2010 Project #1 Update 1

Finally time for an update...okay so past time for an update but here it is at any rate.

Note the dates on the photos aren't accurate and until I figure out how to change it on my camera and remember to change it BEFORE I take the pictures you'll just have to ignore them.
The door I have was an exterior door and to make the addition look like a real addition I decided to put clapboard on the side where the door is...it will make the door fit better also. This is the addition attached and the clapboard on the wall with the clamps holding it in place while the glue dries.
I have the inside of the main building painted...and the deck made and due to room its sitting inside at the moment. The floors in here will be tile once all the painting and trimming is completed.
Inside of the addition painted a light-mint green. The floors will be hardwood in here once the interior is completely painted and the windows and framing is done.
Another picture of the inside of the addition showing the clapboard siding.
First coat on the outside. The door appears to be floating but the deck that was in the picture above goes there.
View of the outside from the left.

View of the outside from the front.

After the antiquing has been applied.
View with the corner trim on.

The doors with the trim laying on top. The trim needs to be glued to the doors but I'm trying to get the oh so tiny hinges nailed on...I may have to glue the hinges on...the 1/8th inch...yes I did say 1/8th inch nails, my semi-poor eyesight, and my fat fingers don't work well together.

That's if for now. Enjoy:)

2010 Project #3

Be sure to check out the "Older Posts" as I've added info on 2010 Projects #1 and #2 as well.

Project #3 is the Spring Fling 2010 kit shown below. We can do it with or without the optional addition and again we can make it into anything we want. I like it with the addition so I'm showing the pictures with the addition. Check out the Greenleaf website at http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com for complete information on the Spring Fling 2010 contest and wonderful kits, accessories, and miniaturist's galleries.


Since this has to be completed by May 31, 2010, this project has been pushed up to number one in order of completion...at least I don't have to have "actual" photos...lol

Started with the main section...you can see the Lighthouse in the background. Had it all glued together when I realized I hadn't cut an opening in the side for a door to go to the addition...silly me.

Got it cut out...even though it WAS all glued together and would have been a heck of a lot easier with a flat wall. If I do say so myself I think it looks rather nice!

Another shot of the door from the inside...yea I am pretty proud of it. I just have to figure what I'm going to do with the width difference of the door jam and the thin walls but I'll think of something. Figure I'd make the addition and think about the width deal later...I can always put siding on the main wall and it would be like a real addition had been done.
Since there wasn't much room where I was working I opted to put the addition together on another table. Things are going well...until...

...I make room for the addition and discover the floors don't line up and my beautiful door isn't so beautiful anymore...lol On the bright side it really IS going to be like a true addition now.

Just another picture of the beautiful mistake I made of the door...still think I did a good job on it...lol Then I called my friend, the one that's getting the lighthouse, to tell her of my ordeal and after a good laugh she said she wanted pictures. Well, here they are.

2010 Project #1

This year the contest is to take the following kit and make it into something by December 15, 2010. I'm going to make it into a one-room Little Red School House. I have the exterior painted red but don't have any pictures of it and it has been put on hold due to other projects.

2010 Project#2

Project #2 is a Lighthouse and a Keeper's house for a friend of mine for her birthday in March. On her birthday, I asked her if she just wanted the kit(s) or if she wanted me to put them together. She opted for having me put them together but I told her that meant she had to tell me what colors she wanted inside and out. She wanted red, white, and black and bare on the inside. It is 1/2" scale so half the size I'm used to working with.
The back side of Keeper's house before the shingles were on.
The front side with half the itsy bitsy shingles done.

The front view of the completed...well almost completed Keeper's house...it needs a front door knob.

The back side without the ladder to the second floor. It goes where the notch is on the left...and looks just like the one in Project #1.

This is how far the lighthouse part is.

December 2009 Contest

Just to update the blog since last time. I got an honorable mention (and a $50.00 gift certificate) for the Strip Wood Contest...the Conservatory.

After that, I did the HBS contest that started with the following kit.

We could make it into anything we wanted...just like the Red Door Mill that I did earlier. I chose to make it into a Cleopatra scene.

We had to send in photos by December 15, 2009. Unfortunately I didn't read the instructions closely enough and they wanted...get this...ACTUAL photos...not email attachments...go figure. So I didn't get to enter this contest but I DID learn a valuable lesson. I know I should have learned it a LONG time ago but hey chalk it up to I'm entering my second childhood...lol