Dollhouse garden

I remember the first time I saw Colleen Moore's Fairy Castle at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. I was a little girl and it was the first time I ever saw anything so magical. That is a story for another post. Now I want to give you a little tour of another dollhouse that is another place of magical perfection. Kathleen's dollhouse. Kathleen Holmes is a Facebook friend of mine. She is the owner and designer of wonderful dollhouses and dollhouse miniatures. Every detail is so…

Newly finished wooden one inch to the foot scale Van Buren doll house. The house is not wired. The house is 29 inches high, 30 inches wide, 14 1/2 inches deep and 20 inches deep with the porch. The base of the house was made from the Van Buren, made by Greenleaf, and has been out of production for quite some time The stone finish on the outside of the house was created by a dimensional material that was hand-cut and hand-applied. It is beautiful in person! The front porch was a custom…

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miniature garden, I need to do this with my plant tray on my coffee table, it would be so cute with a fence and gate

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This week's exhibit is from the 2007 Good Sam Show. Michael Puff took a workshop from Rik Pierce, Frogmorton Studios, to build the Three Bears Cottage. Michael made the structure into "McTavish Toy Shoppe and Fairy Garden." He also incorporated a Fairy Garden. For landscaping, he bought florals from fine artisans at the Good Sam Show or used kits. His mother, Martha Puff, furnished the interior with her collection of miniature toys. The structure is now part of the Kaye Browning Miniature…

The weather continues to be cold, really cold with snow and freezing temperatures. As February ends and March arrives, our minds here at the Garden Spot turn toward the garden. With 5 acres to tend, there's a lot to think about. While we wait for good weather, my husband has been planning the vegetable garden, sorting old seed packs, buying new ones, and creating a planting plan. I've been gardening of sorts too--the mini kind. I'm designing gardens for two big farm houses, the Bellingham…

If you are planting a garden for your miniature scene then you will need lots of rich soil. While I was making my Ophelia dollhouse gar...