tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post8942666466458871742..comments2024-02-23T06:09:00.693-06:00Comments on Shenandoah & Stuff: The Last Of the ListSheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-11625241243935864732018-12-14T19:27:26.571-06:002018-12-14T19:27:26.571-06:00LOL Thanks Kristine, I've done that... signed ...LOL Thanks Kristine, I've done that... signed myself out instead of commenting. I'm excited to get the pictures taken so you can all see the detail clearly.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-79014377094414568672018-12-14T19:22:39.994-06:002018-12-14T19:22:39.994-06:00Those chimney stacks!!! Ah! What a whimsical idea!...<br />Those chimney stacks!!! Ah! What a whimsical idea! I love it, fits so great with your story and theme. So many great final details have all come together - the garden, the extra weeds, extra critters! I can't wait to see the cottage against a plain backdrop and really take it all in. I can't see at all where it opens. Everything is seamless. You've just gone above and beyond with this project! Congrats Sheila!<br /><br />(and opps! I got too publish hasty and had to delete the above comment... haha oh geez)Kristine PaperDollMiniatureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348940337267272223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-22210526422920208992018-12-14T19:20:11.859-06:002018-12-14T19:20:11.859-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Kristine PaperDollMiniatureshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348940337267272223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-786857723523001212018-12-13T06:08:42.987-06:002018-12-13T06:08:42.987-06:00Thank you Janine! I'm glad you've enjoyed...Thank you Janine! I'm glad you've enjoyed it. Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-11052821060175213252018-12-12T23:30:19.685-06:002018-12-12T23:30:19.685-06:00
Dear Sheila, It has been a treat to visit and fol...<br />Dear Sheila, It has been a treat to visit and follow along with your work. It looks fabulous - full of fabulous ideas perfectly executed. <br />All the best for the competition but a winner regardless, <br />Janineminwkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08487584020742239991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-38989064874527681622018-12-11T20:23:07.099-06:002018-12-11T20:23:07.099-06:00Thank you Betsy! I'm so glad you like it. Wi...Thank you Betsy! I'm so glad you like it. With as gorgeous as your castle is, you liking the WQ's cottage is really a compliment.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-64394814110681378672018-12-11T20:09:42.894-06:002018-12-11T20:09:42.894-06:00Oh WOW!!! I Love the way your front garden with th...Oh WOW!!! I Love the way your front garden with the tree looks!!! The mushrooms underneath it look awesome! And the chimney pots with the dragon look wonderfully fantastical... just the way a Witch's chimney should be! I remember seeing your inspiration picture on the internet a long time ago.... your version is very well done! The rush mats are great and do warm up and soften the bedroom floor... the pigeons look right at home on their dovecote.... and even RL gates cease to open after a year or two from the ground heaving! LOL! I am SO impressed with how fast you work!!! No, I can't tell from the pictures where the wall opens... and I've been watching this build all along!! I will say it again... I Love everything about this project!!! I agree with the others... whatever the contest results... this project is a Winner!!!Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-14080893673187726042018-12-11T07:23:27.435-06:002018-12-11T07:23:27.435-06:00thank you Megan! I'm really excited to be don...thank you Megan! I'm really excited to be done. I've got a few little touches but that's all and once they're done I'm good to go. Cleaning to do tonight so I can start picture taking too.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-77277246665798502392018-12-11T07:10:52.286-06:002018-12-11T07:10:52.286-06:00Oops, that's me, Megan. I must be signed out ...Oops, that's me, Megan. I must be signed out of my Google account ;)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602122689113699089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-59616160771287849502018-12-11T07:09:57.287-06:002018-12-11T07:09:57.287-06:00I haven't checked in with you for a while, She...I haven't checked in with you for a while, Sheila, but I've been following along. I'm just amazed at how well this is all coming together. From your vision earlier this year to a near complete house, and everything just as it should be. Eagerly waiting for the final details!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602122689113699089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-61016496846723005102018-12-11T06:21:56.989-06:002018-12-11T06:21:56.989-06:00Thanks Keli! Those dragons were what I'd want...Thanks Keli! Those dragons were what I'd wanted from early on and it took me a bit to make them work. I'm glad you like them.<br /><br />I don't know if the sausages will arrive in time or not. I ordered them back on Oct 10. Supposedly they should arrive this week but at this point I'm not holding my breath.<br /><br />Tonight I need to clean up my work area, won't that be fun! Then I can get set up for photos.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-36187650160055257992018-12-11T06:19:48.643-06:002018-12-11T06:19:48.643-06:00Thanks Anna! I really wanted those dragons and it...Thanks Anna! I really wanted those dragons and it took a couple of tries to make them work but I'm glad I persevered. I didn't make the mushrooms, I'm not that good with clay yet, but I'm certain they are very useful to CA.<br /><br />Thank you again for the cloak, I love how it looks on the wall and the pillow is perfect. Bathsheba is going to love it.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-69427556370231572892018-12-11T04:35:33.597-06:002018-12-11T04:35:33.597-06:00I did not remember the inspiration photo, the drag...I did not remember the inspiration photo, the dragons are fantastic! Love the mushrooms and the apples too. Good luck with the photos this week, I hope the sausages arrive in time. iseeceruleanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05832050471210490044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-57147038321589105222018-12-11T02:30:03.883-06:002018-12-11T02:30:03.883-06:00Oh Sheila, I am lost for words - which is ok I gue...Oh Sheila, I am lost for words - which is ok I guess as what I am thinking is pretty much summed up in all the comments above :)<br />The minute I saw the first photo of the dragons playing hide'n seek around the chimney stacks I knew I was in for a treat this week! Oh, and those mushrooms under the tree (did you make them too??) I am sure CA has multiple uses for them in her secret recipes LOL<br />Best of luck with the photos... whatever happens from here, I think you are winner. I still cannot get my head around how you envisaged this fabulous cottage from that rather basic kit - This has been one amazing build to follow and I have enjoyed every minute of it.<br />AnnaAnna https://www.blogger.com/profile/02942756202056729563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-6210427195753633792018-12-10T21:04:13.457-06:002018-12-10T21:04:13.457-06:00I actually got some plastic ones cheap from Amazon...I actually got some plastic ones cheap from Amazon and primed them with gesso before I painted them and aged them with the pots.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-85830840054474561412018-12-10T21:03:44.255-06:002018-12-10T21:03:44.255-06:00Thank you Penelope. I was really worried it would...Thank you Penelope. I was really worried it wouldn't look realistic but everyone seems to like it.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-56358574483484465322018-12-10T21:02:31.762-06:002018-12-10T21:02:31.762-06:00What did you use for the dragons? What did you use for the dragons? Kathy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11104949532827464322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-44346220221444657382018-12-10T21:01:42.451-06:002018-12-10T21:01:42.451-06:00This looks so AMAZING! I love your garden area - i...This looks so AMAZING! I love your garden area - it looks like the perfect place to sit and read a book. I love all the details. Those dragons on the chimneys are fantastic! I love the whole cottage. I have no idea how it comes apart, though! Kathy S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11104949532827464322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-87949546888257544242018-12-10T18:18:23.971-06:002018-12-10T18:18:23.971-06:00Thank you Elizabeth! I'm really excited that ...Thank you Elizabeth! I'm really excited that it's pretty much finished. Now I just need to write up my Queen's little rant (ahem) speech, about how she came to be in her cottage.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-67671337424791688812018-12-10T18:14:35.852-06:002018-12-10T18:14:35.852-06:00"Once upon a time in a land long ago when dra..."Once upon a time in a land long ago when dragons roamed the earth.... there was a little cottage nestled deep in a magical woods, where lived a reformed "evil queen" who spent her retirement days growing special herbs and concocting magic potions."<br /><br />Sheila, I Absolutely LOVE your HBS project. <br />The removable veg garden and the mushrooms growing in the shade of the ancient apple tree and the homing pigeons in the dovecote and the petrified dragons clinging to the smokestacks and the craggy rocks around the base of the tower and the high garden wall and the old iron gate- and, and, and .... the list goes on and on of ALL the WONDERFUL Atmospheric details of your AMAZING HOUSE!!! <br />ALL the BEST for this Utterly Fantastic Entry! <br /><br />elizabeth<br />elizabeth shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042037455600427075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-10169828180400325812018-12-10T14:33:00.694-06:002018-12-10T14:33:00.694-06:00Thank you! I'm so glad you're enjoying it....Thank you! I'm so glad you're enjoying it. I've been going a little crazy.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-82276101849238251772018-12-10T14:32:13.138-06:002018-12-10T14:32:13.138-06:00All your work looks awesome !!! I can't find m...All your work looks awesome !!! I can't find more words - i'm going back to look at everything again, again and again <3 <3 <3Balbinka Berniklahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13554815182887644755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-80391831082651761572018-12-10T09:01:06.782-06:002018-12-10T09:01:06.782-06:00Thanks Drora! I really worried about aging the dr...Thanks Drora! I really worried about aging the dragons and clay stacks properly. All this new stuff...it's nice folks are learning along with me! Hugs back.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-66880850450340582502018-12-10T08:59:33.976-06:002018-12-10T08:59:33.976-06:00The dragon stacks are stunning. I love the doves a...The dragon stacks are stunning. I love the doves and the dovecote, in fact I love everything in this project. I enjoy following, learning and getting ideas from your work and thank you for sharing the fantastic photos of your work.<br />Hugs, DroraDrora's minimundohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03121137317566476061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7927995920080917290.post-29404724464520231512018-12-10T08:35:50.509-06:002018-12-10T08:35:50.509-06:00Wow! Thanks Jodi! Your tutorials were a huge help...Wow! Thanks Jodi! Your tutorials were a huge help. Oh yes, stringing apples. My husband gave me a funny look until I explained. <br /><br />I'm so glad you like all of it. I really wouldn't have been able to do this without all of you and your feedback and advice.<br /><br />Husband keeps saying four pictures aren't enough. I see his point but we must have some limits. I'll figure something out!Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11074992134112478195noreply@blogger.com