262 Puffs!

Work on the Beekeepers Quilt has slowed way down - that's been pretty much the case with all craft around here lately!  But that's ok.  It's a pleasure when I do get to work on these things!  :)

Explosive Oreo Cat

Sadly it's a tich blurry, but I guess that's to be expected when trying to photograph an explosive cat!  ;)

Burrow Loo

I am not as obsessed with bathrooms as it may appear - though I suppose that if it were a real house and not a miniature one, the bathroom would be one of the first you'd like to see finished - and this would be one of the first fixtures you'd like to have installed.  :)  Mrs.Weasley certainly looks pleased!

I'm going to enjoy making the Burrow's Bathroom.  We know precious-little about it.  We know there was one and that is was on the third floor.  Ginny poked her head out of it's door when Harry first visited the Burrow in the Chamber of Secrets.  Since the bathroom is not described elsewhere in the books, and no other rooms are noted to be on this floor, it is generally surmised by people who ponder on such things - that this is the bathroom that replaced the outhouse; which became broomstick storage.

I wasn't able to find a toilet that I cared for in 1/24th scale, so this one has been sculpted out of paperclay.  The lid is card, the hinges are paper, the pipe is a bamboo skewer painted silver, the tank was not too difficult to build and the chain is from a necklace.  I'm really happy with it altogether!  Half-scale is thoroughly earning a very fond place in my heart!

Casa Loo

A few finishing touches remain to be done in the construction of the Casa's bathroom; like the edge of the tiles by the door and the ceiling light fixture, but it is nearly finished.  
I need to note that the Southwest Bungalow kit had a lovely, spacious bathroom that I decided to turn into a child's bedroom, so my Casa's loo is in the kit's designated hallway!  That is why one of the doors to the bathroom is such a lovely arched doorway.  I may put a bead curtain in there, I may not.  I guess it depends on how modest my dolls are?
I also enjoy the shot of the 'huge' paperclay-encrusted tacky glue bottle seen through the doorway, laying on the master bedroom floor.  A thin smear of glue is wanted before a surface is covered with paperclay, and nearly all of this house is covered with paperclay!  

Beekeeper's Quilt Today

 Two hundred and twenty-seven joined puffs!

Hot Air Balloon Puff

Sheepy Puff

 Pansy Puff

...and a Puffin Puff!

Congratulations Linda!

Thank you to all of you who entered our giveaway for Jean Nisbett's The Secrets of the Dolls' House Makers!
My son drew the winning name out of a bowl this morning and it is Linda!  Congratulations!
Oreo was so flattered by all her compliments that she was happy to pose again with the book and winning slip of paper.  She was also happy to show blogland that she was in her rightful position, in the dog's bed!  :)
Linda, I will be emailing you for your address.
Thanks also to all our new followers!  We're up to 99!  How cool is that!?!

90 followers! Sounds like time for a Giveaway!

Why wait for 100?


I'm thrilled with having 90 folks who at one time or another clicked the 'follow button' when they visited our creative little corner of blogopia.

I asked Gromit if he would mind helping me take photos of The Secrets of the Dolls' House Makers, by Jean Nisbett - and he snored a little.  Oreo on the other hand had her whiskers in one photo and her tail in another!  So here they both are, eagerly and enthusiastically promoting my 90 followers Giveaway!  :)


Please just leave a comment with this post and next Friday, March 16th, I'll draw from the names and contact the winner of the book for their mailing address!


Good luck everyone and thanks for following!  :)