leave my imagination alone....it will haunt my dreams, I just know it.

OH, and by the way...DOLLWORLD! Where are you??? Anyone know him/her? I've not had any contact from youuuu! You need to claim your prize!

WINNER!

Hello Friends...
I'm late...I sincerely apologize. It's been one of those weeks. :(
Won't go into the details and keep you waiting.
Here is the list of participants in the order of comments left on the giveaway post:


1. Kathi
2.Jazzi
3. Mad for Mod
4. Rosmargarita
5. Minis-B-Happenin
6. aristacrina
7. Kikka
8. Drora
9. Craftland
10. Patrizia
11. callsmall
12. Lamerized
13. Lynn
14. dollworld
15. Ana
16. Neomig
17. Four little walls
18. Ascension
19. It's a Tiny Tiny World
20. My Wee Life
21 Sarah
22. Indy_Poppy
23. Eliana
24. Fabiola
25. Lyssa
26. carmen
27. Maria Blanca
28. echeburns
29. cristina
30. Ninni Kontio
31. Francesca
32. ultsu
33. Eva
34. miniacollection
35. Jorgelina Ferreyra
36. sognatriceabordo
37. Rhubs Knit
38. malu2
39. Biby
40. Eduardo Filipe
41. Mati
42. Isabel
43. Mini Dork
44. Norma
45. Jo Mini
46. Doortje
47. alynn
48. Eva - tatalamaru
49. Maria Ireland
50. Antonia
51. elis
52. leonor
53. Angela
54. Nora
55. iChigoMado
56. mundo-angela.blogspot.com
57. modernist molly
58. studioseven

I used the True Random Number Generator at random.org to choose the winner.

Thank you all for entering and for such sweet comments!

The winner is #14 - dollworld !

Please email me with your chosen color for the sofa:

the pink parasol @ gmail dot com

(remove all the spaces and put in a . where it says dot)

Disgraceful Mess

My Mother would have my "guts for garters"..
She doesn't read my blog.
Recently, CallSmall queried, "How do you motivate to clean it all up?"
- I offered to send her photos of my own mess as a sympathetic gesture.
HA! Once more I have, indeed, put my foot in it. Perhaps airing my disgraceful hobby habits to my friends will shame me into an effort to clean up this mess?
How's that for motivation, Chris? heh

If only it were so easy. Problem is, no place to store all this stuff...in particular, the houses themselves. My basement is just too dark and depressing. I don't know how to wire for lights down there and can't if I did know how, as we are leasing this home. Hubs does contract work, or did, thank goodness, that's over with and we are where we will be for now and ever so we can buy our retirement home, blah blah...I digress. See, that's what happens when I start talking about cleaning up and organizing.
Besides, how can I resist these windows and all this natural light in this room? I guess I will have to bite the bullet and 'work' in the basement and limit myself to one basket load of goodies for set up and and photography up here in the dining room. That requires serious planning skills, self-control and good clean-up habits...none of said virtues do I possess.

Folks, this is just the dining room...you do not even want to see the dung....errr basement.
In her next post, CallSmall links us up to a wonderful (and new to me) resource...an online magazine and all around informative site about dolls houses and collectors. Dolls Houses Past & Present.  In the current issue of the magazine - an article giving us a glimpse into Chris's wonderful collection and her own solutions for storing and organizing. Even so, it is an ongoing process and mundane task and I reiterate my call for the formation of a support group. ;)

On a side note, I have discovered these:
"Dolly Darling at home by petrova fossil :), on Flickr"

They are called "Dolly Darlings" and were manufactured by Hasbro in the 60s....squeeeee.
Does she not look as if she were MADE for this scene?
Anyone recognize those shelving units?
Instant love affair.
Roll on Mini Friends and have a great weekend.

A Place to Rest Your Mini Head

I listed some pretty decorator pillows @ my Etsy shop.

Thanks to MiniModPod for selling the lovely German chairs! Need to set up a scene with them soon.

Oh Edward, How Do I Love Thee?

Ahem, yes, me...smug...grinning like a mad beast.

I    did    it

Without the flippin' instructions. It was actually kind of fun...like a puzzle.  I stayed calm as per the instructions for the Dylan (heh). Wasn't calm when I was digging in the box and amongst the pieces trying to find the missing instructions....

Oh and by the way, the instructions for the Emerson, on Youtube as I posted yesterday, DO NOT help. The Emerson is an entirely different animal.

Here he is....Edward:

But, what is this piece?   hrrrmmm, yes, I did have one little piece that confuzzled me. Anyone know where that goes? ROFL

I didn't screw the 'hinge' to both halves of the house. Wanted to keep it modular so I could do this:

Okay, can't help myself...SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, this is the coolest, baddest, most awesome, sexiest, freaking dollhouse I have ever seen. I am beyond thrilled. I want to LIVE here, seriously...hubs is never going to hear the end of it...I want a house like this.

Heh, we'd better win that lottery, quick-like.

And then the post came bearing gifts of tiny chairs of plastic goodness, oh my...

 Did I mention how much I love this house?

FACEPALM

*sigh*
Strike three...
I just opened the Edward (Brinca Dada dollhouse)...
No INSTRUCTIONS in the box.
I did find some Youtube videos for the Emerson...hoping that will help.

The Dylan and the Edward are Here!

Yippee!
I spent part of today putting the Dylan together. It's such a cool dollhouse!

This is in the instructions....made me laugh.

There were some problems...some of the pieces were split where the holes were drilled and there weren't the correct number of screws. Guess it needs some putty repairs.
And   then   this:

Why are there two holes here for the stairs?  Oh yeah and the side wall, the dark blue one...the holes were in the wrong place on the bottom...had to drill new ones....
Other than that, I am still very happy with my purchase ^__^

I had a very  s m a l  l  helper...this guy sat on the roof, sunning himself for ever so long ^_^
We made a good team. I named him "Dylan"...what else could I do?

I will be making custom furnishing for this house but for now the Classic Contemporary works.

I will start building the Edward tomorrow.