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Lately I'm so incredibly busy with my internship; preparing for the classes that I have to teach, evaluating those classe, writing piles of reports and so on.
I don't have much time to play with my dollhouse but I do little chores in the weekend, like a touch of paint or sanding an edge of wood... not much, so there isn't much to show..
But I still had these pictures of some of my dollhousefair treasures and some of the packages I made, and so I thought I'd share these!


Fruit and veggies, they will go into my fridge and onto the kitchen counter.


Some glass and stone ware, the wineglasses are so devine in real live! They will soon be set on my new table for a pretty christmas dinner!


I made these except the "hagelslag" de ruijter, I bought that one at a fair. I like to make/use products in my dollhouse that I have around in my real house!


Some sweet stuff for a wonderfull tea-time moment!

school project

For school I had to make a didactic model, that could be used as a teaching tool in one of my classes. We were free to pick a subject since it only was for practice, and here is the result.


It's a model I can use in my class to explain how the formula for calculating the surface-area of a circle came to be.
The original idea is not mine. This concept is very old. This is just my interpretation of it, adjusted to my wishes and I think I added some extra possibilities.

a busy week

This week has been a very busy one, I started a new internship at a school nearby.
I really needed to concentrate on the internship, all the assignments, all of the new impressions and so I didn't have any time for my dollhouse. But yesterday I didn't have much on my schedule so I could make some quick little things.
A little basket with pretty fabric on the inside, a shoebox filled with "vakantie foto's" (holiday pictures) and this little towelrack, made out of wood and wire. The towels I bought at a fair, and fashioned them into the right shape with an unhealty dose of hairspray ;)

My first award! Thank you Nesca!

I am thrilled to receive this lovely blog award from Nesca (Irmina) , thank you so much for noticing my humble blog.

acording to the rules I have to nominate 10 blogs, I would like to nominate:

http://silkesminiatures.blogspot.com/
http://karincorbin.blogspot.com/
http://shannonsminiblog.blogspot.com/
http://sabsminiinteriors.blogspot.com/
http://petitpunt.blogspot.com/
http://ohminiofmine-loshcosh.blogspot.com/
http://muffa-minis.blogspot.com/
http://aruoc.blogspot.com/
http://miniarche.blogspot.com/
http://nell-miniminis.blogspot.com/

I hope I didn't forget anyone?
It was difficult to pick only ten blogs, I love all the blogs I follow and you all deserve this award!


The rules :

1) Display the image and publish the rules -
2) Post the link of who won the prize -
3) Give ten dream blogs to which award the prize -
4) Notice blogs listed -
5) Send the nominated an email -

Anton Pieck

Made this little frame, the picture inside is a printie of an Anton Pieck drawing. He made the most wonderfull drawings and paintings.
Here in the Netherlands is a themepark, the "Efteling", and it's all about fairy tales, but not in a disney kind of shape or form... No, the design is based on Anton Pieck his work, and it is so incredibly enchanting to see! I've been to the park several times, and everytime I leave the park with my head filled with fairy tales, and other wordly wonders.
I've also visited the Anton Pieck museum here in the Netherlands, and I have several copies of his drawings enchanting the walls of my house ;)
And what's in my real house, I also like in my dollhouse!

the fridge and some more dollhouse fair treasures

At one of the fairs I mentioned earlier, I also bought this fridge. It looks exactly like my real life fridge so I had to have it for my mini home as well! The broom and dustbin stuff was also bought at a fair.


Here it's opened, I love that the inside is just like my real life fridge as well! Please don't mind the unfinished-ness of the kitchen, I'm still working on it! :)

many dollhouse fairs; many purchases!

Where to start!? This past 2 months I've been to 3(!) dollhouse/miniature fairs, I've seen so many wonderfull things, and I've bought so much stuff! It always feels like a big treasure hunt, and when you find something pretty it's almost like a rush!

I'll try to give an impression of my purchases here, because I can't stop playing with my new thingies! XD I'll warn you, it's alot!

Above an unpainted little desk, I'm so happy with it! It's perfect for my house. The glass vase, chick figurines, glass of irish coffee, and scissors are also bought at the fairs.

heidi ott wall lamp, dieter dorsch scissors (it actually works!), and finally a bright white bunny that doesn't look like a melted teddy bear, but actually looks refined and like a bunny! :D (You've probably seen my sweet little bunny Kronk some posts ago, the reason I'm always on the look-out for pretty little bunny stuff for the house.)

The pictures don't do this wonderfull handmade glass perfume bottle any justice! It's so devine, you can actually open it and the detail is amazing.

Last time I showed you the cottage I made in 1:48 scale right? Well, I think I really like that scale and when I found these kits I couldn't resist! I quickly called my brother on my cellphone to ask if he'd like to make them with me, and he was just as excited. Now we can both build one for the warhammer scenery together, we'll have so much fun! :D

I quickly put one together to see what it would look like, it's loose and I'll take it appart now, but I just had to take a quick peek ;)

This unfinished wood vanity I also found at a fair, as well as the toothpaste on it ;) (I have no bathroom yet ;) )


o.k. this perhaps for a little explaination. The glass cloche is handmade by Leo Rijnders, and it's perfect for my little project...

Allright, I'll let you in on a little secret, promise not to tell? ... good!
Do you remember (Disney's) Beauty and the Beast? The enchanted rose? That's where the glass piece is for! I'm going to make a very special little "look-book" about this beautifull love story. It's a book with a surprisingly different content than usual, instead of paper inside, you'll find the book is a little box when you open it, and a beauty and the beast scene will be inside!
......But don't tell anyone yet o.k?.... I'm still working on it ;)

The lamp is actually 1:24 (half inch scale?) (the other stuff is 1:12) and therefore looks so much more petit than it's 1:12 brother. (wich is almost twice as big!) And petit is just the way I like it ;)


some DIY kits.and some nice kitchentowels from Wilma van Elderen, I still need to shape them and hairspray them into the rigth form.

Allright I'll stop here, I have many more pictures of treasures I conquered, but I'll save those for another time this week ;)

Congratulations you have survived the overload of pictures and my chattering! Thanks for watching! I'm off to play with my new stuff now ;)