There have been various forms of dollhouses complete with furnishings, people, livestock and pets for many thousands of years. These miniature houses actually go back into the years of the Egyptians. However, they were not constructed as toys for play purposes but a part of their religious purposes. The earliest examples of dollhouses were found five thousand years ago in Egyptian tombs. Their dollhouses included replicas of their servants, pets, livestock, and household possessions. Continue reading “What You May Not Know About Dollhouses”
Once a week, I go over to see my granddaughters, ages 4 and 9, to do arts and crafts. A fun time to spend with the granddaughters who just love the artistic side of life. The best day of the week. We needed some fun and refreshing projects to do so I began scouting around the Internet for ideas. Since Easter is around the corner, thought it would fun to make some new decorations for this year. I plugged popsicle sticks and clothes pins into Google and came up with quite a few wonderful projects I think they will like. 
Today, I have been working on setting up my bookmarks for everyone to enjoy. Just wanted to share the great things I am finding throughout my travels on the web. I especially like the free sites with free patterns or lessons. I am all about learning how to do something and doing it myself. I will be adding new links on and off in the future. I will post them in a contrasting color making them stand out as new. I hope you enjoy.
Because I love hot air balloons and wandering around YouTube, I discovered a lot of art projects related to Steampunk. During my search for light bulb hot air balloons, I came across this incredible version of hot air balloon which was silver. had many odd gadgets added onto it, and looked from another world. The fellow who created this piece said it was Steampunk. Okay, I need toknow more. I found Steampunk fascinating in its designs. It was then, I decided to look into origins and reasons for this specific style. Of course, I had heard about Steampunk for years and seen many a fantastic art project related to the genre. I just loved the style. So, what exactly was I being enticed by? 
It was time for the final gloss coating on the bottom. When I went to pick him up, it was at the wrong angle. He twisted awkwardly in my finger tips. It then went catapulting through the air. Almost caught it in the crook of my elbow but abruptly bounced off crashing to its demise. He did land on his feet though. However, the right foot snapped off with all sorts of weird shards and shave-fragments over the floor. The floor is porcelain tiling on a cement slab. Yup, you got it. Harder than hard. Was not a chance in for the poor little guy. He has gone to ‘bunny heaven’ in the sky. Yup, I broke and I own it.