Synnøves Et Dukkehjem

A new project !

2012-01-17T12:46:00.004+01:00

My daughter Victoria's first attempt on making cupcakes :) She watched the lovely cupcake-tutorial made by Christel, and used Christel's molds to make her own cupcakes!! It was quite easy, and Victoria did not even have all of the equipment required for making them.... I think she did a great job:)
They are going into a new project....something I gave Victoria back in 07! My dear and generous friend Janne made it possible for me to work on this project and make it even better than I first imagined it to be...and Victoria is very happy with it :)) As soon as it is glued together, and look a bit organized, I will be back with pictures!

My Christmas tree!!

2011-12-19T00:52:00.001+01:00

I haven't had a Christmas tree in my apartment for the last 3 years. That's because I have been traveling to Bergen to spend Christmas with the children. I did collect Christmas ornaments for 25 years, but they are all in Bergen now! But this year I wanted one. I have started a new collection, and today I purchased a tree! It's an artificial tree, and I actually prefer them to the natural ones. I think it's crazy to by a really expensive natural tree and then trow it out after 3 or 4 weeks!!! I always felt bad when I did that :((
I don't have a lot of Christmas feeling ....as usual, maybe because it's raining all the time. But the tree did help a lot :))

As my collection is not enough to fill the whole tree, I needed to fill it with all the possible items I could think of!!

Christmas decoration....but just a bit!

2011-12-14T11:40:00.000+01:00

Chanel is moving back into her house and she wanted to start the Christmas decoration while the living room still was empty! While she has been living in a box, some of her furniture has been worked on to get a more french look! Her shop is closed until after new year, due to some interior work. It suits her well, because now she has a lot of time to slowly move everything back into her house...she really missed it!

In front of the fireplace is a box containing a bit of christmas decorations. The box is made by Janne in one of our "miniature evenings". Together with Janne and Rita, I made two Cristmas stockings and the green heartshaped moss covered thing on the floor! The rest is gifts from Janne :) The wreath and the guirlander
is made by me.

French inspiration!

2011-12-11T12:46:00.001+01:00

Hi again,
Last time I posted I was in the middle of the moving process. Almost two month's later I am well installed in the new city Stavanger! I have a job (in a fashion store), a boyfriend and some good friends....and the city!!! It is so nice to be living among people, shops, busses, the sea..did I mentioned people??? :))))
I still havent moved Chanel and her furniture into her house, poor girl..still in a box!
I have ben to a couple of mini-gatherings and I love it! The people here are very nice and welcoming and let you in to their groups like you are an old friend returning back home. It's ben a long time since my fingers did any mini work... it's taking some time to get into it again.
Yesterday I started to put in the sockets to light up the french house. It has ben moved into the living room and probably has to stay there to be worked on!! My plans are to make the anticue /brocante/ flower shop
look a bit more genuine...now it just look like a room in a dollhouse!!!
Looking for inspiration I came across this fantastic blog: "The Paper Mulberry"
It is truly a great blog with lots of inspirational pictures for those of us who LOVE the style!!!!
Please visit the "The Paper Mulberry", it is fantastic!!!

Moving day.....for Chanel!

2011-10-24T12:47:00.003+02:00

When I saw the content of the french house spread all over the table, the first thing that ran through my head was; OMG: this is crazyyy!!!

I really like this new blog design, it is simple and clean, and gives the images more focus. But I miss some of the features from the old design, is there anyone who has good advice about stuff like that, how to add something to the blog, side bars etc?
By clicking on the different words on the left side you get a lot of choices of how to show the pictures, I like it a lot!! And by clicking on the B symbol on the left side you can still see the profile, followers and the blogs I follow!!
Enjoy!!

Some french inspiration.......

2011-10-22T16:08:00.000+02:00

Enjoy and have a great weekend!!

It's new for me!!

2011-10-17T01:08:00.001+02:00

I have been away for so long, so I don't know if this blog is known to all of u:

http://cynthiascottagedesign.blogspot.com/

A lovely blog for all the pink, cupcake, cute stuff loving people in blogland!!

Reposting !!!

2011-10-13T13:45:00.001+02:00

Just to remind my self of the fun of it!!!

A big hello and a sorry for the long absence!!!

2011-10-13T13:02:00.005+02:00

It's been far too long since my last post, nearly a year!
My life changed a bit, and for a while the miniature hobby was something I had no time for, or wanted to think about .
My french house was nearly finished and the work remaining was the exterior.....it still remains!!!!
These days I have been spending my time in Stavanger, a town on the west coast of Norway.
I quitted the library job, my flat is sold and i have rented a new one in this town.
Today I got a phone call from one of the jobs I applied for, and I made an appointment for my first job interview!!!
In this city I have relatives, a brother and a sister, both older than me..probably wiser too!!! :)
I have miniature friends, and hopefully I will be able to blow some life into some of the activities this town once had; a miniature club! It still exist ....but I don't think or know if there is any activities these days...
It will still be some time until you will see any miniature pictures from my hand....need to move my stuff, get settled and get a job first! But I have ideas and some unfinished stuff...so, one of these days!!!
Here is a picture of the kitchen in my new flat, quite a modern looking one. I guess it will change my interior style a bit, but I am still hanging on to my old books, my french aubusson carpet and Laura Ashley lamps!!!

See u soon!!

This is the landscape of my new home, i'ts on an island, but attached with bridges to the mainland and just a 10 min drive from the big city!!

A special cold and windy day in the center of the city harbour !!

Merry Christmas!!

2010-12-24T16:53:00.000+01:00

What a nice surprise!!!

2010-12-21T22:52:00.001+01:00

Today it is so cold that being outside makes it hard to breath !
But a heartwarming parcel was discovered in my mailbox...thank you so much Rosanna!!!!
I love everything :D

These pictures shows how I have displayed some of the gifts received from Rosanna, Norma and Terry

Bastian is so cute, and he is enjoying his new home tremendously!!

Chanel is enjoying him and his company...he might get a bit spoiled!!
The gingerbread cakes from Rosanna was really yummy!!

A nice quiet evening with a good book and a cup of coffee....

Long time no see (blogging).....

2010-12-09T21:14:00.004+01:00

Hi all friends and followers,
Sorry about the long absence from the blog world!

I am well and in good health and so is the rest of the family.
Some of the reason for my absence is of course work. As some of you know I am working 50% in a school library. Due to all of those nice holidays we have in the school system, I need to work more hours on a daily basis to even out the free time. And getting just half the paycheck that I need, I must work more. Luckily there is another division of this school, a school for children with different learning problems. These students are living at the school
and need people to take care of them after the end of the school hours. That is my job in the evenings, a couple of days of the week. After ending the day in the library I drive over to this place, and start working at 15.00 and finishes at 22.00 in the evening.

And i moved again!!!
Too much Moose, trees and lack of people at the farm!!!
I am now back in Rena in a smaller and better apartment.
So as you may understand I am quite busy with everything but minis!!!
My french house is now placed in my living room. It is almost completed inside, but still in need for the exterior work....
But Norway is a dark place at the moment, and when I return home in the evening it is totally dark! As soon as I have some spare time and some daylight I will try to take some better pictures. Lucy Maloney's adorable gift (Bastian) needs to be photographed with a good camera!!!
So until then, here 's a bad and dark picture from the new place and some nice frosty pictures from Hedmark county (Rena, Koppang, where I work and Rendalen is in Hedmark county)

A big hug to you all from Synnøve

Bastian!

2010-09-23T19:20:00.001+02:00

Strange heading you might think.....but it is the name of the new dog in the french household!
I, and Chanel of course, have got the most wonderful little Yorki (Yorkshire terrier) from the talented and ever so kind Lucy Maloney of "Designer Dog miniatures".
He is a superb and tiny little copy of the dog i had as a young girl. His name was of course; Bastian
(maybe short for Sebastian?)
Lucy Malony can make a copy of your dog or cat, or a dog and cat of the type you wish for in miniature.
Read more about Lucy here.
Thank you so much Lucy :))

Chanel is so happy about her new little friend! The breakfast in her kitchen is so much more fun with little Bastian jumping exited around her feet!

Sorry about the poor quality of the pictures who doesn't serve right to the fine fur and quality of the little dog, I had to take them with the Iphone !!!!

Swap with Norma!

2010-09-05T21:51:00.000+02:00

Earlier this summer I received a parcel from Australia! It was from Norma!
Thank you so much Norma for these absolutely lovely and fantastically made items you sent me:))))

Norma made a fantastic screen for the french house. Panels witch is going into the "brocante shop" at the first floor, fabric in a shelf for the sewing room. She made me a very beautiful pink bowl and also sent me the cutest little porcelain kangaroo!!!

The screen is just so beautiful!!

And even from the back it's a beauty!!

Thank you so much Norma for these treasures!

Finally the "Holiday swap" opening!!!

2010-07-16T14:10:00.009+02:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CATERINA:)))))

And thank you Terry!!

WOW!!!

I am so happy with the parcel from Terry!!

The most beautiful items were discovered today ;)))

A fantastic handmade guitar, my favorite flower; a blue hydrangea, a delicious salad (again my favorite!!) and the yummy ice cream glass as a desert!

Thank you SO much!!!

Every thing is a little treasure :)))

I have traveled to Portofino, purchased a bottle of Italian wine, and I am waiting for you to come and play the guitar for me :)))

Thank you so much Caterina for arranging the swap, and Terry for all these beautiful minis!!!!

Arrival of "Holiday swap" parcel!!!!

2010-07-08T16:29:00.002+02:00

My parcel from the "Holiday swap" aranged by Caterina.

My parcel has traveled from Genoa; Italy. And knowing other talented ladies from Genoa, I know that the items from Terry will be of high quality!!!

It is hard to wait, but I must not open until july the 14th!!!!

Thank you Terry!!!

Now..the purchases!

2010-06-29T22:58:00.000+02:00

I could not help myself, this bowl was so special....I just had to have it!!! It is made by Marie Paul Hostyn from Emily Art, Belgium. She called it; Hasselt Keramiek Baroque.

I also had to buy this little cute bear and baby-hat from Lea Frisoni

Veronique Cornish had a table filled with so much beauty!! I was unable to pass it without buying something.. obviously I passed it three times!!!!

The bird is just stunning!!!

After receiving such lovely shoes from Beatrice I thought Chanel also deserved a nice hat.

I found this little beauty at Marie-France Beglans table!

Walking by the table of Grain de Sable / Christine Voirin made me breathless!!!

First of all, because of the extraordinary beauty of the items...OMG!!!

And then, the prices!!!

But I managed to find some tiny pieces that would fit within my price range!

You wont believe how thin that coffee-cup is!!

And as you know I am a big fan of Cilla from Minst.com,

so when I was introducing Rosanna to her wonderful minis, I saw this chest and I wanted it too much!

I had to buy it. Now I need a tiny key to it :)))

Enlarge the picture by clicking on it, and see the details of the "petit point"!!!

I have wanted some lemons for my french kitchen for some time now. When I saw this gorgeous bowl

at Christel's table, they sort of had my name on them :))))

I can feel the taste of lemon by looking at them!!!

These cute clothes pins is a must have for Chanel's utility-room!

I did not buy much at the flea-market, only this old lace sleeve.

These flower kits by Pascale Garnier have instructions in french only.

Geneviève, I will probably need some help :))))

ENJOY :)

oirin

Paris gifts!! (Buyings in a later post)

2010-06-27T23:07:00.002+02:00

As you all know by now we had a wonderful evening with Sylvia, Sabiha, Rosanna and our family!
And you also know about their generosity and warm hearts; and here are their sweet gifts to me!

from Sabiha. from Sylvia from Rosanna from Roberta

I truly appreciate this gifts from tree great girls!!!! We had such a fun time at the restaurant, and I don´t think anybody knew what they had for dinner..... we just talked and enjoyed ourselves tremendously!

I also got an adoring gift for Chanel from Beatrice; at the left.
A little pillow from Lea, and a yummy cake from Christel to Victoria!

Wonderful Paris...I already miss you!!!!

2010-06-23T14:50:00.000+02:00

I'v had a wonderful time in Paris and on SIMP!!!!!

We arrived back home 03.00 on the 23rd and of course went straight to bed.

Woke up late and is off to work!

No time to play with my new purchases, just a quick look at my 500 pictures from the trip!!!!

Look in for more news soon :)))))

OFF TO PARIS!!!

2010-06-16T21:27:00.001+02:00

Tomorrow we are heading for Paris and SIMP!!!

I am very exited, I am so looking forward to see Paris again and visit the fair of course.

But also because I will met a lot of YOU there!!!

Sorry for my absence from blog world lately, I just needed to focus on other thing for a while.

The fair will surely inspire me to do some mini work again!

SEE YOU IN PARIS!!!!

Gifts and purchases.

2010-05-19T20:03:00.001+02:00

This lovely urn is almost like a bride bouquet!

It was a gift from a very talented Japanese friend; Yukari Miyazaki

It is very tiny and delicat, and those white flowers in between are soo tiny!!!

The Luis Vuitton bag is a gift from Jose Gomez

A spanish bag and suitcase maker, specializing in copying Luis Vuitton.

He has their permission and blessing to do so, and are one of the few or non, outside the company equipped with their product catalogue!!!!

The hat box was one of the first really expensive items i purchased!

I love this statue made by Neil Carter

It's a copy of an unknown artist, she is called "Fisher woman with a basket"!!!

The necklace is made by Ursula Stürmer, purchased at The Kensington Dollhouse Festival some years ago. She has no website, but click on her name and the page from Birmingham Miniatura will give you her contact info.

This beautiful Art Nuveau lamp is made by Cilla, Minst.com

All the lovely items below are from her clever hands!!!

ENJOY!

A sweet and friendly award!!!!

2010-05-12T21:52:00.001+02:00

I got this award today from THE PINEAPPLE MAN

I found his blog trough a comment he made on a mini-blog somewhere...

He had a dream of hoping to reach 48 followers!!!

I looked trough his blog and found that it was an amusing and funny blog with a lot of nice pictures;

well worth a visit!!!!

I could not resist being the 48th, seing he had reached 47...:))

I don't pass on awards!

Sorry

Off to the "Masquerade Ball"!!!

2010-05-09T16:38:00.002+02:00

Chanel's dress for the Masquerade Ball was ready friday evening!

She is so happy about it!!!!

She has spent a lot of time in front of the mirror!!

She had to try on the mask with the dress, and she is quite pleased with what she can see!!!

She is not used to wear a dress as big as this, so she had to figure out certain things.....

And put on some make up for when those masks have to come off!!

All day she wore the dress, restless walking from room to room.

Now she can't find her mask!!!

She found it in the bedroom!!

She decides to walk around wearing the mask, she wants to get used to it.... but I think she like the way she looks!!!

She can really feel the butterflies in her stomach now, she walks restless from room to room!!

She finally rested a bit in her living room, and decided to calm down with a glass of wine!!

"O' no I cannot drink wine she thought...I have forgotten to eat anything!"

She poured herself some coffee and tried to think of anything she had an appetite for..

"Ahh.. one of Christel's delicious cupcakes is what I want now!"

"Ohh...lucky me!!!"

Now she's upstairs again for a last look in the mirror and a spray of her favorite perfume.

She is ready to be picked up !!!

It is a warm and nice evening, the ball is going to be so much fun!!!

I think she is hoping Philippe is hiding behind one of the mask's tonight...

ENJOY

Larissa's little masterpiece!!!!

2010-05-04T21:49:00.001+02:00

Seeing this incredible beautiful coffee pot in Juliannas blog I knew I had to have one like it!!!
It is made by the very talented Larissa from the blog Lil´la! Please visit both blogs for a lot of wonderful minis!!!
The writing desk is a kit : Miss lydia Pickett's Cottage Collection, purchased from Crazy4minis

Chanel is invited to a masquerade ball and is very exited, she has purchased the mask and ordered a new dress! The little dog belongs to a customer who is on vacation!

ENJOY!

My work space!

2010-04-29T21:09:00.004+02:00

The desk is made by a kitchen work top. I have my big Mac for photoshop and photos, a real big work Mac, and my little sweetheart the "Macbook" is for writhing and browsing the net. The shelf at the end of the desk is great for storing a diversity of small items! The chair looks lovely, but it needs a pillow or a replacement!

Behind the Mac is my not so trustful Canon printer/scanner....it comes up with an error message all the time, but I have learned how to fix it!!!! A self-made message-board filled with pictures of my children in various ages!

The french house in all it's unfinished beauty!!!

It is placed upon some drawers on wheels from Ikea, looks kind of unsteady, but it not!

Works fine for being able to turn it around....when the fronts are finished I need to come up with another idea of course!!

Behind the Ikea chair an ikea shelf filled with 5% of my beloved books and more photos.

There are no pictures on the walls yet. I need to come up with an idea how to hang them from the skirting of the ceiling!!

Victoria's house needs to be moved into... everything still in boxes!

The tall shelf is filled with interior books and interior magazines!

I have moved 3 times the last year and each time I throw some of them away.. it hurts my heart, but they weigh SO much!!!

So, this is my sanctuary and my studio, Hopefully I will be inspired both from the room, the nature and all of you great talented blog-friends out there :D

Enjoy!

My cosy corner!

2010-04-27T22:41:00.000+02:00

I am kind of exhausted after carrying all my belongings down stairs up stairs....Sunday was the big "moving day" and I had rented a big car, luckily it was big enough for everything. It takes one hour from the flat to the new home, and after unloading everything ( me and my man) we had to drive the car back down again.. one hour down and then back home!! My back, my muscles, everything is acing....I am to old for this!!! On Monday I drove back and did the washing of the flat... not that it was so dirty, but i wanted to do it properly... took me all day!! So today I have carried some more, and placing a lot of stuff......I decided to change the bed to fit in better with the furniture. The pictures are not up yet..but still, looks kind of cosy like this too.... quite different from the french house!!!

KITCHEN UPDATE!

2010-04-23T15:08:00.000+02:00

Nothing much new to the kitchen except the bench and sink. Also added a curtain!

Kivas wonderful fruit, veggies and fish pie, Christels delicious cupcakes and lovely glasses from Gerd Felka. The rest: se earlier kitchen posts.

ENJOY:D

THANK YOU!

2010-04-17T12:55:00.002+02:00

I want to thank all of you for leaving such nice and encouraging comment's on my post's and for being out there! I appreciate each and every one of you!!!

Have a wonderful weekend :D

Lots of hugs and kisses!!

I FINALLY MADE SOMETHING MYSELF!!!

2010-04-15T16:50:00.004+02:00

The kit of lavender was purchased in 2007 at the Miniatura in Birmingham. It was my first fair and I was overwhelmed to finally have access to so much miniatures. We had just one day, and in just one day I also had to find the best exhibitors and the nicest minis to photograph for my newly started miniature magazine: "Et Dukkehjem". I was very modest and had to fight my way in between all those eager english women standing like a firm barrier in front of the vendor!!! But I made it and I was quite pleased with the result.

Anyway, I had some time in between photographing and managed to by some stuff. This kit is from a vendor by the name; "The Miniature Garden Centre".

I don't know if I am completely happy with the result, I feel they are not real enough?

I have also played around with the Laduree label in photoshop, and this is my first attempt to print on fabric.

Visiting Christel some time before Christmas, I was lucky enough to be part of a miniature club meeting

and I made my first attempt to make one of those pitchers that you all can make so well. My first is the one at the left! The second one was a lot better, and I also made a pink one for Victoria:)

The stands were made by coincidence, just playing around!

It is the second time I rip this chair apart and change the fabric, I think this gives it a more french and right look?

Quite happy with the pillows too!!

PURCHASES AND DETAILS!!

2010-04-14T17:05:00.004+02:00

In addition to the lovely gift from Ana, I purchased this lovely and very cute teapot from Crazy4minis, it is made by the talented Veronique Cornish. For a little easter goodies I choose the delicious and elegant cupcakes made by the talented, and funny, Sarah Maloney of Dollhouse Kitchen Miniatures.
I also received my book-orders from Tree Feathers, and amongst them was this lovely little pink book titeled; "Ritual and Romance, The Etiquette of Tea".
And as always the wonderful tea-cosy made by the lovely and talented miniature stitcher Rosanna.

The other jar is places on the mantelpiece along with some other treasures; The round "gold" box is actually the top of a tiny bottle. The statue is made by Neil Carter, it is a copy of a french statue from around the time of the revolution. Then there is a silver tea caddy from "Simply Silver".

The little animal; dog /sheep? is made from recycled ivory and purchased from Eileen Cohen of "Lovely Things-Childhood Memories" at the Guild Show, New-Jersey.

A little frame made by scrap-book material, the clock, found at the Portobello marked in Notting Hill.

And the bird, only showing his tail, made my Cilla, Minst!

The book cabinet is filling up nicely!

Next to the lampshade at the left side is a copy I made from one of my own books; Reynard the Fox. next to it on the left, a readable book made by "Truly Scrumptious Miniatures"

Glass by Gerd Felka, book from Tree Feathers and the fantastic fruit made by Kiva

Mirror, bowl and statue made by Cilla, Minst

The small "pictures" made from cheap ear-rings.

ENJOY:)

For Ira at Merry Jingle Crafts;

The bird!

A FANTASTIC DAY!

2010-04-10T22:37:00.002+02:00

No miniatures today either! Just some pictures from a wonderful skiing trip to the "Sølen" mountains nearby my new home. We started walking at about 9.30 this morning and was home at about 18.30 Pm!
It was a fantastic day, the sun was shining and the snow was great. It was a bit hard to walk up those steep
slopes almost to the top...but we did not walk all the way to the top today! It was so fun to run down again!!!

The mountains lies ahed of us!

A man and his mountain!!!

Time for rest and some food!!

Time to say goodbye and head for home!

THE NEW ROOM!

2010-04-08T13:54:00.001+02:00

We made it, just in time for easter and Victorias arrival!

This is not a very sharp picture, but I think it looks so cosy:)

At the time this picture was taken, the bed was the only furniture in the room. Later on, we placed my worktable under the other window. Lots of light........

Like Linda I love to see my dollhouse all lit up in a dark room! Kind of nice to see it without furniture too.....

Victoria had a really nice time, she enjoyed the big house, all the people visiting and of course the big easter egg!!!

The weather was not the best, fog and rain most of the week. But saturday arrived with very nice weather, lots of sunshine and quite warm.

Saturday she went downhill skiing, saturday she tried the snowboard!

She was quite good at the snowboard too!!!!

THE ROOM IS NEARLY FINISH!

2010-03-22T09:49:00.003+01:00

The paintwork of the room is finish. I was originally thinking about painting the old floor. But it was full of bumps and big cracks. I sometimes loose tiny miniature parts on the floor, I don't want it to fall down and disappear into a crack in the floor!!! So I found a quite reasonable prised faux parquet floor.

We have been working the whole weekend to lay down the new the floor. It was not as easy as we were thinking at first..... Not one angle was straight, and then there was the heavy old oven that had to be lifted up. Lifted up on it's to front legs, the risk of the whole oven rolling over was big. It weighs several hundred kilos!

The red "things" are the lifting devices!

Kind of hard to adapt the floor after this wall!!

Notice the pipe on the top of the oven is off!!! We need to have a big trolley, lift the oven up, back it away from the wall, adjust the thing at the top and roll the oven on to the pipe!!!! Puhh..

But it's a nice several hundred years old oven with lots of nice details;

Notice the figure in the door; it's for letting the air come into the oven and make sure a correct combustion!

So, almost done, just some painting behind the old skirting we removed. Then i have to put on new skirting and the room is complete!

On Wednesday we are picking up some furniture from the flat. The bed, sofa and hopefully my work table and the french house!!!!

Then it´s soon easter and my sweet daughter Victoria is comming!!

Ana's giveaway!

2010-03-18T15:45:00.002+01:00

Thank you so much Ana from Portugal!

It is SO beautiful!!!

This is one of the gifts I received as the lucky person in Anas generous giveaway!

Quote from Anas blog;

Filigree is a process and type of design that uses twisted wire to create delicate openwork jewelry. Filigree is usually made from fine metals like silver, gold, and platinium. It has been used from centuries to craft jewelry, rings, pendants, bracelets etc., To create filigree the artisan rolls the maleable metal into thin filaments, then twists and bends them into intricate shapes.

Hey.. you spring, come and see us too!!!!

2010-03-17T13:20:00.000+01:00

Some of you have varm sun and spring flowers peaking up!!!

I have snow in my hair!!!!

New blog!

2010-03-17T09:20:00.001+01:00

Hi everybody,
Here is a blog for those of you who like the nordic style!
My friend Weronica from Sweden has a very nice blog with a lot nice miniature-work.
Also updates and pictures from the various miniature fairs in the nordic countries.
She also has a great web-shop and she is about to launch a line of swedish "Gustavian" furniture!

Blog: http://crazy4minis.blogspot.com/
Shop:www.crazy4minis.com

No minis, just a 1:1 scale project!

2010-03-14T11:15:00.004+01:00

As some of you might know; I am moving from my flat to a big old house belonging to my boyfriend.
It is about 1 hour drive from my old place. It's a old farmhouse belonging to a big forest property.

I am not doing a lot of painting and redecoration in this house, but I am painting this one room upstairs.
It's going to function as a workroom/guest room, but mainly MY room in this big house.

As you see from these pictures, it needs a lot of paint and work. I have been plastering holes, bumps, removing old paint, sanding..... my right arm hurts!!!!

Finally the walls, windows and the door are painted... need another coat though!!

Then there is the brick wall next to the cosy old oven, it needs a coat too. The last thing will be painting the floor. Not sure about the color though.....

It has to be ready the weekend before Easter. I need to get the guest bed from my flat and a lot of other stuff....I have started packing. I started with the french house.. it was hard to start packing it down. Felt like I was packing down my real house... hm..strange feeling!!!

I will keep you updated:)

New blog!

2010-03-10T09:04:00.001+01:00

http://minworks.blogspot.com/

Hi everybody!

Just want to tell you about Janine from Canada and her blog Miniworks! Janine has recently returned from eight years of sailing the seas of the world! She is now unpacking a lot of treasures and have a wonderful collection of miniatures to show us! Have a look, you will not be disappointed!!!!!!!

Making the outer walls.

2010-02-21T00:10:00.000+01:00

View from the small hall

The french house is not going to have hinged doors. The outer walls on both sides are going to be lifted off. Because I am so lazy and I thought it was boring at the time I made the room itself, I deferred to make the last wall of all the rooms!!! O boy, do I regret that now!!!
O well, I did the dining room wall on thursday.... it was not too bad! The problem is more due to lack of enough wallpaper and skirting. So I need to buy more of course. And living far from a miniature shop I need to order by telephone. Hard to describe skirting by phone......

Corner joint was okay. I really like the light in this picture

The wall and the window seen from the livingrom.

I LOVE PROVENCE!!!!

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Tonight I have ben watching this FANTASTIC film : Le fils de l´épicier.
If you love France and especially Provance, this is a "must see".
The countryside, the atmosphere and the people of this film are so breathtaking beautiful, I almost cried watching it... it went straight to my heart!!
Now I am going to watch it again...and again....and....

watch the trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wkhg9TKAiT0

"Veux-tu être ma Valentine chère Chanel?

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Bonjour, mon nom est Chanel! Aujourd'hui, j'ai reçu ce cœur de chocolat de quelqu'un qui m'est si chère, mon cher Philippe!"

My name is Chanel!
Today I received this chocolate heart from someone so dear to me, my darling Philippe!!

I haven´t heard from Philippe for a long time, and this was such a surprise. I had to take a seat in the hallway and just admire the beautiful box filled with delicious chocolate! I noticed it was purchased from Sarah Maloney` Dollhouse Kitchen Miniatures. Ahh Philippe always had such a good taste!!!

Speaking of good taste; I really like my new purchases from Minst.com, the mirror, the bust and the bowl with a stand.

And I who did not even imagine that he was in France, and now he´s here, in Paris!!

I even went to Ladurée yesterday, to by some chocolate for my self, never dreaming of receiving any Valentine gift!!!

I need to find his old love letters and read trough them, while I am having a cup of coffee and some chocolate!!!

The nice cake stand with chocolates and the cute little Eiffel tower are purchased at Paris Miniatures. Emma actually designed an Eiffel tower shaped chocolate for me!!

It will be so nice to read his romantic letters again, they are a real treasure to me!

And tonight I am meeting him again!!! Ahh.. about time I got my hair fixed!!!

But ohh...I need a new outfit, may be something from Coco.....

O´ I am so happy to meet my dear Philippe ! I am sure I will have a wonderful Valentine day and that is my hope for all of you too.

Happy Valentine day!

O 'Je suis si heureux de rencontrer mon cher Philippe! Je suis sûr que j'aurai un jour de Valentine merveilleux et ce n'est qu'un espoir pour vous tous aussi.
Bonne St Valentin!

Je me sens aujourd'hui romantique!

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I arranged this table today, inspired by all of your different valentine posting over the last week. Also celebrating the arrival of these lovely vine glasses and decanter from Gerd Felka.
Imagine the joy of opening your mailbox, discovering a parcel you had forgotten all about!!!
It was such a great surprise! Expensive, but great!!!
And some how February is a special month of the year for me....

The roses on the top of the cabinet and the macaroons on the pewter plate, are made by Christel.

The tea cosy is stitched by Rosanna, the macaroons on the small plates was a gift from her!

The rose-cake is made by The English Kitchen.

The bouquet of pink roses is made by a talented lady from Thailand, living in Bergen.

I am not done with the stitched carpet yet, and actually I don´ t know if it will be any good for this room. In the mean time I have borrowed the carpet from the living room!!

J'espère que vous l'aimez!

I found a new blog!

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Sometimes when I look trough new posts I see interesting pictures in the sidebar, the blog listing.
Today I found a blog from Finland made by Varma (I hope this is your name!!!) http://ritarisali.blogspot.com She has decided to tell her family story through her dollhouse. I really recommend you to look into this blog. Fantastic fabrics, looks like she makes her own furniture too! For those of you who like wizards and Harry Potter...a must look!!!

Certains détails!

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Here are some details of the "Daybed" in the living room.

The letter box is made after an inspiring picture in someones blog. I wanted to find the picture and credit the person, but I am not able to find it on those blogs I thought had the picture!!!!!

If anyone recognize a box like this; please let me know!

And of course the miniature letters that Linda started producing and kindly passed on as gifts to a lot of blog friends.

Enjoy!

La salle à manger!

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I guess I can say that the interior work is done in this room. I am not completely sure about the furniture but they will do for now. I am almost finished with an embroidered carpet for this room, but I don´t work with my miniature as efficient as some of you :) I have set the table for a visit. My french lady is a bit nervous for this visit. Her house is not so elegant as her friends house, but still, she hope her friend will enjoy her stay anyway. She´s been traveling a long way.......

The wine bottle is from Hanneke, two of the plates are puchased from Minst.com, but one of them is a gift from Arantxa. It´s a Eurominis plate, and looks almost as nice as the one from Minst.

The fantastic pears are a gift from Kiva, next to another gift from Nancy; celery!

When I visited her this summer in Minneapolis, she was so amazed and amused to learn about my love of celery, I eat almost one packet a day!!! Any way; we were visiting Little enchantments and when she spotted the celery she just had to by me one in miniature too!!

The cheese board is made by Christel. I got the cupcakes and the macroons in a swap with her.

She (the french lady) really need some new drinking glasses for setting the table, these are her simple kitchen glasses. The problem is her shop. She tends to sell everything. If a customer asks for nice old drinking glasses she would sell hers if he likes them!!

Her guest is custom to much nicer drinking glasses, but she hopes she wont mind. After all, it´s the company that counts!!

Oh, I almost forgot; the small petit point purse made by Minst , is a gift for her friend!

French kitchen??

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I am of course not done with the kitchen. It´s kind of too clean, it need to be more shabby!!
I made the niche around the window, but I have to make it look like it´s belong to the original wall, and I don´t have a sink that fits the space. Okay...I need to make one... or buy???? I don´t know yet, but it will probably take some time to decide, and get it done!
So enjoy what I have done so far;
The cute wall cabinet is made by Evelyne Fontaine at; /http://lescarnetsdelatelierblondie.blogspot.com/

I have made the picture extra big so the wonderful food from KIVA are more visible. She made the nectarines, the fish pai, tomatoes and the mushrooms!!! The food looks just great!

I´v got the nice wine bottle from Hanneke from Holland, she also sent with them a cute wine opener!
The rolling pin and the items hanging by the stove are purchased at the Italian fair; http://www.miniaturitalia.it/.

Some of the food items on the shelf are purchased at the same italian fair, the jars are from Country Treasures at; The Kensington Dollhouse fair

Notice the cute mouse on the toaster made by David Ward!
But does the kitchen look French at all? I know, I should have used tiles...but I made it several years ago now...and I did not know so much back then. But it´s a nice floor in it self!

Cosy dollhouse friday!

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My daughter Victoria (12), was so lucky, she got a lovely Christmas cake from Margaret Cassidy.

This friday we decorated the Christmas tree in her dollhouse. We chose pastel colors to go with the decoration of the house! It made the Christmas spirit come to me =)

Le salon!!

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I think I am close to being finish with this room! There is of course the "small" matter of hanging up the curtains, and a small writing desk is going were the chair with the pillow stands. It just need to be located and purchased!!!

Trying to improve the french look!

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At the moment I am working with the kitchen, or trying to!!
There are always distractions, such as ideas for the other rooms! Not big changes, but small things witch hopefully makes the house look more authentic. I will post more pictures from this work soon =)

Girls love dolls, don´t they?

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I, like every little girl, used to love dolls! Not all kinds of dolls, they HAD to look like real babies!!
Luckily, that has changed :) I still love dolls, and I have found my new favorites at: http://atticbabys.blogspot.com by the talented artist Nancy Gerber!
These dolls are so lovely and special!
Just have a look, and I am sure you all agree!!

Great work!

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I am sure a lot of you are familiar with the excellent work of Evelyne at http://lescarnetsdelatelierblondie.blogspot.com

But for you who love France, Provence... and a bit of New England... you should really have a look at her blog and the photo album at Picasa!

Thank you Núria!

2009-11-01T14:56:00.001+01:00

Sweet Núria from http://mininuris.blogspot.com/ has just given me the "kreativ blogger" award.

Picking up the award from her blog I discovered that she also have given me "one Lovely Blog Award"!

Thank you so much Núria, I really appreciate it! And It was so fun reading a little bit about you in the award rules!!!

Difficult as it is to choose between lovely people who all are so talented one way or another I will pass them on to all the blogs I follow!

More french details!

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Books are popular to make these days, and I am working on my version of them.

These old looking books are typically french, and I have seen a lot of pictures with
books like this. I have only made these three books so far...it´s a rather time consuming thing to do! I am sewing two and two pages together, I then stitch 6 pieces together and then sew those together in the back. Dipping them in tea, gives them the old look. After giving them a good soak, gently squeeze the rest of the tea out of it. Place it in a tweezer, use the hairdryer to dry it, this will make the paper thicker. This wont dry it completely, it will dry overnight. Then it´s ready for placing the little label at the back of the miniature antique french book!

The lovely candlestick is made by Cilla ( Minst.com)

Those tiny and cute reading glasses with the leather box is made by a swedish lady ; Mette Möller (memdolls, no website, but e-mail Cilla about her!)

The figurine was purchased in Antibes, and the magnifying glass...I don´t remember!

This is a new book cabinet I assembled this summer ( I might rip of the doors though) It is going to be filled with books of course, hopefully a lot of the "antique" books! But like Sabihas wine cellar....it´s going to take some time, hopefully not too many years! The bookcabinet is going into the living room, the picture is taken in the small hallway at the back of the dining room.

The wonderful bird is made by Cilla at Minst.com

Placed on the open book at the little table is the lovely gift from Linda. She gave me a packet of her wonderful tiny "lettres d´amour!

This picture has ben my source of inspiration:

Bathroom finished!

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This bathroom have been finished for a while now, it was actually one of the first room i did! The only thing that missed, was those tiny details that make it look right. So this evening I´v made the towel hanger beside the sink... and the towel with the small embroider monogram. I purchased a bunch of them at a marked last year in Antibes. I ´v also made the toilet paper holder to match the towel holder....and the hanger(?) for the shower curtain. I ´v made the perfume bottles on the sink, the box with towels on the floor, the floor mat, the small shelf above the bathtub. Two of the perfume bottles, I did. The pink, sweet tray is from Victoria Fasken ( she has no home page, but just google her) The beautiful pink carafe was a gift from a dear friend; Tove ( she used to have a dollhouse shop in Bergen, and thats where I purchased the lamp) Enjoy the bath!!

Followers!

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I really appreciate every follower and all the nice comment´s on my post´s.

That´s why I´d like to celebrate 101 follower´s.

I want to give each one of you this little poster with it´s lovely words!

Thank you :D

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Lovely and talented Lena at:http://miniatyrmama.blogspot.com has given me this award, Thank you Lena!

Here are the rules for the award:

1.Thank the person who gave this to you.

2.Copy the logo and place it in your blog.

3.Link the person who nominated you.

4.Name 7 things about yourself that no one would really know.

5.Nominate seven "Kreativ Bloggers"

6.Post links to the seven blogs you nominate.

7.Leave a comment on each of the blogs letting them know that you nominate them.

You don´t know this about me:

1. I have three children aged from 23 to 12.

2. I am terrified of feathers, specially when they are attached to birds!!!!

3. This spring I did a twin parachute jump, and I loved it!!

4. I love hairy spiders, the bigger the better!

5. I love interior decoration, and I wish it was my job.

6. I hate housework and cleaning, but I love a clean house, so I do it!

7. We had 9 cute rabbits ( the miniature ones with hanging ears) and I miss every one of them!

I am passing it on to these lovely blogs:

Thank you :D

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I´v been so lucky to receive this lovely award from:

Lize: http://lizelund.blogspot.com

Rosanna: http://lastanzadigiuggiola.blogspot.com

Roberta: http://ilboratoriodipitosfora.blogspot.com

Arantxsa:http://ministalis.blogspot.com/

Maria Jose : http://marivigano.blogspot.com

A big hug to all of you!!!!

But it´s impossible to choose just a few blogs, and also a lot of you has already received it, so I choose not to!

New blog!

2009-10-09T07:21:00.000+02:00

Have a look into Lize´s blog today! http://lizelund.blogspot.com

Welcome to all new followers :D

I wish you all a nice weekend!

The Sewing room!

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Finally I found the inspiration I´v been looking for; Lea´s book of course! The room vas dull and hard to decorate, much to do with the bedroom wallpaper! It´s not easy to find something to match it. I like it when two room´s don´t collide in style or color. Originally I wanted the small fireplace in the bedroom, but came up with that idea too late!! So when looking through the book for the 100 time...ah ha...that´s what I´ll do; make new walls on cardboard, and the fireplace of course! It was so easy and fun to do. But I have only made the wall you see in the picture. Now I have to do the rest of the room...not so fun, but I must!!! The poor french woman has no hair

(I am going to make her a wig, eventually!) and no clothes, except what she´s wearing. No wonder she´s sewing!!

I would like you to give me an idea of a french name that suites her. The wig will be dark, maybe long hair..... and the time period is now! Just look at her washer!!

Some improved pictures of the utility/laundry room.

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Snowing!!!! No it´s too early!!!!

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This is the view from my working room. I look out on two of the oldest houses in Rena, the brown one is used as a kindergarden! But it´s too early for winter and snow. This means that I am looking at 6 months of cold winter!!! My what have I done!! Okay...this is what you get moving away from the west coast and the rain ( would I like rain for 6 months ? NOOO)

So here we go, winter is here!

I also like to show you my working room. I am lucky, I have a lot of space..too much maybee...it´s always looking messy!! Working on the sewing room, new pictures tomorrow :D

Look into this blog!!!

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You just have to visit this blog and look at all the wonderful flower´s!

http://gardenofminiatures.blogspot.com/

Utility room in the french house.

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The utility room in the house is almost ready. It needs a bit more of character, some utility´s..... maybe?

I made the shelf with the metal hook´s. I also made the little hanger. I bought the dust broom at a fair... not sure where...

The fantastic bottles on top of the washer and the bucket was bought at the Kensington dollhouse festival(www.dollshousefestival.com) from Country Treasures.

(Kensington dollhouse festival has a christmas fair the 22 of November, and I am visiting!!!!!)

I also bought the wonderful laundry basket there, from lovely Zara Thomson Ribeaud. (www.zarathomsonribeaud.com)

Notice that one of the pictures of the shelf has different "utility´s"...

looks a lot better with the cute boxes from Rosanna.. dont you think?

And I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures...I will be back with something better !!!!

Welcome to new followers!

2009-09-30T17:52:00.004+02:00

Strange picture to post you might say... well I promised Marlies to look for the wallpaper I used in the bedroom of the french house, and I found it! It´s put together from a piece of paper, used for drawers, from

Laura Ashley. Anyone who likes it is free to use it. Just click on the picture, it´s then in the right size, and print from that!

Free clip art!

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I found this wonderful blog with a lot of great pictures for printing;

http://graphicsfairy.blogspot.com

The Dollmaker!

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For those of you who wondering who made the doll!

Look into the website of Almudena Gonzalez.

http://perso.wanadoo.es/e/angelalmu/

You can buy dolls and a lot of nice stuff from her!

More details from the bedroom, after sunrise!

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Here are some more and better pictures for you to enjoy!

Rosanna made me a tea cosy!!!!

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Talented, sweet Rosanna made me this lovely tea cosy!! And as a surprise the sweet "armitié" pillow, along with two boxes and a macaroon! Thank you Rosanna :D

The lady of the french house have had a refreshing morning shower, and wants to enjoy breakfast in her cosy bedroom. She likes to sit there, on the top floor, watch the sunrise and enjoy a nice cup of warm coffee!!!

Picture

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For all cake lovers!

Selling real miniature watercolor pictures!

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I was supposed to be selling these at the Stavanger fair, but could not be there. So I am trying to sell them here instead. They are painted by a norwegian artist: Grethe Selbæk Solemsløkk. Just google her and read about her.

The small watercolor paintings are painted on my request, so they are quite exclusive. They measure about 3 cm X 2.5 cm, some of them a little bit smaller.

1 picture costs 20 €

The first one to ask for a picture gets it, and I will remove them as they get sold!

Enjoy :D

PS: Colors will be a bit different from what they look like on your screen.

If you want to order, just refer to them as number 1 or 2 from the top.

PICTURE!

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New picture!

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A new picture today. I hope someone like to use it in their dollhouse!

What a morning view!!

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Today is my 48th birthday, and I woke up 4.pm this morning to this amazing view!!

For sure it´s going to be a rainy day, but who cares..... this was such a wonderful gift from mother nature!!

Welcome new followers!

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Welcome to my blog!

Pictures from my vacation to the US this July

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Yellowstone was a fascinating place with a lot of great motifs and wonderful colors!

Welcome all new followers!!

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Look in to the blog of this 16 year old boy!!!

http://fabiocasadebonecas.blogspot.com/

Gardening tools!

2009-07-29T22:34:00.000+02:00

Hello everybody!

Back home from a great trip to the US. Stayed a while with Nancy in Minneapolis (She´s a good friend who also helped me editing my english translation of Et Dukkehjem) She lives in a cosy neighborhood nearby the airport ( and Mall of Amerika!!!)

One day we went shopping in her neighborhood and found a wonderful shop with all kind of flowers and garden accessories. I also found these sweet rusty miniature garden tools, watering can and the lovely bench. The shop is named "Twiggs" owned by a lovely lady by the name Beth Patrin ( 612-823-TWIG). And of course, I had to pay a visit to "Little Enchantments". As far as I know it´s the only miniature shop in MN. I only bought some frames,"Museum gel", a bottle of Perrier, spring onions and Nacy bought me the cellery, (because I like it so much in real life!) Thank you Nancy!

More pictures from the trip will be posted after the weekend!

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Hei Lena!

Sjekk ut denne bloggen, masse fine bilder!!

http://shabbychicpapirskatter.blogspot.com

New pictures!

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PICTURES

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I have collected some pictures, and I have decided to share them with you! It was Dora who gave me the idea, thank you! I will be posting the pictures now and then, starting with these two!

Welcome!

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Welcome new followers!!!!

An early summer morning...

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The picture is taken early one morning the 22 of May.

there is a small lake, right behind my apartment. Nice place for walks and jogging!

What I am doing now!

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This is to show you what I am so busy with these days. The magazine is called "Forandring fryder" and the translation is something like this; "Change is a joyfull thing"....

For those of you who can read norwegian, or if you want to look at the pictures, log on to:

rena.no

and click on Magazine!

Thank you :D

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Thank you so mutch Julianna and Sabiha!!!

It means so mutch to me, and I really appreciate it :D

Only thing is; these lovely days in May I´m soaked in work.

So I simply cannot find the time to pass it on.....but I will..some day!

And to tell you what I love :D

Welcome!

2009-04-28T00:31:00.001+02:00

Hello and welcome to the new followers. It´s so nice to see you :D

Welcome!

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Welcome new followers :D

Welcome!

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Welcome new followers. Nice to se you:-)

Antibes!

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Denne kofferten kjøpte jeg i Antibes, Frankrike i fjor høst. Jeg kjøpte den i en butikk som heter "Pierrot la Lune". Innehaversken av butikken hadde bare fornavnet på damen som hadde laget den, Ingrid. Hun bodde i Biot, utenfor Antibes. Er det noen som kjenner til henne?

Kofferten skal jeg ha i atikvitets/blomsterbutikken i det franske huset!

I bought this trunk in Antibes last fall. The shop is called "Pierrot La Lune". The shopkeeper only new the makers first name; Ingrid, and she was living in Biot outside Antibes. Does anyone have any knowledge about her?

The trunk is going into the antique/flowershop in the french house!

Welcome new followers!

2009-04-10T21:16:00.002+02:00

Welcome new followers, always nice to see new names, and look into new exciting blogs!

A happy Easter to you all, from the Easter bunny; Chocolate and me!

Vanity table for the french house

2009-04-01T16:52:00.001+02:00

Here is my vanity table for the dressing room in my french house. Yesterday I was really inspired and started doing this. It´s going in the room behind the bedroom. From this room there is going to be a stair down to the living room.

The chair is made by my youngest daughter Victoria! The table has a piece of lace around it,

All of the perfume bottles are made by me, also the pink book at the end of the table. (I´v used some very thin chocolate tinfoil to rap around the book) The wrist watch, hairpin and fan are made by Cilla (minst.com) The Easter chocolate thing on top of the book is made by an italian "company" : Bet Un Mondo in Miniatura The pink tray is made by Victoria Fasken. The "Camé" and it´s box are made by the sweedish; Mette Möller, "Memdolls"( I think she only sells at fairs, and she was at the Stavanger fair) I bought the lamp at a british fair. The neckless and the mask are also from different fairs. I got the wallpaper from a store in Bergen, it´s real size!

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Nice to see you, new followers.

A special hello to Maria from Finland!

She is a kind and talented minimaker who gave me

two of her projects to print in the magazine I used to make!

Mercedes and Lena, thanks to both of you for the award!

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I have received this heartwarming award from Mecedes who gives us

the chance to see a bit of her and her family´s life in her beautiful home in New Zealand!!!

And of course the beautiful miniature interior she is making, thank you for sharing Mercedes!

And also from Lena, who makes wonderful miniature interior. You have an eye for beautiful color combinations

and tasteful decorations in the nordic style we all love. And reading your profile, I know we are a lot like :-)

These are the reasons for giving this award;

"This blog invests and believe in the PROXIMITY-nearness in space, time and relationships.

These blogs are exceedingly charming. these bloggers aim to find and be friends. they are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement! our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers!"

I would like to pass it on to:

jlilroomer, for her typical american interior and the fabulous Christmas tree, that first catched my eye!

Eva and her love of french style!

Sabiha for her Provence interior, and her use of mouse bones! Fantastic :-)

Sofia for her wonderful french interior!

Sumaaiy for sharing with us a variation of miniatures. Where do you find them?

Pei Li and her "sweet" miniatures:-)

Shannon, another blogger with wonderful french interior!

You will find them all in my blog listing.

And of course the french lady herself; Lea Frisoni, who is a huge inspiration to us all!!

Welcome!

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Welcome to my new followers, nice to see you!

Tusen takk Lena, så hyggelig å få en slik pris :-)

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Jeg nominerer disse:

Celidonia at : http://fairydoor.blogspot.com

Marcella at :http://minicaretti.blogspot.com

Susanne at :http://villajuulia.blogspot.com

http://Miniature Patisserie Chef

Marlies at: http://marliesminis.blogspot.com

Lissu at: http://gustavianstyledollhouse.blogspot.com

Jean Day at: http://jdayminis.blogspot.com

Shannon at: http://shannonsminiblog.blogspot.com

Linda at: http://une-petite-folie.blogspot.com

http://euroantiquemarket.blogspot.com

Some rules follow this award :

1. Put the logo on your blog or post.

2. Nominate at least 10 blogs which show great Attitude and / or Gratitude.

3. Be sure to link to your nominees within your post.

4. Let them know that they have received this award by commenting on their blog.

5. Share the love and link to the person from whom you receive the award.

Jamie Carrington

2009-03-02T23:42:00.000+01:00

Har nettop funnet ut at Jamie Carrington kommer til messen i Stavanger for å holde kurs i å skulpturere karakterdukker og å sy kjole til dem!!! Messen holdes fra 25 til 28 august.....meld dere på, han lager fantastiske dukker!!! Har lagt bloggen hans til, les mer der.

I´v just learned that Jamie Carrington is visiting the Norwegian miniature fair in August. I´v added his blog

so for more information log on to it. He is absolutely fantastic!

Stuen i Karen´ hus

2009-03-02T21:42:00.000+01:00

Her er stuen i Karen´s hus.

Sofaen er svensk, stolene er byggesett fra "Kotte Toys" og alt annet er fra "Minst.com". Porselenet er fra "Avon", den lille hunden fra "Fine design".

Koselig å se alle nye følgere!

Here`s the living room of Karen´s house. The sofa is Swedish, the chairs are made by "Kotte Toys" and the rest of the furnitures, the lamp and the pictures are made by"Minst.com. Porcelain by "Avon" and the small dog is made by "Fine design".

Hi new followers, nice to see you!

Takk Lena!

2009-02-26T00:10:00.000+01:00

Velkommen

2009-02-24T18:37:00.000+01:00

Det er på tide å ønske gamle og nye følgere velkommen!

Jeg blir kjempeglad hver gang jeg ser et nytt ikon i følge visningen. Det er utrolig hyggelig å bli "fulgt"!!

I den anledning poster jeg dette bildet fra et av husene jeg presenterte i Et Dukkehjem. Dette er et hus som et tegnet av Tove Jonsgar i Bergen, møblert med møbler laget av Cilla på Minst.com, Stockholm, blomster Wenche Viul, Oslo og dukke av Jan Clarke, England.

Huset måtte dekoreres før foto-opptak og det tok ca 3 timer å få det ferdig!

It is time for me to welcome old and new followers!

I am so happy each time a new icon from a follower pops up. It´s so nice to have followers!!

In that occasion I want to post a picture from one of the houses I presented in Et Dukkehjem. The house is made by Tove Jonsgar in Bergen, furnished by Cilla at Minst.com, Stockholm, flowers by Wenche Viul, Oslo

and the doll is made by Jan Clarke, England.

I had to decorate the house for three hours before it was ready to be photographed.

Thank you, Zaphia!!

2009-02-24T12:04:00.000+01:00

I would like to pass it on to these fabulouse blogs:

http://www.angelahenrie.blogspot.com

http://www.miniatyrmama.blogspot.com

http://www.belle-blanc.blogspot.com

http:/www.gustavianstyledollhouse.blogspot.com

Vinter- weekend!

2009-02-16T19:01:00.000+01:00

Kanskje dette kan forklare hvorfor det går så langsomt med det franske huset, også i helgene!

Her er fra søndagsturen i fjellene i øvre Rendalen i Hedemark. Bildet viser Rendals Sølen sett fra Veslesetra.

These pictures might explain why the progress on the french house is slow, also during the weekends! These pictures are from one of the trip this weekend. It´s shows some of the mountains in upper part of Rendalen, Hedemark in Norway.