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Continued from: Doll House for My Sister – 2nd Phase With the first-floor walls in place, I could now add the baseboards to the large green room… …and the faux … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister – 3rd Phase
Continued from: Sopwith Camel – Unforeseen Challenges In our last update, I had decided to paint the individual model pieces first rather than assemble them prior to painting as called … Continue Reading Sopwith Camel – More Challenges??
Continued from: Doll House for My Sister – 1st Phase But before I started on the flooring, I realized it would be easier to attach the shutters while the walls … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister – 2nd Phase
As I began working with the two “3” bags, I was amazed at how the car was taking shape from mostly square or rectangular pieces. At times, I could not … Continue Reading My First LEGO Set – Final Assembly
I did something last fall that I have never done before—I bought my first LEGO set. Of course, I have bought a multitude of LEGO sets over my adult life, … Continue Reading My First LEGO Set – Getting Started
Continued from: Sopwith Camel – Spanning the Frames In my last update of the building of this balsa wood model airplane, I had just attached the tissue to the frames … Continue Reading Sopwith Camel – Unforeseen Challenges
Last fall on one of the days when my in-town granddaughter was off from school, I was at their house watching her while her mom and dad worked. When she … Continue Reading Miniature Backyard Fun
Continued from: Sopwith Camel – Building the Frames I recalled from my model airplane building years ago that covering the frames with silkspan (essentially tissue paper) was another fun step. … Continue Reading Sopwith Camel – Spanning the Frames
After having built a doll house for each of my two granddaughters and one for my sister’s grandchildren, my miniature home construction clientele went in a different direction—building a doll … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister – 1st Phase
I have written many times before about travelling to Amsterdam, a city that I have visited over 30 times. The reason for all of my trips has been to teach … Continue Reading Amsterdam Ever Again?
I was very excited to get started working on this balsa wood model airplane, the first one for me to build in at least 50 years. For anyone unfamiliar with … Continue Reading Sopwith Camel – Building the Frames
The whoosh that I had heard while driving was the tonneau cover taking flight off the truck bed. I had noticed the headwinds and crosswinds had increased significantly as we … Continue Reading Doll House Delivery – Success!
If you followed my multi-part blog series on building a dollhouse for my sister’s grandchildren, you know it didn’t just end with getting the house built—there was also a long-distance … Continue Reading Doll House Delivery – Unexpected Challenges
For the top floor, my sister had decided that one room would be an art room and the other would be a bathroom (no outhouse for this classy farmhouse). To … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister’s Grandchildren – 4th Phase
My idea turned out very nicely for this one room. But what about the other floors? For the other first floor room, what would become the kitchen, my sister decided … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister’s Grandchildren – 3rd Phase
In our last doll house update, I know I left you “floored” wondering what my wonderful idea was for flooring this doll house. Well as is often the case, the … Continue Reading Doll House for My Sister’s Grandchildren – 2nd Phase
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