Some miniatures

Last week I was home alone for a few days

and to be honest I didn't do a lot with miniatures those days

I read a lot and saw quite a few movies!!!

But I wasn't completely idle those days

I painted the dower chest I put together some time ago

and now it stands in the dragon tower!

I have to find something soft to put in the drawers,

so the little dragons have a nice little bed to sleep in!

Mummyhair would be perfect,

but I already used that in the nest for the dragon egg

I had some dragon pendants

and I used them to decorate the dragon tower!

I hope to find some more when we are in France,

so I can decorate the other sides too!

I stained another dower chest.

It stood unpainted in my tudor house for years! 

It looks a lot better like this

and it's not that big a job....

so why it had to take me so long to do this?

I made a little table for the 1:24 beach cabin... 

The outside of the beach cabin looks nicely decorated also  

I made the poppies from a kit by Hanny 

And I made a hat for a witch...

Still one of my favorite miniatures to make!!! 

Bookcase for the beach cabin

Today I've made a bookcase for the beach cabin!

Nothing fancy...but I like it!!

And I like it that I have so many lovely gifts

from dear (blog)friends to fill it with!!

The table and chairs are a "thrift store find'

...they will be replaced sometime!

Lighthouse wallhanging

I finally finished my peyote lighthouse wallhanging!

It was a lot of work, but it was fun to do!

But if I'm going to make something similar again???

Well....maybe next year hahahaha

On the photo it looks a bit crooked....I will try to straighten it a bit..

but I'm sure you can see what it is supposed to be

I thought it was too big for E-beertje's beach cabin...

but I wanted to use it in there anyway!

So I hanged it in the cabin

and I think it looks very nice

 

Cupboard beach cabin

I don't have much energy at the moment.

I don't feel like blogging or making miniatures

and something's wrong with Blogspot

because I can't leave comments on other blogs.

(so it's not because I'm not interested in your work...I just can't tell you!!!)

But this afternoon I kicked myself in the ****

and I made a little cupboard for the beach cabin!

I have a cupboard in 1:12th scale I like very much,

so I copied that in half scale!!!

I used a napkin Jollie gave me to decorate the cupboard!

And I filled it with shells and other beach finds! 

And this is how it looks on the porch of the beach cabin! 

I'm very pleased with it

Sink and bed

On monday I made a sink for the beach cabin!

E-beertje wanted a bed....but he has to learn how to be a little bit patient

But who can say no to such a sweet little bear???

So today I made him a bed  

The duvet is tucked in neatly,

so E-beertje can use the bed in daytime as a sofa! 

I bet you he wants to stay the night in his beach cabin tonight

Beach cabin almost finished!!!

I was hoping I would have the cabin finished by now...

but I still have to paint a few last decorative boards (if that's the name for them ;-))

But I did get very far!!! 

E-beertje is so happy with his new little house..

and so am I

And now I can start with making the furniture

and other things to make the cabin a cozy place!!

But that will not go as fast as the cabin.....

I want to work on my tower again....and on my tudor house...

and maybe on the new project that's growing in my head

Update beach cabin and more

I've been working on a door for the beach cabin.

And because E-beertje wanted to try out his new cabin...

we've put his garden bench on the porch...

I will have to make a nice chair for him soon!!!

The doors can be opened...of course

And I have put the glass in the windows and doors!

It just needs a roof

and then E-beertje can sit nice and comfy in his beach cabin...

well....when I've made him some furniture that is

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Thursday I reveived a lovely gift from my friend Jolande,

a miniature of the astronomical clock from Prague.

This is the real one!!

The Prague Astronomical Clock

The clock was first installed in 1410,

making it the third-oldest astronomical clock in the world and the only one still working.

The clock mechanism itself is composed of three main components:

the astronomical dial, a clockwork  and a calendar dial with medallions representing the months.

The astronomical dial has a background that represents the standing Earth and sky, and surrounding it operate four main moving components: the zodiacal ring, an outer rotating ring, an icon representing the Sun, and an icon representing the Moon.

(Wikipedia)

This is how it looked when I got the miniature!

Jolande said I could glue something over the word PRAHA...

but I tried something else!

This is how it looked when I was finished with it! 

And this is where I put it...

in the tower!

Thank you Jolande...I'm really happy with it!!!

 

 

Gift and update

I received a wonderful gift from a friend of mine!

Jolande loves magical miniatures just as much as I do

and we often surprise eachother with nice miniatures that we can use in our projects!

Jolande went to Prague a few weeks ago and she send me this wonderful souvenir!!!

A miniature of the astronomical clock of Prague

Thanks J-tje...I love it!!!

I will use it in my sorceress tower!!!

The card is lovely too

Today I worked on the beach cabin again!

I made the woodwork for the balcony!