The Toll House makes it on print on DHMS

Hello everyone,

How are you all? Hope you having a great week. Finally it is officially Summer and yes it is getting hotter. We are getting a few rain showers that we have missed during the winter but nothing big. I am so looking forward for the children's summer break. I love it when they are home. 

Before I started I wanted to welcome a new follower to my blog. Welcome Anita Van dam Louw.  I am also pleased to say that My Miniature World Group on Face Book has reached over 800 members. Thank you so much everyone for joining in. 

I have another big announcement to make. I am proud to say that My Miniature World will be having it's own premises...... Yes it is official! Finally all my dolls houses will be exhibited for the public. So this summer I will be extremely busy making the premises more suitable for all my work.. If I am lucky it will be all done before Christmas! I will keep you updated with the progress of it all.

Also I would like to announce our Winner of the Free Give away. The Miniature Book called Happy Birthday to you by Dr. Seuss goes to Elizabeth MacCullum Stillion. Please send me a private message Elizabeth with your postal details so I can post it over to you.

Like I promised, Here is the article about the Renovation on my Toll House on The Dolls House and Miniature Scene on June's issue.

It gives me great joy to see how this project has started and finally how it turned out to be. It was my first experiment into renovating a dolls house. It was a hard decision but definitely worth it. 

Article on the DHMS

For those who are interested to read it  here is the Article The Toll House Before and After. Sometimes it is good to look at the past projects and look at past photos. When I look at the pictures of how I first built it, I end up asking myself "What on earth was I thinking????" but then again I didn't know any better. 

Here are some pictures of how it was. It wasn't bad and I actually liked it at that time.

But like I always say; time, practice and experience are the keys to perfection. Trial and error are always a benefit to the hobby. Today I am not afraid to make renovations. In fact I am working on my Summer House Sea Shells at the moment. I have to admit though that there will be no extreme renovations like I had made the Toll House.

The beginning of the renovations in the Toll House

Here are are a few pictures of the Toll House now. I never tire looking at it..

This is all for today. Hopefully on Saturday, I can share with you some progress on the renovations of Sea Shells so keep tuned for the next post.

Take Care and see you real soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx

The Toll House makes it in print on the American Miniaturist

Hello my dear friends,

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend. At the moment we are going through quite a heat wave. I have been working on Miss Leah's new home and it is almost complete. I have also been working on more miniatures and books.  Today I will be sharing with you something different; the publishing of My Toll House.

The Toll House

Before I wanted to share with you that My Miniature World Shop at etsy now has over 200 miniatures available for sale. There is quite a variety from hand painted miniatures, ceramics, books both in kit and download format, polymer clay miniatures and other accessories for most of your dolls house rooms. 

On My Miniature World face book page we have reached over 3,500 likes.  I want to thank you all for your support and encouragement. Without you fans and followers this would never be. To show my appreciation I will be giving away one of my latest new miniatures which has been quite a hit. This will be exclusive for our blog followers. 

FREE GIVE AWAY - Ceramic miniature platter dish

 All you have to do for this free give away is:

• BE A FOLLOWER OF MY MINIATURE WORLD BLOG. 
• COMMENT ON THIS POST ENTRY (so I would know who wants to participate)

It is simple as that. Just follow these two rules.  Closing date: 14/08/2015 The winner will be announced the next day Saturday 15/08/2015. So good luck.

It has been a year since I completed the renovation of the Toll House. Time does fly by. I am very proud to say that The Toll House has been published on this September's issue of the American Miniaturist Magazine.

September Issue

The Toll House has got a five page article and with lots of pictures about it's renovation and details.

You can read the article on this link: A Miniature Renovation

The Toll House Article

A few months ago I was contacted from the editor to contribute to their magazine by writing an article about the renovations of The Toll House. I was so happy that I was asked and now I am so proud to see it in print. I am not the type to give a lot of credit to myself as I always tell myself it could get better, but to see it in a magazine makes me feel braver and that I should accept that I am good at what I love to make. The Toll House was definitely worth the change. Now if I had to make another renovation I will definitely do it without thinking twice. I still remember how scared I was at first. 

Here are some new pictures of it.

The Toll House Front

The Pantry

The Oven

The Living area

The secret passage behind the book case

the Safe with money

The Bed room

The Toll House has also a small movie of how it looked before the renovations and afterwards.

So this is all for today folks. Keep tuned for more updates on Miss Leah's house.

Take Care and see you real soon.

Hugs,

Rebecca xxx

At Last! The Toll House is done!

Hello dear friends,

Hope that you are fine and are enjoying your weekend. August is here and in Malta we can say that August is the worst month of the summer. It gets really really hot, but I have to admit compared to other summers this year was quite mild. Any way I wanted to welcome a new follower to my blog. Welcome Colmar Robmac.

Finally the renovations of my Toll House are complete. It took me a while to finish off the bricking of the walls. I am so pleased how it all turned out and it was definitely worth it. I can still remember how petrified I was to even think about taking that step. 

I have added some more miniatures and accessories to the sleeping quarters of the toll house. I have changed the heater as the previous one was too modern. Thanks to my father this is definitely much better and I love the little details.

The New Heater

I have also filled up the empty trunk that was in the bedroom. I have turned it into the hunting chest. In the Victorian Era Hunting for foxes was one of the greatest hobbies. So I have filled it up with some miniatures that I have made myself.

Empty miniature trunk

The Hunting Chest

Finally I connected the electricity to the the Toll House and it just looks fantastic when it is lit up especially in the dark. It gives it that little extra oomph I guess. I just wished I was small enough to crawl in and stay there. 

The Lights on

I also added some accessories to the door. I think it does look much better than bare.

Door Accessories 

And finally I have managed to brick all the walls and roof. It was not an easy task but I am pleased with the results. Finally I did achieve what I wanted and I think it couldn't get any better than this.

The Complete Toll House

Here are some final pictures of the inside of the toll house.

The Pantry

The Drawing Room

The fire place and safe

The Secret passage behind the book case

The Stair Case behind the wall

The Sleeping quarters

I hope you have enjoyed the final stages of my Toll House. I have also made a small Video of it. In the Video you can see the how the Toll House was decorated before and after the restoration. Hope you will enjoy it.

I have also made some more miniatures that you can find at my Etsy Shop My Miniature World Shop. Here are a few of the new items.

I also completed my 12th miniature Downloadable book call The Wild Swans which you can also find at my Etsy shop. The Wild Swans

Hope you have enjoyed today's post. Next time I will be sharing with you my new project. So please do keep tuned.

Take Care and see you soon.

Hugs

Rebecca xxx