OK I am getting back into the swing of things!

I know it has been forever since my last post but with the move, the Holidays, and having company almost non stop since December 12 I have been in a bit of a whirlwind :)!

I am working on the dollhouse again for my daughter (Considering it has to be finished by Feb 10 th) . I have been taking photos of my progress and will update them on here as time permits :)!

I have also been working on a birthday party for my to youngest kiddos! They wanted to have a party together this year. This is their first official "big party" where they invite school friends or pre-school friends.

I looked at the local places like "jump zone" . It's where kids can go and play on those inflatable gadgets. Well to have the party was going to be over $400.00 not including the cake. UGHHH! I knew I could do it cheaper!
I rented a local church's activity center. It is huge. It has a basketball goal, lots of tables, and a kitchen. The theme for the party is Knights & Princesses. I have made capes for both the boys & girls, knight shields (Out of duct tape lol ~~ I will have to post a picture) and necklaces.

I have purchased foam swords from the Dollar Tree, Princess wands from the Dollar tree, and rings and coins.

I am also making a huge castle for the kids to play in! It's going to cost me about $5 to do this :)! Hubby has been bringing home those paper boxes from work so they are all the same size. I bought some end rolls of newsprint from the local paper ($1), and a sponge from the Dollar Tree. I am going to cover the boxes with newsprint, sponge bricks on them, and stack them up into a castle shape. This really should be interesting.

I have also decided to tackle making my kids pinatas for their birthdays. My son wanted a dragon and my daughter wanted a castle. (Right now the dragon looks kind of like a goose lol.. Hopefully I can fix that)! Working with paper mache never was my most favorite thing to do!
I get kind of frustrated at the thought that I am doing all this work for the pinatas to get busted with a stick lol! I don't think I could work for a pinata making company!

Anyhow that has been my life in a nutshell lately :)!

I have a photo of my daughter painting. She doesn't realize she is putting the basecoat on her own dollhouse lol. She thinks it is a big cubby for her dad lol!

She is going to be soooo shocked!
Anyhow off for now! Have a wonderful day!

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We're here! We're here :)!

Well we are slowly getting settled in to our new home :)! I really do like the house except for all of the wallpaper :).... They LOVED wallpaper!

Hopefully next week I will begin working on my daughter's dollhouse furniture again :)! Obviously I won't make it for Christmas but her birthday is in February so that should give me plenty of time to get things ready :)!

I also have a few more Christmas gifts I need to make . I fell behind this year with the move.

Off to work! Just wanted to pop in :)!

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Moving

Well our life has kind of been in a whirlwind lately :)!
We are moving! We have been leasing our home for the past 6 years and our landlord decided to sell :)! We had planned on saving for about 2 more years and then were going to bulid or buy a new home.
They gave us notice for the 31st of Dec. but who wants to move the week after Christmas so we lucked into another home (It is bigger and has a lot more storage space!~~ We all know that women who love to craft and make things need lots of space~~ LOL!! Well this girl does for sure!). Anyhow since we are moving next week the dollhouse stuff has been put on hold temporarily!
I will be back soon though!
I figure if she doesn't get it for Christmas, then we'll get it for her birthday in February!

Hugs and off to packing...
I really don't like packing lol!

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Doll House Items Round #2

Yep I have been at it again :)! My daughter is in school 2 days a week so I have a very limited window of time that I can work on these items. (Since she NEVER seems to sleep Please keep in mind these items are not finished! This is the "rough draft" so to speak :)!
Anyhow, here is a photo of her bed made from Popsicle sticks :)!



Can you guess what these are going to be?
Keep in mind these are upside down!





They're going to be chandeliers :)!

Can you guess what I am going to make out of this???


Well it's going to be a fireplace ! Check back to see it finished :)!

Thanks so much for taking this journey with me :)! Off to painting on her fireplace!!

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Dollhouse items so far!

Well as promised I am doing more updating :)! Hopefully it will continue!
Here are a few of the items I have been working on for my daughter's dollhouse so far.

Keep in mind I am just now putting them together and I still have a looonnnnnnggg way to go!
First is a photo of her bathroom sink :)! I used an old heart shaped wooden bowl and glued it on top of a wooden candlestick. It still wasn't quite tall enough so I then glued it on top of one of my dad's old English Leather cologne bottle lids!

To the left of the "sink" is a lamp I made out of several things :)! I took a sample perfume bottle, washed it out really well, let it dry, and filled it with different colored seed beads I had. Then I glued some little round plastic balls to it for the shaft of the lamp. Finally I took one of the lids my mom had brought from her old perfume and used it as the "shade".

Next is a closer view of the lamp :)! It's not as crooked as it appears in the photo :)!

Ok next we have her bathtub :)! It's not finished yet but here it is! I took some wooden globe looking things and glued them to one of those hospitial things (Don't worry this one is my mom's and she didn't use it :) )!

I still have to add the handles and the shower!
Oh and everything has to be painted and finished of course :)!
I will tell you I am REALLY struggling with making a potty! I just may have to break down and buy one of those :)!

Well that's it for now! I will hopefully post some pictures of her bedroom items within the next few days :)!

Thanks so much for taking the time to look!

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