Day 123: Santa's Place

Welcome back!

I meant to finish this project a year ago!  I started it Oct 8, 2016 and probably got it 80% complete before Christmas last year, and then....it sat...and sat....and sat...until this past week, when I completed it. 

I created it using the Petite Properties Teacup Cottage kit:

Since I share a lot of pictures with non-miniatures, I love to put small scale projects into prospective, so that is what the Diet Coke can is doing here.

On the main level, Santa has a small kitchen

Entry way

and sitting room.  I imagine it takes a long time to read that naughty and nice list, 

so this room probably stays cozy warm.

Upstairs

Santa's bedroom

 His official work desk..check out all those letters he receives

and a little spot for enjoying a glass of wine or tea 

(depending on what was on the list that day)

Day 122: Audrey's House

O, I know, it has been a LONG time since I've updated this blog!!!! But quite honestly I don't know how some people manage to be productive AND update blogs of what they have done.  I not only need a few more hours in every day, I also need more energy.  

So, where have I been for the last 7 months?  Imagining, designing, and creating this little gem I call Audrey's House.  It is a submission into the Miniatures.com Annual Creatin' Contest.  

The original kit I started with is the Craftsman Cottage:

When I originally saw the kit I had to use, I almost decided not to participate this year, quite frankly, I'm not a fan of modern style houses like this.  With that being said, I immediately knew that if I was to work with this kit, I had to change the front of it to, well, the front.

After many searches I came up with a plan to modify the kit to look more like this:

One nice thing they have started to do with kits in the past few years is make them 360' kits, meaning fully enclosed.  This is really nice as less dust accumulates in them, and from any angle, you can view the project.   I realize now I don't have pictures of the other 2 sides, but the left side of the house is a mirror of the right, it has 3 exact same windows in the same spots.  The back wall in the original kit was a full wall, I added a large picture window to it, I wanted to be able to look all the way thru the house from any view.  Also, lots of large windows gives it that light sunny feeling I was going for.  

Now for the interior...hold on tight, I suck at eliminating pictures (trust me, to narrow it down to 4 to submit, I made all my Facebook friends vote on 30 different pictures!)

In no particular order:

Wiring credit for this project is given to Casey Anderson, my husband, partner in crime, and electronics extraordinaire!

With the exception of the kitchen counter, stove, and stairs, all furniture was created by me using House of Miniatures kits. 

The kitchen counter was modified from a wood shop counter.

The stove was made using a kit from Elf Miniatures. 

The one draw back to a fully enclosed house it getting pictures of the entire place.