Friday, November 20, 2020

Tiny bit more done for now....

Well, I took off the feet from the bottom of the roombox and painted it.

Feet off and first coat of charcoal Cottage Paint

Second coat of paint and feet added back.

I finally got "The Book" compiled. Today got my shipment of paper and ink cartridges so time to start printing, collating and binding. With the uncertainty of the mail these days, "The Book" has to take priority so I can get them off to arrive before Christmas.

But I will try to keep working on the black and white room.
 

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

3 Baby steps forward...one giant step back...but maybe light at the end of the tunnel....

Oh, my goodness! This part was from October 6...

Early last week, I told Joanne that I was going to start working on my Black and White living room.

Wednesday: I checked that I had the charcoal paint that I needed for the frame of the roombox.


Friday:  I moved the roombox that was in my plan to the dining room table.



Some of the pieces that might go in it...
These will go in it...
Some of the possible fabrics...

Problem was the glass panel in the front of the roombox...made it very difficult to paint the frame....and that really stalled me...

Then Pat M. came over a couple weeks ago to pick up up some tiny turnings for a sewing scene...


In return she gifted me with these great books.

And, duh, she showed me how to remove the glass front of the roombox! Thanks, Pat.






But there everything has sat....

Got my new glasses last week after the cataract surgery (two pair - progressives to improve the distance vision just a tad and allow me read/work on the computer and another pair just to give me the sight I had before the surgery to work on minis close up) but just couldn't get my mini-mojo back.

Over the weekend, I had two lovely telephone conversations with Sherri MacR from Calgary. (Sherri is an IGMA Artisan in toys and has been a dealer at our Show and Sale for a few years now.) We sort of encouraged each other to get cracking on things that were on our "to-do" lists (nice way of saying we kicked each others butts). She got started on one of her non-mini projects and I tried the second pair of glasses that my optometrist gave me for working with minis. 

Taking it a bit by bit but I'm hoping I'm back in the groove.

The Miniature Enthusiasts of Edmonton has a new website! Tina has designed this incredible new website for us https://www.miniature-enthusiasts-of-edmonton.com/ It is filled with SO much eye candy and information (including our 2020 virtual show and sale), I hope you will check it out!