2015, not what I planned

Well, This year has certainly Not gone as planned... In May I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Today is my 40th Birthday, and I am happy to say I am alive and doing good.  The diagnosis put my world into prospective. I am an emotional mess.... Have a lot on my mind. This blog is about a lot of things... my Children, my Hubby, my fur kids, work, hobbies, home, family and so much more. ! I hope you enjoy the blog from here on out. I hope to make more time to  keep up with it. Ive learned a lot in the last few months. I don't need stuff.... I need my Family.... so I am trying to declutter our home.

2015

Hello, I have alot of plans for this year. The main plan is to declutter my Real Life home. We have lived her 10 years and have alot we don't use. So I will going thru every room in our home and decluttering and organizing. We have alot going on and changing in our lives right now. Our Oldest son is now 18 and will be Graduating High School this June. We are so very proud of him. Our youngest son started High School last year. I am now working 2 part time jobs and enjoy both very much. We want to declutter our home to make room for the things we enjoy. I will be sharing our progress here along with my crafting fun.! My craft room is a real mess, I cannot walk in the room right now. We decluttered, deep cleaned and painted our Kitchen in January. We also decluttered, deep cleaned and rearrangd our dining room in January. I love both rooms much more now. I still have some work to do in the Dining room but hope to have it done this month. I have also been working in our basement, We have 4  rooms down there...full bath, family room, craft room and a large room.! We want to rearrange and decutter the basement as well. It's the worst area in our home.!
I took everything to the basement during our decluttering and its  waiting to be donated or sold. Our Weather has been awful here and I havent gotten rid of as much as I would have liked so far. We got another 2" of snow last night, so I will be shoveling snow in about an hour.! YUCK!  As I declutter and work on my crafts,dollhouses and organizing I will post photos. I will be selling alot of my craft supplies, and things I have made. I just can't keep it all.!

Importing !

I am importing all my blogs into this one... Then I will organize it. I have a lot going on in my life right now but I want to start working in here. I"d love some ideas, tips , criticism, anything to make this a great Blog. I love crafting and want to show my items to all of you as well as teach you how to make some of the items I make.!
Thank You and Please be patient.!

Busy, Busy, Busy

I am so sorry I haven't been in for a while. Ive been really working on decluttering my real home. I also have a part time job, a Mom, 2 children and a Hubby. I am an only child so there is no one to help with my Mother, so I have to make sure she gets to the store and Doctors. I am wearing very thin.
I have decided my whole house is getting decluttered. I started at the front door and I am cleaning off everything, wiping the walls, dusting cleaning everything and opening EVERY door & drawer. I want a easier place to clean and decluttering is the only way I am going to get that.!

I will be posting about my minis, and my decluttering woes.

Their trash, my treasure..

Over the holiday weekend, hubby and I stoppped at a few yard sales. I bought 2 little dolls,  2 mini angels to display in my dollhouses, a wooden sleigh, 2 fisherman figurines and The Whitney dollhouse kit !

Agatha & Agnes

The sisters are having a great time. Agatha wants me to finish the Pierce rehab for them. Agnes doesn't care as long as she has a bed to sleep in. I had to sit them down today and explain that I feel the Pierce is too large. I just don't have room for that big of a house. When it is finished being rehabbed it is going up for sale. I was thinking of building a townhouse for them. I have it in my head just don't have the means for it right now. It would have 4 floors, cellar for the potions, 1st floor would be the parlor and kitchen, 2 &3 rd floor would be a bedroom and a bathroom. The bedrooms would be decorated in the colors of the sisters skirts. I have an Allison Jr. That I was going to sell, but I am thinking of keeping it and letting the sisters have it. It's a rehab so it won't need much work if I give it to them. They want the house to look aged. Maybe if I take them both out of the room until I get it finished they wont be able to tell its the Allison Jr. 

Peek a Boo

Looks like Agnes has been hiding in the see thru plastic drawars.

Pierce, cant you just see the possibilities ?

Not really !
Ok, maybe....

I tried to tell you the Pierce is torn apart and in a box ! She wants run down, she's got it. !

The other pic of the Pierce is the one sitting on the table, waiting to be rehabbed.

Ms. Witch does not want the one sitting on the table. She likes the 1st floor layout, the parlor is great, the dining area.... could be kitchen and dining, then the kitchen could be the potion storage....
but the 2nd floor needs some major rearranging. I'm afraid to ask.  She said something about the staircase placement, bathroom placement and the bedrooms would have to be the exact same square footage.  The attic area would be great for storage, potion storage, and maybe a library area....

I don't have room for the larger houses. I was hoping she would pick one of the smaller houses. They are witches, come from a long line of witches, but they are good witches. Ms. Witch wants me to fix her hair, so she can remove her hat.  She loves to cook stews. The Pierce is very close to their childhood home. It was rather run down, needed too much work. She wants this Pierce to be solid but look run down, aged. She wants a little landscaping  around the front. 

I currently have 2 projects on the worktable, the Columbian and the Allison Jr. Once those are finished I will start on the Washington. I promised Nana I would work on her house as soon as those 2 were finished.  Then ill start on the mans apartment,  it'll be a quick fix. Then the witches will have their say. I sure hope her sister turns up soon. 

Allison jr. Are you serious ?

This photo was taken down stairs at the front door. She likes the wallpaper a little. She is NOT happy with the name of the home. I told her she can change to whatever she likes.  This home has 3 floors. The 1st floor would be the living room and kitchen,2nd floor would be bedrooms, 3rd floor would be potion room and bathroom. She thinks the bedrooms would be too small, and the kitchen is way too small. I explained we don't have to stick with the original floor plan. We can add a room off the kitchen, the could share the 2 nd floor and put both beds in there with no wall separating, and use the roof of the room we added on downstairs as a patio. She just laughed, said I had no clue, since I am an only child ! She wants her privacy. Well, we could add another room above the first floor room and split the rooms so they both have the exact same amount of room. OK, I've given my ideas. Maybe she should wait till her sister reappears.

The Columbian will NOT do !

It's just to small ! There is no place for her potions, 2 bedrooms and a large kitchen....... next up is the Allison Jr.

In over my head

Well, I'm in over my head. Ms. Witch is causing some trouble. Nana and her got in a argument last night . Ms.Witch wants the scratch built Washington house. Nana asked for it first and I promised it to her. I gave Ms. Witch a few other options the Columbian, Allison Jr., or Tiffany.  She says she'd think about the Allison , but the other 2 or too small. When I went down last night to collect the trash she asked about the pieces sticking out of a box on the floor, I told her it was the Pierce house, but its in horrible shape. I'm not even sure I can save it. We talked for a few and I explained I thought the Allison would be good for the 2 of them. She asked for pics of the Pierce, unfortunately or fortunately I don't have pics of the Pierce. I do have a Pierce already built sitting on the table in the workroom. I hope she don't realize it, I think its too big for just the 2 of them.

I went to bed last night hoping she don't figure out that's a Pierce sitting on the table.  This morning I sat down with my first cup of coffee and heard a horrible commotion downstairs. Ms. Witch woke everyone.  She figured out the houses are the same and accused me of lien. I did not lie to her, I don't have any pics of the Pierce, she did not ask me if I had a already built Pierce.  She does not want the Pierce on the table she wants the Pierce on the floor torn apart, tossed neatly in a box ! She says it will give them plenty of room. Is she crazy? Lets not answer that ?I don't want to keep either house, they are too big. I wanted to sell both of them, or dump the one, its bad, but she wants it.

She explained a little about the family.... they come from a long line of witches. But they are nice witches. She wants the home to look like the one they grew up in... apparently the Pierce looks just like it....she wants it sorta run down, lol, its run down alright !!!   She also has a list of things she wants in the house, renovations done to the house, and she has a few personal things she'd like me to help her with.
I feel way in over my head, I have so many projects to do, including my own home.

Witches, yep, thats what I said.......

The witch likes Agatha, Esmeralda, and Eusebia, although she cant pronounce the last one yet.  She has asked me to locate her twin sister. She's hiding in my stash somewhere. I don't think she liked the house that was available at the time. The house the witch lives in currently is very run down, its a Tiffany. My boys turned it into a haunted house when the were younger. I am assuming her twin will be moving into the new house when its built, ok she said she'd cast a spell, so I promised her a new house, not so run down but old. She requested 2 bedrooms and a large kitchen so she can cook her stews.  Shes been looking thru all my houses. She walked away for a few minutes and I noticed she had been drawing something.... looks weird to me but I  believe its the blueprint of what she has in mind. I sure hope its not a scratch build.

Nana

Nana as I'm calling her does not want to be called Grandma.  She likes the names Florence or Victoria.  She wants a pretty name, I suggested Rose. She likes my ideas for Fisher or Price for her last name.  She just has to decide which will be her maiden name and what will be her married name. She would like to wait until her husband is found. Hes been hiding in my stash for a while now. She also mentioned she like the scratch built Washington house. It needs a new roof and the porch redone. I told her that would be fine but she may have to wait a while.

The Man

This Gentleman has been hiding in my stash for a while.  He is not poseable. There is no writing on him anywhere.

He hasn't come up with a name he likes yet. I'm leaning toward MR. Percival Potts. There are a few Percival's in my Grandfathers line. One served in the war of 1812. He is single, and wants to stay that way, which is good. I don't have a wife for him.He doesn't have a home yet, but says he wants a small house.

Nana suggested he move into the apartment over her thrift shop. Ok, its my thrift shop. It has alot of miscellaneous accessories and furniture, that I take for my houses. He agreed that would be a good place for him. I will have to put up a partition for the bathroom, its just a big room right now.

Grandma

This is Grandma. She is a Fisher Price doll. She needs a name.!

The Witch

Ive been decluttering and organizing my craft room. I came across this witch. She came from Hallmark, shes a little taller than she should be, luckily her legs bend , with her legs bent she works in the scale.  She needs a name ! I'd love some ideas....

Decluttering the craftroom.

I'm still working on organizing and decluttering my craft room. I have 3 houses on the work table right now. All 3 will be sold as soon as they are finished.

On the work table......

Is the Brookfield. I took it completely apart, because it was built with hot glue. Hot glue is a big no no for building dollhouses. I use aleenes tacky glue.  

I also put up an old card table in the workroom so I could get started on the next house as well. I've been trying to patient while the paint and glue dry on the Brookfield. but I have big plans and want to get these houses built and sold ! 

It's so noisy in here.....

I get a headache every time I walk in my craft room... everyone is yelling at the same time what they want to be. The McKinley wants to be hung in my living / dining room... it wants to be decorated like my Nanny decorated her own home. I have some of the furniture waiting for it.
The Newburg is yelling for its bed, and is complaining that it doesn't have a tub, sink or toilet !! The Franklin wants to be brick.... and  decorated in an Americana theme. The San Fran still wants to be a Light house and wants painted White, with a Nautical theme interior. The Alexandria wants to be a Bed & Breakfast. I also have some pieces of wood that are screaming to be a roombox, and its already got its theme picked out.! Its a rated R theme so I would tell you until I have it all figured out. Then I have a handmade house that wants torn down, ceilings lowered and it wants to be a saloon with a Brothel upstairs, 2 rooms with a wash room in the middle. Oh and dare I forget to add the staircase... must be rather fancy... it's ideas are out of my league.! The Bostonian has decided it wants to hold ALL my furniture until I get the others finished. But, Of course, it wants its old Real life carpet ripped up, floors redone, ceiling and wall painted as well.... I will admit though its not as demanding as the others, it is content to wait on its exterior... I explained it may be a while before I get to that...

I really need to declutter !!!!

Craft room

 

 

Well, its rather a mess ! I just moved everything from a much larger room into here. I am thrilled with the shelves, and have so many ideas.! I really need to get all my rehab houses done so they can either move to their new homes or be permanent residences here.! I am excited to go thru all the boxes and sort what I will be keeping for the houses I will be keeping.!

I am still organizing and decluttering.... so much to go thru... I am finding new things every day !

 

My sewing machine is supposed to be on the desk there... I have alot more organizing and decluttering to do.

 

 

WOW, What a MESS !!!! The Bostonian is sitting there in the corner filled with misc. stuff. ! The San Fran is there is as well waiting patiently for me to finish the 2 I am selling. The Townhouse is also waiting Patiently. The Townhouse is made from Foam Core and will need a couple new pieces, Its very lightweight. I have so many ideas for it.!

 

LOVE the Shelves.!   The Victorias Farmhouse is begging me to bring her down.... She has some new ideas.... Oh Boy, thats gonna be some work, she no longer likes the wall I put in  seperating the upstairs rooms... So that means all new wallpaper and ripping that wall out.! YIKES !