A Christmas Pixie House

I had hinted on my last blog post that I found a dollhouse for $5 at an estate sale.

No.  I certainly don't need any more mini houses.

But, Josie and I needed a craft project and at $5 I couldn't leave it behind! 

It needed to be rescued.

It needed to be loved.

And I have several pixies that needed a cute Christmas dwelling.

It was a fun project and nearly all the materials, were items I already had in my never-ending supply of estate sale miniatures.

Merry "mini" Christmas!
   

Tiny things...my Halloween dollhouse

As you know, once mid-September hits, Halloween takes center stage.

It's definitely come on with speed and determination this year.

With the gift of a pie safe this summer, I now have another spot for displaying my precious Halloween treasures.   

As you can see, I decided to unpack my Halloween dollhouse this year.

 Having it on top of the pie safe, keeps it out of the way of  furry paws.

 I've had people ask, just how many dollhouses do you own?

This Halloween-themed one makes number 9.

I hope you find some time to play this weekend!  

XOXO
   

Just in case you're out shopping...

It's going to take a few more days to put away all the Halloween decorations and I won't be "officially" decorating for Christmas until after Thanksgiving,  but I needed to share something that I recently picked up at Target.

Target is carrying bottle brush trees with battery operated LED lights.

You can find them in the Christmas lights area of the store.

I just added a few more miniature bulbs and some tinsel trim. 

Having operating lights seems even more magical in the dollhouse.

I may not be excited about packing up all my Halloween chaos, but I'm officially ready to start playing with Christmas crafting supplies! 

 XOXO
 

Tiny tweaks...exterior lighting for the haunted dollhouse

With my 40% off coupon, I purchased these miniature pumpkin lights from Michaels and attached them to the roofline of my haunted dollhouse.

 Don't they add a nice glow?

When we're not at Emma's Marching Band obligations this Saturday, I have plans to finish up the exterior and interior of the house.

Hard to believe this is what the house originally looked like.  Halloween hugs!
 

Playing with my little kitchen...

It all started with these plastic dollhouse kitchen pieces.

As well as, an empty cigar box, Mary Engelbreit paper and a handful of miniature goodies.

Before I knew it, a miniature kitchen was created.

 I'm blaming Meri (Imagimeri's Creations) for my shadow box addiction.  

XOXO

♥

 

My sister's log cabin...

 I've shared my miniature cabin collection on several different posts and this particular cabin is one of my sister's favorites.  

I picked it up several years ago at the Allegan antique market and it's decorated seasonally.  This is how the cabin looks for Christmas.  The wooden Santa was purchased in Moscow when Chris traveled several years ago to play hockey.

Every time she visits, my sister tells me that this cabin is going home with her. As a surprise, my husband put his carpentry skills to work and built my sister her very own log cabin for Christmas. The cabin logs were cut to a 1x1s and wood shims make-up the roof.

When it got too cold to finish it in the garage, the cabin came indoors to the kitchen.

The cabin prior to staining.

The cabin getting a couple of coats of stain.

Look how darling it turned out.

A mini wreath and Santa are now decorating the cabin.  And yes.  My sister loved it.  My mother is hinting that she might need one for Mother's Day.   Get ready, Chris!