Craft projects

I have been very busy lately building, crafting and sewing for the dolls.  I can't stand it any longer and I must share a little bit of what I have been up to.  A couple of these you have seen already, but not how they came together.

You all saw this fireplace in Kirstens cabin sneak peek.

Sneak peek of Kirsten's cabin

 I started with a cardboard box. You can see how I cut off part of the flap to affix pebbles to.

I used brown caulk to stick the stones to the cardboard.

 I got a whole bag of pebbles from the craft store, but

if you are patient enough you could use stones from the yard.

Here I have covered 3 flaps of my box to make sides and hearth. The sides of the hearth were too short so I added squares of cardboard before caulking pebbles so the hearth would go out past the sides of the fireplace.

For the inside I printed off images of a stone wall and glued 

it to the cardboard.  I added a small piece of wood for the mantle and done!

Oh, and this is my cast iron pot.

Applesauce cup, wire and black spray paint.

You also saw Kirsten's bed.

 I started with this wood frame from the craft store.

I got this idea from the heart shapes cut in the wood.

 I cut it into 4 pieces, leaving the sides as long as possible.

For head and footboard I glued the end pieces to 1/4" plywood.

I made sure my headboard was taller than the footboard.

All 4 pieces glued and painted.

I added some tole painted designs.

(not too bad for a first try!)

Remember this from my latest thrift finds?

The rusted metal ring handles were what made me pick this up.

Here it is now. I painted it to look like a rustic southwest piece.

I added a shelf and now it is a dish cabinet.

This next project is made from a large lunchmeat container,

two TP rolls and misc. wood shapes from the craft store.

After the glue dried I painted it all over with dark grey metallic paint.

 I added some embossed silver stickers from the scrapbooking aisle,

and voila! a wood burning stove.

 I have also been doing some upcycling.

This skirt and shawl are both thrift store finds.

The skirt was a little girl's skirt I remade.

 This shawl was a halter top!

I trimmed off part of the top and hemmed the edge.

 I also made this skirt and apron.

I liked the pattern of this fabric for a skirt.

The apron is made from a handkerchief.

It's not too easy to see but the handkerchief is

edged with red embroidery which I thought would make a pretty

apron for Josefina.

I also made this wool felt pony and 6" ragdoll.

I think these 2 may show up in a story soon.