Christmas in the dollhouse

I had forgot to get these photos of Annabelle and Marie Terese in their dollhouse. I had found the lights at Michael's , and they were the perfect size for the tree. I have had difficulty finding the perfect size lights for this tree, especially since I wanted it to be a Victorian type of tree for these dolls. 

The little Santa in the sleigh on the hearth is very old, as are the Christmas trees on the table. The little Santa mugs on the table are actually mini Hallmark ornaments. 

I made the garland for the mantel originally for my Bespaq fireplace, and it looks wonderful on the Jim Coates fireplace mantel. 

This room is extremely small so there was only room for the tree, one chair, a table and the tree and the dolls and presents. I am really pleased how it turned out. 

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Merry Christmas from my dolls to yours!

A larger scale....

So I completed one project that I have had on my bucket list for a long long time ...creating a turkey for my Patti Playpal clone doll. This doll is 35 inches high, so she is much larger than what I would call 1:3 scale doll scale. This is getting into mannequin doll/ real life food art at this point. 

I had to use full size plates and appetizer bowls / plates and platters for the food scene/ setup. The fork, spoons, and knife were Melissa  & Doug set from A.C. Moore that I purchased a while back with a coupon, which I am really glad I did- I just found out they are going out of business. I am sure you can purchase this set on Amazon or eBay. 

Now onto the pictures. 

I used three tubs of Model Magic air dry clay to make the turkey. The little platter was from the dollar tree long ago- I used to throw my keys on it and it struck me that this would be a perfect platter for the turkey on. 

I also made the mashed potatoes with Model Magic clay as well. 
The sliced turkey was made with it, and shaded with chalks, and paint just like the full size bird. It took a couple of days to dry, between shading with chalks and paints, then sealing with Modge Podge. The gravy on the mashed potatoes and turkey is t-shirt puffy paint. 

The peas and carrots , peppermint candy canes, and gingerbread men were all made with polymer clay. The small bowls are from Pier 1 imports and are the perfect size for the serving bowls of side dishes, they are little sample bowls . You can also find them just about anywhere- Target, Walmart, etc. that sells dishes. The little glass is a juice glass. I was hard pressed to find dishes and items in this doll size. 

I am going to be adding some pastries and other items to this dinner, so stay tuned, and Merry Christmas!

Vintage Cissy decorates the tree..

Though I know this is the 1;6 scale dollhouse, I could not resist some pics of the big girls enjoying decorating the Christmas tree...

Here is my vintage Madame Alexander Cissy decorating the tree.

I made the cookies and the gingerbread stick. 

Antique bed project...

St. Nicholas' day came and went- yesterday! And so did Hubby's birthday. The month of December has already started and I am already behind. 

Here is a festive cake- that was my husband's birthday cake- to start off this blog post with...

I worked on an antique bed that I purchased for my Huret doll that I am planning for. I have the Huret doll 'head' but I have not yet purchased her 
Huret Dollspart body which I have been trying to save up for.  As well as her 

special Huret Wig . I was able to get my head from Tarheel creations, Sylvia Butler, and I have been keeping her in a safe place. 

But onto my antique bed. I had thought a long time ago about using the Cecile American Girl doll bed, or possibly the new Samantha doll bed. But I came across this antique doll bed at a ridiculous price on Ebay a couple of years ago. It was shipped, dis-assembled since it seemed to just screw together and was missing the bed slats. 

I have staged Annabelle and Marie Terese with the bed, but as you can see, they are far too small for it. I had this striped ticking cloth tucked away in my stash which I was convinced was somewhere in my stash in my home and come to find out, it was in my fabric container in my storage unit! I made the mattress out of two thicknesses of foam insulation glued together to fit the bed. The pillows are also made of the striped cloth ticking. I am planning on using antique embroidered handkerchiefs for the pillow shams to look as though the pillow cases are embroidered. 

I want to make sheets and and a quilt for this bed while I am working on getting my girl her body. I would like to do a tradional crazy quilt for this bed as Ithink it would be more historically accurate for this bed. And more complete for a Huret doll. The beauty of sewing for the Huret doll is how complete their trousseaux and accessories were. Ever since I was a child and saw these dolls in the Encyclopedia of Doll clothing, I have wanted one of these dolls- and this is a grail doll for me. 

I hope to have some more Christmas scenes for you soon. Enjoy!