Wiltshire Cottage Dollhouse

Wiltshire Cottage is my newly completed dollhouse.  This one is totally English in style.

The front porch area is really typical of those stone cottages you see in Europe.  The house is battery operated. It has a front porch light, a living room chandelier and working fireplace, a kitchen chandelier and pantry light, a bedroom chandelier, a bathroom chandelier, a studio chandelier and 2 attic lights.

There's a mix of stones and bricks on the facade. All in very muted tones. All made with premix concrete.

This house is bigger then my usual little cottages. It's 25 3/4"(65.4cm)  across x 25 1/2"(64.7cm)  tall x 17 1/2"(44.5cm)  deep.

The left side is stucco and shingles.

And the right side has vertical siding.

Inside, I have not glued anything down. I used Simply Tacky to keep everything in place.

In the living room, I made 2 upholstered chairs, a sofa, 3 little tables, a chandelier, artwork, rug, glitter houses.

There's a roaring fire too. The curtains are stiffened with hairspray.

 The little closet under the stairs has a working door.

The kitchen is all decked out with cabinets, range, table, chair(the only piece purchased in this kitchen), shelves, food, utensils and a fully stocked pantry. Everything in the pantry is glued down. There's also a working light in the pantry so you can see the food.

Right up the stairs is the bedroom.  I painted a blue dress, made a white bench chair.

I made a double bed since the space was so big.  There's a primitive style bench made from scraps of wood, a hand painted rug and a little hat box.

On the other side, I built a little desk from a kit by The House of Miniatures.

Next to the bedroom is the bathroom.  I bought a tub, sink and toilet. I painted the toilet seat pink. I added a bathmat and sink rug.

No bathroom would be complete without toilet paper!

I squeezed in a little studio to get all those art projects done.

The attic has plenty of old junk like TV, Christmas decorations, toys...

There are 2 lights in the attic and ....

a little mouse. 

Thank you so much for coming over and visiting Wiltshire Cottage!  It's been a pleasure having you. Wiltshire Cottage is available for purchase in my Etsy shop.

New Blythes: Finlee and Waverlie

I made two more customized Blythe dolls. 

Waverlie has short hair and Finlee has long hair. They are both alpaca reroots. It takes me 2 to 3 weeks to do a reroot.

Finlee loves fishing.  She has a big straw hat.

Finlee has a fishing pole, net and fish. She wears overalls I made with a tank top underneath.

 I left her 3 original eye chips blue, pinkish orange and light blue.

I added a pink pixel set of eye chips that my sister, SugarMoon,  made for me.

And here is Waverlie:

I made her Pajamas.

I made her slippers and glass dome with little bottle brush trees and a wrapped up present. I thought of her waiting for Santa on Christmas morning when I was making her clothes.

The slippers are pink felt, yarn as the furry lining and a rose I made out of fabric.  I found this tutorial here:  http://www.dollproject.com/blog/2011/7/1/how-to-make-tiny-slipper-shoes-for-dolls-patterns-included.html
*Just make sure you cut on the inside of the pattern's lines. Otherwise the slippers are just a bit too big.

She kinda reminds me of an elf!

These blue eyes have little roses in them. They are also made by my sister SugarMoon. 

I painted nests on her eyelids. I changed her eyelashes.

Thanks for coming over and meeting the girls! They are looking for new homes. You can adopt them in my Etsy shop. I'm working on the Wiltshire Cottage dollhouse. It's almost done with the exterior. Can't wait to show you.

Baking with Brinlie - My new Customized Blythe Doll

I finished my 4th Blythe Doll. Her name is Brinlie.  Blythe dolls were originally made in the 70s. These 12 inch dolls have a string in the back of the head to change their  eyes to 4 different colors.

I sanded her face and backplate. I carved her lips, nose, noseholes, phyltrum, chin and the area above her lips.  I did a faceup with new lip color, freckles, color around the eyes, blush. She got new eyelashes and I painted her eyelids blue with roses.  I added a pull cord and charm to make her sleepy eyes, corrected her gaze, and boggled the eyes.

She has a pink mixer with pink icing in the bowl.

 My Mom thinks all my Blythe dolls look like naughty, tantrum throwing, stubborn little girls. LOL!  :D

 I made the pants and apron. 

 I had these boots. They were hot pink to begin. I painted them to have a more shabby chic look. 

 Her body is a Licca body. The legs bend and are pose-able. And the arms are really flexible. 

 Her pink mixer has a bowl filled with pink icing.

 She has long blonde Alpaca hair. This hair comes from Princess, a Grand Champion Alpaca. I got it from ShangriLaRanch on Etsy.

Thanks for coming over and visiting with Brinlie!
♥ Brinlie is on her way home to meet her new Mom, Cindy! Thanks for adopting her Cindy!  ♥