The Donut Shop Dollhouse, Donuts, and a Tiny Church

The Donut Shop has its siding. I used Popsicle sticks and it worked wonderfully.

The lights are in. I hid the battery and switch in one of the chimneys.

It's now painted. It turned out more teal than I expected, but I love it.

The inspiration cottage painted by Kim at Kim's Cottage Art has a touch more blue in the mix.  Close enough!

I think it looks adorable.
I've tried my hand at dollhouse sized doughnuts! Here's what I've done so far  and how I did it...

I used air dry clay.

I start with a little pea sized  ball of clay, flattened it with my finger and used a dowel to poke a hole through it.

To get a bigger hole in the bigger doughnuts I used my meat thermometer...

That's it! Pretty simple. Tomorrow I'll paint them and we'll see how they look.

I also worked on a little 1/4th scale church.

This is from Corona's Santa's Village Kit. Made a couple of changes: I cut out the back to have access and I added  working doors. I used a box cutter to make the cut.

I carved the wood floor boards with the box cutter and made the grooves larger with a pointy tool.

Here's a perspective on how big it is.

I'm using concrete on the steeple and sculpting stones.

I used black paint and mahogany color both thinned out with water and rubbed it inside to get an aged/abandoned look.

The Donut Shop Dollhouse

I'm still working on the Donut shop.
Remember the inspiration cottage? A Donut Shop print.

This is painted by Kim. I found her shop Kim's Cottage Art on Etsy and was amazed at the cuteness!

I worked on the door. I just carved out the rectangles using a box cutter.

The interior got a coat of plaster.

To cut little pieces of wood this cutter is a must. It will save your hands from calluses! I first heard about this from Norma over at Make Mine Mini I think.  It's a bit expensive, but worth every penny!

Next I painted. The roses and flowers on the front wall are hand painted.

This is a piece of very whimsical gift wrap. I used white glue to put it up. The white wainscoting is corrugated cardboard.

This wall I painted the bottom pink with white dots. On top, it is white with tiny pink spots. The border is white cardboard that I cut with special scissors.

I made the little curtain edge using french knots.

I can't wait to see how it looks with the siding. I think I'll use popsicle sticks for the siding.

Kim's Cottage Art can be found by clicking here. She has so many adorable cottages to look at!

Whimsy! A dollhouse

My new project dollhouse is much more whimsical. I happened upon Kim's shop Kim's Cottage Art on Etsy and fell in love with her work. One particular cottage caught my eye! This is my inspiration  Sugar Dust Donut Shop:

 So cute! I wanted to get started immediately. First I found adorable Forget Me Nots that I thought would go perfectly with the color of the cottage. I ordered a bunch from 32NorthSupplies also on Etsy.

 I'm not sure which ones I'll use they are all so sweet!

I already put the main structure together.

And I already made a purple chandelier to go inside.
Thank you Kim for letting me use your cottage design as my inspiration!

Camille's Kitchen Shop

 It's Ballerina Cottage one more time!

Camille contacted me about Ballerina Cottage. She loved the house but needed one less window in the front to set up her kitchen shop. She also didn't  want the roses.

We decided to replace the missing window with a trellis and vine.

This one is battery operated. And the battery and switch are  hidden in the chimney.

 For the paneling I used Johanna's tutorial over at mini daydreams blog. It's so simple and so good!!

 I love the way the paneling turned out. Thanks Johanna!

 The crystal chandelier has clear and teal Swarovski crystals.

She's ready for Camille's finishing touch!