Welcome, new followers.........

A very warm welcome to all new followers.   It's lovely to have you here and I hope you like what you see.

Ah, poor little Tea Rooms!

Despite having a whole day to spend at Miniatura and a fairly substantial budget, this is the sum total of items purchased for The Tearooms.

It wasn't that I didn't see anything, but given that I'm still filling the Gift Gallery it could have taken up all my budget just finishing off that one room and as I don't particularly need all the items to be high end, I'm happy just to pick up what I like when I spot it. It's also difficult with the Gift Gallery to know exactly what I'm looking for in advance due to nature of it.

Having said that, I just couldn't let the little honey pot and drizzler stay there - I had to have them and the little cake slice was the very first thing I purchased on the day. The handle is actually white - to simulate bone or ivory - it just doesn't show up well in that picture.

More stock for the Gift Gallery

After reading Susanne's blog I was inspired to make my own cushions*. I already had all that I needed to get started and it was a nice little job to do sitting in the conservatory with the sun shining. They maybe don't bear close scrutiny (!) but for my first attempt at this, I'm pleased with them. The ottoman is from Dolls House Emporium.

*The designs were taken from The Graphics Fairy

Just a pix fix!

Not much has been happening with the Tea Rooms at the moment, I'm waiting on inspiration to strike for the upper floors. A bit of shopping is called for, I think.

So, while waiting on that said inspiration, I thought I'd post more pics (because that's what we all like) of areas showing a bit more of the detail.

I can't remember if I've shown a picture of the whole interior of The Tearooms so here it is as it stands today. Lots more still to do with this.

You'll notice that I haven't included the roof space in this picture - that's because it's full of tools and sundries! The roof space is the next stage and I'm still thinking about that one.

Still lots to do in the Gift Gallery as well and I'll add pictures of that as it fills up.

Scottish Miniatura

I had hoped to pick up a lot of items for the Gift Gallery today at the Scottish Miniatura but unfortunately there just weren't the type of items I was looking for. It goes like that sometimes. It certainly didn't stop me making a few purchases though!

I think the bon bon dishes may make it into The Tearooms themselves, I haven't had a chance to play yet.

It's going to take me an awful long time to fill this Gift Gallery, I think.

The Gift Gallery

It's been some time since I actually posted any progress pictures here and I've been feeling a bit guilty about that. The truth is, I've had problems with the floor here - it keeps popping up - and rather than just do a quick fix on it I took the whole thing apart and relaid it. Hopefully that's the problem solved now.

I figured if I waited until the Gallery was complete with every item I wanted to include, it would be quite some time before I was able to show it so I've decided to show what progress I've made to it so far and will update as I add bits.

I'd also like to welcome all new followers to my blog. I'm very pleased to see you here.

An Award.....

I actually received this a few days ago and have only now had the time to give a big thank you to Lara Lara's Miniature World and Sonya Cannella e Melograno. I know I should be passing this on to other bloggers but it's getting sooooo difficult now to choose some over others and as this Award has been given to quite a few blogs already I want you all to have it with love from ME!

Progress has been slow on The Tea Rooms recently. I'm having a bit of bother with the floor in the Gift Gallery. It keeps popping up! Obviously the sticky on the double sided tape isn't doing it's job properly and at the moment it's under several gardening books. Hopefully this will do the trick and I can get on and finish decorating.