Gift Shop

I'm rearranging the gift shop - yet again. This time I've moved in a bigger table.
On the wall to the right you can see the lovely oil painting I bought from Sandie who sells her beautiful work on etsy.
On the right of the table is the set of three wooden desk boxes I bought at the online dollshouse fair from Alma and Lia of Vilia Miniature.

I've made some new boxes of scented drawer liners. There are several diffent colours and designs. They will go on Etsy when I return from my 'rest'.

These are my latest tea towels.

Today I've been making up these little boxes for sweets.

I hope you're enjoying the weekend!

Candlesticks

I forgot that I was trying to finish some baby knitting for my sweet Henry when the post arrived today. My ornaments from Bindels arrived and I dropped everything to make up the candlesticks. Here is one of them in the Gift Shop.

 They are really quite easy to make, just a bit fiddly and the hardest thing is getting it all straight before the super glue dries!

Tonight I'll get back to the knitting.

New Bags at Jilly's

It's been a little while since my last post partly because Oly and I have started something knew - I'll show you when we've finished, and because I have been swamped with cushion making but I did make time (with one eye on the Olympics) to create a few bags.

One of the customers in Jilly's Tea Rooms and Gift Shop was interested straight away and didn't mind being photographed.

It's been extremely hot here (41C in the shade) and difficult to concentrate! I hope you're having a good summer too!

Andalucía 2011

It's been a busy and exciting time here!
It isn't every day I'm given a dollshouse! My dear friend, Oly who has relocated her miniatures into fabulous cabinets delivered her unwanted house to me before Christmas but I was so busy with real life that only last week I managed to start making major plans in my mini life.
My tea rooms and gift shop finally have premises of their own, but now I have discovered that I'm seriously short of tables and preparation surfaces but as luck will have it there will be a fair here in June again. If anyone is interested, it's the 2nd Edition Andalucía 2011. This year it's to be held in Fuengirola, Malaga, another half hour on the journey for us but still well within reach!

Back to the subject of the new property! It is still looking very sparse and I need to dive down all my storage boxes and find everything I've been collecting and making. Here are some photos so far.

Oly and I are looking forward to another brilliant day out in June - we're aware that we need to do some serious planning before we go this year, then hopefully we won't have a repeat of the manic spending frenzy that took over us last year! Ha ha!