26 March 2012

I'm A Giant Wannabe


Emily Henderson's Famous Dollhouse Challenge


I know, I know the audacity of me to launch into this series of posts and associate them with the famous and now defunct apparently ended dollhouse challenge.  But alas, this is a true story and maybe Mini Dork wouldn't mind adding this wannabe me to her Giant Roll Call. *wink, wink* There appear to be no prizes at stake, so friends give me some latitude, okay? *Wry grin from ear to ear.* 


With the launch of the I'm A Giant Dollhouse Challenge last fall (I didn't stumble on it until mid-October), I was motivated to finally remove my Neville House from its box.  It had been sitting in my craft room for months, waiting for me to clear away a space to set it up and give it some design attention.  At that point, I had not done anything with my dollhouse miniatures for some time because play-scale dioramas had been getting all of my attention. 

my first adult dollhouse purchase, the Neville House from CB2
Never-the-less, I got all sorts of ideas, thinking the challenge was just what I needed. But I still wasn't committed to blogging about this hobby of mine...maybe I'd document the updates on Flickr.  I was so moved, I hopped online to Miniatures.com and purchased some materials...flagstone flooring paper, tin roofing material, and wood wall paneling.
Perhaps, the Neville House should really be tricked out!?   But alas, the more I cruised the other participant's websites to enjoy their updates, the more intimidated I became.  People were doing scratch-builds and working with large multi-room homes. My house was just a shack okay a well designed studio, but one room nonetheless.  Then, I check out my regular blogger hangouts only to find over-the-top creativity in the form of unconventional structures.  Dazzling! So my inertia won out, partially. I just decided to continue being a stalker.  However, I did follow through with creating what I think is a nice design for this beautiful architect's model dollhouse. Allow me to share just how the Neville became the Retro Lake House. More to come... 

8 comments:

Jazzi said...

you could start your own challenge...i think you're the lady for the job...i would have joined in but didn't discover it until this year!

callsmall said...

YAY! Do share! I love the little Neville!

Mad For Mod said...

Oooooh! Jazzi has a good point! Can't wait to see what you have in store for us!

Heather said...

Hahaha! Yes! Start your own challenge!!! I came in on all these challenges late too... heck, I JUST came into the miniature world... so I'd love it!

Mini Dork said...

Sweet!! I will totally add you. Although, I will probably wait until you have more photos up so I don't have to update it later. I'm desperately trying to catch up with posts and updates.

I figure until Emily finishes her house the challenge is still on. So glad you are up for the fun!

studioseven said...

Another challenge...let me put on my creative thinking cap!

studioseven said...

Thanks! I feel the same way...more pics to come.

studioseven said...

So we'll have to remedy that. So glad you found our 'little' world

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