Greenleaf Dollhouse Miniature Spring Fling 2012

I started on my Spring Fling Dollhouse Kit a few weeks ago and so much has been going on, I still have not completed it. I did want to share this picture of it with you all. I am also building another one but it is not finished yet either.

I have a little more done to this one than it shows in this pictures. I have shingles on the cute house . I Love it!

 I love the size and the design of it. I  was so happy that it came with various roof options and different door designs. It makes it so easy to change it up from the basic kit. If you build multiple kits, you can have a different look because you can change the elevation of it by just adding a different upgrade kit to it.

If you still are on the fence about buying this years Spring Fling dollhouse kit, I say get off the fence and buy one today! You have plenty of time to enter the contest also! This year Greenleaf Dollhouses has extended the deadline for submission. 

To Purchase this kit and to see the official rules to enter this years contest, click here:

http://shop.greenleafdollhouses.com/Spring-Fling-2012.html

I'll add more pictures when I am able to work on this again. Thank you for stopping by to read my blog!!

Tracy

DollHouse Heart Arbor W/Flower Vine

I haven't blogged all this year but I have been busy making Dollhouse Minis! I made a cute Vignette scene this month. We have had a very mild winter considering I live in the midwest but, it's not warm enough for me to enjoy flowers yet so I had the urge to create a scene with summer flowers blooming.

I have this item (plus others) for sale on my etsy shop  I made a 1" scale Heart arbor scene that you can display on your table top or desk or anywhere you'd like to add a splash of color and enjoy your miniatures!

It's a full vine with over 40 blue and white flower blooms in the climbing vine that is covering this arbor. There is even a bird hiding in this vine. The bricks were all hand sculpted by me "free style" without use of molds. I then painted each and every brick to simulate the look of what you would see in real life. If you purchased this scene, I am sure you will be as happy with it as my many other customers are with their items. The size is of this 1" scale item is 11" W x 8 1/2" D x 9" H

You can purchase this treasure by clicking the link below:

Buy The Heart Arbor

Here is a picture of what this cute Arbor looks like:

Here are shots of me sculpting these bricks using hand made tools to create accurate sized bricks. No molds were used.

Thank You for stopping by to view my blog! I hope you are having a Fantastic 2012 so far! What are you building this year? Leave a comment to let me know!

Tracy

Minis On The Edge

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Completed Greenleaf Pierce Dollhouse Kit by Tracy Topps

This is the point when the Greenleaf Kit is transformed into a Unique Creation By Tracy Topps (Minisontheedge.com) . This house was named the Peacock Palace (Or Peacock Castle is what Lena Calls it) This is when all of my excitement spills over and explodes!!

I hope you Enjoy the finished project pictures! If you have questions or want one built by me, contact me at myminishop@yahoo.com .  There are ways to cut corners so that you will get a stunning house of your dreams within your budget that will look fantastic. My wish is that this house will become a house this family cherishes and hand down for generations to come.

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Tracy Topps

Building the Greenleaf Pierce Windows & Painting - Day 12

Well, I was so excited to think that maybe, just maybe I would not have to put together the widows that came with the kit. I had decided to upgrade to the wonderful windows that Greenleaf sells for this kit. This was my plan ALL along . I got them in last week and Ohhhhh Noooooo! They are too modern!! I don't know why they did not look modern to me from the picture on the site (Sheesh, I even blew up the picture so I could see the details . The timberbook windows are perfect if you are gonna do anything but a CASTLE theme and I highly recommend them because they will save you time and they are WORKING. Well, After slept on it (to give myself some good ideas) I decided it would be better for me to make my windows and use the diamond printed window inserts that I had made a little bit ago. They turned out wonderful! I am so excited about them too. The kit windows take some time to build because there are 5 pieces for each exterior window & 4 for the interior ones. They really, REALLY look good with this house though. It's amazing how the windows change the look of the house. I can totally see this house complete in my minds eye and I am so anxious to get it done.

At this point, I have used 5 packs of 16 oz paperclay. I added and applique to each side of the stairs and then one above where the circular trim piece fit in. I am not sure if I am going to keep it that color though. I started adding clay to the foundation and then decided to add the base. I don't know why but I am avoiding the start of the shingle process. I guess it is because I want to do square Butt Wood Shingles But then again, I like the Clay ones. Doing the foundation and base gave me more time to think about it.

Back wall turret & Shingles 
This is the back roof. I made the roof pointed to match the front one.

Now I paint!



Kitchen bay wall

Chimney breast

Front tower roof

entry door

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Tracy Topps

Building The Greenleaf Pierce Outside Clay Stone & Brick - Day 10 -11

The porch roof has been added and it was simple to glue together. I used Quick Grip glue because it has a firm and fast grip on the parts needing to be glued together. The Porch roofs were added before the clay was! I changed the roof to the tower and made it pointed. The clay is drying on this side of the house.

Henry finally started sculpting the stones in the clay. first he put timber up and stained them. Then he started adding the brick & stone look to the clay. We keep telling Henry to please be careful going up and down the ladder!!

I have used 4 packs of 16oz paperclay so far here! Henry had a problem putting in doors and decided to get more help! These are the windows for the dinning room door. Laura, since I know ya like peacocks, I thought I would add a couple here. (It was so cool to find out that me and Lena's mom have SOOOo Much in common, we both love peacocks, and have a lot in common as to style and even personality traits. This was a cool and such a fun project for me)!!

This is Chuck, he installed the porch lights

Henry Really loves his Crew of workers.  Chuck is the young construction worker and the guy with the construction hat on name is Steve. You met young Bobby earlier. Yeap, they are all related.

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Tracy Topps