Sunday, November 6, 2016

Flowers, Outdoors & In

So the flowerbeds weren't looking quite as weathered as the rest of the house.  I added some moss to the corners and then went after the wood with a craft knife and watered down black paint.

They're drying on the roof because that's the safest place for them. 



So a little bit more in keeping with the rest of the house.

Keli pointed out that the flowers I had on the dining table are a bit too big and she's right.  So I took those off and tried a birthday cake.  Which is cute but still doesn't look quite right.



Although now I am really hungry for cake.  I'm going to put that away.  The cake is from The Miniature Bizaar, one of his grab bags had it.  So cute!

But Keli and I talked about a smaller floral arrangement, like roses in a bowl.  Which led to more research on my part for miniature flower making and an attempt at a white rose.  The paper is coffee filter which I'm told is a good medium when you don't want to waste tissue or origami paper with your attempts.

If I like how this looks I'll paint some of the coffee filter red and see how that works out.



It's not great, and my paper wire is probably too thick but it's a first attempt.  The glue syringes and ball styluses are awesome though.  Can't imagine doing this without them.

So far the Building Inspector is leaving the little rose alone.  But twice this morning I caught Jack (the apprentice inspector) on the table, sticking his nose into the open dollhouse.  Curiosity is going to kill the cat, I swear.

Oh well, back to the flower making I go.

10 comments:

  1. Yes, your wire is too big, but since they're going in a bowl I wouldn't worry about it. I know you told me not too, but I'm going to send you some supplies anyway. So take that! Ha!

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    1. OMG... you don't have to. I've been practicing with the coffee filters since I'd never done this before.

      I swear, I've got a box to send you too. Which I hope you'll get a kick out of.

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    2. OMG...the wire comes in 12 inch lengths, 50 to 250 per package. I have plenty and my heirs aren't going to want it.

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  2. LOL are you sure? When your daughter decides to start miniaturing you might regret giving away your supplies.

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  3. The rose looks great. The wire could be thinner, but that's a minor point. Ball styluses are the bomb. I use them for everything, lol.

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    1. Yeah I'm excited to play with them some more and see if I can make some roses worth putting on the table. If not I have an alternative in mind. I just have to find it.

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  4. If you have some bread or produce twist ties you can try the roses with them. The petals look really good!

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    1. Thank you very much! My first from scratch flower. I'm hoping to play with them some more this week.

      Sadly, all twist ties have been banished from the house because the cats (mostly the boys) will chew on them to a dangerous point. Keli has decided to send me some thinner wire which is incredibly oool of her.

      As long as the wire is of sufficient length that it isn't fun to bat around the cats will leave it alone.

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  5. I LOVE miniature gardens and your planters are looking lush and lovely! Love the segue of pink grey and white, carried from the inside into the planters as well. Good Job!

    elizabeth

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    1. Oh thank you! I was really excited with how they turned out.

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