1 April, 2004:
I put some new stuff I got from Brita (scroll down to see yesterday's entry), to my dollhouse, and took a few photos:

Learning to spell (early start, eh!!)

Tablecloth waiting for a bigger table..

Some alcohol on the living room table.. Someone has also bought three flower pots, to plant something, and someone has left a pink briefcase on the floor..

The white Persian is the only pet who's allowed to go on the sofa..

The puppies are hoping to get some treats..

Chef has gotten lots of new stuff again!

Here's something Daniel brought to me, from his late aunt's house. I had never even heard of this stuff, I wonder if they make it anymore..?

Can't wait to try if it still works..

I also worked on my first 1:6 (fashion doll scale) roombox last night. I'm using a big cardboard box for it, so it's not going to be that permanent, but I'll still try to make it look OK. I've painted the walls, done the floor, found a jukebox for it, and there's the sofa I'd made earlier - the dolls already wanted to pose for some photos, even though the box is not finished yet!

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31 March, 2004:
I received a treasure parcel from Brita today - it was like getting two or three years worth swap materials in one go (only without actually taking part in a swap, so she'll be joining my ever-growing "revenge parcel list", which is not nearly as bad as it sounds like! heh).

A parcel of roses.. The pattern, I mean!

Ooohhhh, what have we here...

Contents of one bag - close-ups to follow..

A gorgeous buckle, which will be a fantastic dollhouse picture frame.. I might use it to make a FIMO mold first, so I can create more such frames in the future. And another beautiful mini frame.. I'm not sure what's the original purpose of the teddy bears, but they will make lovely art for a dollhouse nursery.

I don't know where Brita has found these gold and silver "hooks", but they give me all kinds of decorative miniature ideas.. I love the shape of those wooden beads, and there were a couple of those golden stars, too.

There was a whole bag of lovely gems, which look like the glassy costume jewellery type! They are so beautiful.. Also, I really like those wooden beads that look like two tiny pyramids glued against each other, and one of them WILL make a little pyramid souvenir, for sure! I'm interested in the Ancient Egypt, and also in other pyramids, so maybe one of my dolls will be a little archaeologist or something.. The blue wooden beads are lovely, too!

There's a round brownish red bead, which looks to me like it could be a rubber ball in the dollhouse (I think I used to have a similar looking rubber ball in my childhood), and the two wooden parts are asking to become little dolls for my dollhouse children.. The smoky pink beads could become perfume bottles, or glasses even..

Look at this treasure! Those rectangular beads might even be gold bars, in case I make a jeweller's shop, or if one of my dolls just happens to be loaded for one reason or another.. Then there are some flower and bottle shaped beads, and giant pearls..

The contents of another bag..

Cute little key, and lots of red felt hearts.. Nice pink ribbon..

A whole bag of tiny golden yellow beads! Some lace ribbon with white and pink details..

Four glossy Mickey Mouse stickers, which will be nice nursery art as well.. Also, some decorative golden leaves, which could be glued on the wall, around a decorative pillar, or maybe even on some "antique" furniture.

I think I remember our Finnish mini group members talking about this material. It's not actually lace, although it looks like it, and almost even feels like it! Anyway, for the dollhouse, it will make a lovely little lace table cloth.

Four different colours of very thin (silk?) threads, lots of white ribbon bows, and many yellow felt duck shapes.

Three tubes of doll hair, all different colours! My, my.. I'm going to have to make some more dolls now! =D

I think this is the canvas stuff our mini group members have been talking about! They've done all kinds of lovely things of this stuff, so I'm gonna browse some of their pictures again, to get some ideas =)

Loads more blue plates (Pinja had sent me a good bunch of these already, so these will go nicely with them), two melons (?) - I actually held these on the breast height earlier on, and asked Daniel if he likes my new melons, lol - kitchen utensils, and THREE bottles of Finlandia vodka for my dollies!!! Oh, I'm SO happy about these bottles! One's regular vodka, one's pineapple, and one's cranberry - Finlandia cranberry is actually my favourite.. *yum*

Three brushes - much appreciated as I don't really have these middle sizes at all! Mine are mainly very fine or very thick.

Letter beads which will look lovely on the nursery floor!

Three very cute flower pots! I love these, I only had one before, and I haven't seen these in our local shops.

A bag full of round pieces of cork - appreciated by my French chef =)

And here: Aren't my new dollhouse pets CUTE?!?

I don't really know dog breeds that well, but this little one looks like a Springer Spaniel puppy, perhaps?

A Terrier puppy, maybe?

This cat has too much authority to be a kitten, so she'll just be a bit smaller in size. I'm tempted to mention her name, but I'll wait for a bit as I might change my mind yet.. =)

I got eight of these microscope slides, which are extremely welcome! One had a broken corner, but it will be useful, too - I love realism in the dollhouse, so they might as well have something broken, too!

Tiny red briefcase =)

The whole idea was to swap a full set of Euro coins, but Brita had e-mailed me that she'd send some mini stuff with the Finnish set - even so, I would never have expected THIS much!!

She had sent some chocolate Euro coins, too! They're too cute to eat!
        
There was a nice teddy bear card..

On the other side of the card, four little dollhouse stickers - maybe photos from Brita's own dollhouses?

Lovely moomin stamps..

More Finnish stamps =)

Tuhannet kiitokset ihanasta ylläristä, Brita!!

28 March, 2004:
My dear fashion dolls have kept me busy lately, so not much 1:12 stuff to report, other than this upcoming ceiling lamp shade:

I cut it out of a plastic dessert container, and since I actually have two of these, I'm going to keep one as "clear glass", and paint one with multiple colours, to see if it would look a little bit like a Tiffany lamp shade.

And since I mentioned fashion dolls.. Check out the new clothes my Ken got recently: Ken's two new outfits, and the ladies who've noticed