Watch the video here. This week I am taking you all along with me as I tackle a project. First I have several paint brushes that are very neglected and in desperate need cleaning. They all have some paint dried at the base of the bristles where the bristles come out of the ferrule. I know that paint should never get up there but things happen, especially when I am filming videos or otherwise distracted. So I either needed to clean these up at least a bit so they would be usable again or throw them out and replace them. I really wanted to rescue them since for the most part they are ..read more

  Watch the video here. I have another free pattern for you to download so you make the project. You can find the file here. In the download there are 3 files: a PDF for hand-cutting of the pieces, a PNG to use with your electronic cutting machine and a text file with handy hints and tips (and the sizing information) to use the PNG. As with most of these projects I cut all the pieces from medium weight white card-stock, the kind used to make cards and such. This is way more economical than having to purchase a bunch of colors and in my experience the paint colors are a lot more stab ..read more

Watch the video here. This week I decided to do another paint test, this time I wanted to test some of the DIY options for crackle medium. If you have watched my channel for very long you probably have figured out I love to age things. I would much rather make something look like it has been around for a while and maybe not taken the best care of than to make stuff that looks like it just came from the store. I love how aged items add so much character to our mini worlds and help to tell the story of life. That being said I have used a lot of crackle medium on the channel. But there ..read more

  Watch the video here.     This week we are starting out making the balls for the pool table. I know the toy did come with some but they were very large and way out of scale. I went through my stash and pulled out my bag of Seed beads that I purchased at Walmart many years ago. I measured them and they are approximately 4 mm in diameter and at leas to me look to be a good scale.   I did the painting on the beads/balls in two sets. I started with the cue ball and all 7 of the striped balls. The first step was to firmly stick each bead onto a round toothpick. This gi ..read more

  Watch the video here. One of the subjects I get a lot of questions about on a regular basis is wallpaper for the dollhouse. I did do a wallpaper 101 video almost 10 years ago. A lot of the information here was in that one also but some things have changed (mainly what to use as a wallpaper adhesive) so I decided to do this video today. If you have questions about wallpaper that I don’t cover be sure to ask and I will do my best to answer them. If there are enough I will do a follow up video where I answer those questions. So our first subject is glue. What is the best thing to pu ..read more

  Watch the video here.   This week we will be starting to work on some accessories for the pool table we created over the last two weeks. I had originally planned to get more done this week but due to things out of my control I didn’t get as much time to work on the project as I had wanted. So we will be making the cue sticks this week and next week we will be working on the pool balls and the triangle rack for them. For the pool cue sticks (or whatever the correct term is) I did debate over a couple of things to use. I decided that bamboo skewers would be the easiest to use and ..read more

  Watch the video here. This week we are starting where we left off on the pool table project. (If you missed that video you can find it here) I did have to add more glue to a couple of the legs to get them to stay where I wanted them. Also although the package on that dollar store glue said it would cure in 24 hours I found it was closer to 48 hours before the legs really felt like they would stay where I put them. Today I started off by adding an additional coat of the same dark brown paint to the pool table. I have decided to give up on getting a wood grain look on this and am ..read more

  Watch the video here. Have you ever looked at the craft paints in the Crafter’s Square aisle of your local Dollar Tree and wondered if they were any good. I know I have so I decided we should put them to the test this week. I am almost out of white craft paint and I need to get more soon. So I have been really tempted by the craft paints at Dollar Tree, I mean I’m already there if they are any good it would save me money and also I wouldn’t have to go to the craft store across town. So I decided to test those paints so we can all see if we can get decent craft paint for only $1.25 ..read more

  Watch the video here. I have another free pattern for you to download so you make the project. You can find the file here. In the download there are 3 files: a PDF for hand-cutting of the pieces, a PNG to use with your electronic cutting machine and a text file with handy hints and tips (and the sizing information) to use the PNG. As with most of these projects I cut all the pieces from medium weight white card-stock, the kind used to make cards and such. This is way more economical than having to purchase a bunch of colors and in my experience the paint colors are a lot more stab ..read more

  Watch the video here. This week for our Midweek Tutorial I decided to use some of the small flowers and leaves from the Dollar Tree Floral stems I showed last week as well as the UV resin I got a while back and a large glass from one of the Blind Bags and make a vase of flowers. I had planned to get a chance to play with the resin off camera but I never got around to it. I have to admit I was finding the entire idea of using the UV resin to be a bit intimidating. I have been looking at the bottle ever since I did the video when I showed it to you all. I just couldn’t seem to get ov ..read more