Who loves Chrysnbon?

Me!

I wanted to share a pic of my new Chrysnbon peanut machine!  How adorable is that?  And whatever is inside (I have no idea) really looks like little salted peanuts!  So cute!

Ever wondered if Chrysnbon kits are worth it?  There is an entire forum thread over at Greenleaf just about Chrysnbon - 

http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=12874

This one isn't a kit, it comes already put together, but I love the detail!  I also have the flatware set and the 18 piece bathroom accessories kit.  I am in love with jadeite glassware and also the Victorian bathroom kit, but those will have to wait.

For now I will just sit back and adore my mini peanut machine!

Happy Tuesday blogland!

More Halloween decorations!

I found a link on Pinterest recently that lead to a forum where everyone was discussing Halloween decorations.  Just my kind of place, right?!  The post that linked from Pinterest was about using tiny magnets to hang plastic Halloween spiders.  The author had done a great creepy crawly scene on his front door.

I had 2 unopened bags of plastic spiders leftover from last year from the Dollar Tree and I went back to buy 2 more.  The ones this year aren't hard plastic like before, but are made from some really squishy plastic.  At first I thought I wouldn't like them as much, but it makes the spider legs jiggly and they will move a little as you walk by.

And lucky me I have a big metal door!  I didn't want to hang them on the outside for fear of someone maybe snatching them so they are all on the inside.  Which is sort of more fun because if a guest is paying attention then they will see them as they shut the door after coming in.  And if not then it always gets them on the way out!

As suggested on the forum I went online looking for tiny magnets.  Fridge magnets aren't very strong and tend to slide and move around.  The post author had used rare earth magnets, which are super tiny and super strong.  There are youtube videos where people use them to hang up tools in their garage or pots and pans in their kitchen.  Above is a fuzzy pic to give you and idea of size.  They come all stuck together in tiny rods - and do not come apart easily.  I found mine on amazon - 50 for just a few dollars and free shipping.  I found sets of 100 or more than can be ordered from Hong Kong, but it would take weeks for them to get here so I went with an amazon store that was state side.

I used hot glue to attach the magnets to the back of the spiders.  It doesn't work perfectly as the hot glue doesn't want to attach to the plastic, but these won't stay up all year anyway.  A couple of them I had to do more than once, but so far only one has fallen off of my door.

The original post had it set up to look as if they were coming from the outside through the upper corner of the door.  I did mine to match.

And here they are gathering around the door knob!  Perfect and creepy!  I do need to get a couple more bags to fill in the gaps and make it look like a real swarm of bugs is headed for the door knob, but that will probably have to wait for the weekend.

Happy Friday everyone!

Is it Halloween yet?

Okay, so it's not Halloween yet or even October for that matter, but it's my favorite holiday and sometimes I have a hard time waiting...

So I've put up a few Halloween decorations and I'll be sharing some pics soon.  Above you can see my fun 5 foot tall poseable skeletons.  I bought one last year and we had so much fun posing him in different ways that I decided to get another one this year.  Although I haven't done much more than pull them out of their packaging/storage yet, I did do a quick cute pose of them hanging out together on the couch!

Happy Thursday! 

Mini works in progress...

I've been making some new minis in my spare time.  School is stressing me out and sometimes I don't even care if I study or if I sleep.  I just want a little of my time to be my own - no school, no work, no studying, no clinicals, no housework, no modules, no sim lab, no stress!!!

Anyway, rant over.  I've been working on my country cottage kit and as you can see there is still tons to be done.  The blue paint needs to be touched up and chair rail and baseboards added.  The wood floor needs to be restained and of course the windows and doors put back in.

I have an image of how I want the tiny little shabby chic living area to look.  I was thinking a nice overstuffed couch and some cute end tables / coffee tables with lots of fun knick knacks sitting around.

Above is my most recent couch made using Kris's tutorial at 

http://1inchminisbykris.blogspot.com/2013/01/chair-upholstering-tuttorial-how-to.html

I seriously love her blog.  Everything she makes is beautiful.  And I have had so much fun making tiny furniture with her super easy to follow tutorials.  I wanted a sort of fancy looking solid color couch with some gentle contrast from the piping.  I like the way it turned out, but it does take up a ton of floor space.  I may reconsider and just go with an oversized armchair, or maybe two smaller ones with a side table inbetween.  Who knows?  I'm never perfectly happy with the way anything turns out!  But at least I get better with every try :)

The side table you've probably seen before.  The tutorial came from pastilka at

http://pastilka.blogspot.com/2011/03/miniature-set-of-drawers-tutorial.html

She makes alot of beautiful stuff as well and not just minis.  It still needs to be finished with findings added for the drawer knobs and legs of some sort to make it tall enough to sit beside of the couch.

I'd like a couple of small tables, not really all matching, but all with some sort of shabby or antique sort of look.  I'm also wondering if a rug would be cute?  I don't want to cover up much of the wood flooring, mostly because I worked so hard cutting out all of those pieces and figuring out a cool pattern.  I still want it to be seen.  I did find a neat tutorial on pinterest that used soft drink bottle caps to make a mini ottoman that I might use as well.  I want books, and tiny porcelain figurines, and maybe some framed prints on the wall.  Possibly an elegant chandelier hanging overhead?  So many ideas!  I'm hoping for a very cozy looking space.  I don't mind a little clutter either.

And once I'm ever satisfied with my kitchenette I'll add those pieces into the background.  I want the back half of the room to have tile or linoleum flooring, something white and bright.  I have all of the pieces now, my min fridge, the metal sink, stove, and oven top.  It all just needs to be put together.  And once it is you won't see the lines on the wall where the door once was that I covered up!

Happy Sunday everyone!