My Mini Beach Cottage...

I've been working around the clock to finish decorating my beach cottage!

Here are the pictures...

Hermit crabs!

I made all of the sweets throughout the cottage from polymer clay.

I made this shell mirror from shells that my sweet friend Catherine

sent me when she heard I was making a beach cottage.

I made the shelves for the lighthouses from window shutters.

I made all of the bedding, curtains, towels, pillows,

and artwork hroughout the entire cottage.

A game of Chinese Checkers, anyone?

My favorite room in the entire cottage...

As you can see I still have 2 rooms yet to complete on the 3rd level,
but for now I'm pretty happy with this mini beach cottage.
 

Easter Miniatures For 2012...

Easter is just around the corner...

 

Have a happy Easter, everyone!

"One Mini Year Of Goodies"

I was so excited and honored to have my minis featured in the April addition of the American Miniaturist magazine! The article was titled "One Mini Year Of Goodies" and was written by a dear friend of mine, Amy Hill. I love this magazine and this issue has lots of cute ideas for springtime and Easter.

Extreme Makeover - Mini Edition

I really enjoy going to estate sales and yard sales. I recently happened upon the find of the century (for me)...a beautiful dollhouse that needed a lot of TLC. A sweet couple bought this dollhouse 20 years ago and started putting it together, but never completely finished it. When I saw it sitting on the driveway at their yard sale, I fell in love with it. It had beach cottage written all over it. It's a work in progress and I will share pictures along the way of my extreme mini beach cottage makeover.

This is the way the house looked when I found it.

 Luckily they still had all the pieces that had been broken off.

There were roof shingles missing.

Everything needed glue and paint.

This is how the outside looks now that I have everything glued and painted.

I added a porch swing and some adirondack chairs.

 I have big plans for the landscaping.

The inside was full of dust and dirt, but I cleaned it and

stared at it for days trying to decide how to decorate it.

I wanted the colors to be very beachy and cozy. The yellow room will be the kitchen, blue room - den, green room - bedroom, white room - master bedroom. I added hardwood floors to the second level and matched them to the floors they had on the bottom floor. I painted all the trim with a tiny angled brush. You can't tell in the pictures, but the blue walls have a white washed look. I'm really happy with the way things are turning out. :)

Miniature Bakery Rack Filled With Cupcakes...

I've been busy all weekend making cupcakes!

I found this unique bakery rack to display them on...