it’s a dinosaur, but close enough to still fit the theme for noah’s room. it’s a rug for beside his bed
or will be once it dries…
- 1:4 scale
- abandoned dock
- abjd
- abraham lake
- accessories
- adoption meme
- advent
- advent calender
- advent candles
- advent log
- advent wreath
- aerin
- afghan
- Agoseris glauca
- alberta
- albert einstein
- alice
- alys
- amberglas
- american girl
- amigurumi
- ananda
- ane
- annalise
- ant
- ante
- ante elf
- ante ws
- b&w
- baby spruce
- baby yoda
- bamboo jersey
- banff
- beargrass
- bear grass
- becca
- beezie
- berries
- bid
- big hill springs
- birch
- bird
- birds
- bjd
- bjd. diy
- black
- black and white
- blanket
- bleeding hearts
- blossoms
- board games
- bohemian
- bonnie
- books
- bory
- bottles
- bow glacier falls
- boys
- brown eyed susan. wildflower
- buffalo berries
- bunnies
- burgundy
- buttercup
- butterfly
- calgary zoo
- campfire
- camp fire
- canada post
- canada thistle
- cape
- carcross desert
- catkins
- cereza
- chair
- challenge
- charity
- chipmunk
- chloe
- christmas
- christmas hampers
- christmas lights
- christmas tree
- christmmas
- clematis
- clothes
- clouds
- cobweb weight
- cofee dye
- color
- colors
- columbine
- cone
- conservatory
- cooking pot
- cookstand
- costume
- cotton
- couch
- cowl
- cow parsnip
- crabapple blossoms
- crafts
- craft table
- creche
- cricket
- crochet
- crochet blanket
- crocheted
- cross stitch
- crowned crane
- crystal
- crystalorn
- c s lewis
- dandelion
- daylight
- deardoll
- dear doll
- decorating
- decorations
- design
- desk
- dhs elf
- diaoram
- digory
- dinosaur provincial park
- dioram
- diorama
- diy
- doll
- doll a day
- dollar store
- dollarstore
- doll blanket
- doll furniture
- dollhouse rug
- dollmore
- dolls
- doll sweater
- donations
- dovey
- dressup
- duck
- eat.sleep.knit
- eatsleepknit
- eilidh
- el
- elbow falls
- elbow lake
- elephant
- elf
- elf ante
- elf el
- elin
- ellemeno
- ellowyne
- ellyce
- ember
- embroidery
- emily/emmie
- emmie
- emrys
- enyo
- ery
- erzulie
- esk
- esk badge
- esk cal space shawl
- esk galaxy shawl cal
- eskkal
- esk space shawl cal
- etsy
- eve the cat
- face up
- faceup
- failryland
- fairylan
- fairyland
- fairyland pukifee
- fall
- fallen log
- fallen tree
- false dandelion
- fan art
- farmland
- felting
- ferns
- few flowered anemone
- fireplace
- fishing pole
- fishing rod
- flamingo
- foamflower
- fog
- food bank
- forget-me-nots
- forget me not
- fort mcmurray fire
- fossils
- fundraiser
- fungi
- fungus
- furniture
- gaillardia
- games
- garden
- giraffe
- giving
- glacier lily
- glacier national park
- glamour challenge
- gold
- golden ragwort
- gold metallic
- gray
- green
- greenhouse
- grizzly bear
- gypsy caravan
- gypsy caravanpsy caravan
- hail
- haines
- halloween
- hat
- headphones
- hoar frost
- hollyhock
- honeydelf
- honey delf
- honeythorpe
- hoodie
- hoody
- indian paintbrush
- iplehouse
- irrealdoll
- irreal doll
- irreal doll ery
- irreal dollo
- journal
- kaka
- katie
- kid delf
- kiri
- knit
- knitting
- lace
- lace knitting
- laceknitting
- lace skirt
- laceweight
- ladyslipper
- lae louise
- lake louise
- larkspur
- lati yellow
- leaf
- leaves
- letters to troops
- light
- lightbox
- linen
- littlefee
- littlefee el
- littlefee el ws
- lucy
- luka
- luna
- luts
- m-line
- madelintosh lace thunderstorm
- magpie
- makeover
- malabrigo mecha
- mas
- meadow parsnip
- meercat
- meg
- memories
- mica dam road
- minature props
- miniatre
- miniature
- miniature accessories
- miniature props
- miniatures
- mini chairs
- minifee
- mini garden
- mirwen
- mnf
- moeline
- mohair wig
- monkeyflower
- monster
- monument
- mountain heather
- mr tumnus
- msd
- msd. minifee
- mudstone
- mushrooms
- nandi
- narsha
- narsha friend
- never alone
- noah
- noni
- ocean
- old man's whiskers
- operation christmas child
- orange
- orchid
- oukifee
- pajamas
- pale yellow
- pattern
- peacock
- pearly everlasting
- penguin
- photo challenge
- photochallenge
- photography
- photo lights
- photo prop
- photoshop
- pi day
- pie day
- pink
- pio
- pipi
- pitta
- pkf
- poetry
- pom pom
- poppies
- prairie
- prairies
- prop
- props
- pukifee
- pukipuki
- pumpkin
- pupu
- purple
- pussy willows
- queen's cup
- quilt
- quilting
- quinn. bjd
- quote
- rain
- ravelry
- reafee
- realfee
- real puki
- realpuki
- red
- red panda
- red pandas
- reflection
- reflections
- remembrance day
- rockies
- rose
- rose hip
- rose hips
- roses
- rs
- ruby
- rug
- scenic
- sd
- seed
- seedhead
- sewing
- shabee
- shade garden
- shaelyn
- shawl
- sheep
- shiwoo
- shoebox gift
- shooting star
- shrubby cinquefoil
- silk hankies
- silk thread
- silky lupin
- silver
- skagway
- skylar
- sledding
- smidge
- smilga
- snow
- snowy owl
- sofa
- soom imda 3.0. collette. molly
- sophie
- sos
- soso
- souldoll
- soulkid
- soup pot
- space shawl
- sparrow
- spider web
- spring
- stitch markers
- stocking cap
- stockings
- stone
- stonecrop
- subalpine spiraea
- sunrise
- sunroom
- sun room
- sunset
- swap
- swaps
- table
- teddy
- temperature blanket
- temperature tracker
- texture
- thanksgiving
- the best laid plans.
- the great purge
- thistle
- thread crochet
- thread lace
- three flowered avens
- tiarella
- tiera
- tiger
- tin boxes
- tins
- tiny delf
- tinydelf
- tinys delf
- townsend's solitare
- toy
- travel
- tree
- treehouse
- trees
- trehouse
- tres
- tumnus
- tunic
- tutorial
- tutrial
- twinberries
- upcycle
- washboard
- water
- water drops
- waterfall
- waterton
- waterton national park
- wedge pond
- western anemone
- western spring beauty
- wheelchair
- white
- whitehorse pass
- white skin
- white wolf
- wig cap
- wigs
- wild bergamot
- wild flower
- wildflower
- wild flowers
- wildflowers
- wild heliotrope
- wild rose
- wild strawberry
- william blake
- willow
- winter
- winter fun
- winter photography
- wisp
- wooden spools
- woodland
- wood violet
- wool
- work in progress
- wren
- yarn
- yarnathon
- yellow
- yo-sd
- yukon
- zoe
- zoo
it’s not a dragon
the boys rebel
the boys were complaining that all my blankets were too girly, so they picked the colors out for this one. the round is a mat for beside the bed
New chair, new bear
amber takes a break from test fitting her new hat to checkout the bargain chair we got in the clearance section of pier one (it’s a cell phone holder and was marked down from $23 to less than $6 so we snagged both of them 😉 )
she is also cuddling a new bear by honeythorpe, the little girls were much more excited with that parcel than my usual purchases and are having battles over who gets the bear. last i saw they were drawing up time sheets!
we may have to have another lesson on sharing :lol but amber got first dibs as her reward for patiently sitting and letting me try my new crochet hat pattern on her. i still have to sew ends in, crochet the trim and block the flaps to take out some of the curl….so it actually sits like it is in the picture.
i’ve got patterns worked out for my pukifee, littlefee and minifee sizes now, but am running into a snag on the realfee size. they have such big elf/animal ears that the ear flaps just look silly and plain caps are too boring so i’m still trying to decide what to do for them. i’ve done lacey berets before but i wanted something that was a closer fit.
fireplace final installment
grate painted black looks like a well used cast iron grate.
thread fire led lights through logs btw i ended up painted the lags with my ultra matte varnish because the ash kept getting all over my hands at this step Lol
put crumpled cellophane over the lights. this was included in the kit and just needed to be cut. i’d have preferred something more orange but couldn’t find any.
punch holes for wires in back wall. i couldn’t find my awl so i used a large yarn needle and put in three small holes instead of one larger one. it really didn’t matter in the end.
back view of wires threaded through
attach wires red to red, black to black
tape everything down. the little white thing is an on off switch so the lights don’t go continuously.
finished!
i took a video of the fireplace with the lights flickering and it looks awesome. but apparently i can’t upload video to flickr, so i’ll have to figure out another place to upload it and then add it in.
working on the fire
i want i light saber! we just saw star wars last night and they made cutting wood look so easy. this took far too long, i broke my pull saw and froze my fingers cutting these tiny things :(. then of course i forgot to take out a tape measure and had to guess on the size.. i like the look of the bigger logs better, but they ended up being too big. the smaller logs are just perfect. so i’ll be using them. i’ll save the bigger logs for another fireplace that i plan to do later.
i want my logs to look like they have really burnt so i am charring them in the flame of a candle. notice that i hold them with metal tongs and burn them in my kitchen sink just in case they decide to burn more than i planned! not likely since this wood is green and fairly wet from all the snow, but you never know…
here’s what one of the logs look like done.
and the pile of finished logs. i wet them down thoroughly to make sure there were no sparks since the glue i’m using is flammable. so now i have to wait for them to dry before i can proceed.
my dh is building me a grate for my fireplace out of 2-1/2″ finishing nails. he still has to add the top rack. he designed it and did all the bending and cutting with his much stronger hands :o)
and with the cross pieces added.
just waiting for the glue to harden so i can paint it black
stockings!
made some stockings for my kids. there are too many to hang fro the fireplace, so we are going with the older tradition of hanging them on the end of the bed on christmas eve. the biggest ones are for my msd sized dolls, the littler ones for my pukifee/latiyellow/tinydelfs etc. the real tiny dolls are still waiting for appropriate sized ones.
i made a bunch of extras to list on my etsy store next year for christmas… if i remember in time 😉
getting closer
the front and mantel are now attached. but it is just resting on the hearth until i get the fire installed.
i’m really happy with how it is turning out, though i realized as i looked at it that i ended up making a fireplace that looks more well suited for a beach cottage, than the ancient english style manor that my crew is supposed to inhabit. lol oh well, i guess i’ll just have to make another one later on..
and a better view of the distressed finish of the wood on the mantel and the side. i really like how that turned out, especially considering the side is just the painted cardboard box!
the mantel is a flat piece of wood with a square dowel glued to the front to form the overhang.
back to the fireplace
i have been varnishing the fireplace and gluing the sides flat whenever i got a moment this week, not really something that showed up in pictures. now i finally got to apply the grout and find out if all those coats of varnish sealed my tiles/bricks well enough. in a couple of hours the grout will be dry enough to try and wash the haze off. if not i guess my tiles just got more subdued, which isn’t a bad look really… and i just added grouting to my list of new things i’ve tried!
i like how much more finished the brick look now. i think if i was doing this again i would try to leave a bit more spacing between all the bricks to allow for the grouting. my bottom ones fit together a bit too closely.
edit: i went back to wipe off the haze and found i actually liked it better with some of the haze there. so ended up reapply a bit of the grout and wiping it off again to get the white back in the hollows. it has to dry overnight and then i’ll revarnish with my blend of matte and satin varnish to give a very subtle sheen.
while i’m waiting its time to start painting the hearth and mantel. for the hearth i wanted a stone look that coordinated with but didn’t match the stone in the fireplace, so i gathered up most of the same colors and added them to a paint palette made of a saran covered paper plate. i’ll be applying them with a cheap kitchen sponge to a piece of white painted mdf board.
and.. the painted hearth and mantel.
i kept dipping the sponge in the paint and applying till i got the look i wanted. i’ve done marbling on full sized walls before so this time i had an idea of what i wanted to do :)) when it dries i’ll paint it with a blend of matte and satin varnish to get a really subtle sheen since the satin is too shiny and the matte too dull.
it’s hard to see on the mantel but i painted it with white chalk paint and then when it was dry sanded it smooth and it matches the wood front almost perfectly :yay! i’ll be coating that with my ulta matte varnish to keep the worn look.