Butterfly Cottage

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. Here in Malta summer is in the air and it's getting warmer and warmer. I guess that's the fun of it!

Today I will be sharing with you one of my latest prestigious conquests of my Miniature World, Butterfly Cottage. This lovely cottage is one of the Dolls House Emporium discontinued houses which probably you never saw or came across. It was only on the market for one year in 2001. It comes ready built, decorated, hand painted and hand crafted. It is made out of resin. Even the lovely roof and foliage are made out of resin.  

Butterfly Cottage

I had found this treasure on an auction and Gilbert my husband gave it to me as a Christmas present last year. It was pre-owned but in a perfect condition. I can't believe that it came to Malta in one piece. I consider myself very lucky to own it, being very rare to find and I practically took it for a very ridiculous price. I am pretty sure the seller didn't have an idea what she was throwing away for a very small price.

Inside Butterfly Cottage

Well as I only had to decorate it, I wanted to make something totally different from my other houses so I went for a shabby chic style which suited the cottage well.  I have changed the wall paper and gave it a bit of life by adding some border and tiles. I have made all it's curtains and added battery lights as there was no other way to add lighting being made out of resin. Honestly I prefer wiring the lights, but I am quite please with these battery lights as they are very luminous and easy to put. 

The kitchen-net was another headache but thanks to Elf once again I have managed to do something suitable for this lovely cottage. Obviously I have made it to suit it with pink flowers and a buttler's sink.  

The Kitchen area

The Kitchen

I have found some nice distressed shabby chic furniture for both the living area and the bedroom. I have used two wire arm chairs for the living area and added some cushions that I made matching the curtains. I also added a woolen rug that I made. Probably I will still be adding some more accessories knowing me but so far I'm quite happy with. 

Well now that I have complete it I can focus a bit more on one of my unfinished projects that I would love to finish before the baby comes. Here are more photos for you of Butterfly Cottage. I hope you like it.

Keep tuned.

Take Care and have a nice weekend.

Regards,

Rebecca xxx

The upper floor the Bedroom

Outside the main door with the lovely flowers.

The living area with the wire decorated arm chairs

The whole living room

The kitchen area

Rose Bud Cottage - The Tiny Dolls House

Hi Folks,


How are you? Hope you are all fine. 


Today I will be sharing with you my latest project. It's a bit different from my others.  I managed to finish it today. It's my smallest dolls house that I have. I just can't believe that it is actually complete.


Rose Bud Cottage is a 1:144 (micro) scale unlike my others which are 1:12 scale. It is 6cm high including chimneys and 5.5cm wide. 


When I got the kit I was not sure if I really wanted to do it and less more when I saw the tiny pieces of furniture that I had to build and paint, as all the furniture comes in a kit form.


I have also wall papered the walls and papered the floors. I have added some pictures frames, mirrors, carpets and a clock which I printed. 


Any way finally I have managed to do them and I'm really pleased with the outcome.


I'm not sure if I'll ever do another one like this, but looking at it I might give it another try. I am very sure that Gilbert my husband will urge me to do another one  as he's not that keen on my other dolls houses due to the lack of space. I'm very sure that he will be very trilled when he sees it as I can easily hide it on a shelve without annoying him.


Well as in furniture the kitchen has a sink unit, fridge and an oven. The living room has a table and 2 chairs, a dresser and a small book shelf. The bedroom has a bed, a rocking chair and a tollboy. The bathroom has a bathtub, a sink and the toilet. All 4 rooms have a chimney breast.  


So here it is. I hope you like it. Sorry for the poor quality of photos but as it is so tiny, my camera can't zoom in. I am very sure that you can all see it.


Keep tuned for more.


Take Care and see you soon.


Rebecca xxx

Rosebud Cottage from the outside

Inside Rosebud Cottage

You can see the bedroom and the bathroom

The living room and kitchen

Little Angel's Toy Shop

Hello Everyone,

Hope you are well. Here in Malta it's getting pretty warmer even if in the past few days it has been a bit windy and chilly in the evening.

Today I will be sharing with you one of my latest projects. It was hand crafted and built by myself with some  help from my husband Gilbert. Little Angel's Toy Shop was copied from a Dolls House Emporium discontinued designs called M. Poppin Toys.

I have used the same measurements  of the original shop and drew it on a MDF sheet. Obviously Gilbert not allowing me to use anything sharp and afraid that I might get hurt, cut the wood for me.

Little Angel's Toy Shop

I have built it and bought some dolls house building accessories for the whole project. The only difficulty that I came across was the shop sign. When I said I wanted a copy of the original Toy shop I truly meant it. Saw I drew the design, cut the wood and trimmed it with air dry clay to match the original shop's sign. 

I had also tried my hand with brick tiles for the walls and the roof slates which I'm very pleased with the results. 

The sign of the Shop

Decorating the inside was as easy and as fun as usual.  I have printed some cherubs and stuck them up on the ceiling of the shop. I have purchased bear wood furniture so I could paint it and decorate it the way that I like it.

The fun part came along when placing the toys and boxes in their places on the shelves. I have also built and decorated a made to measure small table myself for the little dolls house  that I had purchased for the shop and it just fitted the scene perfectly.

The small table for the Little dolls House

The Shop window from inside

Inside the shop

You can also see the cherub ceiling

So here it is I guess. I hope you all like it!


Keep tuned as I still have some bits and pieces to share.


Take Care


Rebecca xxx

More Polymer Clay Minis

Hi Folks,


Firstly I would like to thank you all for your kind comments and encouragement. It means a lot to me and I also would like to welcome the new followers of my Blog. It is good to know that there are persons that find my miniatures interesting.


  Yesterday I finally finished some more polymer clay minis. This is getting very addictive and I hope to slow down a bit as I still have an unfinished dolls house to complete. Hopefully I wish to complete it before the baby arrives and that will be somewhere around 10th September.


 I have done a working bed side table lamp for my Chestnuts dolls house. I have placed it in the guest's room bedroom as the room didn't have enough light.

The working bed side lamp

The lamp in Chestnuts guest's room (not lit)

The Lamp lit on

I have also made a plate stand where I have decorated it with a golden rim, golden decorations and small pink roses. I have also made a pyramid of chocolate profiteroles (my favorite) to put on the stand. I haven't stuck the profiteroles on the stand as I didn't want to cover the plate's decoration. So far I have put them in Butterfly Cottage which is almost ready. 

The Plate Stand

The plate stand with the golden decor and pink roses

The plate stand with the profiteroles 

The Plate stand with the profiteroles in Butterfly cottage

I'm pleased with the out come even if I am pretty sure that there is a lot of room for improvement. I tried to start with the easy miniatures but my eyes always fall on the most difficult items or for the most advanced but I think I have managed. 

I hope you like them too.


Please keep tuned as I have more to share with you.


In the mean time, Take Care.


See you


Rebecca xxx

My First Polymer Clay minis

 Hello Everyone,


It's been a while since I wrote on my blog. I have been quite busy preparing for the new baby before the heat of summer starts and hits me hard.


I have done so much today! And I'm really over the moon. I have been dying to start my hands with polymer Clay only that I was just afraid that I don't have it in me or that I will end up burning the whole oven while baking. I had tried some items with air dry clay but this polymer clay had always fascinated me.

Anyway months ago I had bought myself some polymer clay and tools to start off only that I never did begin. Today I built up some courage and put my hands to work.

My Sea View (Lake View) sitting room's coffee table looked a bit empty so I thought I would make some accessories for it. I have marbles white and red polymer clay and started with a modern vase, made another vase that I filled up with flowers and a small bowl that I filled up with real sea shells. 

For a first timer I think I did pretty well, even do I'm quite sure that I'm very green at it. The baking went to perfection which I'm very happy with.

Any way. Here they are my first master pieces with polymer clay. I hope you like them.

Keep tuned as I have some more projects in store to share with you.

Take Care

Rebecca xxx

The Runaway Room in Sea View

Hello everyone,

Today I will be sharing with you the last room of my Sea View dolls house. This room is situated on top of the bedroom. I have turned this room in a recreational section where one can escape from everything or everyone to relax, read a book, hear music, browse the internet or spy outside. Most of the furniture I had purchased from Elf. The books, box files, CDs, magazines and paper folders have been done me.

The runaway room

The Day Bed 

The telescope

I hope you have enjoyed this house. I just can't believe that I actually made a modern dolls house. I had enjoyed doing it so much that I really hope to do another.

Well this is it. Please do keep tuned for more of my projects.

Take Care

Rebecca xxx

Sea View - Part 3

Hi Folks,

Hope you are all feeling fine. I think I'm getting back my mojo for miniatures. Haven't done much but it's definitely a start.

Today I will be sharing with you the third floor of my Sea View dolls house. Here you will find the main bed room and bathroom.

The Main Bedroom

The main bedroom's door leading to bathroom

I had done some modifications to the wall between the bedroom and the bathroom as the opening was to wide and as I was having a bathroom I wanted some privacy. I have also added a door which I modified myself too. Instead of leaving the door in a classical way. I removed most of the wood and added frosted plastic to give it a modern look. Most of the furniture in this room is from the Dolls House Emporium. I have elevated the bed with a split level which I edged with mirror plastic. I have also made a modern mirror decoration on top of the bed. The bedding for the bed was sewn by myself.

Hand made sculpture made out of clay.

I have made a modern sculpture out of clay and added to this room. I have beaded some silver wiring and added like a floral decoration for the vase of the dresser.  I'm quite pleased with the outcome of this room. Too bad that I don't live in it. I have added some of the same carpeting on the stair case.


Another thing that I wanted to point out that the spiral staircase through out the house didn't have a handrail. So very patiently I had cut some perspex in small rectangles and stuck them to each stair to form a whole glass handrail.

Entrance to the bathroom

The bathroom was my nightmare. I like spacious bathrooms and to my dismay for this house the bathroom was small. To make things worse I realized that the floor of the bathroom was very low and once the door seemed to be up in the air. I was trying to imagine myself going in the bathroom and the only thing that came to my mind was me falling face down. So I created a few step and a split level with the same carpeting from the bedroom. Then another problem cropped up as the split level took quite some space and I was trying to make a shower and a bathtub in this little bathroom. Once again thanks to Elizabeth from ELF she helped me choose the right accessories for the bathroom.

Split level leading to vanity and shower

I have designed most of the bathroom and added rice bulbs in the vanity section and shower. It was very difficult to see where to put the vanity, toilet and the bath but I think finally I got it right. The vanity was something that I totally built (which means that there was no kit for it). I found a Grecian vase that fitted this room perfectly as the tiles of the bathroom are mosaic. I have made most of the bottled perfumes and soaps myself with beads.  It reminds me a lot of a Roman Bath.

The Main Bathroom.

The Main Bathroom and entrance.

I think the bathroom is my favorite room of this dolls house. I hope you all like it as much as I do.

Well this is all for today. I wish you all a very Happy Easter. Keep tuned for more.

Take Care,

Rebecca xxx