It is silly o'clock and I am just about packed up and ready to go to Vicky Stampers where I have a HUGE workshop. Twenty Six people were signed up but two have cancelled due to ill health - but even that is a big one and in the size of the room. Eek!
This is what they are making - some from scratch - and some who collected their little houses last month have been busy prepping them. Anyhow mine is a sewing theme and I think the majority are going along with that but I do know some of the peeps have got other themes in mind.
Anyway, here are pictures of mine:
This is the little house all completed but the last little compartment needs something else in - it was fine in the beginning and then when I got around to sticking in I obviously got overly zealous with some of the compartments - this was left quite bare.
Lace or no lace? That was the question, I stuck it on with red liner tape so that I can peel it off if I decide I don't want it - thought of it as "shelf liner" which you see in some houses. I remember my mum doing that on the shelves when I was a child. Inside there is a notice which says "Granny's Attic", a lavender bag (thanks Jo), some collar studs from Chas' dad, some film reel and a clip holding it together, a tiny rose and a belt and buckle made from Grungepaper and a needle and cotton.
I made a little chest from a piece of card, used my Distress inks on it and added some bits of fabric and lace. The press studs behind were a real find at Paddy's just before she closed the shop.
This is a dress form that Paul (love you) bought me from The Sue Ryder shop - it has been tucked away for months and now I know why. Stood next to it is an old Air Force button that belonged to Chas' dad. The table is made from a cotton reel with one of those battery night light things on forming the top. I then put some acetate around the "flame" to resemble a table lamp. Probably needs working on. At the back is a piece of embossed metal and on it sits another piece with a mirror tile to resemble a - mirror!
These are two of the three compartments at the bottom, A needle threader aged with some paint a tiny reel covered in cotton with some teeny weeny press studs on top and a coat hanger (Timmy of course). Two tiny reels, two tiny safety pins and a button resembling a sewing machine finish it all off. Oh and a scaled down photo of a press stud card.
Next door there is a miniature packet of Bondaweb, a pin cushion with an embossed metal tape around it and a collection of press studs and hooks and eyes.
Thought better of it and decided to show you the quite empty end compartment - had to use one of those dolls!
Hope you have enjoyed seeing my Little House - now off to get 24 people making theirs. Fingers crossed I have enough packs of stuff for them and hopefully some photos - time permitting!
The idea for this was taken from a workshop at Paddy's Stamping Place by Kay Halliwell-Sutton. I did not attend but fell in love with the pieces when they were on display. Credit where Credit is Due!
