The caravan is a slow project lol, between pram orders,
other mini makes, waiting for materials to arrive and sorting out pictures of
giveaways it’s not getting much of a look in.
Here is what I’ve done since last update.
I gathered a few prints up to see how they would work with the
colours I have chosen. I plan to make
lots of cushions, curtains and rugs. Speaking of curtains, I attempted the bead
curtain and decided it will take an age threading all my tiny beads but I’m
getting on with it anyway, it will be completed, even if I fall asleep several
times doing it lol. For the bead curtain
I’m using some tiny beads that are larger than seed beads but not too big, they
are just from the local cheap shop and cost around £1 for all of them, I’m also
using a very fine nylon cord that I can hardly see. I think I may have a problem with the weight
of the curtain so I may need to add some heavy metal beads to the ends of each
one to make it hang straight. This is
all trial and error so we’ll see what happens.
After painting some decoration on the caravan I decided I
needed to print some flowers off to see how transfers would work and if they would look
any better, I left a document open with all my pictures in so I could re-size
them as I tested them out and somehow managed to close the program and loose
the document, so disastrous results there lol.
However I think transfers will look better so I’ll get back on the case
as soon as I have another day free because it takes that long to do.
I finally managed to get paint for the stove and I’m now
faced with the dilemma of how to light it up from behind to look real with only
a tiny space behind it. I have some
clear water that I can add colour to and maybe even paint up something to look
like burnt wood and set in into the clear water to look like a lit stove. My plan is to make it quite thin so a light
will sit behind it and glow. Of course this
could all go to put because I need to research the effect of a small amount of
heat on set clear water. I could just
end up using some gel like that used in filming for the lights instead. I recon I can just use a tiny bulb and attach
it to a battery; I have to think of a way to remove the battery and bulb easily
for when it needs changing. Such a high
percentage of mini making is research and working out.
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| Looking good! |
I also glued in place one wall, sanded lots of things down
and ironed on some floor. Instead of
paying a fortune for special dolls house wooden flooring cheated and went to
the local DIY shop where it’s a lot cheaper, it is wider so it’s not to scale
but it looks fine to me and if you wanted it thinner you could cut it down.
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| This pic makes the van look really small. |
Lastly I changed the shape of the door... I wanted it to be
a three-way opening door with a curved top, so I set about making a curve in
the front panel and then made two thin wooden doors to fit it.
So that’s my caravan update for now, hopefully I’ll get some
time this weekend to do more work and it may even start to actually look like a
caravan lol
See you soon xx
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