Tag: Crafty (& Handy)

  • A Little More Dollhouse Progress

    A Little More Dollhouse Progress

    I’ve been painting the exterior of the dollhouse off and on, and I’ve finally finished. I asked Eleanor what color she wanted and I’m pretty sure she named every color but orange, so in the end we went with green.

    Making it Lovely's Dollhouse

    It still isn’t finished though. There’s a front porch that I left off, and now I’m wondering if I should add it. I think there are shutters in the box with the porch too. This is an example of what the house could look like.

    Melissa and Doug Walton Dollhouse, Painted Exterior

    The window boxes and shingles are extras that didn’t come with the kit, but I’d like to add something like them to ours too. Do you think the front porch is a good addition though? It makes the whole thing a little more breakable (I’m thinking of August here), but maybe it’s more fun to play with a house that has a little overhang.

  • eBay + Syroco

    eBay + Syroco

    OK, I must stop bidding on Syroco items now. I had never even heard of “Syroco” until about 2 weeks ago, but apparently Syroco = awesome (but potentially very tacky).

    My first treasure:
    syroco flowers

    That paint just had to go. Glossy orange spray paint to the rescue! It looks so much better in a solid color – much more modern.

    Er, in full disclosure… I had a bit of a mishap with the painting. Eager to get started, I decided to lay out a tarp on my front porch last night and get to work. Wind carries, lesson learned. The porch needs to be repainted, but we weren’t planning on doing so right away. Now we have an orangish porch with a big rectangle outline where the tarp was. Oops!

    My second treasure (just won, hours ago):

    $10 for all four! I kind of like the bronzy color of them, so I don’t know if I’ll repaint. I need to see them in person to decide. I’m quite fond of them. My husband? Not so much.

    Also, I have these en route from day-lab:

    I don’t think they’re by Syroco, but they’re similar, no? I must be stopped! No more carved wall hangings!

    … but first I want this, this, or one of these. Mobiles don’t count, right?

  • Butterflies for Sale!

    Butterflies for Sale!

    Haha. So, guess what? I changed my mind about the shadowbox butterflies, and they are now up for sale.

    I still think they’re super cute, but they’re just not right for me. Hopefully someone (or many someones… there will be seven of these!) can give them a good home. I think they’d even make a great Mother’s Day gift. I’m going to try to make the rest of them (5 more) this weekend if I can find a little time.

    Butterflies for Sale!

    If you’re interested, you can check them out at my shop (Pink Loves Brown).

  • Butterflies?

    Butterflies?

    I framed a couple of my faux butterflies today.

    faux butterfly display 1

    I think they’re cute, but I’m still not sure if I’m going to hang them. I guess I’m just not a butterfly person (and I have 8 of them)! I may just sell them in my shop if I don’t use them.