tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40231727946743899752024-03-13T19:49:07.315-07:00Sugar, Spice and Whatever's NiceSugar, Spice and Whatever's NiceAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-46744929535967003972015-05-09T22:26:00.000-07:002015-05-09T22:41:41.495-07:00Update on Grandma and Grandpa Hart's houseWell Hello Everybody!<br />
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It's been a while so I thought I would check in , say hi, and show you some of the improvements to<br />
Grandma and Grandpa's house. I hope all of you are doing well and that all you Mom's will have a lovely Mothers day!!<br />
Last time I showed you Grandma's kitchen it looked like this<br />
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here it is with lights on and all the kitchen things in place<br />
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That's Florence, she's Grandma's only domestic help, mostly she cooks and does light chores.<br />
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here it is with lights off- a little easier to see the details- notice tiny ice pick on top of ice box and mouse trap under butcher block, so cute I think!<br />
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Dining room looked like this last time<br />
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now here it is with lights on<br />
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lights off<br />
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parlour before<br />
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parlour now<br />
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Grandma loves family portraits and embroidering<br />
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library before<br />
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library now - added a few pictures and calender<br />
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bathroom before</div>
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bathroom now - still need to get corner cabinet<br />
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bedroom before<br />
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bedroom after, notice the tiny slippers by bed and hot water bottle on bed<br />
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lights off- easier to see details<br />
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there's packages and mail ready for the post on the hall table and a new stair runner<br />
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2nd story landing<br />
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Well that is all for this post, as you can see it's not finished, but there has been some progress. I do hope you all have a lovely weekend and until next time, love and blessings to you all! Oh and please do leave comments , because I LOVE THEM !! I really do! he he</div>
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Teresa</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-33844621431593665982015-02-20T15:22:00.004-08:002015-02-20T20:40:05.298-08:00Sweet PossibilitiesHello Friends!!<br />
It's a most delicious day here in Florida, the kind of day where the air caresses your skin with chilly fingers and the sun shines brightly through the trees, causing the leaves to shimmer like sequins in the wind, Oh yes a beautiful day of possibilities!<br />
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And as I sit sipping my tea, my eyes fall on the mementos of loves special day and I ask myself what shall be it's fate? Will it hold the overflow of jewels, or maybe the evidence of celebrations past? Perhaps I will turn it into a shadow box, with lovely lace and flowers and tiny bride and groom, and as I consider the possibilities my mind has a gentle muse.</div>
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I slip back to a time long ago and a little girl who fell in love with the most beautiful heart shaped box she had ever seen, it was lavender with satin ribbon and lace ruffles and right in the middle was a glorious orchid. Oh how the little girl coveted that box. but alas it was not to be, as the older sister simply wouldn't give it to her!! It's OK Bonnie, I forgave you-hehe!</div>
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Then I think to myself, I could escape into one of my favorite books</div>
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And I could skip away with these guys, deep into the forest where the fairies live,</div>
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(I made this fairy cage many years ago)</div>
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I could slip into the fairies lair, sip tea, eat cake and hear the stories of the enchanted forest.</div>
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Or maybe I will skip right on into spring!</div>
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Yes, I could hop right on over to Easter and dive into all that pastel deliciousness!! I could cavort with the bunnies and the chicks and dance in the wind with the butterflies</div>
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And then later I could wake up the mermaid from her long winter nap </div>
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And I could slip into a warm candle lit bath, while she tells me the ancient secrets of the deep.</div>
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And then I will pause and give my heavenly Father thanks for giving me so many things to enjoy!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-88745204700497031562015-02-13T21:05:00.001-08:002015-02-14T01:58:45.013-08:00Love Is In The Air!Hello Friends,<br />
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Well it's Valentines day and I do hope you are all having a great one! 24 yrs. ago on a cool and rainy Valentines day, I married my forever Valentine, I said I do and I still mean it after all these years!<br />
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And speaking of Valentines. it would appear that the Valentine house is all decked out and ready to celebrate</div>
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There's Cakes and presents and cards and Elizabeth can hardly wait to open the presents!</div>
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There's hearts of candy and roses for Victoria from Conrad</div>
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Then there was dancing, first with Elizabeth and then with Mama</div>
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and finally Conrad has his sweet Victoria all to himself</div>
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Happy, Happy Valentines everybody!!</div>
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P.S. I promise one day I'm going to figure out how to take pictures of my miniatures without blurring them.....in the meantime thank you for being patient ; -) I think part of my problem is I don't have a tripod and my hand is not steady..aaargh! Any suggestions? Well please do leave me comments, as I really do look forward to them and I will chat with you again soon</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-86091919894855356542015-02-09T15:14:00.000-08:002015-02-09T20:07:51.669-08:00A Non Wedding Reception?Hello everybody,<br />
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Hope you are all having a great day! Do you all remember this from the last post?<br />
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Well it seems miss Celestine informed all the bride girls that she had been all over the house and that there wasn't a single groom doll anywhere. She then preceded to ask them how long they had been sitting around in those dresses waiting for these imaginary grooms? OH CELESTINE! When I asked her why she told them this, she giggled and said, well somebody has to tell them darling, yes? Now let me tell you, the bride girls were upset to say the least and demanded to have their day, groom or no groom!</div>
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Well since it was raining here all day, I decided what better time to appease them, so we set about having a non wedding reception!</div>
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So we decorated and the girls walked the aisle</div>
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Then the girls posed for pictures with their cake ( a real cup cake which my husband was happy to eat after it's photo op, hehe)</div>
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Then the girls raised a glass and toasted each other</div>
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And then Celestine joined them to do a little dancing</div>
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And while Celestine quenched her thirst the girls continued to dance the night away!</div>
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Uh Celestine... you didn't dance enough to be that thirsty!</div>
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Darling...this champagne is terrible no? weak as water!! </div>
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Well it seems a good time has been had by all here today!! Celestine , raise a glass of cheer to all our friends out there in blog land!</div>
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P.S. Thank you for joining me on these silly doll adventures and please do leave comments as I so look forward them! Cherio!</div>
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How are you all doing? Well I've been visiting some of my favorite blogs and I got inspired to get busy and post something! So what have I been up to, you ask? ( you did ask that, didn't you? ;-) Well a little of this and a little of that. I've been busy thinking about Valentines day, which most of you know is also my anniversary. I'm trying to think up special ways to celebrate and in the meantime putting out a few decorations.<br />
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OOH don't you just love the idea of a whole day set aside to celebrate LOVE!! I DO, I DO, I DO!! Funny that's what I said 24 yrs. ago, hehe ( wedding day )<br />
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And let's not forget That love originated with Father God....<br />
He who does not love, does not know God , for God is love 1John 4:8<br />
I'm glad God gave us the ability to love, aren't you?<br />
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And this for fun. The book the meanest doll ever, is a sequel to the book The doll people and is actually juvenile reading but I enjoyed them just the same!and of course I'm always going through the Vivien Greene dolls house collection just for the sheer pleasure of it!<br />
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This is actually soap, the loose petals are for the bath tub and the little roses you pull the petals off to wash your hands, Of course it's rose scented and perfect for a Valentines day romantic bath, I think!<br />
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OH I was so excited to find this little gemstone globe for .99 Cents, It looks perfect in the Whitman doll house library! Joseph Whitman was very happy with it too!<br />
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Don't ask me why, but I have always wanted a pair of these cute little Baileys Irish cream cups and since I don't drink, this meant I would have to find them else where, well it's not the set, but for .69 cents how could I refuse? I think she is cute sitting there with my tea tins, don't you?<br />
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And last but not least I bought these pretty little Venetian cordial glasses which I will be selling on Ebay. They are actually much smaller than they appear in this picture. Well I guess that pretty much covers what I've been up to lately and if you stuck with me through all of this I do appreciate it so!! I do hope you will leave me comments and tell me what you've been up to lately as well!</div>
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But before I go, I know your probably wondering what Celestine is up to? That's a very good question, because when I checked up on her, this is what I found,</div>
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Celestine, what are you up to? Why nothing darling, me and the girls are just chatting.</div>
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Well what do you think my bloggie friends, should I be worried? Well, I guess we'll find out what she's up to eventually</div>
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Well did you all survive the hustle bustle? Did you take a moment to enjoy the traditions and time with loved ones, to reflect on the true meaning of Christmas? Oh I do hope so and I hope your mind is full of new beautiful memories! It turned out to be a very quiet Christmas for me and my hubby, a day we spent together at home. Usually we head to my nieces house where we spend the day with loved ones, but this year my niece and her family were sick with the flu so there was a change in plans, I was sad but it turned out to be a lovely day none the less.<br />
Now it might have been a quiet time for us, but there was plenty going on with the little peeps.<br />
It seems Dr. Valentine finally bought Victoria that little dog she wanted for Christmas and she just can't thank him enough, not to mention she thinks he looks so handsome now that he grew a beard and is sporting that new outfit she bought him for Christmas ( new Conrad and ginger the dog were Christmas presents from hubby )<br />
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The other animals aren't sure what they think of this new hair ball that has showed up and now it seems they have to share the humans and the food with it! Elizabeth of course is totally smitten.</div>
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Abigail the house keeper just shakes her head and thinks to herself that this is just what this house needs, something else for her to take care of besides the bird, the fish, the kittens, Dr. Valentines dog buster and the endless plants Victoria drags home! She sighs out loud.<span id="goog_1045419153"></span></div>
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Meanwhile at the Whitman house it seems Joseph has finally made it home from his rather long business trip and he and Sarah are having a quiet moment together in the library while he tells her all about his trip ( Joseph was a pre- Christmas gift from hubby)</div>
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Of course Joseph came home bearing some lovely gifts for his family, one of which was this beautiful dollhouse for Sarah ( a hallmark ornament I bought some time ago from the flea market )</div>
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Sarah was completely thrilled and immediately put the furnishings in it!</div>
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Maid is new and was bought pre-Christmas also.</div>
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Of course Sarah had a surprise for Joseph also, it seems she has hired men to start work on the new bathroom- this used to be Alexandra the daughters room, but she moved to the babys room and the baby has moved downstairs by the kitchen with nanny ( don't have nanny doll yet ) The bathroom is not finished yet but work is coming right along ( furniture is bespaq and oh so lovely ) still need toilet and dressing table and accessories.</div>
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Sarah made some pillows for Alexandra's bed and Papa brought home a lovely cage with the promise to take her to buy a bird of her choice</div>
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Papa brought home a lovely bear for the baby.</div>
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Meanwhile the staff prepare dinner to celebrate Josephs return home ( new cook and scullery maid )</div>
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The butler checks to make sure the table is set just right ( new butler )</div>
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OOH that Tommy is so naughty, scaring his sister like that- BROTHERS!<br />
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Well it seems the little gray house has been bought and the new resident will be moving in soon.</div>
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Penelope is a famous Prima ballerina from royal descent, she has traveled the world dancing, but these days she teaches young girls. ( Penelope is a Ethel Hicks doll and is only 2 inches tall, she was also a Christmas gift from hubby, she is so tiny and perfectly detailed ! )</div>
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And what exactly has Celestine been doing you ask? Well she has been spending lots of time in front of the mirror admiring her special Christmas dress, that she bought for her self </div>
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Celestine, I thought you were going to buy gifts for everyone with that money?</div>
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Well I thought about it Darling, but then I wouldn't have had enough money to buy myself this fabulous dress, yes?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-50183151464103106522014-12-19T21:57:00.000-08:002014-12-19T21:57:21.052-08:00Just Hello and a video!Hello Folks,<br />
Are you busy, busy, busy? I know this is a season that can be quite hectic, but I do so hope you are slowing down every once in a while just to take it all in and smell the roses so to speak- or maybe the pine? Any how this is just a quick drop in to say hello and share 2 more of my favorite dollhouse videos with you. Here's hoping you are all having a lovely Christmas season! Love and blessings to you all,<br />
Teresa<br />
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Well,<i> </i>I told ya'll I was going to pull together a few simple decorations and simple it is, just one little tree<br />
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My husband and I just didn't feel up to re - arranging the garage to get the attic stairs down and then hauling it all back up there after new years. This little tree was just sitting in the garage because I use it for other holidays and these hand made ornaments, because of their more fragile nature, were in my closet, so viola... easy!! Now I adore Christmas and can never let it pass without at least some decorating, I mean after all God gave us the greatest gift the world has ever known... A savior... Jesus!! If that doesn't deserve celebrating I don't know what does!</div>
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I love the Idea that some women made these ornaments either for someone special or for her own Christmas tree. I have a Christmas tree book that showed a tree done entirely in these beaded ornaments. The gentlemen stated that they had been gifts every year from his mother, who had made them for all her children, After I saw that picture, I decided I had to have some of these and since no one in my family was making them, it was off to e-bay to search where I found them in abundance!</div>
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As I was placing these ornaments on the tree, I started reminiscing about the first tree I ever recall decorating by myself. I was about 7 or 8 yrs. old and some of my best friends were the 2 little boys who lived across the street, Ricky and Dwayne, their family was friends with my family and remained so all through our growing up yrs.</div>
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Well we had what we considered to be our secret fort in the woods ( really just a big hole in the ground with bushes growing all around it, but it worked for us kids! ) and that year I decided to make us a Christmas tree, so the boys got busy and broke me off a branch of some bush ( not pine ) and I didn't have a stand or a bucket so we just stuck it in the dirt! Of course a Christmas tree needs ornaments and as soon as I voiced this need the boys offered me their......wait for it.......Yep,</div>
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Oh I was so proud of that Christmas tree and so were they, because after all it was their army men! :-)</div>
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Did you all have a good weekend? I hope so, my husband took me to Renningers flea market this weekend and I bought these 2 orchids</div>
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I couldn't resist since she was selling them for 3.00 and 5.00 dollars, such a deal.</div>
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Any ways that's about all the news from my little corner ( Have I been rambling on? ) Thanks for visiting with me and now I guess we better check on Celestine </div>
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Well what in the world is going on here? ... Umm Celestine are you whispering sweet nothings in the</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-4499892620737564932014-12-03T22:25:00.000-08:002014-12-05T12:01:31.914-08:00Season's : A time to mendWell Hello Folks,<br />
Are you decking the halls and haunting the malls yet? Maybe you happen to be one of those really organized people who had all your shopping done before Thanksgiving? At any rate I do hope that you are enjoying the festivities. I'm afraid I'm getting a late start this year, you see I've been nursing a much beloved pet back to health for about the last month. My little dog Tiffany, who's 14yrs. old and has been with me since she was 3 months old developed some kind of mystery illness, she coughed and coughed, ran fever, and lost weight. After blood tests and 2 rounds of antibiotics, she was still sick. I finally went with my gut and persuaded the vet to give us an anti- histamine and I'm happy to say we are finally seeing results! Yeah! Any of you who are animal lovers will understand how upsetting it is to see them really sick. Anyways, I thought I would pop in and say hello and share a couple videos with you. These are a couple of my favorite dollhouse videos, so hope you find them interesting. I'm going to see if I can pull together some simple Christmas decorations, after all this is my favorite holiday!! We'll check in with the little peeps next time, till then,<br />
Love and blessings to you all,<br />
Teresa<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-9273466484536164972014-11-08T20:55:00.000-08:002014-11-08T20:55:04.228-08:00Seasons of changeHello Friends,<br />
It's ever so subtle, it is, this changing of the seasons here in the sunshine state, first a gentle cooling of the days, then a random cold night, followed by another sunshiney day. A scattering of fallen leaves crunching under your feet like pringle potato chips, the sun shining in that slightly brighter and different angle, this is the gentle days of autumn. I take moments to smell the clean smell of cooler air, to appreciate the remaining flowers and to remember that life's always changing! I don't want to miss anything!<br />
How about you, my friend, are you enjoying the changing of the seasons? Oh I do hope so, and speaking of changes, there have been a few made over at Raven, the gypsy women's house. You might recall that the last time we visited her, the house looked like this<br />
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Well there have been a few changes, it seems Raven has been very busy indeed! She's wall papered the whole place and I must say, I think it looks so much better, what do you say? ( I just couldn't make peace with all that brown, just to dreary, even for an old servants house! ) Besides being a gypsy, Raven likes color!<br />
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As you can see, Raven has filled up her home apothecary, with all of her special herbs and remedies, my goodness, I wonder what is in all those jars, eeks! I'm glad she knows what she's doing, otherwise it looks like it could be lethal ;-) OK it's really just herbs from my own kitchen, so lethal might be a bit strong, ha ha. Oh and colored water with fake or dried plant material! I'm telling you in case you want to make some for your own doll house!<br />
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OH Boy, the bedroom has changed completely, looks like Raven bought new furniture and got new bedding. It seems she's been out gathering flowers and herbs to dry, so pretty! I must say, I find these changes most pleasing, good job Raven, ( OK, I hated the way the bedroom was before, too hodge podge and not the way I wanted it to look at all, but after trial and error I'm finally happy with it! ) I think I found that balance between Rustic and pretty that I was hoping for . As you can see, my husband electrified it for me and now her candles give off such a nice glow in the evenings.<br />
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Now the last time we saw the ressurection tree, it was a bit on the scrawney side as you might recall.<br />
( Easter tree that you hang glass eggs on, hee hee, hence the name )<br />
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So you can Imagine my surprise when I saw how it had grown into this! WOW, that's quite a change, wouldn't you say?<br />
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I immediately questioned Raven to find out what she has been using on this tree to get these kind of results, she assures me it's nothing special, just this.............. </div>
Ha Ha, Hee Hee, Oh Raven is such a funny girl sometimes! This is one of those chinese jade trees that my husband brought home from his auction house, just perfect for my purposes!<br />
Well, that's all from Raven's house for the time being, but you all know by now, how naughty Celestine can be when left unattended, so let's just see what she's been up to, shall we?<br />
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Uhmm, excuse me Celestine, but why are you digging through my purse?<br />
Well to see how much money I have darling!<br />
How much money YOU have Celestine?<br />
Yes darling, how much money I have ( well silly me, I thought that was my money)<br />
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Uh Celestine where are you going with those car keys and my, urrh.... YOUR money?<br />
Well not too far on this amount darling, but maybe a little shopping, a pizza Yes? ( oooh, cheeky little devil ! )<br />
Now let me get this straight, when it comes to cleaning up messes, that she made by the way, she says, no can do, because she is just a doll and dolls can't clean messes, but she intends to drive my car! OY VEY, does anybody else see the contradictions here? <br />
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Well, with that , I guess I better go, it seems I'm taking Celestine out tonight!!! ( well you didn't really think I was gonna let her drive, did ya? Ha!)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-81750003335962831672014-10-13T14:00:00.000-07:002014-10-13T18:18:15.703-07:00The Whitman houseHello Everybody,<br />
I hope all of you out there in blog land are doing well! Are you starting to pull out the fall decorations and savor the anticipation of the coming holidays yet? Well I'll be honest and tell you I haven't pulled out the decorations yet, but it doesn't mean I haven't been busy, you see there's a new house that has moved onto 214 Anniversary Dr. This house is done in a french chateau style and it belongs to Dr. Valentine's sister Sarah and her husband Joseph Whitman ( as in Whitman's sampler, think Valentines here, hee hee) and apparently there is a lot of money in confectionary because this place is a mansion!!<br />
My husband and I bought this amazing house at the same auction that the Valentines and Grandma and Grandpa Harts house came from, except this one came completely furnished with bespaq furniture and real crystal chandeliers and all the beautiful stuff that you just dream about buying when you go to the miniature store, but is just not in the budget! Whats more amazing is I got the whole house for the price of one of the chandeliers, WOW!! I think this was because it is a very large house and because everything was in disarray from being moved, but whatever the reason I'm so excited to get it!! So without further ado, let's have a look shall we?<br />
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The house is about 4.5 Ft tall by 33 inches wide. It's slightly larger than the Valentines house.<br />
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looks like they have a visitor! and the cats are soaking up some sun<br />
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the whole thing is beautifully landscaped and is on a turn table<br />
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I added the gardener's wheel barrow to this side<br />
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This is an overview of the whole thing. That's Sarah in the master bedroom, I added her from my stash, most of the dolls she had were resin figures and I don't like those because I can't pose them. I still have to get Joseph and the household staff dolls.<br />
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That's Ruetter ( don't know if I spelled that right) porcelain on the table and it all came with the house and it's totally amazing that it didn't get lost or broken with the way everything was all over the place! Woops I need to hide that wire that's hanging down ;-)<br />
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This is Alexandra, the Whitman's teenage daughter playing the harp, she came with the house.<br />
it's not in this picture but there's now a tiny Whitman's sampler on that end table by the settee ;-)<br />
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This is Joseph's library, I added the table cloth and the cake to the birthday scene by the settee in the corner, everything else came with the house.<br />
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Master bedroom, I added some bedding<br />
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Alexandra's bedroom, I added parasol and flower's in window. Love the hope chest!<br />
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This is the baby and nannies room, I have the baby, but haven't named her yet, What do you think she should be named? I added bedding, the vase on the mantle and plant in window.<br />
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everything in the kitchen came with the house, she had lot's of cute kitchen staff but all resin :-(<br />
I need to be able to pose them for story telling which is half the fun for me!<br />
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this is a servants room off the kitchen but I may eventually change this to a bathroom, since there isn't one in the house. I added the flower pot, clock, tea set and pillow on the bed.<br />
Well that's the whole house for now, but of course there will be stories and updates to come!!<br />
Now I better go check on Celestine because I have left her unattended way to long!! I hear her in the kitchen,<br />
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UM Celestine, what are you doing?</div>
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Well I am helping you cook darling, yes? </div>
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But Celestine I already seasoned that chili!!</div>
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Don't worry, I make it better, you see.</div>
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OH Boy,</div>
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lets hope we can still eat it!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-2635925817695597942014-09-09T18:32:00.000-07:002014-09-10T09:07:03.505-07:00Raven, the gypsy, tells a storyHi Everybody,<br />
Well its been a typical day for Raven and Romney, and as the day starts to slip away, they finish up their chores for the evening. Romney checks on the chickens one more time and gives them fresh water<br />
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Raven hangs the last of the faith charms in the resurrection tree. This is a special tree that grows on the property. When the sick come to see Raven , she reads from the book of the Ancient of days, speaks mysterious words while she places her hands on the person, then she consults her book of herbal remedies and mixes up the appropriate remedy. When this is finished, she always has them pick a pretty charm from the tree with the instruction that they hang it in a place where they will see it often. Then each time they look upon it, they are to say out loud; thank you I am healed.</div>
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Today had been a very busy day for Raven and she had seen many people, so she needed to replenish the tree.<br />
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Raven thinks that since the evenings are starting to have a mild hint of fall, that she and Romney will have dinner out side tonight. As she prepares the evening meal on the wood stove in the garden, she begins to tell Romney a story. It's a story of a lovely young girl who had beautiful blonde hair and blue eyes.<br />
As Mama talks, Romney weaves a pretty flower necklace for Traveler, their horse and places it around his neck.<br />
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Mama tells her how this lovely girl wandered into the gypsy camp one evening many years ago. It was plain to see that she was a troubled soul, for though she wore what had been beautiful clothes of quality at one time, the young girl was quite disheveled and looked as if she had been living on the streets for some time. The first day that Raven saw her hiding in the bushes, watching the camp, she went over and offered her a bowl of stew, which the young girl gobbled with gusto, Raven could easily see that she was quite hungry and probably had not eaten in some time.<br />
There was one more thing that was also quite plain to Raven, the young girl was with child. The girl had not spoken a single word, so Raven asked her what her name was and where she came from, but this seemed to frighten the girl and she jumped up and ran into the woods, but the next day she came back and once again Raven fed her. This continued for several days, and Raven couldn't help but notice that the girl was also in ill health and had a terrible cough. Raven started treating her, but because she was pregnant, she had to be careful about what she gave her. Pretty soon the cough was almost gone but the girl remained weak.</div>
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Romney wanders over to the stove and sits down to listen to Mama's story.<br />
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Well as the day's turned into weeks, Raven gradually won the girl's trust and then one day right out of the blue, the young girl spoke, she said, Isabel, my name is Isabel and she began to sob uncontrollably. Raven went over and put her arms around her and did her best to console the young girl and slowly as she began to calm down, she began to pour forth her story.<br />
Isabel had been a young girl of privilege, she had been born into a wealthy and prominent family. Growing up she had a typical happy childhood, but as she became a teenager and closer to marrying age, her Mama and Papa started to seek appropriate arrangements for her, then one day it was announced, her marriage was arranged, she would marry the rich and titled son of one of Papas associates. Isabel was devastated, you see she was in love with Colin, a young man who was not rich and had no title</div>
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Well she begged and pleaded, but her parents would not hear it and finally the day arrived that she was to be wedded and Isabel did the unthinkable, she defied her Papa and refused to marry the young man. Her Papa was furious and disowned her, but she didn't care because her beloved Colin was waiting for her right outside the door and they were to be married that very afternoon.</div>
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Isabel and Colin were indeed very happy in their newly wed state, but after only a few months of wedded bliss, war broke out and then the unthinkable happened, Colin was drafted.</div>
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Colin went off to war and it wasn't long before Isabel discovered she was with child, she was elated and wrote Colin right away to tell him the news! For months they wrote back and forth and made plans, but suddenly the letters stopped coming and Isabel got the devastating news that Colin had been killed.<br />
Isabel suddenly found herself alone and unable to pay rent, she tried to do odd jobs but because it was war time, most people just weren't hiring help. Isabel decided she would go home and seek help from her parents, but Isabel's Papa was a proud man and he turned her away at the door, declaring he had no daughter! She never even had a chance to tell her parents she was with child.</div>
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Isabel knew of the Gypsy camp on the outskirts of town and decided to go there, thinking maybe she could get some food and that's why she was hiding in the woods when Raven found her.</div>
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Raven convinced Isabel to stay right there with her, as she had grown quite fond of the young girl and considered her as a friend. Well the months went by and the day finally arrived, Isabel was in labor, but it soon became clear that this was not to be an easy delivery. Isabel was in a weakened state from all the sickness she had endured and as the hours dragged on it became clear to Raven that the situation was dire. Finally the baby was delivered, but Isabel was fading and as Isabel departed this world she made Raven promise that she would take care of her baby girl. Raven assured her that no matter what, she would take care of the baby.</div>
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Romney sat silently for a moment thinking about all Mama had told her. It was a lot for such a young girl as herself to take in, finally she speaks, Oh Mama that's such a sad story, what ever happened to Isabel's baby?</div>
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Celestine what are you doing up there, please get down from there before you get hurt<br />
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Celestine; Oh Darling you should join me it is marvelous, we can dance, we can have a party Yes?</div>
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Celestine: You should try some darling, it's the best lemonade I've ever drank!!</div>
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Well no Darling, she was busy and I was very thirsty, and I did not like to interrupt her, You see?</div>
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OH CELESTINE! I better go see Raven about this right away!</div>
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Well I asked Raven about it and she just giggled and said don't worry, it will wear off in a couple of days.....A COUPLE OF DAYS ??? Heavens to betsy!! Well I guess I better go, I have to monitor Celestine's activities for the next couple of days! Till next time,</div>
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I was awakened this morning to this<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-13871606390246374242014-09-04T12:46:00.000-07:002014-09-04T21:25:02.544-07:00Review of the Valentine residenceWell hello everybody,<br />
Guess what? I finally figured out how to turn the brightness down on my camera so that it doesn't wash everything out so bad, Yeah! When my husband and I moved a couple yrs. ago we packed up the instruction manual to the camera and now we have no idea where it is ( don't you always seem to lose something when you move? argh!! ) Anyways, my hubby found the on line manual for me, yeah Hubby!! So what does this mean to you, you ask? Well I thought I would review the houses since I can take better pictures now, you know ones where you might actually be able to see whats in the rooms, Hee Hee!! I also have changed a few things since I first showed it to you, because all of my houses are a work in progress. I thought I would start with the Valentine house since it is the first one my husband bought me. As you may recall it was an anniversary gift and since our anniversary is Valentines day, it became the Valentines residence, It's located at 214 Anniversary drive ( OK it's actually in my bedroom, but play along with me Ok?) Well this kicked off a whole new passion for me and I am completely smitten with doll houses and miniatures now!! As if you didn't already know this, Hee Hee, sooo... with out further ado, here we go<br />
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When we bought this house it already had wall paper in it, so I chose to just work with what was there since Hubby wasn't to keen on removing it. This was challenging since they didn't all coordinate with each other and since I wouldn't have chosen some of them myself.</div>
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This is an overview of the whole house, I do hope to add electric to it at some point.</div>
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Downstairs, you have the kitchen to the far right, I've added all those pots on the back wall since the last time I showed it to you, they all came from the lasaur restaurant in Paris, I bought them from Ebay</div>
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The downstairs hallway and the dining room.<br />
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Some things have changed in the dining room. I took out the console table and mirror that used to be on the left wall and moved it to the living room/ parlour, I put that long table there, to hold their dishes and I need to get a tea cart for that wall and a mirror.</div>
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Second floor living room. The piano is made from a music box that my husband built some longer legs for and now its just the right size. The sofa and chair is the most expensive furniture in the house as it is bespaq, I've tried to do these houses on a budget and therefore I have to be a little bit creative. The rugs in the main rooms are made from scrap book paper that I added fringe or rope trim to, this worked great since I wanted to cover a lot of the floor because I felt the paper someone had chosen before me was just to dark.</div>
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Second floor landing- I used velvet ribbon for stair runners.<br />
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Elizabeth and baby Darlene's room, I made all the bedding.<br />
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Woops these pictures got a little blurry huh? I wish they hadn't because there are some cute toys on those shelves, Oh well, I'll have to try to take better pictures of that in the future. Just when I was feeling so proud of my picture taking too, Hee Hee.<br />
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This is Victoria and Conrad's room on the third floor and I have to admit that I love this room, it just looks like a big Valentine doesn't it ? I made all the bedding in this room also and the tester over the bed is made from a box lid covered in lace and fabric. The picture over the wardrobe says, to my Valentine :-)</div>
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Upstairs hall way, the paper is the same pattern as the other landings but in yellow? guess they ran out of the other color?</div>
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The bathroom had this blue wall paper but I am not that crazy about blue, so I decided to add the purple and tied it together with the shower curtain fabric. I made the shower curtain stand from a coat hanger- by the way I'm not much of a seamstress, so I cheated and used fabric glue for all curtains and bedding, Shhh.. its our little secret OK?<br />
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I painted the Dresser and mirror to match. It was quite easy to find pictures and such that mixed purple and shades of blue together.<br />
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These are the residents of the house, this is Dr. Conrad Valentine and his lovely wife Victoria and their two girls Elizabeth and baby Darlene and this is the staff ( minus the butler Mr. Dobbs, still haven't found him yet )<br />
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Left; Abigail the house keeper, center: Sadie the cook, Right: Annie the nanny. Well that's all of the Valentine house.<br />
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Celestine, what are you doing?<br />
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Celestine: I'm Trying on Clothes Darling, a girl needs more than one outfit to wear, yes?</div>
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Uh.. Celestine I already told you that most of Barbies clothes are too big for you and would have to be altered to fit.</div>
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Celestine: Well there you have it darling, Barbie is not as perfect as America has made her out to be, you see? I am considerably thinner, No? ( Well yes, more like Twiggy, but don't tell her I said so! )</div>
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Me: UHM ....well what I want to know Celestine, is who's going to clean up this mess?</div>
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Celestine: Well not me darling, I mean after all, I am just a doll and I cannot clean up messes!!</div>
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Well now Celestine has gone silent and is staring at me blankly... I suppose this is her acting helpless?? ( I'm not buying it, are you? ) </div>
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Yep she's definitely giving me the silent treatment now-</div>
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I guess I better go, because it would seem I have a mess to clean up ;-)</div>
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Till next time, love and blessings to you all,</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-18562219100162385932014-08-29T18:39:00.000-07:002014-08-30T03:45:15.355-07:00Meet CelestineHello Everyone,<br />
Well I hope your Labor day weekend is getting off to a great start!! I have a feeling mine is going to be interesting, you see Celestine has come to live with me and let me tell ya, this doll is proving to be a hand full already! She showed up after her trip from Canada ( Ebay ) and Immediately let me know she was sick of wearing that outfit, and she wanted her makeup refreshed right away!<br />
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So I repainted her lips and eyebrows, took the lays from around her neck and arm and promised her a shopping trip for clothes! She was not happy to have to wait till the next day to go shopping but I told her it would give us a chance to decide what kind of outfit she might like and where to find it, to which she replied, outfit?..... you mean wardrobe darling!! UH yes of course, wardrobe, silly me! :-) Now Celestine talks with an exotic Spanish sounding accent, which seemed odd since she was dressed like a Hawaiian, so I asked her about it and she told me she is from Barcelona Spain and has no idea why they dressed her in that ridiculous outfit and another thing she is not a little girl anymore since she was born in the 1960's and she would appreciate it if I would dress her accordingly! Well I don't know if she's having delusions of grandeur or what, but I'm not going to argue with her, besides she does an excellent Spanish accent, so Spain it is! </div>
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So today arrived and we were off to shop!<span id="goog_600522632"></span></div>
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So we were off to Wal- Mart where we found an outfit she liked and would fit, this was no easy task as Celestine is both picky and very thin!</div>
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When we got to the car she demanded to have her new outfit put on, so I obliged her and she spent the rest of the ride home playing with the stereo, changing channels every 2 seconds, and wanting to know where is the channel with all the beautiful Spanish flamenco music?</div>
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Back home she spent several moments admiring herself in the mirror </div>
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Then she wanted to know where we were taking her out dancing, when I said we weren't, she sighed with disgust and headed to the stereo in the living room, declaring in her exotic accent that she was a beautiful Spanish woman and she wanted to dance, to live , to dream!</div>
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Too late... I better go run damage control before the cops show up for disturbing the peace, I mean after all , what would I tell them?...That Celestine did it? Hee Hee</div>
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Till next time, Love and blessing to you all and a happy Labor day too!</div>
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<span id="goog_600522631"></span><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-63519057091073439092014-08-06T19:59:00.000-07:002014-08-06T19:59:20.953-07:00Saturdays buy's and random thingsHI Everybody,<br />
Can you believe it's Wednesday already? Remember when you were younger and older people would say stuff like, boy time is just flying by, and you really didn't know what they were talking about? Maybe this was because we were living each moment in the moment, instead of hurrying around trying to get everything done on a schedule or ahead of time- you know where your mind is always moving ahead to the next thing instead of just being present in the moment that you are currently experiencing. I've personally been trying to slow my thoughts down and bring them into the present moment, to pause and see the good that's all around me now, to realize that THESE are the good ole day's. I feel I used to do this naturally, but somehow in the last few years while we were going through some tuff things, I switched into survival mode and forgot how to take pleasure in the small things, the here and now. Life is rarely perfect for anyone, but I believe that if we take pleasure in the ordinary, we will often discover it to be extraordinary!! So in that vein of thought I took these pictures to share with you of the ordinary/ extraordinary day today :) This is my beautiful new Hugs N Kisses hibiscus in bloom, Lorraine if you see this, thank you !! Lorraine over at Flower Lady's musings posted about hers and I immediately went on a search for one- found it at home depot. It puts out different color blooms from the same plant, so gorgeous, go over and visit Lorraine at her blog to see her collage.By the way I put this out by the bird bath that I showed you a couple of post ago... which leads me to,<br />
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Naughty squirrel, there's no birds yet because this guy keeps emptying the feeder! Now don't get me wrong he's cute and entertaining, but a gal could go broke trying to feed these little piggy's :-)<br />
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They just park right inside the feeder and eat until its all gone! Incidentally, I went and bought a new feeder that is supposed to be squirrel proof, I hope it works.<br />
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How was your weekend? Mine was so nice, my husband had the complete day off on Saturday and we decided to head to an auction in Leesburg, which is a town just up the road from us. There was a couple of dollhouse's for sale and lots of doll's, I didn't get the room box I wanted, but I got this little dollhouse and I just think it is the cutest little thing, I'm not sure what scale furniture it needs yet, I think 1/48 but I'm not sure. Haven't figured out the story that will go with this one yet, but give me time and I'm sure I'll come up with something, hee hee!! oooo I just love dollhouses, the possibilities are endless!!<br />
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My husband had to patch a hole in the floor where someone put a light in it. It's been stained now and you can hardly notice it.<br />
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And last but not least we got this pretty girl, she's had some restoration work but she is quite old. I think she is just lovely don't you?<br />
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She does a fine job of looking after her baby sister :-)<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-89218154486971327832014-08-01T16:21:00.000-07:002014-08-01T18:13:36.956-07:00Uh Oh Grandma Hart is not feeling wellHello everyone,<br />
Well it seems that Grandma Hart has taken to her bed with fever and a great deal of stomach discomfort. Victoria has spent the night trying to get the fever down and some fluids in her Mother, just as her husband Dr. Valentine instructed, but when the Dr. checks in the next day, she seems no better.<br />
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Dr. Valentine decides it's time to pay a visit to Raven the gypsy woman, so he makes his way to the old servants house which is actually on his estate where Raven and her little girl Romney live. He remembers the day he found them camping on his property in the wagon that they were calling home, of course he was moved with compassion when he realized the woman and her daughter were on their own,so he quickly made a deal with her that she could stay in the old servants house and pay rent with fresh eggs, yarn and of course herbal remedies for his patients. It seemed like a win/win situation for everyone and so far he's never regretted it, Oh he's been questioned around town about the strange gypsy woman and her blonde,blue eyed child, but the Doc knows people are always curious and suspicious of that which is different. He arrives at the house and knocks on the door.<br />
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Raven answers and invites Dr. Valentine in, after he carefully explains Grandma Hart's symptoms and tell's Raven he believes it is a case of the dreaded and sometimes fatal influenza, she consults her huge book that she call's the wisdom of the Ancient of days,all the while little Romney watches her Mama carefully, as Mama always tells her it's important for her to learn the old ways, the things that have been passed down from generation to generation<br />
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Next Raven consults her Herbal remedy book and begins to mix some things together from various bottles and jars<br />
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She sets the medicine on the table and explains the instructions for use to Dr. Valentine and then she does what she always does every time the Doc has gotten remedies from her, she speaks these words, Oh Ancient of days, you have sent your word and healed us of all our diseases and all of our destructions , and then she places her hands on the medicine and begins to speak in a language that the doc doesn't understand. The doc is always in awe, because there seems to be some kind of tangible power in the room as the gypsy woman speaks and so far the remedies have worked in some of the most difficult situations when nothing else has. Pretty soon the doc is on his way.<br />
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Dr. Valentine goes back to Grandma's and administers the remedy as instructed and sure enough the next day, much to every ones relief, grandma is as right as rain, they all gather in grandmas parlor to visit and grandpa serenades his beautiful bride and says a silent prayer of thanks. Even the puppies are happy to see grandma better. As they chat and laugh and visit the day away, both the doc and Victoria think to themselves, what a blessing it was the day the gypsy woman came their way.<br />
Till next time,<br />
Love and Blessings to you all,<br />
Teresa<br />
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I seem to have left poor grandma and grandpa hanging with their house only partially done, poor things, looks like I better get to shopping and decorating before they lose all patience with me!! hee hee<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-7120572204980273482014-07-25T21:25:00.001-07:002014-07-25T21:25:26.336-07:00A Few Treasures and an Update on the Gypsy houseHello Everyone,<br />
OK, so I just have to know, does it seem like time is just flying right by at the speed of light for anyone else besides me? It's already been a couple of weeks since my last post and it feels like it was just a couple days ago! But anywhooo, I thought I would just check in with you all and have a little chat, care to join me? The weather here has been hot, humid and rainy for a couple of days now, so I decided I should clean the ashes out of the fireplace and put the lovely scented candles back for a little ambiance, what do you think?<br />
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Turn The lovely lady fountain on for sound and<br />
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There you have it, a little ambiance and romance for the soul! so now that the mood is set, I thought I would show you a few treasures I found last week. Some were purchased at Goodwill and some came from a estate sale where honest to goodness, there was so much stuff you couldn't even take it all in and the prices,surprisingly enough, were amazingly reasonable!! First off was this lovely pair of antique cherub candleholders that were $ 16.00 for the set, had to have those since I love cherubs, Yeah ;-)<br />
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Next was this lovely real stone grape cluster for $2.00, not sure if the stones are amethyst crystals or purple Jade but I love them, so weighty and prettier in person.<br />
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These glasses, a set of 6 for 49 cents each, so sweet don't you think?<br />
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Ok not a good picture of this totally girly beautiful goodness of a bracelet that I paid one dollar for, it still has it's 19.99 price tag on it! Anyway, its dangly pearls and citrine colored rhinestones, ever so pretty!<br />
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Then there was this little bird bath for $5.00, hope to attract some birds to this living room window but there is not very many bushes on this side, so we will see if it works.</div>
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And finally, here are some updates on Raven and Romney's house, it now has it's wood stove in the corner and it looks like Raven has a pot of stew on to cook as we speak, yumm. It seems Raven has been very busy and has hung a picture by the table, made some herbal remedy's for the hutch, filled the urns on top with dried herbs, upholstered the seat there behind Romney and unpacked her lovely candleabra that she inherited from her own sweet Mama.<br />
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Raven has moved the bed in to the bedroom and hung the mosquito netting over it and covered it with her grandma's quilt. She has a lovely tapestry with a unicorn hanging over her dresser, there's still things to do, but she's settling in quite nicely.<br />
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She's hung her lace curtains and gathered some herbs to dry in the upstairs window( upstairs because you can't close the door if they hang in the kitchen windows ) Ok, well that"s all for now folks, Will update you as Raven and I make progress with her home, Also being a gypsy and all, Raven is an excellent story teller, you'll have to come back to hear the story she's planning to tell Romney about a beautiful young blonde lass that wondered into the camp one day a few years ago.........Till next time, Love and Blessings to you all,<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-68946630210921470562014-07-02T16:59:00.002-07:002014-07-02T16:59:56.537-07:00Raven and Romney's HouseHello Everyone,<br />
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Well it's been quite a while since I've posted, so I decided I better check in and let everyone know I'm still here!! Sometimes I just don't have anything very interesting to share, you know it's just the day to day stuff, not so inspiring :) But I have been working on something recently that I thought I would show you today...<br />
Do you know what this is?This is a wine box turned gypsy dollhouse! I found this box at the flea market for $12.00 and after discussing it with my husband, decided it would make the perfect little rustic house for Raven and Romney, in case you don't remember, Raven and Romney are the gypsy's that are living in an old servants house on the Valentine estate, you can read about that back a few posts. I turned the box up sideways and put feet on it so it could open easily, then my husband made a shelf to serve as second floor. (matching the stain was no easy task!!) The windows, shutters and doors are just pictures I found on the internet and printed out and then I used Modge Podge to paste them. Jerry made me a little overhang for the front and we put the shingles on and stained it gray to resemble weathered wood. I added flower boxes and vine and voila! The gypsy house is born!! I'm really rather pleased with how it looks considering it's humble beginnings. <br />
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This is the top of the box where it's stamped.<br />
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I still have a lot to do on the inside, so I will update you later, but I thought I would show you what's already been done. As you can see it's a small house, but after living in the caravan, it seems quite spacious to Romney and Raven ;)<br />
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I still need to get a stove and pictures and pillows for the bench behind Romney, so this is just the beginning<br />
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Here you can see Raven's herbal remedy book that has been passed down through her family and her mortar and pestle for making her remedies that she sells and supplies to Dr. Valentine in trade for rent ( as well as eggs from her chickens and yarn from her sheep)<br />
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This is the bedroom area and I don't have a bed yet but you can see her spinning wheel here<br />
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The windows inside are the same as the ones outside, I still have to make curtains, but here you can see some herbs hanging in the window to dry and is that naughty cat trying to figure out a way to reach the bird cage? Hmm very suspicious!! I will show you updates in the future as this little house unfolds :)<br />
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Okay well on another note, I don't know if I've mentioned before that my husband, Jerry is an auctioneer and about 2 weeks ago he was auctioning this little shadow box and bought it for me, it's now hanging in my kitchen, such a sweet man!!<br />
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You've seen my boudoir doll before but the teddy bear and the little German? russian? girl and that bride doll are little treasures that were also a gift from the husband recently and so I thought I would share those with you also.<br />
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These are sitting on the floor in my bedroom, I think I need another glass cabinet what do ya'll think? Well that's all for now, so till next time,<br />
Love and blessings to you and yours,<br />
Teresa<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-62282156096071629632014-04-11T21:27:00.000-07:002014-04-11T22:23:06.797-07:00Strange Happenings In The Ideal HouseHello Everyone,<br />
Well it seems something unusual is happening in the Ideal household, shall we go have a look?<br />
Hmm, the children are playing in their bedroom, nothing to unusual about that.<br />
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Tommy wants to go outside and ride his bike, Tammy decides to go outside too, but when Tommy ask her if she would like a ride on the handlebars she says no because someone has to take care of her pumpkin......Tommy rolls his eyes, girls are so weird!!<br />
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Mother calls Tammy to come inside and practice her piano, Tommy follows and aggravates his sister by threatening to take the pumpkin, finally mother tells Tommy to stop bothering his sister she needs to practice!! Father doesn't know what to think?!</div>
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That night at the dinner table Father tells Tammy to stop playing with her pumpkin and eat her dinner!</div>
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After the children have left the table and gone to get ready for bed, Pete asks Patti if she has noticed that Tammy is playing with a pumpkin? Well of course I've noticed says Patti, how could I not? She takes the silly thing everywhere! Don't you think this is odd behaviour asks Pete, didn't we just buy her skates, a new doll, books and several other toys for Christmas? Well you know how children are and if she's happy playing with a fall decoration, whats the big deal? Well it just seems a little odd, says Pete, have you asked her why she is playing with the pumpkin? No but I will dear if it makes you feel better answers Patti.<br />
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When Patti gets upstairs the children are already in their beds and Tammy has got her pumpkin in the bed with her. Tammy, says Mother, don't you think its time to put the pumpkin away with the other decorations until next year? Oh No Mommy , you can't do that, how will the fairy God mother find it if it's in the attic? Cinderella needs her coach to get to the ball Mommy or she'll never meet prince charming and then she'll be stuck with the wicked stepmother and sisters forever!! OH I see says Mother, understanding finally dawning. Mother gently explains that Cinderella is a fairy tale and that its just make believe and there is no such things as fairy God Mothers and magical pumpkin coaches, but try as she might, Tammy is not convinced and insists upon keeping her pumpkin ! Oh well sighs Mother they are only children for a little while and she settles down to read Tammy's favorite bedtime story, Cinderella once more. As the children drift off to sleep Patti thinks to herself, Fairies indeed!! If Only!!</div>
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Good night sweet children, pleasant dreams!!</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-23962733831083931492014-04-05T20:02:00.002-07:002014-04-05T20:02:31.553-07:00Meet a few other doll friendsHello Everyone,<div>
I do hope you are all doing well out there in blog land!! First of all I want to ask you what you think of my new look for my blog? I finally just jumped in and stumbled around until I figured it out, it only took me about 5 1/2 Hrs. Yes I can see some of you computer saavy people laughing out loud right now :) What I still haven't figured out , is how to make it so people can just follow me on blogger, not circles, maybe I just don't know what they are calling the link button? Anyway if any of you can tell me, I would appreciate it, since I really don't understand the whole circles thing!</div>
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Well today I thought I'd show you some pictures of a few dolls that I have come to own recently, this first one is a lovely bed doll from the 1920's. I found her at Renningers flea market for only $25.00, usually these dolls are around $75.00 or higher, so I felt she was quite a deal!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This little doll was actually one I bought at auction to sell in my booth at the antique store,after a few months she hadn't sold and I brought her home, thinking I'd take her back after a period of time,but now I love her and I think I'll keep her, Hee Hee.<br />
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This is also a doll I bought to sell at the same time as the one above, this one is a Franklin mint, not really antique , but vintage from the early 1970's' I love the case she came in with all the wedding memorabilia around her, I have the glass front open so I could take pictures. She's hanging on the wall above the one I just showed you.<br />
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And last but not least this little German doll was bought from an estate sale where the lady who owned her told me the dolls story. The lady was in her eighties and was having to downsize to move in with her daughter, she told me she had owned the doll since she was around 10 yrs. old. she had received the doll from an Aunt who had owned it from her childhood, so she knew for sure the doll was over 100 yrs. old. I asked her what she had named the doll since she had owned it since childhood, but she said she had never given the doll a name, since she really was never allowed to play with it, apparently her Mother put it in a cabinet to preserve it until she was older. Her daughter suggested she tell me what her own name was since it was an unusual family name and so now the doll is named Natholyn in Honor of the woman I bought her from.<br />
Well that's all for now, so till next time, love and blessings to you all!!<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-75783735739790429452014-03-03T19:51:00.000-08:002014-03-03T19:51:40.137-08:00Meet Raven and Little RomyHello everyone,<br />
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Today I thought I would introduce you to some new characters in my mini drama. This is Raven the gypsy women and Romy the pretty little blonde girl that she says is her daughter!?<br />
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There seems to be a lot of mystery surrounding these two, they live in an old servants house on the Valentine property. Dr. Valentine discovered them camping on the estate and offered them the old servants house in exchange for some of Raven's Herbal medicines for his patients ( I haven't found the right house yet, so just pretend with me ) She also gives the Valentine's Eggs from the chickens she keeps and home spun yarn from her sheep.<span id="goog_589608134"></span><span id="goog_589608135"></span></div>
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It's Romy's job to collect the eggs everyday. It seems one of the sheep has wandered over to see whats going on, is that naughty sheep eating the flowers?<br />
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As you can see Raven's chickens are thriving and the hens are in the nesting boxes laying eggs!<br />
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This was the chicken coop that came from the estate sale where I bought that huge haul of miniatures, I positioned all the chickens with a little wax so that they would stand up or sit in the nesting box ,unfortunately this picture doesn't show the nesting boxes very well. I also added a little bit of Ivy, some dried flowers and sunflowers to a few spots on the outside of the coop. Well that's it for now, but you'll hear more about these characters in the future!! Till next time, love and blessings to you all :)</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-23046329154065839572014-02-24T20:31:00.000-08:002014-02-24T20:31:32.720-08:00A Mini UpdateHello everybody,<br />
I thought I would give you a quick update on Grandma and Grandpa Hart's House. In case you don't remember, that's Victoria Valentine's parents, they will be living in the mother in law house on the Valentine property, which is a slightly smaller version of the big house. Grandma and Grandpa have been living in the big house with Victoria and Conrad while work is being done in their house, needless to say while the Valentine house is a home filled with great love :) everyone is happy that Grandma and Grandpa and their 3 spaniels and their cat can now move into the in law quarters. There is still a lot to be done but Grandma, Grandpa and myself thought we would give you a little tour anyway. Till next time, love and blessings to you all!<br />
Teresa<br />
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This is Grandpa's library, still need rug and pictures. everything else I already had from the miniature estate sale I went to, you can read about that in my blog called miniature mania.The desk came from Victoria's house.<br />
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The parlor is made up of a couch that came with the Valentine residence, a fireplace I bought for the Valentine residence and didn't like it there, table from estate sale chairs and piano bought recently.<br />
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bed and highboy actually came in this house but dresser w/ mirror and night stand were bought at antique store<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-30586894231961811702014-02-18T19:00:00.000-08:002014-02-18T19:00:38.014-08:00A Child Hood FriendHello everybody,<br />
Well I didn't quite get my valentines post in did I? Valentines day was my 23rd anniversary and the day after was my great nieces wedding, so it turned into a rather busy weekend. Happy belated Valentines everybody, hope you had a day filled with love, family and blessings.<br />
Do you remember your favorite toy friend? Did you keep it all these years or has it long been lost? Well I had this doll and she was one of my most cherished childhood possessions, she was the doll that slept in my bed at night, that went with me to all my friends houses, the baby who played a central part in all my play house dramas and the doll who comforted me when I was upset, sad or sick. She was my friend, well like a lot of child hood friends, I eventually out grew her, but not the memories she represented, so she stayed with me through out my teenage yrs. When I got married she made the move with me, but eventually she got packed away in a plastic bag with some other keepsakes. Then disaster struck, one day during cleaning out a room, she accidentally got put into a shed where she mildewed and was ruined. I was upset but she was beyond repair and ended up in the trash. Years later when I was remarried to the wonderful man I'm married to now, I started to keep my eyes open when we'd go out antiquing, thrifting, auctioning etc. and sometimes I'd see a doll that was close but not exactly the same. Well about 2 wks ago it finally happened, we were browsing around this little antique shop we had just discovered, and there she was, that familiar face I knew so well!! Of course I bought her and except for the clothes(someone redressed her quite beautifully) she is the exact same doll. Now to a collector she would have very little value, as she is not an antique or a famous maker doll, she is vintage from the early seventies, but she was just a common toy. To me she's priceless! She now has pride of place on my bed. Here's to happy memories and childhood friends!! Till next time, love and blessings to you all,<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02872307735275451363noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4023172794674389975.post-22198889794117396352014-02-12T16:16:00.000-08:002014-02-12T16:16:22.399-08:00catching up!Well hello everyone,<br />
First of all, a big thank you to Myrtle Mayhem for solving my problem with picture loading, it was as simple as using google chrome, problem fixed, Yeah! Since I haven't posted in a few weeks, I thought I'd show you all the pictures from my great nieces bridal shower that took place a few weeks ago. Savanah is getting married this Saturday and it has been a whirlwind week for her and her mom, I'm sure!! Some of you probably have already seen pictures on my nieces blog, sunny skies and sweet tea, if not go on over and visit her, you will enjoy it I'm sure! The next weekend after that, my church gave me a lovely honor, they've only done this twice so far, so truly I felt privileged to be a part. They gave us this little statue, it's called the divine servant, its a representation of Jesus washing the disciples feet, these were given to people who serve in the church in some capacity. I've been attending this church for 6+ yrs. and I can truly say I have learned more about the word of God and who I am in Christ, in this 6 yrs. than all the yrs. spent in other churches!!<br />
I feel blessed to have my Pastor and his wife and indeed my whole church family in my life. Truly God has blessed me!! If any of you dear readers out there do not have a church home I would strongly encourage you to find one. We all need a place to learn and grow in Christ and to belong to a local body! Well thats all for now, I'll be back to wish you a happy valentines day, so till then, love and blessings to you all!!<br />
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Savanah, the bride to be, looking as lovely as ever<br />
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The women waiting to be served, the tea room is decorated beautifully,<br />
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Everyone had a good time and the food was delicious<br />
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Savanah opening her gifts<br />
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Left to right, Amy Jo, Savanah, Amber, Barbara, Me<br />
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my sister Barbara with her grand daughter and my other great nice, Sophia, I think my sister looks so cute in this outfit with her hat!<br />
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My pastor Dr. Darrell Morgan and his wife Lisa giving me the little statue<br />
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My area of service, the praise band.<br />
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