The Custom Gingerbread Christmas Dollhouse

Making a gingerbread dollhouse turned out to be lots of fun. And I think the icing(spackle) is holding up just fine! It sure isn't cracking and it seems to be very tough.

I made two wreaths. One is on the front door.

It has red ribbon, a gingerbread man and cookie cutters.

Those are velvet curtains. Made from Santa suit material! LOL!

Merry Christmas! LOL!

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Custom Gingerbread Dollhouse

I have an update on the gingerbread dollhouse, finally! 

First, the inside. I decided to make 3 different walls. The fireplace wall has wood paneling that I finished with gloss. I made the fireplace with leftover wood and covered it in concrete, carved out the stone shapes and painted.

The front wall is plaster painted red with cream polka dots.

The wall across from the fireplace is plaster, striped in red and cream.

The wood floor has a warm walnut finish.

All the wood work is walnut stained. The front door is in place and painted with white dots and lollipops.

I put concrete all over this house even on the roof(not yet in this picture). I think the concrete is perfect for that cookie look.

I painted the whole exterior a cafe au lait color. It looked like uncooked dough. This made the perfect base color.

I used a golden brown to wash over the first coat. Then I used brown and did a lot of  blending. This is very hard to show on pictures.

All the edge are a little brown for that extra baked look.  The true color isn't showing up here.

And then I did the icing. I have no idea how this will turn out! I decided to take the pictures while it was still wet just in case it cracked when it dries.

No cracking so far. Now I have to see if it will harden enough to be able to ship. By the way, for this icing I used Dap's Fast and N' Final Lightweight spackling. I read that it is hard to sand. I figure that means that it will be tough enough to withstand a shipping trip.  I piped the top with a Ziplock bag and pastry tip. It only worked for a short time. The tip came out. So I then just piped with the corner  cut out of the Ziplock bag. It worked well.

I decorated the mantle. But there's more work to do inside!
Here's hoping the icing dries the way I need it to! I'll update you tomorrow.

Custom Gingerbread Dollhouse

It's 108 degrees outside. It's the perfect time for a Christmas project. And Deb, one of my Etsy customers and new owner of the 1920s dollhouse, contacted me about doing a gingerbread dollhouse.

First, I went shopping for fake candy, glitter that looks like sugar and snow(SnowTex). Then I doodled a little plan.

Very technical!!! 
This house is going to be a custom. I used the Primrose kit by Greenleaf. I use these kits to start with because they help me stay square and I have yet to find this type of thin wood in a store. The one I have found is thicker and hard to cut.

I  flipped the house around. So the side is now the front. I cut out a new door and windows.

This used to be the front. I had to close up the front door.

I made a new back section to support the roof.

I'm going to leave this wall off so I can work inside the house. This wall will eventually have a fireplace on it.

I plastered the inside. The walls will all have a different finish to look whimsical and very, very cozy.