National Dollhouse Miniature Month - Day 7 - Inspired by a suit

I purchased this suit years ago.   I thought it was wonderful.   I was too nice to just get lost in a room box, but when I found this great bed on-line and On Sale, I knew it was the start of the fancy bedroom for a very independent woman.     This woman is very successful and decided a weekend in New York shopping was just what she needed.   She has ordered room service and will probably wear her new ensemble to go out to dinner and a play.   The painting is a copy of a collage I did in full size, made smaller for this scene.   Scene is 1/12 scale. 

National Dollhouse Miniature Month - Day 4 - Inspiration

Isn't he cute.   Ready for the big game to start.  

 The guests haven't showed up yet, but he doesn't care and neither does the Jack Russell.

 The big screen TV shows a scene from a Chief's Game - our favorite team.   The sale boat is actually a Christmas Decoration purchased in Maine on a vacation years ago. 

 Isn't this a great fish.   My mother purchased it for me years and years and years ago.   Finally found it's home in this box. 

The second fish was a magnet.  Pried the magnet off and put on a little board, presto - another mounted fish. 



My inspiration for this box was all about a cake decoration.    Several years ago I was spending a few days at my sister's home in Blue Spring, Mo.    She had a box of things ready to take to a daughter-in-law's garage sale.   Right there on top was this cute little guy.   Perfect 1 inch scale.    I took him right upstairs and told her I was taking him.   I immediately saw GAME DAY.  She was delighted with the results. 

National Dollhouse Miniature Month - Day 3 - Inspiration

Have you ever gotten a card that you just loved.   I did - it was this little toy shop.   I really can't remember who sent it to us, but I loved it and probably had it in my stash for at least 10 years.   Then one day, I got this great cigar box that had a wood sliding lid that I was able to cut a square out of in order to insert a thin sheet of clear plastic so you could see thru the card. 
This was one of the first boxes that I wired.   I hid the battery pack in the little gift box on top. 

   Sometimes inspiration isn't always the miniature, it's something else.  

NDMM - Day 2 - Inspiration

This little dress shop window was inspired by two small resin mannequins.

These little mannequins were purchased off a sale rack.   I had them in my miniature stash for at least 5 years.   Just knew that I wanted to use them.   Then my husband and I received a gift of two bottles of wine with a wood sliding top.   Replaced the top with Plexiglas and the store front was born.