New Sofa design and Ebay Goodies!!

 

Few of the items on my Project to-do list was a Sofa and an armchair.

 

One weekend I finally got srated with the sofa, it took about 4 days.... as with anything in life, you probably never get it right the first time, but if you don't give up, you get better at it!

I thought the dollhouse also needed some soft furnishings, I couldn't make them so I had to buy them! As Miniatures are relatively niche in Malaysia so many collectors are still buying online and having them shipped. I looked around Ebay for many days, bidded on a few things, compared prices and managed to get a good deal from a very good seller!

 

I was soooo Happy when the items arrived! Are they like the most adorable little things or what ?! Hee Hee!

Something doesn't look right........  why of course!

A Home is not complete without a Pet or two! I put the cat on the couch as a joke to a Facebook Friend! :)

Experimental Cherry Blossoms

I've always loved Cherry Blossoms....

There were some floral elemenent ideas I had wanted to incorporate into my Lampshade designs, so I googled some basic felt flower tutorials. The basics for felt flowers are about the same.

 

Still experimenting on the shapes and looks, i know it doesn't look anything like a Cherry Blossom but the double tipped petal seems to be the iconic shape for Cherry blossoms?...  

 

Over the weekend, we went to the Grand Launch of the first Spotlight outlet in Malaysia. Being well known for Crafts and Home furnishing, we just had to go (of course, all the e-mail and FB reminders played a part!).

 

So me & Ms. T set off to Ampang Point at 11-ish on Sat morning to Ampang Point to find a Full house parking! After mamanging to find a place to park, we thought ok, let's have Brunch first before we go check out Spotlight. To out horror, we came to the 2nd floor escalator to find a huge crowd barred from going up. The patient Nepalese Security Guard explained there is a huge queue on the 3rd floor queue-ing to get into the Store itself, creating a gridlock. Also to avoid chaos, Spotlight staff controlled the Crowd inflow by staggering batches of disgruntled custoers into their Store.

Photo Courtesy of Ms. T ! Mad Queue!

We finally got in after 40mins, and the massive crowds made it very difficult to browse the Store. Nevertheless, I spotted a small corner called 'Fabulous Findings' - everything in the box for RM 2.99! I got a whole stash of metal beads, best part they were further discounted with the VIP card! The felt cloth was also discounted to RM 2.24 per piece. All in all a good day!

New Lampshade: Meteor Rain

I experimented a new design for the lampshade, it turned out ok and I'm pleased with the results!

The idea I had in mind was streaks of gold or silver streaks on a black fabric or inverse; white fabric with gold or shiny black streaks. So, at first the material I had in mind was thick embroidery threads but it just didn't have the shiny effect I wanted. Good thing I found the packet of shiny long beads I got from Chinatown.

Lights and other things

Quick update on the light/Mini Chandelier results....

 

When I heard IKEA had a minature doll house furniture with miniature replicas of their Vago and Klippan sofa, I knew I HAD to get a set. I went once and they were all SOld Out! So on the next available shipment, I rushed to IKEA and bought 2 sets! HA HA!

Here's an example of someone's Blog I found who decorated her dollhouse using the HUSET dollhouse set! Super cuteness my Gawd! :)