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Swap Pt. 1 – What I Sent

February 13, 2010 at 12:56 pm by Claudia


I took part in this fun swap recently and tomorrow I will post photos of what I received from my swap partner, Meri. Meri’s blog is ImagiMeri’s Creations. I loved the opportunity to get to know her through this swap and had so much fun searching for vintage Valentine treasures. I even made some things! Here is what I sent Meri:


Using one of those valentine boxes from Michael’s, I did my best to make it pretty. When it is opened, there are silk rose petals.


There is so much creativity out there in the blogiverse that it pushes me (in the best possible way) to try new things. Decorating boxes is new to me – and challenging. I have much to learn.


Some more goodies: a porcelain heart, two heart-shaped cookie cutters, some hearts from Martha Stewart and the kind of hearts you can eat.


A neat candy box, some vintage valentines, a heart rubber stamp, and 4 fabulous vintage paper plates I found in a local antique store (I grabbed them all.)


Some doilies, some vintage stickers, and another creation! I got the idea for the flower heart frame from Jessica at Such Pretty Things. She bought a little frame from Target and hot glued all the millinery flowers on it. I fell in love with the idea so I went for it. Of course the glue gun I bought was so cheap it didn’t work, so I ended up doing it all from a glue tube I had. Very messy but I loved the result.

Sorry for the blurriness on the right side of the frame – don’t know what happened there. I should have said it was a special effect that I purposely went for.


I also included two of the little hearts I make.


I included a few vintage linens – I know Meri loves vintage fabrics – and packed most of it in this red tin.

Tomorrow I will post my treasures from Meri.

Filed Under: vintage valentine swap 17 Comments

Surrounded by White

February 11, 2010 at 9:18 pm by Claudia


We dodged a bullet here at MHC. We only got a few inches of snow. It was windy and cold but no crazy amount of snow, thank goodness!

Between the snow and priming the dollhouse, I have been in a sea of white. I finished priming the outside and am now starting on the inside. It’s not all that exciting but I listen to NPR as I paint and paint. The unfinished wood really soaks up the primer. You can see light coming through some of the seams – the previous owners didn’t do such a great job of putting it together. I will hide that with molding…but that won’t happen for a while.

See the chair on the right in the photo below?


It was very, very inexpensive. I thought I would play around with it a bit. It’s a work in progress. I’m not sure what I will do next.


It is in the process of being shabbified, of course. I like it like this but am considering a pale aqua wash over the white. What do you think? Am I headed toward the French/Nordic look in the dollhouse? Is that what is happening? There is so much gorgeous design out there in blogland that I am exposed to on a daily basis, who knows what might come out of my subconscious?

As far as the outside goes, I may go with a creamy white. Yes, I know it isn’t the cute original blue color, but painting an already assembled dollhouse isn’t easy. If I was building this from scratch, I would be painting as I go and that would be much easier. Maybe it will be white with a neat trim color. Oh, my mind is just buzzing with ideas!

I want to mention a little gift I received from my friend Carol. Carol has a booth in Heidi’s shop and she gave me a little bag of miniatures. They are so tiny that I couldn’t get a good photo of them. I know Carol reads this blog and I wanted to say thank you, Carol! You are so sweet and I appreciate your present very much.

Filed Under: dollhouse, snow 26 Comments

Little Buttons

February 10, 2010 at 12:11 pm by Claudia

As I drove back from Providence on Sunday, I managed a quick stop at one of my favorite antique malls. Unfortunately, it is now a former favorite. It used to have so many wonderful booths, but has been very disappointing the last couple of visits. Most of the booths just have a lot of junk (and not the good kind) and look like someone just dumped stuff in the middle of the floor. It seems like no one cares or bothers to keep them fresh. Maybe the economy has taken its toll?

I did find one little treasure – antique aqua buttons on a beautiful card with amazing graphics:


Aren’t the graphics lovely? The button card has snagged a coveted spot on my reimagined bulletin board:


We’re having a big old snowstorm today. Right now, we are in a lull – the afternoon promises high winds and blizzard-like conditions.


Scout is on snow patrol.

Filed Under: Scout, snow, vintage 29 Comments

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