18.3.24

Simonin kahvila edistyy - Simon's Coffee is progressing

Kahvila-rakennussarja on edistynyt mukavasti. Kuten tavallista, haluan tehdä asiat omalla tavallani ja lisäsin vasempaan alakulmaan muutamia omia minejä, kuten kahvimyllyn ja kulhoja, vaikka niitä ei tästä kulmasta näkyisikään. Myös Fazerin suklaarasia ja suomalaiset postikortit ovat lisänneet paikallista tunnelmaa.

Kahvilassa pitää olla syötävää, minkä vuoksi lisäsin kakun ja keksejä varastoistani. Kahvinkeittimessä on kahvia ja sitä on roiskunut pöydälle, jotta kahvila näyttäisi siltä kuin siellä todella valmistetaan ja tarjoillaan kahvia. Myös hopeanväriset kupit ja lautaset sopivat hyvin kokonaisuuteen.

Just showing a bit of progress in the coffee shop. As usual, I want to do things my way and I added some minis of my own like the coffee grinder and some bowls in the lower left corner of the shelf even if they can't be seen from this angle. Also, there's some local touch added with Fazer's box of chocolates and the Finnish postcards.

I don't think you can have a coffee shop without something to eat, which is why I added some cake and cookies I had in my stash. The coffee machine has some coffee in it and a cup underneath appears to have spilled it - all to make this café look as if coffee is really being made and served there. The silver cups and saucers are a perfect fit, too, and they didn't come with the kit.


Simons coffee The counter

7.3.24

The café project from a kit

Well, I opened the kit and lo' and behold, everything you need in included, even the glue & white paint, some tools, and electricals! This is probably no news to anyone else who has used kits before but this is news to me; it's the very first time I'm using a kit.

I've studied the illustrations to figure out how to put everything together. I've managed to "build" some of the furniture. the scale appears to be 1:20. I also covered the walls with some "brick" - I didn't want to paint them white as instructed or use the white brick paper included.

What I've discovered so far is that the brown, wood lookalike paper for the furniture gives a nice finish to it but it is very brittle and not very easy to glue. I already painted some of the furniture covering them with the wood lookalike paper only where they will be visible.

I decided not to add the piano to the scene. Why? Do I dislike pianos or music? No, on the contrary. I even know how to play the piano and have one at home but somehow this piano intended for this scene just does not appeal to me at all. Maybe I'll use a Lundby piano instead unless it turns out to be too big. We'll see.

Below are a couple of photos of the furniture (with a coctail stick to give an idea of the size), the walls, and some of the kit contents.

Furniture

Walls

Kitin sisältö

Kitin sisältöä

24.2.24

Flower girls and new items in the Children's playroom

These two young twins were the two flower girls at the wedding.

Flower girls

One of them was "snatched" from the Children's playroom (the blog banner) and she got a new pair of undies matching her dress.

Virkkauksia

In the annual calendar swap, I received new items suitable for the Children's playroom, the red teddy bear and a candy dispenser. I thought that the latter is very cleverly put together.

New red teddy bear

Candy dispenser

And here's the entire Children's playroom with all its new items.

New items in the playroom

14.2.24

The wedding theme with best wishes for the Valentine's Day!

I thought I'd give you a sneak peek to the miniature wedding held a week ago Wednesday in our miniature club. All went well except for me forgetting two sets of tables with white tablecloths decorated with orange roses at home. Unfortunately, it would've taken me an hour to drive back home and then back to the club to get them. Forgetting them really irritated me but in the end, we managed quite well without them.

The groom is a friend's doll and the bride is mine. I crocheted the dress for her. It's a bit like in the early 1960s when short wedding dresses were almost the norm. I also constructed the veil attached to a copper colored diadem. The dolls are slightly disproportionate compared to one another but hey, it's all about love!

Enjoy!





4.2.24

A new project

Cafe project

I've been crazy busy at work for the past month with almost no time for miniatures.

In our miniature club meetings we've continued working on our mutual project. In the first meeting of the year the theme was May Day celebrations and next Wednesday it's my turn with a wedding theme. Sorry I can't share any more about it yet.

Before Christmas I bought a roombox kit, my second one ever; it could be my next project. It's called 'Simon's café' but I'm sure I will rename it and make my own tweaks to it. I'm just looking forward to getting some time in the evenings to work on the café!

2.1.24

Hyvää uutta vuotta! - A Happy New Year!

Ikuisena optimistina toivon kaikille ja kaikkialle rauhallisempaa vuotta 2024!

Tässä lyhyt yhteenveto viime vuodesta: lähdin rakentamaan jo kauan suunnitteilla ollutta Art Deco -tyylin hotellia. Projekti osoittautui kuitenkin liian suureksi tässä elämäntilanteessa, joten keskityin tekemään yksittäisiä, pieniä minejä ja korjaamaan jo valmistuneita töitäni.

Kerhotoimintakin jatkui tavalliseen tapaan. Meillä on ollut syksystä asti meneillään yhteisprojekti, minkä toivottavasti saamme valmiiksi tämän vuoden aikana. Siitä lisää myöhemmin.

Joulun aikaan kerhon perinteinen joulukalenteriswappi innoitti tekemään uuden jouluaiheisen pienoishuoneen. Sen valmistumista saatte odottaa vielä noin 11 kuukautta! Joululomalla tein pienoishuoneen lisäksi muutaman emalikulhon ja niiden kuvaan on tällä kertaa tyytyminen.

As ever the optimist, I hope we will have a more peaceful year in 2024 compared to previous one!

As a recap of 2023, I began working on my Art Deco-hotel but the project turned out to be a little too much for me in my current life. Instead of the hotel, I focused on producing small items and fixing some of my existing pieces of work.

Our club held meetings as usual but we have been working on a mutual project since last fall and I can't yet reveal what it is all about. I hope we'll be able to finish it this year. More news later.

Our traditional calendar swap also inspired me to build yet another Christmas-themed roombox. You will need to wait for it to be finished, though, about the next 11 months! In addition to the roombox, I also made some more enamel bowls so this time you will have to settle for a photo of those.


Emalikulhoja