The Bath & Shower

Since I never thought I would find much to furnish my girls’ house, let alone bathroom fixtures, I knew I had to make them myself.  I admit I was a real amateur in making stuff for this size of doll so everything was a big learning curve.

To make the bath and shower I needed the tub portion and searched many stores looking for the right oval “thing” to use as a tub.  I found my answer in the dollar store…a plastic oval casserole dish.  It was large enough for Wiccah to sit with legs stretched forward and if she wanted to lay down, her knees bent up like we all do in a bathtub so I was pleased with the fit.

Armed with the standard foamcore and some really cool white marble looking MacTac I went to work creating the first bathroom piece.

The tub-surround pieces I cut from foamcore the length and height I thought would work well when I put in a shower head. (approximately 18 inches high)  Using the casserole dish as a pattern I cut the hole out of a separate piece of foamcore for the base of the tub and slid the casserole dish tub in to work the fitting.  I wanted it snug inside even though there was a very slight lip on the casserole dish to hide imperfections.  I covered all pieces with the marble MacTac.

Since the hole for the tub was now covered with the MacTac, I made cuts in the MacTac starting at the center in triangle slices and carefully bent them over the hole.  You can see in the picture how it went.  Since MacTac is really thin you have to be really careful when folding the strips over so they don’t rip.  It’s a tedious but worthwhile procedure and works great in the end.

 

I trimmed the edges of the base of the tub with a pretty black bump ribbon to finish it off and I think it turned out great.  The only thing left to do was put the shower head, faucet and taps on.  I have not made the fixtures yet because I don’t know quite what I want them to look like yet, but the below picture shows the semi-finished project.  I was fairly happy with the results…but you be the judge…

Plants always add a certain amount of class to any room.  I placed these in to give color but really they are to enhance the whole bathroom.

As always, let kindness and positive energy

 fill your mind, body and soul.

Blessed Be, My Friends!

The First Bed

When I made Wiccah’s first bed my idea was to cover it in velvet – a rich royal purple, to be exact.  I wanted the upholstered padded look for the bed trimmed with gold braid. 

With a basic and simple design, I made the frame out of foamcore to start with.  The bed was about 19 inches long and 5 inches wide, a higher headboard – about 12 inches and lower footboard about 8 inches and the height of the base about 4 inches.  Wiccah is 17 inches long so she had enough room for a pillow and foot room.    When Summer joined the family I duplicated the bed for her.

Finding the velvet proved troublesome and I abandoned the idea of finishing the beds until I had the fabric I really wanted.  I had many different pieces of purple fabric but not the shade I wanted and not velvet.  It was a little disappointing.  In retrospect, I’m glad I didn’t have everything needed because I ended up changing my mind a few times on how I wanted the beds finished.  (grin)

The picture below shows the basic un-made bed.  It’s not the best picture but you get the idea.  It served its purpose for Wiccah and Summer until Rowan joined the family.  My focus on their homestead began to expand and the look of their house was changing from what I had envisioned when Wiccah was my only girl.

I will keep these 2 beds in case I need them in the future but at this time they are stored away in bins.  I know I will probably use them, someday….

And this is the unfinished bed in the first bedroom I made for Wiccah.  It doesn’t look too bad even as plain as it is.

As always, let kindness and positive energy

fill your mind, body and soul.

Blessed Be, My Friends!

Table & Chairs - The Beginning

When I first found Wiccah, my sole focus was Barbie.  I didn’t know about American Girl, Maplea, Journey Girls or Our Generation dolls.  Needless to say I didn’t know about Teen Trend dolls or what was available for clothes, furniture or accessories.  This was a true adventure into the world of larger dolls for me.

When I began to make furniture for Wiccah the first pieces I made were her table and chairs.  I’m a balanced sort of girl so I had to have 2 chairs. 

Making them was a lot of fun.  I had an idea in my head and armed with a crocheting hook, some white wool, quilt batting, beads, foamcore and a memo nail I went to work.

I made the table first.  I cut the foamcore into a round disk the size I wanted the table top to be.  I measured the height for the beads as the pillar of the table and glued them together and put them on the memo nail as the base.  With the memo nail table in front of me, I crocheted the table cloth to the size of the foamcore tabletop and then another to cover the base of the memo nail.  The pictures below will give you an idea of how the table was constructed.  (The tabletop is upside down in the picture below)

 

To make the chairs I measured and cut 2 pieces of foamcore for the seat and back of the chair and glued them with the back in a slight angle backward.  I padded the chair pieces with a layer of quilt batting.  With that part complete, I crocheted a sleeve and slid it over the chair seat and then carefully crocheted it closed.  I had intended to put some kind of edging around to give the chairs a bit of contrast or color but it never happened. (hmmm)

Using wooden beads as the legs of the chairs, I used nails and pushed them through the foamcore and glued them inside the wooden beads.  The legs are not as steady as I would have liked but at the time it worked well enough to use for my doll.  The legs are a little wobbly because the beads are against the crocheted and padded wool sleeve and not against the foamcore on this first design.

I like the look of the table and chair set but I think that if I were to make something like it again, I would figure out a better way to attach the chair legs.

So goes the first attempt at making furniture for my girls.  I have a long way to go to making the “perfect” chair! (grin)  Onward and upward!

As always, let kindness and positive energy

fill your mind, body and soul.

Blessed Be, My Friends!

Introductions Over

Now that my girls have had a basic introduction, the real work of this blog begins. 

This blog is dedicated to achieving all the needs of these girls.  So what do eight little dolls need?  Well…clothes, fashion accessories, a home, furniture, home accessories, food, cars, entertainment, adventure, a personality, a life and a story!

In the “What You’ll Find on this Blog” section is a list of 20 topics I’ll cover as I meet the needs of my beautiful dolls and bring them to “life”. 

From the bare beginnings of things I’ve made or acquired to the tips, tricks, tools and supplies I use to make the furniture, accessories, clothes and their homestead, my hope is to have a lot of fun and display my Teen Trends doll collection.  Having people who share my passion and take this journey with me is awesome.

Thanks for coming along for the ride!

As always, let kindness and positive energy

fill your mind, body and soul.

Blessed Be, My Friends!