Details, details

It's been awhile since we've last posted on this blog.

When we did work on the bungalow, it was on small stuff.  The details complete the full picture.

As we very well know, craft rooms have a variety of odds and ends like yarn, stickers, paints, glue, etc.

    One of the petite crafting supplies that we made were yarn balls. We made these by wrapping small balls of aluminum foil with embroidery thread. We plan on making several more for a yarn display in the future.

We also made a sewing machine out of polymer clay, that we later painted on the details.

We wanted to have some printed elements in our crafting room as well. So, we found some images of buttons and stickers still in packaging which we printed out to size. We then covered them in some clear tape to give that shiny, in-package look. (We made much more than what is shown in the picture).

Along with the stickers and buttons, we also printed out some labels for the paint, adhesive, and ink containers that we made out of polymer clay. We made an original of each, then made molds for the ones that we were going to be making multiples of. They are really tiny, so we did a size comparison (note the dime on the left).

Though we did work on a lot of crafting supplies, we thought that the porch needed a little something extra. So we made a hummingbird feeder (left) and a bird feeder (right) to add a whimsical touch.

Not everything that we've worked on has been on the details. In terms of the house itself, we've glued on the walls, painted the gable, painted and glued on the two sides of the porch railing, and even decorated the patio floor! We bought some brick toned mosaic tiles which we glued in a continuous pattern on the porch floor. The only problem is that one side of porch near the end can't fit any more tiles. We have an idea for a solution, which we'll discuss in a later post.

Before we leave though, there's one more detail that we thought we should point out. We made doorknobs and deadbolts out of clay for the interior and exterior doors.

We'll try to make updates on this blog more often, so until next time, stay crafty!