That's a terrible title for putting on a roof. I just couldn't think of anything else on short notice. I have now gotten every speck of Christmas out of the house, vacuumed and dusted and done other icky things that the house needed.
I glued and taped the front of the roof on and am sitting here looking at it. On just about every one of these houses that I have done, that little tail on the roof that hangs over the door eventually gets taken off. There is another piece that makes the other side of an overhang over the door. It always looks skimpy to me and kind of an afterthought in the design. I hate to say it but the bashing fairy is flickering around my head once again.....I think it is going to have to go. To my eye, it just makes that whole side of the house look lopsided.
The back of the house looks OK so far....
I'm not going to put partitions in. I want more room for whatever I do with this one. Another bashing fairy is floating by my left ear and poking me to enlarge the hole for the stairs to the second floor. Not even the bashing fairy could get from first to second through that hole. Its' only about 2"x3". Hmmmmm......Bashing fairies are basically mean. They always come around with suggestions after I have the house put together. I think that they like to watch me try to take pieces out with the trusty keyhole saw while standing on my head! At least with a house this size, the house can stand on it's pointy little head instead.
That's all I have done on the house today. I have one other thought from the complaint department. It's about this.
It's a 6" black and white portable that I have had for years. As of February 9,2009, it will no longer work without a little converter box that is as big as it is. I have the same situation with the 2" color one that I use in the Burglar's box. They both will be pretty much useless.
Years ago I made my father-in-law a miniature TV shop in a 12" Sony portable. He had his own TV repair shop here in Tucson. He loved it. Unfortunately, it got dropped and was messed up beyond repair. Also unfortunately, I don't have any photos of it. I am debating putting a 1/2" scene in this one. I can't decide whether it is worth the time and trouble.
I thought I would throw out the idea for anyone that is in the same situation. I had a great time making the repair shop. It even had a few colored "tubes" in a TV that was being repaired. Now I am thinking that smaller portables that we aren't planning on hooking up again could be made into scenes from our favorite TV shows.
I have a feeling that there is going to be an endless, very inexpensive supply in all of the thrift shops very soon. They are pretty easy to get into. I simply built a foam core box to fit inside the shell and made it to fit the screen with nothing showing in the front. Let's all go find a TV to make into our favorite show! Inexpensive. Easy to do. And what could be more fun? We can make lemonade our of our lemons!
See you tomorrow.
I glued and taped the front of the roof on and am sitting here looking at it. On just about every one of these houses that I have done, that little tail on the roof that hangs over the door eventually gets taken off. There is another piece that makes the other side of an overhang over the door. It always looks skimpy to me and kind of an afterthought in the design. I hate to say it but the bashing fairy is flickering around my head once again.....I think it is going to have to go. To my eye, it just makes that whole side of the house look lopsided.
The back of the house looks OK so far....
I'm not going to put partitions in. I want more room for whatever I do with this one. Another bashing fairy is floating by my left ear and poking me to enlarge the hole for the stairs to the second floor. Not even the bashing fairy could get from first to second through that hole. Its' only about 2"x3". Hmmmmm......Bashing fairies are basically mean. They always come around with suggestions after I have the house put together. I think that they like to watch me try to take pieces out with the trusty keyhole saw while standing on my head! At least with a house this size, the house can stand on it's pointy little head instead.
That's all I have done on the house today. I have one other thought from the complaint department. It's about this.
It's a 6" black and white portable that I have had for years. As of February 9,2009, it will no longer work without a little converter box that is as big as it is. I have the same situation with the 2" color one that I use in the Burglar's box. They both will be pretty much useless. Years ago I made my father-in-law a miniature TV shop in a 12" Sony portable. He had his own TV repair shop here in Tucson. He loved it. Unfortunately, it got dropped and was messed up beyond repair. Also unfortunately, I don't have any photos of it. I am debating putting a 1/2" scene in this one. I can't decide whether it is worth the time and trouble.
I thought I would throw out the idea for anyone that is in the same situation. I had a great time making the repair shop. It even had a few colored "tubes" in a TV that was being repaired. Now I am thinking that smaller portables that we aren't planning on hooking up again could be made into scenes from our favorite TV shows.
I have a feeling that there is going to be an endless, very inexpensive supply in all of the thrift shops very soon. They are pretty easy to get into. I simply built a foam core box to fit inside the shell and made it to fit the screen with nothing showing in the front. Let's all go find a TV to make into our favorite show! Inexpensive. Easy to do. And what could be more fun? We can make lemonade our of our lemons!
See you tomorrow.
5 comments:
The sweetheart project starts to look good.
What colours are going to paint it with??
mini hugs
Love the idea of a miniature setting in an old TV. A friend of mine made a whole house inside the case of an old Grandfather clock..
Hi Casey,
I thought you might be able to help me or even someone who is reading. I am trying to purchase a doll kit (1 inch scale). The sites I have found are confusing. I know I want her to have blond hair and not very Victorian. I specialize in miniature gardens so this is a new venture for me. If any one can give some advice!
~Auralea
http://naturessoulminiatures.blogspot.com/
Auralea, I am probably not a good one to ask about where to get dolls. I either make my own or buy kits to put together. I have a couple of sites listed but most of the dolls are of the fantasy type. Here's the link to the miniature doll web ring. You can go through this list of sites. Maybe some will strike your fancy.
http://ring.miniature.net/cgi-bin/list.pl?ringid=Dolls
Auralea, I should have said that when I buy kits for dolls they are usually in pieces and have no hair. When I buy kits I usually buy them at shows where I can see them. Mostly people sell the kits and hair seperately.
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