I just had to share! This is actually a swap for a friend of mine, but she knows nothing about this blog, so I can happily show you this :) Oh and that battery is only there for sice reference, I'm not sending her that too LOL!
I made her a shabby chic cabinet for a little girl, filled with little girl stuff. The shelves, sides, top and bottom are made out of an old window blind. A friend of mine was redoing her living room and gave me the old blind and I was thrilled... How weird the people with this hobby can be LOL! The back of the cabinet is made of popsicle sticks. The whole thing painted in three layers of white acrylic paint and then aged just a little bit with patina in antique brown.
On the top shelf there are two pretty jars like mommy has (these are probably empty daycreamjars she got to play with), a little crown for dressing up as a princess and a seashell she found at the beach.
The bear I made from polymer clay and sits about an inch high. I'd love to know what other people think of it, since I love making the small bears, but rarely show them: I'm quite insecure about my sculptures. Next I made a couple of books from printies I found somewhere on the internet. An old alfabetbook (1894!), a my-first-animal-book, some famous Dutch children's books (Dik Trom and Paulus de boskabouter) and a My Little Pony bedtimestories book. I love mixing up old an new books, just like in real life. 
On the bottom shelf is a basket with drawing supplies. There are unfinished drawings, pretty paper with roses, some folding paper and a pack of crayons. I actually had to put in some effort to try and draw in a childish way LOL! 
I really like the endresult and am definitely going to make another one for my sweet little china girl (the future daughter to my dollshousefamily). Well... when I get the courage to go and build the dollshouse itself that is... The first two residents already arrived (handmade porcelain dolls by Angelique Hoekstra, such beauties), but remain clotheless and homeless for the moment... poor kids... have to do something about that soon!
On a whole different subject: check out this girl's blog! Her stuff makes me drool! Especially the charm bracelets and the slightly Burtonesque* paintings ooohhh I want I want I want!!
*Read that word once online, refers to director Tim Burton, one of my absolute favourites. I don't usually pick up words online, I rather make my own, but I loved burtonesque almost as much as the guy's work :)
Oh! How creative to use blinds! I love seeing dollhouse stuff made from other people's 'trash'!! And don't be shy about your bears! We all have to start somewhere...and what better people to share them with then blogland:)
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