Give away winner!

Time for a give away winner! I asked my little assistent to help me. When she heard there was something to win she was all up for it!



Pfff..choosing is difficult...lets throw them all on the floor, that always helps...



Guess this one is it...



O please, not another photo! Where's the prize? "ehhh Benz, you just picked the winner, it's Sylvia! She's getting the prize, it's a competition for grown-ups!" (she thinks she's human, so don't want to burst her bubble ;) )

She was really upset after that, so had to do some damage control:



Congratulations Sylvia! Can you mail me?

Thank you all for entering, it was fun!

groetjes Evelien

turning 100

Turning 100 and feeling amazing!










Today there are 100 followers on my blog and it's time for a party!

Thank you all for following my posts and telling me what you think about my miniatures, it's really fun to share it with you all!

To celebrate I'd like to give you a choice. You can ask me something to make for you or I can send you a workshop with all materials for this light:

So leave me a comment and tell me what you'd like before Thursday and I'll draw a winner on Thursday 10 AM!

Also welcome to the latest followers:

Maria at http://nukkekotilikat.blogspot.com/. If I see it correctly it's a blog about a dollhouseclub and it looks so fun to me!

Chimpourma at http://chimpourma.blogspot.com/. But also a lot of other blogs: beautiful drawings and paintings.

Glenda at http://peppercornminis.blogspot.com/. Her rugs have recently been published in DHMS, so cool! Love your miniatures.

Tippaliisa at http://tippaliisa.blogspot.com/. Beautiful miniature knitting and yummy food.

And my 100th follower: Ascension at http://ascension-misminiaturas.blogspot.com/. Really like your header and the fimo miniatures!

Welcome and if you like join right in on the give away!

groetjes Evelien

Patience

When people see my miniatures, the first thing they say is: How can someone be so patient!

Most times I laugh about it and say it doesn't take any effort....most times...

Last couple of days my patience was tested ;) The front door was almost finished and only thing left was the leaded light in the upper part. But how to get the effect of leaded glas without it looking fake?

I tried window paint, aquarel paint, hobby glue, wood glue, glue mixed with paint before and after applying and last printing on sheets. Pfff nothing seemed to be good and every time it failed I had to do the soldering part all over again. My boyfriend came to see after experiment 3 and I told him it didn't work again. Guess what he said? "it looks a bit childish" haha you can see why he had to run after that ;)

Today I'm kind of satisfied with the result. It's not as transparent as I would like, but for now it's ok.

The colours don't show well on camera, but they are there believe me! ;)

The first floor is dust free now!

I also see on blogger that I've reached 99 followers today.
Would you like me to do a give-away at 100?

And what would you like me to give?

Have a nice evening!

groetjes Evelien

Welcome

Hi new followers! Nice to be able to welcome you here:

Daisy at http://antiquedaisy.blogspot.com/. I enjoy your diversity and adore your Westville house!

Karin F. at http://orrlakemusings.blogspot.com/ and http://minitutesfromorrlake.blogspot.com/. Your miniatures are beautiful and it's so nice that you share all the links at your other blog!

Lisa at http://www.lisajohnsonrichards.com/blog/

A true doll artist specialised in so many time periods!

Nina at http://minimumm.blogspot.com/

If I saw it correctly you're fairly new at blogging, but what a lovely beachhouse!

Dale at http://dalesdreams.blogspot.com/. Your miniatures are dreams all right! Painting, upholstering...is there anything you don't do? ;) (maybe good for you to know, but your blog doesn't show in your profile. Guess it's a bloggerdefault?)

Lotte at http://lottasatomaa.wordpress.com/. Mostly the most amazing shoes, but also a very beautiful dollhouse!

Netty de Roos, Karin and Irene also welcome! I couldn't find your blogs, but maybe you do have one. Please let me know.

A question at the end of this post: does anybody know how it's possible that I start following a site with Blogger and when I return later, I'm not in the follower list anymore. I don't think people are deleting me :) but is there anyone else with this 'problem'?

Have a nice evening!

groetjes Evelien

50!

This is my 50th blogpost! Time flies when you're having fun! Thank you for sticking with me and making it fun to blog!

Today I want to show you the progress on the opening side of the house.
The 2 windows are done and now only the door has to be finished. I made it from scratch using the photo I have of the original house.
















It will be a door that opens in 2 parts. This is often used in farms so the chicken couldn't get indoors, but the air could get in to refresh the house. Just have to think out how to attach the door the right way...














I soldered the "lead" in the upper door and now I only have to paint the window and stain the door in the right color.

groetjes Evelien

Awards

As I posted before I received 2 awards and I'm very happy!

The first was the Sunshine award from Michelle at http://michelle-minithings.blogspot.com/

The Sunshine Award Rules...

1. Post the award on my own blog.
2. In a blog post, name six blogs that I enjoy.
3. Let your six named bloggers know that you are passing the award on to them.

I enjoy lots of blogs and always think it's difficult to choose, but I also know how fun it is to receive an award so I'm gonna name some blogs:

Deni at http://denisdollhousemania.blogspot.com/
Brae at http://www.otterine.com/blog/blog1.php

Daisy at http://antiquedaisy.blogspot.com/

Karin at http://minitutesfromorrlake.blogspot.com/

Synnøve at http://synnovesetdukkehjem.blogspot.com/

Lena at http://miniatyrmama.blogspot.com/

Thank you for brighten up my days with your blog!

The Kreativ Blogger award I received from Maria at http://diaryofaminiaturist.blogspot.com/. Thank you :)

The rules for the award are:

1.Thank the person that gave it to you.
2.Copy the logo and place it in your blog.
3.Link to the person who nominate you.
4.Name 7 things about yourself that nobody knows.
5.Nominate 7 kreativ bloggers.
6.Post link to the 7 blogs that you nominate.
7.Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know that you nominate them.










The things nobody knows about me......mmmhh...



1. I would love to live on a farm with my boyfriend and lots of animals
2. I'm constantly fighting my "inner critic", boy I can be a pain....;)
3. We own 2 birds and a dog in the house, a lot of birds in the garden and a couple of sheep in a grass-land of friends. If we had more land...(see 1 ;) )
4. I've got fibromyalgia that makes my energie and painlevel vary. Not very useful when you've got loads and loads of ideas in your head!
5. I really love to see other peoples abilities and creations. (you may know that..lol...I wouldn't be visiting your blogs else)
6. I like to study a lot. Information...just give me more!
7. I'm going to be married next year!!



The 7 people I would like to give this award to are:

Annemieke at http://hermelien.punt.nl/ (it's a dutch site)

Debora at http://petitpunt.blogspot.com/

Jody at http://peachblossomhill.blogspot.com/

Carol at http://weecutetreasures.blogspot.com/

Ingrid at http://mijndroomwereldje.blogspot.com/

Meli at http://casitasdemeli.blogspot.com/

Helene at http://pubdolls.blogspot.com/

I hope this award will pass on to all the other blogs I love!



groetjes Evelien

I've been working on my house and it doesn't show much because it's all construction.

Like the windows on the sides and the front door I started on. This is how it looks like now:

The side opens up in the middle and a big part of the roof will be hinged too, so there will be good access. There will be 2 dormers on both sides too.

But between sawing, sanding and painting I really like to do something different, so here are some other creations:

A little embroidery kit from Atelier de Ooievaar I've bought at a fair and changed a little.

And I'm trying to weave a little blanket or rug, but it's difficult! I'll keep trying...:)


Last but nog least I've been rewarded by Maria with the Kreativ Blogger award and by Michelle with the Sunshine award. Thank you so much ladies!! Tomorrow I'll post about it and pass these compliments to other bloggers.

groetjes and see you!

Evelien