As if I could not do something mini in the garden, right?  Oh Ebay, you tempted me and I caved.  Miss Kitty has become an avid gardener.  Thank you Peppa Pig and your gardening with Grandpa Pig episode (that we have watched a million times).  She has her shovels, her garden tools carrying bag and her Hello Kitt…

Bed building phobia squashed (woo hoo).  Miss Kitty's self potty training underway (check).  Garden raked, lawn fertilized and front garden dug up (check), back garden soil 50% turned (check).  Ok, now back to mini making and blogging! As you may recall I purchased the Ikea "Sy" sewing machi…

I decided to make a few changes to the blog.  I really, really dislike how complicated Blogger is to work with and change formatting without advanced HTML work.  I might dare to say that my husband was right when he suggested WordPress instead of Blogger, but oh no I said, and now I suffer!  Grrrr.   I might inve…

I had a bed phobia.  For some reason I had a mental block about being able to conceptualize building a bed and then a fear of where to start.  It hit "do or die" time when I actually needed the bed to fill in the bedroom. Who knew a bedroom would require a bed? I had a look in mind so I went to a few w…

After the dresser and desk combo went in, I was worried (needlessly) that the room might look too traditional. Art, I thought, would breath some modern "umph" into it! I took to the pages of Style At Home and House and Home.  The one picture is of a poster and the square art is actually a photo …

I stared at it. It stared at me.  Everyone's kind comments were very appreciated. The rug idea played over and over. But then I realized Miss Kitty would take the rug out. Maybe use the rug to make a diaper for Elmo. This would not be a long term solution. I cracked out the saw and the Dremel. Done! Les…

Mini people face death via the hole in the floor Dear Melissa and Doug,  Why did you put the stairs in the middle of the floor? And why did you make such a HUGE hole on top of it? The giant stair opening never seemed an issue until I decided to make this a real dollhouse. When you have a giant opening for…