Wednesday, June 22, 2011

Road Trip!

The excitement continues on! ;)

Last month, amidst all the other activities, I made a bridal veil for the daughter of a gal I went to school with. Many many moons ago, I had a custom bridal veils and headpieces business, back when the hair was big and the bridal veils were bigger. ;)

Well, a lot has changed in the bridal world since then, I found out to my dismay. :( It was virtually impossible to find suitable trimming. But, I remembered a hint I got from Casey of Casey's Minis. Take an existing trim and trim it down. That advice was meant for miniatures, but it proved to be my saving grace for the trim issue for the bridal veil. I found a trim kinda like rhinestones, but it was three across, I trimmed it down to a single row and voila! I had it. :)

Next time, I will have pictures of the bride in her veil, no early peeks before the wedding, which is this weekend!!!

On our way down to the wedding, we are stopping along the way to meet three mini peeps and I am so excited! 

We're going to stop by and see Anita, she has a shop on etsy
I got these wonderful stacking mixing bowls from her. I love how they look like fiesta ware.

 I bought a snake from her and sent it to Sans! 
I felt for sure an Indian tribal house would have a snake charmer some where in it. ;)


Richard from MinibyDesign, shop and blog.
I got this modern dining room set from him, isn't it cool?
We've also collaborated on pieces together in the past.


I upholstered this deco couch for him in red, white and silver. It's striking.
He's also going to help me out with wiring one of my dollhouses. Yippeeeee!!!!!
and
Jody of PeachBlossomHill, shop and blog.
She makes wonderful upholstered couches and chaises. Seems I don't have anything by Jody, I'll have to fix that of course! :)

We are all members of TeamMIDS on etsy, Miniatures In Dollhouse Scale. We've all been chatting online for quite some time now.

So, the excitement continues on for a bit longer! :)

I'm so looking forward to meeting my mini friends, attending my girlfriends daughter's wedding and being off with just my hubby. :)

Daughter has graduated, seen on the right with a gal pal.

I also took all my kids to the photographers for pics for my hubby for Father's Day. They came out grand, and as soon as I can figure out how to share them with you all, I will.

Life should return to our normally scheduled programming soon! ;)

As always, every pink word is a click-able link, have fun! :)



6 comments:

  1. Nice post, Dale! Sounds like you're going to have an awesome road trip--I can't wait to hear about all the miniaturists you meet along the way. Have fun!
    Jennifer

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  2. Sounds like a Wonderful trip Dale! Have a Great time and take lots of pictures to share with us.

    Hugs
    Victoria

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  3. Sounds like a great trip coming up - have fun, and show us lots of photos on your return.
    Sandra (Snippets from my Studio)

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  4. thanks for sharing pictures and links,
    I know Anita and Jody, they are great artists!
    best wishes to your daughter graduated!
    and good summer to you!
    kisses, Caterina

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  5. Life really keeps you busy... and how exciting to meet so many mini-friends! Have loads of fun!!!

    Greetings
    Birgit

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  6. Thanks everyone! It was a wonderful trip and I've got lots to share about it! :)

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