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October 10, 2012

Fabrics and buttons...

I went insane and bought a bunch of gorgeous fabrics from a shop nearby. I even managed to make something out of them.





This was the first haul...


The second somewhat smaller haul.


Here's the third when they had a sale. I went back the next day and bought some more, but didn't remember to take a picture.


I also ordered some buttons. Just a few... Then I sorted them because I'm insane. :p


Some more buttons. My sorting insanity continues. This was an uneven assortment.


Then I made some pillows for the boys.


Mushroom Hunting

We went mushroom hunting some time back. 






Ernest found a chanterelle.


Blueberries are Ernest's favourite. Hence the hugging.




Progress Report - Furniture, part 1

I'm building some 1:12 roomboxes inside a glass-door cabinet. I'm making most of the furniture myself. So far I've got a towel holder, a bookshelf, a kitchen cabinet, a dining table and chairs, storage shelves, a sofa and three tables (big one for food preparation, a coffee table and a tiny end table) and a drawer shelf thingy. I've also got two armchairs on the way. That's about all I've been doing for the past couple of weeks.
I'll also be making some trunks, boxes and other smaller items this Thursday. I'm attending a doll house furniture making class every Thursday until the end of November, so I'm assuming I'll have a full house by then. :D



Here's the cabinet. I got it for 90€ +delivery.


Here's the first thing I made. It's a little rough, but I'm going for the... uhm... rustic look. :p


Here's the first bookshelf. 


A kitchen cabinet. The doors are still missing hinges and handles. I might add something to the back, not sure what yet.


It's a bench sofa thingy. Legs undecided.


Not sure what this thing is, but the little drawers will eventually have handles. Also, this needs some fine tuning still.



A dining table and some wobbly chairs. 


This image is a bit crappy, but I just wanted to show I made some storage shelves as well as the rickety bookshelf.

I'm also making an oven&stove thingy, but I need to fix it some before I can show it. It's currently way too embarrassing... 

March 20, 2012

Public service announcement \o/

Heippahei merkkarilaiset~

Tietoiskuna nukeista kiinnostuneille:

Suomalaisten harrastajien sivut: http://www.hartsilapset.fi
Linkit -osiosta löytyy pitkä lista erilaisten aasialaisten pallonivelnukkien valmistajista. Sivuilta löytyy myös foorumi (huomioikaa ikäraja K-13), josta voi katsella kuvia muiden nukeista ja jutella harrastajien kanssa. Muistakaa lukea foorumin säännöt ennen liittymistä ja postaamista. Vinkkinä sanoisin, ettei kannata aloittaa uutta ketjua kysymykselle vaan etsiä ensin onko joku jo kysynyt samaa. Näin teette vakiharrastajiin positiivisen vaikutuksen. :)

Ernestin faneja saattaa kiinnostaa ystävystyä Ernestiin Facebookissa: https://www.facebook.com/Njurn

Jos teillä on jotain kysyttävää, kysykää ihmeessä kommentoimalla tähän aiheeseen. :) Voitte myös jättää kuva- tai tarinapyyntöjä yms. Toteutan mahdollisuuksien mukaan.

Vielä vinkkinä teille nuorille, jotka ajattelette nuken hankkimista. Rahaa ei kannata mankua vanhemmilta, se vaikeuttaa harrastuksen ymmärtämistä. Korosta, että aiot säästää ja maksaa nuken itse, tai jos pyydät sitä lahjaksi, pyydä että se olisi useamman synttärin tai joululahjan lahja riippuen hinnasta. Jos nuken hinta tuntuu mahdottomalta, on myös mahdollista tutustua muunlaisiin vähän vastaaviin ja hieman halvempiin nukkeihin (esim. obitsut, blythet ja pullipit).

Te jotka otitte kuvia, laittakaa toki kommentteihin niitä näytille jos onnistuu. :)

Kiitokset vielä lämpimästä vastaanotosta ja siitä että kohtelitte nukkeja hellävaroen ja rikkomatta. Näkemisiin koulun käytävillä!


PS. Joku taisi kysyä että mitä mä teen työkseni (onko mulla jotain työtä täällä mitä mä teen), mutta en pöljänä tajunnut asiayhteyttä kuin vasta jälkeenpäin niin vastasin jotain käsitöihin liittyvää kun käsityötunneilla oltiin. Olen siis harjoittelijana ja apuopettajana englannin ja ruotsin tunneilla vielä ainakin huhtikuun loppuun saakka. Anteeksi hönttiyteni. :)

March 18, 2012

Packing them tightly and giving them a little shake at the back of my bike.

Next Tuesday I'll be heading to Merkkari with a couple of dolls with me to show the kids. (Merkkari is a local junior high school where I'm currently interning as an assistant language teacher.) I'm thinking I'll try to haul Khan over since he usually wins over the people who have any inclination of liking dolls. I still haven't decided if I'm taking Seba because two big lads may be a bit too much weight to carry comfortably. (Especially when I only have one proper carrier bag for the big dolls.) So I'll probably have to make due with Vincent, one of the MSDs and the tinies Pope and Ernest. I don't think very many people read this blog, so I probably won't be getting much of a response... But if any of you have suggestions, please suggest. There's a list of my dolls at the profile page. 


March 11, 2012

Update

It has again been quite a while since my last update. Someone at work asked about my blog and I accidentally gave her the wrong address because I come here so seldom. (Sorry about that!)
I didn't even remember to post all the Christmas pictures of Khan as Santa. He's still wearing the fake beard... Yeah, I've been busy with other things. But since spring is coming again, I'm hoping to do my annual spring walk thing as soon as the ground dries up a bit more. So far I think I've done it with Rin, Ren and Ernest (and Taki, sort of). Mine has new ears, so maybe it's his turn this year. I'd just need to blush and coat them first. Hopefully I'll get to that soon.


Kurren kalenteri 2011



Feel free to also befriend Ernest on Facebook, here.

Some more pictures from the past

Ever since the site went down, I've been meaning to post some of the old pictures into a folder. Well, here goes now then. If you have any questions about any of these images, feel free to ask. :)

Shiranami's compilation album on Photobucket

Because Christmas was only three months ago...






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October 05, 2011

Did some knitting and crochet

Nothing too complicated, but stuff for the coming winter months nevertheless: