I need to be in the right frame of mind to tackle the stencilled brickwork on the Winterberry Hall chimney stack, so I've left it to the side for now. I did spend a while re-painting the exterior beams yesterday, but that's about it.
These ↑ are going to be soaps for the gift shop. They're made from the very soft Japanese air dry clay, using empty pill blister packs for moulds. I need to get some tissue paper to wrap them up - I only have a piece of white paper, but I know I havve more somewhere.
I gave the fabrics rack a few more coats of paint. I'll probably add a thicker top - either from thicker card or from dollhouse floorboards or something.
I found the "create" sign in a box I "borrowed" from my sister. I went up to feed the 3 cats (my sis is in Italy), and they'd throw this plastic box, full of wooden embellishments, on the floor, and I brought it home to see if there were any bits I could use. I did ask permission!
So I've got the "create" sign, which I want to paint and put on top of the fabrics rack, as in the pic above. I also got a "love" sign, which I want to paint and put in the gift shop, and a frame, which will probably end up as either a mirror or a message/pinboard, again for the gift shop.
I found this pack of cheap wooden doors and windows I bought ages ago from Panduro. Haven't been able to use any of the pieces until now. There are boomerang-shaped bits and two long rectangular pieces which will work as shelves and brackets.
But there was also this window frame. I first painted it brown (Old Beams paint from Petite Properties), and I then distressed it. Think it turned out really well ...
It took me several attempts to make the wreath, but i got there in the end. I've used some mini tinsel, first twisting two lengths together, to make it a little thicker. I couldn't get the two ends to stick together, but I tried a piece of green thread on a needle, and added a bit of Tacky Glue, and it worked!
This is going in the gift shop.
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