A lustre for your dollhouse

Dear Readers,

I'm in a very creative mood these days, so I want to show you another tutorial.
I've told you a few posts earlier that I'm going to create a house for my mole family. Until now I've done the matrix, but I will soon make a post about the different processes :). Because the moles will live in a cavern-like house, they will have a round top. 
I thought it would be beautiful to have a lustre hanging there.

But before we start the tutorial, I just want to say "Thank you" to my friend Emily. She said very kind words about my blog on her site :). Feel free to check out her heart-warming Sylvanian Families Blog.

If you want to create your own lustre for your dollhouse... 

...you will need: filament (a thin one), FIMO or another sort of polymer clay, superglue and if you want gloss paint.

Step 1:

Cut 6 pieces of filament, 5 should be identical, the sixth could be longer.

Form a ball with your polymer clay.

Prick the ball onto the filament (Tipp: Put the little ball for a while in your fridge - it won't deform, if you prick it to the filament). Than add another, smaller ball.

I've added a small ring too, it looks a bit more value now ;).

Step 2: The lustres arms

Now we will form the frame for the curved shape of the arms. It should look like this:

To get similar curves, bend it over different pencils. Repeat this step for the other 4 arms.

Take your clay and form a long small role.

Carefully wrap the role around the filament.

Repeat this again for the 4 other arms :). 

Cut the filament a little bit shorter. Than form 5 little balls and press them into a circle form.

Attach them to the arms.

Prick the arms carefully into the greater ball. You will have now the typical shape of a lustre, but unfortunatly it won't stay in it's form. 

Because of that, remove the arms and bake the individual parts. The little holes should be still visible after baking!

After cooling, take your superglue (please look after your fingers :)) and stick the arms to the ball, using the little holes.

We're almost ready!

Step 3: The candels

A real lustre needs candels, right? 

So again take your clay and form little cylinder shapes, like this:

Prick them on to the arms and ad little flames (also made out of clay). Put the whole building carefully into your fridge. 

Let it cool down for a while, before you remove the candels and bake them.

And we're finished :). 

(There will be a better picture as soon as the lustre is hanging in it's right place).

I hope you like it :).

Also I found this video on youtube today, it's about the new Sylvanian Families releases in Germany... If you ignore this strange song, it's quiete cute :). I like the way, the figures are moving.

Many greetings,

Kyra

Tutorial: Upgrading a Sylvanian Families baby bed

Dear Readers,

after sewing the little beddings, I posted earlier, I looked a long time at the beds. 
I think it's a nice idea by EPOCH, that you always get a bed for your new Sylvanian baby, but I have to admit it: They really don't look so nice! If you place them into a room, they're too low- especially when you're comparing them to other Sylvanian furniture. 
Because I adore my little Sylvanian babies (they're so cuddly^^), I made a plan about upgrading their beds. They should look more like real baby beds.

If you want an upgrading for your beds too, just follow my tutorial:

You need: FIMO or other polymer clay (of course you can also use normal clay or salt dough), fabric, yarn and a border or bobbin lace.

Step 1: The feet

Because the bed should have a higher stand, form 4 little foodholds out of the clay (they should be about 1 cm high). I've used a bead-roller to get identical pieces, but of course you can also make it by hand. 
Bake and let them cool down.

Turn the bed and stick the foodholds to the bed. Use superglue for a fast drying. (But please take care of your fingers!)

Yeah, I know, the bottom side doesn't look so nice :D.

But from the side? Better :)

Step 2: The bed canopy

You need the clay again. Form something like this:

It's a little bit lopsided, so try to correct it with a ruler, if it's lying on the baking paper ;). Bake it.

Now take your favourite fabric and cut out two rectangles (measurements: about 3,5 x 6 cm).

Turn 3 ends and fix them with a few stiches.

Fold them together with two fitting pieces of border or bobbin lace.

Fix them and apply some glue at the ends - so it shouldn't frazzle. 

It looks strange right now, but just let it dry :).

In the meantime, you can stick the "frame" (I don't know how I should call it- I'm sorry) to the bed.

Now you're almost finished: Just put the curtain on to the frame and ad some bedding. 

As you see, I made two little beds - one for my mole baby and the other for my little rabbit girl :D. 

I'm really sorry for the lighting conditions - the morning sun was blending, so I had to cover it...

I hope you had fun reading this tutorial :).

Many greetings,

Kyra

Forest Nursery

Dear Readers,

I'm very sorry that my time for posting is so rare at the moment. There are so many things, which have to be done for the University until the next semester.

But my fiance bought me the cute new Forest Nursery from Sylvanian Families, which made me really happy :).
Because it's so adorable, I just have to show you my new accomplishment:

From the outside - I'm sorry for the bad lighting conditions.

The inside (without furniture, instead of the swing):

I like the bottom design, especially the rail ways :).

A little tribune for theater plays.

And the inside with the furniture:):

There's something really great with the piano: You can make a blackboard out of it. 

I love this possibilty :D.

Of course my Sylvanians wanted to inspect the new building immediatly. Katie Hawthorn was also very happy that she could work again as a nursery teacher, while the children lunged at the toys:

What do you think about the Forest Nursery? 

I like it more than the Rainbow Nursery, cause it looks a bit more "real". The colours are softer and the whole room is brighter. 

Unfortunatly the Forest Nursery is smaller, but it doesn't matter (Especially, because just three kids are visiting the nursery at the moment ;)).

See you soon,

yours Kyra 

LIEBSTER Award

Dear readers,

I was again nominated for the LIEBSTER Award (see here) :). 
This time by Eaton Blackberry from the wonderful Sylvanian Families blog Sugarbush Valley. Thank you very much!

Because I think it's a great game, I decided to play it once again.

So these were the questions, I was asked:

1. Which country is first on your must travel list? 

Egypt.

2. Would you ever consider visiting South Africa?

For sure :).

3.Do you like watching sports and which is your favorite to watch?

Not at all, I'm very sorry.

4. What is your all time favorite movie?

Lord of the rings

5. What is you favorite novel?

Again Lord of the rings, but also Harry Potter.

6. What do you collect, and which of these collections are your favorite?

Owls and of course Sylvanian Families. I think the Sylvanians are my favourite- because they're so cute. 

7. Do you like winters?

I love them!

8. Do you prefer pizza or hamburgers?

... That's difficult, but I think I prefer pizza.

9. What is your favorite kind of flower?

Hydrangeas (I hope it's called like that...) 

10. What one decision in your life that you made would you change?

None :).

11. If you had one wish what would it be?

That I could teach my pupils instantly, instead of studying for 2 more years. :D

My 10 nominations are (the 11th is still missing :():

1. Emily's Sylvanian Families

2. Sugarbush Valley

3. My Sylvanian Families Blog

4. Jane Chérie

5. For The Love of Minis

6. Sylvanian Families Clothes and DIY

7. Lily's Sylvanian Families

8. (MP) Mis Parkikitos

9. Plastic Candy

10. My Own Private Sylvania

Because I'm totally uncreative in coming up with 11 new questions, I took some of my "old" ones too.

So here are my questions for my nominations:

1. What is your favorite plush toy?
2. What do you prefer - coffee or tea?
3. If you could travel back in time- where would you go to?
4. Which cine film will you attend to watch next?
5. Do you prefer living in the countryside or in the city?
6. Are you afraid of ghosts?
7. Do you have preferred clothes?
8. What are your hobbies besides blogging?
9. Do you have any pets?
10. Which room in your house/flat is the most important to you?
11. What is your favorite handicraft?

Have fun:).
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Sadly today is the first day in this week, that I have the time to write a new post. 
I have a huge pile of different history books lieing on my desk, which have to be read until next week. So unfortunately I'm not having much time for beeing creative at these days... 
But still I've done a few things: 
I've added the bios of the mole and cow family:). 
Also I'm planning to build an underground home for my McBurrow's, which of course I want to show here. I prefer a round room for them - so it should more look like a cave than a "normal" house.
I suppose that this undertaking will need a lot of time, but I really want to try it :D.

See you soon,
Kyra

New families

Hey everybody :),

when I was looking at my very small Sylvanian village, I thought, that it would be time to order new families. 
Also the residents told me that they're missing some of their close friends- you see, there was nothing else for I could do but to look for the said families :D.

I had good luck on Ebay and purchased the Fresian Cow Family by auction. So here is my brandnew "Buttercup Family":

The other family, I bought, is the "McBurrows Mole Family" and their baby boy. Because they are not yet released here in Germany, I've ordered them from the official UK site.

Aren't they adorable? I could look at them the whole day - they are so cuddly!

When I first saw them, I was surprised how small they are compared to the other families. But, indeed, a mole is smaller than a rabbit in reality - so I'm fine with it :D.

The other thing I did in the last evening are these two beddings for the baby beds:

If you're interested in reworking - just tell me so I can give you the measurements :).

I'm looking forward to your comments. 

See you soon:)

This and that

Dear Readers,

lovely Jane Chérie nominated me for the LIEBSTER AWARD, which was created to promote blogs with less than 200 readers. 
I think it's a very great idea, so small or unknown blogs can win more readers.
If you're nominated and you want to play the game, you mention the person, who nominated you, answer the questions, he/she asked you, nominate 11 other blogs and ask them 11 questions.

These were the questions I was asked by Jane Chérie

1. What is your favorite Disney movie?
It may sounds a little bit strange, but it’s “Hercules”, maybe it’s due to the music :D.

2. What is your favorite picture book?
“Frederik” by Leo Lionni. (I would also have mentioned Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter, but I’m not really sure if it’s a typical picture book…)

3. What is your favorite novel?
Definitely Lord of the Rings.

4. What word do you use all the time?
It’s “definitely” :D.

5. What would you splurge on if you won $100,000?Maybe I would buy a holiday home in Turkey or in Thailand.

6. What would you never eat?
One of those 1000 year old eggs… O.o

7. What name do you wish you had instead of your own?
Elisabeth

8. What do you like to daydream about?
About time traveling back into the medieval times or into the  Renaissance.

9. What is your phobia?
Spiders…

10. What do you want to be remembered for?
Hmh… Maybe for my creativity and sewing skills… Or maybe for publishing a book…

11. What do you wish upon a star?
That everything will be fine. I’m really happy with my life, so it should be like this forever.

Well, after answering the questions I thought about my nominations... and a problem appeared: Most of the blogs, I'm following were already nominated or had more than 200 readers... 
So please forgive me, I just can nominate these 4 blogs:

1.Emily's Sylvanian Families
2.Lily's Sylvanian Families
3.My Sylvanian Families Blog
4.For The Love Of Minis

I hope you won't chop my head of, because of this rule breaking :D.

These are my questions for my nominations:

1. What is your favorite plush toy?
2. What is your favorite drink?
3. If you could travel back in time- where would you go to?
4. Which cine film will you attend to watch next?
5. If you could live another life, how would it looks like?
6. Are you afraid of ghosts?
7. What is your favorite flower?
8. What are your hobbies beside blogging?
9. Do you have any pets?
10. What is your favorite season?
11. What is your favorite handicraft? 


See you soon,
Kyra

PS: There will be soon some changes in my blog. New families will move into my Sylvanian village, which is in it's construction phase :). 
After that, there will be stories and of course more tutorials and sewing patterns.