Tap tap (dust)... this thing on? : The long (working) vacation

Good day fine folks!

I've been away for quite some time haven't I? Time to stretch and yawn and get back to rambling on about mini fanatical thoughts and crazy miniature experiments!

How have you been? I've been reading along and seen some fantastic work, shabby roomboxes of delicate colors, witchy shops of magical delight, big moves, small renovations, lavish stories of fantastical worlds, flowers so fine they look real, old friends come back in costume, kitchens to die for, miniature fair preps, fuzzy superbears, beary delights in Halloween land and beautiful babies!

Whew.. quite a season we've had!

I have been quite busy as a maker myself over the last few months, I have concentrated my time towards Etsy a lot to help pay for my daughters orthodontic work but now its done and I am going to get back to blabbing....

So for this first rusty post I will just ramble on about things I've been doing and show some pictures in hopes that it may inspire some of you as you inspire me!
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My daughters first request was for us to build a real dollhouse for her over the summer to be worked on over time. I agreed as long as she did 90% of the work with me sitting along and guiding her.

She loves a old, worn, mossy, witchy house but she also has her own girly style so we decided on a shabby white witch house, of course inspired by some of the lovely shabby looks we've seen done over these last few.

Its a work in progress and I am slowly letting her raid my stash since she is very responsible...so here are some shots of her creations, decoratons and work so far.

Here is the two main floors you can see we did a plastered aged look for the walls and kept everything else in white worn look.

Bedroom and bath, the furniture is all part of greenleaf kits or old projects I never finished. 

Large foam sheet for the chimney painted a few times with the pencil lining. 

Toilet paper clay I had leftover where I used a stone stamp technique which I have promised to get into.... and I will .....soon! 

My daughters first veggy basket, which I am so proud of, mind you she is 8 years old and did all of this!

We are still working and building but its a good start!

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What else.. uhhh..

Well ive been working on Etsy items but have burnt myself out a bit so am going to take a couple of weeks off from that!!! Here are some of the things I've done since last time.

Alice in wonderland jury box:

Three witches brew

Cherries and Olives

The white witch ( this also inspired our build)

Dragon keeper set

Chiro the bat

Witches supply

Pepo the pumpkin

The good Dr.

And recently I've complete a bit of fan art for myself, some of you know I am a ole big nerdy gamer!

Fallout 4 Garage Diorama

I am sure there is more stuff around here somewhere but I've cracked the ice and got back to blabbing long enough for now!

Hope your all being good little crafty elves!

~Janishicus

Me too: The blog world has decided, break time!! ***pictures**

Hello folks!

Ive seen you all taking some summer/winter/break/family time and I think its a great idea!!

Lets all just agree to do some outside/family stuff for a bit!!! I know my flabby butt could use some movement off of the work chair and whats... that stuff.. outside... that looks like bright lemons??

Oh yea, Sunshine!!

I have a few big life projects to complete as well as my daughters first real dollhouse so I will work on that for this next month while on break and maybe we can have a little fun when I get back and I will show you some cool techniques!

So I am off for a while, I hope you all do the same, enjoy family, travel and work on minis..just in the sunshine a bit ;)

For those of us who are still working on projects, here are some things ive done over the last few months as inspirations for you incase you need some ideas.

Summer hugs~ J

The Log Mansion: Delivered and done!

Hello fine folk of the far and wide!

I have had quite a busy busy two weeks, I am just getting time to catch up on blog reading and finish this post before I have to complete a last project..then.WHEW..rest!

The log Manson was delivered over the weekend. My customer is now busy with decorating her new house and as youve seen she has a lot of space to fill up. I attended a miniature fair and grabbed some supplies for new projects.

I am just going to post a few photos I've grabbed from the camera, some are as I was working still.. in a week or so I will put a tab at the top with all the shots/closeu ps once I get to sorting.

For now here are some final shots to ogle, I hope your all being crafty!!

  

As usual, if you have any questions or requests let me know in the comments!

Will be back after a short rest with some tutorials on stonework, molds and stamps!

Hugs!!! J

The Log Mansion: Second floor, trim work, floors and extras

Good Day!

How are things in your neck of the woods? We are finally getting spring, it took long enough but I am so happy it is here!..now its filled with bugs though ..sigh..   How is your weather? Nice I hope!

Any whooooo.

The house is almost complete, I figure it should be finished this weeknd after touchups and some more additions. Here are some shots...

Ive added the dormers, railings and some porch framing

I am still adding to the sides and railings. I have to craft a chimney for this side.

I added a roof slope to the bump-out. 

This is the bedroom, beam framing will be applied here. 

This is the office, beaming and shelving will be placed here. 

A shot of the whole interior before framing and the back panels are applied. 

The living room will have some beams along the celing to hide the lighing wire. I am going to use led lights in this house. They last very long as will be easy to replace if need be in the future.

More work to do but we are getting close!

The Log Mansion: Staining, Trimming..Stone!

Good day good folks!

How has your spring/summer/fall going? We are just sitting in a weeks long rain, cold...crap. I hear there may be days of close to 65f / 18c... wow thanks nature..

Any way, lets do a update shall we?
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I completed the alterations of the house by bumping out one wall to the edge of the kit and then creating a small mud room off the kitchen area. Stained the logs.More trim will need to be added.

The deck was scored into 12ft @ Halfscale 6 inch boards the deck is very large so going with a long board looked the best for this style. There will be a porch and railings. Ive created a base color on the paperclay foundation: 

The interior gave me some trouble: At first I attempted to create a flat pine siding via scoring like the deck but the wood grain would not allow for this. So the second option was a plaster and wood look that you see in more modern cabins. For this house it will be rustic and modern so the mix will work. 

I did a flagstone floor in the kitchen and mudroom. You can see the wood floors, and some of the trim/windows are being placed. Its so wet here the drying times on the stain/paint etc are taking a bit longer but I'm on schedule. 

The wood tone on the interior is a nice Carmel brown color. 

You can see there is quite alot of room in this great kit, even at this scale. 1:24th

This floor was created with paper clay then "grouted" and sealed since we need a level floor for the kitchen.

What do I mean in this scale? Well let thumb buddy show you. Here is thumb buddy on the stone fireplace..

You can see thumb buddy on the stone floor 

Here is thumb buddy on the wood floor 

More work to be done!

I hope your all keeping crafty or at least enjoying nice weather!!!