All I want to do is craft

...and I'm stuck on Otis Patrol!! The bf decided Saturday morning to rip out our bathroom and put in a new one. YIKES!!! Needless to say, it's been a very long weekend......and I still don't have water. This is a picture I took during the demolition..(that's the bf pointing to where the tub used to be!)...I promise to post pictures when it's done.....if it ever gets done?!?!
Good-bye Purple bathroom, good-bye!!

In the mean time.....I gotta watch the brat! LOL, And I thought I was getting the easy job! This cat has been trying to escape for 3 days, and he is relentless! I swear, as soon as we thought we had him locked up, we'd find him half way out a hole! And he's so mouthy!! This afternoon he wandered behind the hot water heater and was getting yelled at to get out.....and all you could hear was him hissing and growling...we laughed so hard at him, we couldn't even reach him, but he knew he was getting into trouble!! He finally decided to give up this afternoon long enough to climb into a plastic storage tub and take a nap. He's ready to have his sink back...You see this spoiled kitty only drinks from the faucet!!! .........Terrible, I know....he does a have a bowl in the kitchen with fresh water.....I guess it's just not fresh enough!!
So, hopefully tomorrow we'll have water.....I'll be a happy girl, and Otis will be a happy kitty.....Although, I don't know what he's going to do now that the sink won't leak anymore??? Guess he'll have to learn to turn it on or something!!! I just can't wait to make something small.....funny how in my Real Life I'm remodeling our bathroom, and in our mini world, we are waiting on a miniature bathroom to arrive...LOL, I think the mini one will be much more fun to do!!!

Now Smell this....

Today seemed like a good day to sit back, watch a movie, or 2.....and make some perfume bottles. The bathroom in Cora's house is yellow...and the tub, sink, toilet, and mirror I ordered is green. Figured I'd make some bottles to match. The bf even made a couple....the blue one lying on it's side is his....pretty impressive for a guy, huh! The red one in the very front is his, too. He said it's a genie bottle...as you can see I still need to glue it together~ I wanted you to see how I make these though. I just use a flat headed pin and glue it into some beads. I do cut the pin down to size before I glue~ and make sure you use clear glue!! I also filled 3 jars for Katie's Corner.....I'll blame it on Debbie...seeing all her pretty jars reminded me that I had some that needed to be filled, too. I still need to put labels on these......seeing as the printer died, guess I'll have to write some out! Oh...and I didn't have cork to use for these, so I made some stoppers out of polymer clay...the 2 on the left aren't so bad!?! (That one on the right looks like it's trying to get away, huh!!) From left to right we have poppy seeds, chive seeds, and parsley seeds.....they won't be labeled this in the store, but I needed small things to put in the jars, and this is what I had....I still have 6 jars to fill, wonder what else I can find around here????

Spray Paint Artists

During my 'travels' tonight, I came across these AMAZING Artists.....Check out one of the clips I watched here....http://www.metacafe.com/watch/1008325/super_sprayer/ I know it has nothing to do with minis or clay, but I promise it will be a very interesting 3 minutes! And well worth watching!!! Let me know what you think.....pretty awesome, huh!!!

Learning How to Graffiti...

The more I think about the idea of doing graffiti on the outside of the skate-shop, the more excited I get. I spent hours last night watching 'how to' videos on You Tube! Then when I ran out of videos to watch, I switched over to Flickr.....and typed graffiti into their search engine....I was up till midnight looking at pictures! I tell ya, if you ever need color inspiration, check out what the graffiti artists are doing! There's some amazing art work out there! Anyways, I doodled out a few names. My son came up with the name Emuit a few weeks ago while looking at a crossword puzzle. For some reason, the word fascinates him, and he's been doodling it ever sense.........I figured since he liked the name, we'd tag the shop with it. I'd still rather find someone else to do this. I know I can do it, I just want it to be really, really, Great! Wonder if the people that airbrush t-shirts could airbrush in mini???? I betcha that would look hot!!

OK, I hope everyone has had a great Thanksgiving! I'm headed back to the couch to doodle!!!

I wish I could stick to just one thing!!!

I know...I starting talking about the skate shop and then started working on Cora's house?? That's how it is.....haha!! I'll get back to the skate shop next week, finally had a little bit of extra money, and was able to order the last counter. Hopefully I can at least get the inside of the skateshop done before Christmas. Thanks for the ideas about the graffiti...once I started really thinking about it last night, I realized that I was going to have to learn how to do it myself...lol.....can't be too hard right, nothing but big bubble letters and some color?!?! Hahahaha

OK...so lets talk about Cora's house for a minute. I managed to get a little bit of a lot done. Once I figured out which one went where, I glued in the Access Bay floors. While waiting for that to dry, I cut out the baseboards for the daughter's room.Then I went on a hunt for the left over flooring I knew I had hiding around here....cut them out and attached them to the floors. Good thing I don't throw anything away, or I would of been making another trip to Home Depot!

I also went ahead and glued (AND CLAMPED!!) the Access Bay Side into place. ..............And then came the 'fun' part......and I say that with all the love in the world. You see I had to get the bf to screw in the little hinges, and that consisted of hearing him yell all kinds of colorful words for 30 minutes. Poor Fella, the kids have run off with all of our screw drivers, and the only one we could find was this tiny little metal one. It was quite the sight to see him with this little screw driver, vice gripes to turn the screw driver, and a paper towel to hold the screw driver as he turned it!! Way to much fun!!! LOL!! (For me at least!!)Ok here's some advice: you really got to pay attention when marking your holes for the screws on this access door. Luckily the bf was paying attention and realized I had it set up wrong. (Check out the how the hinge is on the inside of the door, but on the outside of the side wall?) Good Save honey!! Then, we missed lining it up by 1/4 inch, so I had to glue the right side on 1/4inch below where it was suppose to go...this way when the door it shut, the door lines up to where it is suppose to go. I was not about to suggest re screwing the screws into the right place, after what I had just witnessed the first time around, no way!! HAHAHA

See, it worked pretty good!And while I was waiting for the glue to dry, I painted the baseboards for the daughter's room with 2 coats of paint. And once those dried I glued them into place! Then the bf cut out the crown molding for me. I find it funny how he props up his molding with another piece of molding, LOL: that's the carpenter in him coming out!!Me, I use painter's tape.....Well.....like I said, I got a lot of a little done or is that suppose to read a little of a lot??? Oh well, you understand........I hope:)

Hope everyone has a yummy Thanksgiving! Until next time...

Looking for a Graffiti Artist!!!

I'm back....my son and I were sitting here discussing ideas about our miniature shops, when he came up with an amazing idea. We have been working on a Miniature skate shop for some time....another one of those things I got side tracked from.......but we were sitting here talking about how to finish off the outside of the room box. I suggested doing some kind of beach house. But, his idea is much better....he suggested that we cover the outside to look like a brick building with graffiti on the outside! I love it, how creative.......living by the beach, we have a lot of buildings with ART on the out side! Just when I thought I'd never be able to figure out what to do, the kid solves the problem.....Now to find a graffiti artist that can do something great in miniature......

Let's Watch Paint Dry....

OK, I know pretty boring, huh! Ok, so I'll watch paint dry and You can look at where I'm at with Cora's house.....I painted lots of trim last night....And, I got the inside of the side access door painted. I also glued in the windows and all the trim....I do want to add a piece of floor molding to separate the colors, but that will have to wait till I get the door mounted on the house...I want my lines to match! (See my oldest peeking threw the window? LOL)And outside of the door is done. I still, really like the colors on this house!

Well, now I must go beg the carpenter to install this door, maybe I should try bribing him with cookies or something?!

Oh and did you notice that I changed the background?? Whatcha think?? Not too hard on the eyes is it?? I found the link in the upper left hand corner of Debbie's page.....Thanks Debbie! You can find the same link in the upper left hand corner of my page........they have over 300 different backgrounds!! And it's very east to do! Have fun decorating!