The Scale and the Warehouse

I had this huge, heavy, old scale gathering dust at home for a while. It looked very cool, pure weathered wood and rusted metal! It was love at first sight when I laid my eyes upon it, and hence bought it with the idea to use it 'for something' at some point. 

That moment came when I bought this wonderful, vintage 'Dutch' style warehouse. I saw the two and somehow knew that they belonged together. So I added wheels to the ancient scale to make it more easy to move around, then placed the warehouse on it, and the rest, as they say, is history.

 

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Sneak Peak

Below is a 'sneak peak' of one of the rooms of "The Centennial," which is my favorite dolls house. She's over one hundred years old, and my first dolls house of that age, hence the name I gave her. 

I have more "centennials" in my collection, but this one, which I got as a gift from a nice elderly couple in Amsterdam, definitely holds a very special place in my heart!

 

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Elise and the shadows.

As King Winter reigns over the Northern hemisphere, the days are short and the nights endless; the wind is chill and rain abundant, while the temperatures hover just above the zero mark. Sometimes, the landscape gets covered with a thin layer of snow, as if to make a point that it is truly winter.

Inside her home, little Elise enjoys being cozy and warm. "Let the wind howl and the icy rain drop like needles from the sky," thinks Elise, "I'm all nice and warm inside! With my dolls houses and fresh croissants I think I can weather the winter!"

I hope you liked this blog. If so, leave a comment, and see you next time. Thank you!!

 

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The Green Vase

 Enjoy your Saturday, everyone!!

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Penance

My lover died a century ago,
Her dear heart stricken by my sland’rous breath,
Wherefore the Gods forbade that I should know
The peace of death.

Men pass my grave, and say, “‘Twere well to sleep,
Like such an one, amid the uncaring dead!”
How should they know the vigil that I keep,
The tears I shed?

Upon the grave, I count with lifeless breath,
Each night, each year, the flowers that bloom and die,
Deeming the leaves, that fall to dreamless death,
More blest than I.

 

‘Twas just last year—I heard two lovers pass
So near, I caught the tender words he said:
To-night the rain-drenched breezes sway the grass
Above his head.

That night full envious of his life was I,
That youth and love should stand at his behest;
To-night, I envy him, that he should lie
At utter rest.

John McCrae (1872 – 1918)

 

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While you Sleep

Your picture ignited a poem in me.
A brusque stirring of the soul,
a thunder, and then, finally,
the words came crashing down like rain.
Oblivious of the conquest your image achieved,
you sleep.
Will you answer my heart's muffled scream?
Will you meet me, in a dream?

José Pereira Torrejón

 

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Fair (2)

Hi all, this is a follow up to my visit to the dolls houses and miniatures fair in Houten, The Netherlands, last Sunday.

It was very nice and inspiring, as such events usually are! I got to meet very dedicated and creative people, and to see their wonderful work up close!

One of the 'memento's' I bought that day was a beautiful small doll, very delicately dressed and measuring only 7 cm (2.75 inches) in height, as well as a even smaller doll from the same artist. The small one is only 3 cm (1.18 inches), and as you can see below, she has become a doll for the 'big' one! 

I cannot imagine any better way to start the new year! ⭐

 

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