Haunted Dollhouse: Bathroom & B-Day Gift Update

I was reminded by my good friend that I haven't posted in a long time.  "Every time I look all I see is the same Italian bread post," she commented.  I know I haven't been on for awhile, other things have had my attention.  I made sure to make time today to work on another room, the bathroom.  My friend offered some ideas for this room that I would like to incorporate.  So far I have the walls done and a clawfooted tub.  Blue, to me, is the color for a bathroom.  Not sure what to do with the floor, maybe grungy tile...?  I need to think of how to do that.  Vintage Tub & Bath has some great images of tubs, vanities, and other household furniture items.  Do you think the tub is too big in comparison to the witch?  I think it might be slighly to big but not sure...

Also, this is the completed b-day gift I posted about earlier here.  It is a bottle of dragon's breath.  My friend loves dragons and also loves the color cobalt blue.  I got this gift idea from A Fanciful Twist.  The idea is to place living flowers and greenery in a jar and seal it.  Moisture, or "breath" is produced.  Most of the weeds are dried up/dead in the Chicago area so I couldn't produce my own moisture so I added a little water, but it was either absorbed or evaporated.  In the bottle I inserted dried weeds and flowers, different types of glitter and stretched out cotton balls to resemble smoke.   I placed a wine cork in the mouth of the bottle and spooned wax from a melted candle over it to produce the look of a sealed bottle.  The label I found on Graphic Fairy, and I glttered wooden stars that I had leftover from another project.  My friend likes her gift very much and added it to her spice shelf.  I can't think of a more suitable place!

One of the other gifts I included was a candle.  I got the idea from The Polka Dot Closet.  There is a great project on how to add an image to a candle.  I didn't have a rubber stamp of a dragon, instead I printed an image onto tissue paper.  You just need to tape tissue paper to a piece of paper so it will feed through your printer.

Sometimes homemade gifts can make the best gifts!

~D

Haunted House: Dining Room Chairs

Finally I finished two chairs!  They have been a challenge and I walked away from the project for awhile.  I've been busy with other projects and cards.  I talked myself into finishing the chairs today and hope to start another dollhouse project this week.

I've had trouble with the chair legs.  They won't stand straight and when I try to brush the glue webs away, they fell apart.  <Grrr...!>  I completed two chairs and decided to call this project finished! 
What dollhouse project should I start next?  Hmmm...  Muse, muse!  My dearest Muse....

Haunted Dollhouse: New Table

I decided to make a new table,  The old one seemed too short.  I stained the pieces with oak Gel Stain by Americana.  It is easy to use, brush on & wipe off.  Glued everything with hot glue.  Just dipped the pieces in the puddle of glue dripping from the gun. 

I had sustained my first dollhouse injury!  I was pressing too hard on my craft knife when the blade broke and embedded itself a little bit in my finger.  All along I was betting my first injury would involve the glue gun!  Anyway, I persevered :) with disinfectiant and a bandage and completed the table. I like the new table very much.

Back to the chairs!