Interesting links and video- doll and train related

I have been working on some doll hats! I will have pics of those up after today, but I wanted to share some links here for today. 

First up is an incredible video my husband ran across. He belongs to several European and American train collector boards on Google and facebook. No, he doesn't collect trains (we don't have the space) but he loves them and so do I. We have always toyed with the idea of building a garden railroad for the dolls and action figures but because of cats and others who let their dogs wander, we scrapped the idea. 

He stumbled across this incredible ridable train for sale! with the property in Oregan that was advertised on facebook and google. I can only surmise it is 1:6 judging by the size of the train- the gentleman is riding on it but that would make it sized to fit GI Joe and our ladies too. I have seen pics of one like this at shows like Joelanta.

There is music with it, that makes it better, I have watched it so many times. It is on my facebook page too. I tell you, if this was in my back yard, and I had my own mini train station, I would never leave it, much less sell it. I would have my food delivered by Amazon, lol. Especially if I could afford to have this! lol. 

The second video goes in depth with more photos explaining about the interior of the estate and who owns it and built it and why. The owner is a master builder of trains and works for the publishing company of modeling railroad magazine of what I can gather, but he has had people from all over the world visit the estate. In the above second video you can see people riding the train.  His wife created all the foliage in the indoor train set which is O scale I believe. The estate comes with a machine shop (which would make my husband salivate right now) where he builds the trains. 

Me. I would just happily commission him to make passenger cars for my Fashion Royalty dolls before buying it and become the private reclusive doll hoarder I have always wanted to be, LOL..sort of like Hugeuette Clark. Only with this estate, you would have everything you would need. Privacy, transportation for the dolls, lots of trees, your own private railroad to get you to the doll room. It is nice to dream fantastical dreams. LOL...I thought all of my doll friends would enjoy these videos and the possibilities. 

I also have some new Pinterest boards, that might interest you.

My newest one is my most interesting one, I think. Entitled

Children and their Dolls

It is all about historic and modern pics of children and their dolls or toys. Woefully, I have found few, if any pics of modern children and their dolls to add to this board. I might make a seperate board of 1970 and up to see if I can find children and their toys. I know I would find kids my age and up but I have found few pics of children from now 'playing' with toys or dolls. It is a sad commentary I think of how technology has taken over and imagination has lost.

Evangeline Ghastly & Friends

Ellowyne & Friends

A Girl For All Time Dolls

Antique Toys

Famous Doll Collectors

Hot Toys Action Figures

Sybarite Dolls

Tonner Dolls- Deja-Vu

PoppyParker

I have many other Pinterest boards relating to dolls and miniatures, dollhouses, and 1:6 dioramas, as told in another blog entry-

Who Loves Pinterest? from May 8th of this year, and that lists ALL of my 1:6 scale diorama Pinterest boards if you have not already found them by subject, living room, dining room, bathroom, bedroom & closet, garage, great outdoors, stage and theatre, boutique & shopping, etc. I constantly find great pics on the dolly boards, flicker, my own pics, etc. and do not mind if you pin from my boards, that is what Pinterest is all about- Sharing. I do not block people if they share- only if they claim my work is theirs. I've only had to block ONE person on Pinterest who persisted in doing this and that was a big name miniature company, of all things. ?? lol. 

Anyway, Happy Sunday and have a Happy idle day of Pinning. I will be taking pics of my miniature hats and getting those pictures up and and a blog post to follow!~Lisa

Who Loves Pinterest?

Who doesn't love Pinterest? lol...

It is a time eater and I adore it. It is my digital wish list, my high -tech sears and roebuck catalog of items I want ever so much and all the projects I never get around to building or creating. Today I realized or have realized, that my 
1:6 scale dioramas  Pinterest board had over 1,070+ pins of varying genres on it that made no sense or rhyme or reason. Some had been pinned two or three times. Today I decided to make some sense out of this board and break it down into different 1:6 scale boards according to different memes or themes.

Here are the links, and some are still works in progress as I organize.

1:6 scale laundrymat

1:6 scale hospital/doctor

1:6 scale children's rooms

1:6 scale cafes/restuarants

1:6 scale the great outdoors

1:6 scale patios/entrance halls

1:6 scale stage/theatre/bands

1:6 scale Victorian/Wild West

1:6 scale bathrooms/spas

1:6 scale garages, cars bikes

1:6 scale dollhouses

1:6 scale bedrooms/closets

1:6 scale living rooms/parlors

1:6 scale shops/boutiques

1:6 scale kitchens/dining rooms

1:6 scale office dioramas


Right now that is the line up- I have a few more of my own personal ooak creations in 1:6 but these are the main 1:6 diorama boards for your reference. I will probably add more since there are war dioramas, and playground dioramas, and even craft room dioramas that do not fit in with office rooms. I was thinking of adding an explorer section too, for dolls that like to travel/explore. Some pics don't fit into these genres that I have.  

I know this seems a little anal, on the digital organizing, but lately I haven't been able to find some of the pics Iknow I had pinned, and it had bothered me, so I wanted to make the boards more user friendly. This way you can find the pins by theme, instead of having to hunt through hundreds of pins which might take over an hour if your computer scrolls slowly, like mine sometimes does. 
Enjoy!~Lisa

More Chateau project diorama spam...

More Chateau project picture spam....this time, you may notice the diorama looks a little different. The floor is a 24 w x 36 inch long piece of cardboard, with the Home Depot wood tile squares stuck to it- they have the peel and stick backs. This makes the floor more in period to look like parquet flooring so popular at the Petite Trianon and in the private appartments of Versailles. The doors open a little smoother on this floor too. 
Though yesterday was the Superbowl and I thought of staging a superbowl party for my boys, I could not get it together enough figuring out clothing and props, so that may be for another picture time. If you are on Pinterest please be sure to follow my board on this ongoing project! I also have other boards- almost over 60, with the most interesting 1:6 scale dioramas and dollhouses I can find. I love Pinterest, I secretely call it my electronic hoarding for ideas and inspiration. 
Thank you!