Room box

I have been building a room box for months now doing a bit here and there. This week I have pulled my finger out and cracked on. I am loving the results so far. I have added windows to the box I built, decorated it and furnished it. I added a ceiling and the chandelier I made a while back. I put a table lamp on top of the piano too.
The roof I made then added to the top. I have a window box out side the back window that I made to show through the inside window for perception.
I have a way to go but I am getting there!   

Rubbish art

I was wondering while bored one day what I could do with a plastic bottle! After a little deliberation I decided to create a winter home for fairy's. Some where that when it rains or snows the fairy folk would be dry and warm.
I cut the side from the small plastic bottle and lined it with dried moss, T bag soil and dried flowers.
Then I made a house from balsa wood and set it on to a dried piece of pumpkin stem. ( I kept it after drying it because I thought it looked like a tree stump! )
Once done I glued the bottle back together and onto a base I also covered in moss.
To add the finishing touch I used T bag soil on the outside of the bottle and on the cap to create the look of rubbish just cast aside.

More printable's

If you have not already check out my printable's section and if you have I have just added some more. Remember you can alter the sizes as you wish to fit to your designs.
Happy printing http://donnascurios.blogspot.co.uk/ 

A box card

A friend of mine ordered a birthday card for another friend. No specifics he just asked me to do what I do! Although this gives free reign I worry so much weather the intended person and the customer will like it when I have finished. On this occasion they both loved it.
I started with a cardboard box and a lid that slots into the box not over. I then cut out the window and added a flap for the door.
On the back I added another flap to create the actual card. Once I had decorated it all inside and out with different collage papers I made and added the little witch and black cat. For an extra bit of decoration I added the shelf and accessories. On the outside I added two mushrooms that I put a loop of ribbon under each so that you can tie the door shut.

Seaside scene

Even though I spoke too soon about the sunshine and we only had rain today I made a seaside themed scene. I decided to do 4 scenes altogether. This one will be the third.
I used the same idea as the others with stained balsa wood covering over with silicon glue where the sand would be and a cut out of blue paper with the white flecks again.
I used real sand and crushed shells for the beach. Choosing tiny shells to decorate and reindeer moss as seaweed. 
For the fence I used match sticks and for the sandcastle I used a toothpaste tube lid covered in sand with tiny shells stuck around the sides and top.
I made a bottle from beads to look like it has washed ashore. I love the old message in a bottle thing.

1.12 scale allotment

With the sun finally out and the temperatures rising I am getting that summer feeling and want to create sunny feeling miniatures!

With this in mind I did the natural garden and loved it so much I decided to do some more. This scene is an allotment.

I used the T bag soil mix layered and built up in places on top of a piece of sanded and stained balsa wood.

Once nearly dry I added my twig tree, cabbages (that I cheated and bought from Pinocchio's. Our local doll house dealers) I also bought the flowers that I cut to size and the trowel and secateurs. The stool I already had I just painted it and then rubbed in some ash to age and dirty it up a little. As a finishing touch I added some twigs too.

As I don't have a garden just a yard I am loving the fact I can still enjoy looking at one but in miniature! 

 

Nature scene

Sat in the sun on the back door step watching the children play really felt like summer today. 
I decided that while I was sat about I would make some thing. I started on a few things then found a piece of paper. Blue with white flecks in it. To me it just said water on a hot day with the clouds above reflecting within it.
So I cut a little wavy shape out and stuck it to some balsa wood I had cut to 3 1/2 cm squared, stained then coated in pva glue and water.
Next I took a t bag and emptied its leaves into a bowl and mixed in some pva glue and a little water. Covering the wood where I hadn't put the paper I squashed the mix thinly across. Once dry I built up some areas to give a more realistic finish.
Taking several different verities of dried mosses I created the grass and surrounding plants.
I used some tiny shreds of dried grass to wrap around a twig to create the log and I used dried mushrooms that are growing in a patch.
I cut a wheel from a wheel barrow and set it within the moss as though the grass is becoming overgrown and finished it off with scenic water.