My Doll Haven

Everyone Needs Playtime

In our hectic, modern lives, many of us focus so heavily on work and family commitments that we never seem to have time for pure fun. Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we stopped playing.

When we carve out some leisure time, we’re more likely to zone out in front of the TV or computer than engage in fun, rejuvenating play like we did as children. But play is not just essential for kids; it can be an important source of relaxation and stimulation for adults as well.

There doesn’t need to be any point to the activity beyond having fun and enjoying yourself. By giving yourself permission to play with the joyful abandon of childhood, you can reap oodles of health benefits throughout life.

Friday

Keeping It Simple

Just a few PINK birdies from downunder in the land of Oz!

PINK Galahs (above) are found in all Australian states, and are absent only from the driest areas like the far north of Cape York Peninsula. It is still uncertain whether they are native to Tasmania, though there are records of them dating back to the 1840s. We often see them in our park across the road, and they are common in most urban areas.

The Major Mitchell's Cockatoo (female left & male right), are also known as Leadbeater's Cockatoo or PINK Cockatoo. It is a medium-sized bird restricted to arid and semi-arid inland areas of Australia.

The Spotted Dove with its puffy PINK chest and vibrant PINK tootsies, is native to eastern Asia, and was introduced into Australia in the mid 1800s to early 1900s. They are now a common sight throughout eastern Australia as well as major towns in southern and south-western Australia. We often see these birds nesting in the trees in our garden and they can be quite noisy when courting.

The pretty PINK Robin is a small song bird, native to south-eastern Australia. Its natural habitats are cool temperate forests of far south-eastern Australia. I have only seen this bird IRL once in my life, when visiting the Otway National Park. Even though it's brightly coloured, its tiny so you are more likely to hear it, than to see it.

Do you have any PINK birds in your country? If you do, I'd love to see them.

Big hugs,

Wednesday

Project: Making 1:6 Books

Left click twice on the template below to enlarge, then right click to save it to your computer. Print it on A4 Gloss Photo paper. This will give you glossy jackets for your books.

Cut just inside the 1 pixel black line, then follow these directions.

And there you have it!

That's all for today, hope you have a wonderful dolly week.

Big hugs,

Monday

Project: More 1:6 Scale Furniture (Part 3)

How to upholster the chair:

Make a cardboard template of the seat and back (do this before making the chair, its easier).

Cut a strip of wadding and using PVA glue, stick all the pieces onto it face down. When the glue is dry, trim around each piece.

Cut a piece of fabric about 1/2 inch wider all round. Cut the corners.

Using your glue, stick two sides first, then fold corners in before sticking the rest down. (You will probably find you get lovely sticky fingers doing this step.) Try to keep it taught, but not so tight that it flattens the batting.

When you turn it over, it should look nicely padded like this.

Then you can glue it down on the chair. Then repeat this process with the back piece.

Once that's complete you may wish to trim the sides of the seat with narrow braid as I have done.

Happy Crafting!