Well it's been a while... I really didn't realize how long I'd gone without posting until I looked at the date of my last post. I've been dollhousing (notice how I create my own verbs) but I just haven't written about it.
I bought the kit for the 2024 contest. I'm still not sure if I'm going to enter or not. I know exactly what I want to do with the kit. And I'm on my way there. When you work for most of the year on one project it feels like a lot of energy for very little return. I'm just tired of being judged maybe?
I work a full-time job, just like most people and its mentally and emotionally exhausting sometimes. Like everyone else's job I imagine. I only really get to work on my miniatures during the weekends and sometimes not even a whole weekend due to other household stuff that needs to get done.
To put in a year's worth of weekends on a project, painstakingly researching and bringing that vision to life... Let's just say that I think I might be happier if I wasn't comparing my build to all the others that are entered. I think I wouldn't mind not getting even an honorable mention if I wasn't spending every free moment working on a build. That happened with my Chapel in 2022. I thought I'd 'transformed' the kit pretty well. I certainly didn't recognize it as the Welcome All Porch kit.
Which leads me to this year.
As I'm sure you've all seen by now, the kit isn't enclosed. I have to change that because cats. The Building Inspector is busy doing her thing beyond the Rainbow Bridge along with her Apprentice. But the cats I have are still curious. So its best for all concerned that I have four walls and a roof on all my builds.
I decided that I wasn't going to make myself crazy this year. I'm keeping it simple and easy to move, in part because I want to use it as a room box for displaying things for my Etsy Shop. I really enjoy making tiny sets of china so primarily the kit will end up being a china shop. Maybe with some pretty glass perfume bottles in a special section of their own.
So I started with the floor.
Then ran out of the right sized tiles so I pried some up and started again. This time with a border of pine board flooring around the perimeter of the floor.
I've also removed the dividers for the small windows on the far wall and made one long large window. I like how high up it is, it'd be good for a bedroom window if I'd gone in that direction.
Hi Sheila! It's good to see you are still working on minis. I think your projects are really well done and interesting and original! The contests aren't for me because I am slow and hate deadlines...and I think because they are a business and it is all about promotion, they always encourage newcomers and trendy subject matter. But anyway, I just love minis, and there is no way I can ever finish all my ideas... so any progress is good and sharing ideas with bloggers is always fun and helpful. I am glad to see you are still blogging, and "dollhousing", many blogs have gone silent lately. I think instagram is winning and people are just too busy to write posts. But I am prejudiced. I prefer seeing the details of creation, not just a pretty styled photo of the end result. I love eye candy, but I also want to learn things along the way. So thank you for your interesting subjects and your thorough research and your ability to work to a deadline! :):):)
ReplyDeleteHi Sheila. I totally get the pressure and expectations and disappointments with competitions. The biggest thing with any hobby is doing it because you want to, and doing it for enjoyment. I do enjoy a challenge, and winning the contest was fun, but I have also felt the frustration. I feel in any competition, the judging criteria seems to vary over the years with different judges. But I think just doing the build because you want to is the right thing. You still get the challenge of making their structure fit your ideas but doing it on your own terms without pressure.
ReplyDelete¡El suelo ha quedado fenomenal!
ReplyDeleteThe floor looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes. We need to rest sometimes. Even from our hobbies.