tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22291304011914952282024-03-18T19:57:35.944-07:00Asa Pearson DesignsAsa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-19627601022375064392012-11-02T19:13:00.000-07:002012-11-02T19:13:02.250-07:00Jewelry CareI'm so happy you now have a piece of jewelry I made.... or at least you trust me to help take care of the rest of your jewelry box!<br />
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MORE TO COME......Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-12225800721735232652012-02-01T11:29:00.000-08:002012-02-01T11:39:33.697-08:00The BIG reveal.....I'm finally done with the dollhouse!!!My hubby will be so thrilled to get so much of the house back to being a real people sized home, and not a tiny people size construction project!!<br />
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The outside first....... as this house is built on a cliff, we needed to make a fence all the way around (LE SIGH) except for the area that is the edge of the infinity pool.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">NOW...lets go inside..... first the entry hall for the door from the driveway....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZI3xdfpRrZ9k3cUGprJFtP_9o5tvn9NVc0XQTEZtnPqDpIszAFXb57LWsoSYWhFEtA2nouL1mD9DGOJVKSO-2z-HDXkhsHIuTRJV5YCtObL1Ksq1KL2qCQAnIyG1qMmcrUT9MR4dauc/s1600/view+from+front+door.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZI3xdfpRrZ9k3cUGprJFtP_9o5tvn9NVc0XQTEZtnPqDpIszAFXb57LWsoSYWhFEtA2nouL1mD9DGOJVKSO-2z-HDXkhsHIuTRJV5YCtObL1Ksq1KL2qCQAnIyG1qMmcrUT9MR4dauc/s320/view+from+front+door.jpg" width="240" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmn2kUbhMadMFwf9h3jGfczqXSiCtOh6upzwpNKzY80FuV1jvq90H3viKo733irGlZ9HGkMV2lEZuNMOA_qyJOEfUrz5yUVKmkXMom6vsGqnH1_kAbRzFZiHrrXl21SFkhLJogospDS70/s1600/enrty.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmn2kUbhMadMFwf9h3jGfczqXSiCtOh6upzwpNKzY80FuV1jvq90H3viKo733irGlZ9HGkMV2lEZuNMOA_qyJOEfUrz5yUVKmkXMom6vsGqnH1_kAbRzFZiHrrXl21SFkhLJogospDS70/s320/enrty.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">As you enter at a mid-level, you can see right down the stairs out the big glass wall, or look up into the hall with the office at the end. On the wall is a big Jackson Pollock under a very mod 3 globe chandelier.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div>The dining room and kitchen flow from the living room and out into the patio. The GIANT dining table seats up to 12....and has a neat chandelier over the center. Light wood matching the birch table and chairs holds 8 small lights in tubes that match the can lights in the rest of the room.<br />
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The kitchen is bright and shiny yellow with stainless appliances (the doors all open, by the way). The counter tops are poured in place concrete that was then polished. The island has 3 high stools, a nice spot for a quick bite. Under the top cabinets, glass shelves hang down to keep the most used dishes handy all the time. Real cork clooring makes it easy on the feet for the gormet of the house...and the maid too!<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The master bath....ahhhhhhhh...so relaxing!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaW_gjyy1pKR_DzrJ2suPw8Devj6FWdI-uhzHC9KIMVaOHkgzdKcAA4z42gn_073gnBiDzOUYprPYG1KYj0mU_PqCQsHQjET3pWCla26rjO2wNSUE0SUFOtZkYxUtO-K2PuSEm5NaJEA/s1600/master+bath+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaW_gjyy1pKR_DzrJ2suPw8Devj6FWdI-uhzHC9KIMVaOHkgzdKcAA4z42gn_073gnBiDzOUYprPYG1KYj0mU_PqCQsHQjET3pWCla26rjO2wNSUE0SUFOtZkYxUtO-K2PuSEm5NaJEA/s320/master+bath+1.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMf4xWi6cwzJn65D07tmznIFTuwyo7Jf-Bi8OrZZE81EmoK3VEeKuJ6yyKc99odvY8Xwg734p0Pky8pXO0U8QcqAjoV6pXLLHLl_3Lv8w3ar-6_x9MVjbW4nRrp6S0RHdaiH5ksi940w/s1600/master+bath+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilMf4xWi6cwzJn65D07tmznIFTuwyo7Jf-Bi8OrZZE81EmoK3VEeKuJ6yyKc99odvY8Xwg734p0Pky8pXO0U8QcqAjoV6pXLLHLl_3Lv8w3ar-6_x9MVjbW4nRrp6S0RHdaiH5ksi940w/s320/master+bath+2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This bathroom has a distinct Asian appeal. And oriental inspired mirror and the most luxurious Japanese soaking tub. The wide waterfall faucet will wash away the cares of the day. The surround is actually pebbles set in mortar.... soothing greys, white and pearl colors go well with the silvery blue paint on the rest of the walls. The vanity and floors are ebony. The large porcelain single bowl sink is a lovely rectangle shape, with squared off edges on the faucets too.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Now into the Master Bedroom......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjk0xz4oQ4N8wsX_f2m0-Rm5etE9odhbnLmAVSnO5_xu3aOdYk4rlonWns4CaKC46EZ_W2Z_9XSMvKfNXBEIkmSHtt3BYUvuaEduiBHi7PpwPCy1ZHWKfby99TlbMp7g4mmmQZTAEdCog/s1600/master+bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjk0xz4oQ4N8wsX_f2m0-Rm5etE9odhbnLmAVSnO5_xu3aOdYk4rlonWns4CaKC46EZ_W2Z_9XSMvKfNXBEIkmSHtt3BYUvuaEduiBHi7PpwPCy1ZHWKfby99TlbMp7g4mmmQZTAEdCog/s320/master+bed.jpg" width="320" /></a>The bed is hand tufted black leather. the side tables are attached and they have pendant lights that hang from the ceiling above them. The pretty silver bedding with purple edging matches the lighter shade of dusky purple on the walls.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-aRvthvHnf3d4aYTDaDKbJe42LeicPbx8hwXfGLfV6pLniTU4SRArEIWGBNglazNC-12s8y3UZOK8_C5zW5haGGOJDEafYQz-cKLGrvu3UQtGOTRMB9HxU50HA04PN_EYrhPNqQqklU/s1600/master+bed+view.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr-aRvthvHnf3d4aYTDaDKbJe42LeicPbx8hwXfGLfV6pLniTU4SRArEIWGBNglazNC-12s8y3UZOK8_C5zW5haGGOJDEafYQz-cKLGrvu3UQtGOTRMB9HxU50HA04PN_EYrhPNqQqklU/s320/master+bed+view.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvSYVAPPmWBcVt2LJr4t0RcJw5x1y0roe2iF6dnKpt1fwrTi5IilUl9rJmoUIJO1MW5Nqr14EvOovj94q-Jt4OAbcsIDR9rvoAvOC_oF0ZmrlHVkawb4Qa8oNDbZf1rmeAUaM6I0BF20/s1600/master+bed+dresser+and+bench.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdvSYVAPPmWBcVt2LJr4t0RcJw5x1y0roe2iF6dnKpt1fwrTi5IilUl9rJmoUIJO1MW5Nqr14EvOovj94q-Jt4OAbcsIDR9rvoAvOC_oF0ZmrlHVkawb4Qa8oNDbZf1rmeAUaM6I0BF20/s320/master+bed+dresser+and+bench.jpg" width="320" /></a>Here you have a better view of the grey leather bench at the end of the bed. You can also see the double dresser with shelves between. The shelves can be used for folded sweaters or maybe shoes. On to there are some vases with pretty purple flowers, a mirror and jewelry box. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'll start in the downstairs bedrooms....one for a boy and one for a slightly older girl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNL-C4HVE-L4RjmA2UyHErPRvpCAobH2MrAYNL4Wu2jXCSNfsLFJWvQYsHcE-S-totDtVC8MpHjZ8hunOdxUBIbKXJ-ag-Mk8AOXpN2W4Pj6LqgRQ1rmJNO3pDjmyuNHsyXCkez8wYH84/s1600/boy+room+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNL-C4HVE-L4RjmA2UyHErPRvpCAobH2MrAYNL4Wu2jXCSNfsLFJWvQYsHcE-S-totDtVC8MpHjZ8hunOdxUBIbKXJ-ag-Mk8AOXpN2W4Pj6LqgRQ1rmJNO3pDjmyuNHsyXCkez8wYH84/s320/boy+room+5.jpg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7nyWnwXpOUIfIukHbvDQNQ4kSL8nn1f8Vla9-DWIlKvwFORJ3BjERbeAL9XZpEkxM9xhH8tngJAlg_jV_eq7JjiHSRPUqRbY7vFxU9wFpl9g6gbS3h_DoNtJpQf_ZVcZiSfBLYNUXhk/s1600/boy+room+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEim7nyWnwXpOUIfIukHbvDQNQ4kSL8nn1f8Vla9-DWIlKvwFORJ3BjERbeAL9XZpEkxM9xhH8tngJAlg_jV_eq7JjiHSRPUqRbY7vFxU9wFpl9g6gbS3h_DoNtJpQf_ZVcZiSfBLYNUXhk/s320/boy+room+2.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlXv9EOo_vUxTE1ZginEGbpWzqeSAFIgfZfwXZpKrhs2TgxZfpzFd0x-IgqnMBxSmg6Daj6MhIBVblde60zCare_8u4Kip9ksauvWpORzr_nRY9w8LZNBgNuOrHH6oXMSxxuTAegcnww/s1600/boy+room+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRlXv9EOo_vUxTE1ZginEGbpWzqeSAFIgfZfwXZpKrhs2TgxZfpzFd0x-IgqnMBxSmg6Daj6MhIBVblde60zCare_8u4Kip9ksauvWpORzr_nRY9w8LZNBgNuOrHH6oXMSxxuTAegcnww/s320/boy+room+4.jpg" width="320" /></a>Bright colors predominate in this room. One wall is actually all chalkboard paint.... for once a kid can draw on the walls to their heart's content. There's a dresser and small stand alone closet... room for toys and footballs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLc-Buhl-8TcAp0l4SgQhUX0M1wKYA_et42OMcbTfhpuLv1mYPTkQhdwmhSbODSFrRMrA-Jerz_TMcYTaqZiSZNLKuwRDYeXhZmJhb1Rf5e-7-yep6lh4g3l-oReAsZe8zBOmYP8cxKY/s1600/boy+room+3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLc-Buhl-8TcAp0l4SgQhUX0M1wKYA_et42OMcbTfhpuLv1mYPTkQhdwmhSbODSFrRMrA-Jerz_TMcYTaqZiSZNLKuwRDYeXhZmJhb1Rf5e-7-yep6lh4g3l-oReAsZe8zBOmYP8cxKY/s320/boy+room+3.jpg" width="320" /></a>A custom lamp sits on top of an even more custom bedside table.... how cool would it be to have a Dwarf to hold all of your stuff??</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnelp75tIa-2SHJLW_dr2AsHc6u-b7_Bbwd3CF2Rv_U55mHXFim8OxXOBadQrfi_vwvgA6v1GWNhxtBadTy1UgQpdb4m5RXaRCFNKOnRqAbr__6OWfl2NO-J8Kyn2HrnWt0fyJiStFbg/s1600/boy+room+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVnelp75tIa-2SHJLW_dr2AsHc6u-b7_Bbwd3CF2Rv_U55mHXFim8OxXOBadQrfi_vwvgA6v1GWNhxtBadTy1UgQpdb4m5RXaRCFNKOnRqAbr__6OWfl2NO-J8Kyn2HrnWt0fyJiStFbg/s320/boy+room+1.jpg" width="240" /></a>I really love this door. It's great for a kid's room, and this one was created especially for Sam. The "face" of this superhero is a mirror....reminding him every time he walks out the door that he is "super!"</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And down the hall is the girl's room..... Tiffany blue with brown and silver and white. A fancy chandelier with plaster work and silver gilt around it decorate the ceiling.</div><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So we come out of this hallway into the "man cave" area... it has a pool table, a bar, a sitting area with bookcase and comfortable leather seating. The walls are decorated with Guinness posters, large-format fishing photos, family photos and how could you have a man cave without a really nice buck mount?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Alright.....enough with all this Manly stuff...I need a bit more glamor in this basement!!! Off to the Hollywood bath!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPC_B1uJq1cE-g5ywEfavdFQGwpzFQCJblj24YPegHVW7ssDfIRSou8HOsSS2S97aAlakRA9Hg6Mck7vz5TwL6th0iJc5p9NClSl3L0GRQXseIX7VoRr-8v2QTE6qiyN3_9bE5tyipYI/s1600/basement+bath+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDPC_B1uJq1cE-g5ywEfavdFQGwpzFQCJblj24YPegHVW7ssDfIRSou8HOsSS2S97aAlakRA9Hg6Mck7vz5TwL6th0iJc5p9NClSl3L0GRQXseIX7VoRr-8v2QTE6qiyN3_9bE5tyipYI/s320/basement+bath+1.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJv2r3OjL8m3pkYLPqcWomRuOavNbjWxKLKmefh6YFe8JO1U7S2D4RBdEIiaBNYqgdOsobTwV_O9BycrcekkimqQAzCRBf35Rel7ZdGCiNCoi9DNCCQGsDlz6u0TuVdA11-4xGR2JiYE/s1600/basement+bath+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJv2r3OjL8m3pkYLPqcWomRuOavNbjWxKLKmefh6YFe8JO1U7S2D4RBdEIiaBNYqgdOsobTwV_O9BycrcekkimqQAzCRBf35Rel7ZdGCiNCoi9DNCCQGsDlz6u0TuVdA11-4xGR2JiYE/s320/basement+bath+2.jpg" width="240" /></a><br />
"How's my hair look?"<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This bathroom has a super fancy vintage mirror. A tile job that is historic...a Greek key pattern that was popular in the 1910's and 1920's. A swooping corner tub, with shower. A sleek pedestal sink keeps with the glam feel of the place.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fIjxorPum0RmJ9knx9yW9m5TLdNa4ZujiqZHc9W9RKM7Ou9xb3mdKouXtftucya2xhwTOzWJ4HnSwKBWB7kZdcb7UvDxRBaS6fDCFAH6xajt7wbtAKAriA6xqvUemsakBJSUfKc9s8k/s1600/basement+bath+4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4fIjxorPum0RmJ9knx9yW9m5TLdNa4ZujiqZHc9W9RKM7Ou9xb3mdKouXtftucya2xhwTOzWJ4HnSwKBWB7kZdcb7UvDxRBaS6fDCFAH6xajt7wbtAKAriA6xqvUemsakBJSUfKc9s8k/s320/basement+bath+4.jpg" width="240" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESSijgQ0ZR21SkHdBouIxhJBogKXLe8Cl8-LP8Jrbvwcxj28XdS-TBg9tugBiaWvPIOMKriPtSZ8NZzlRWsYx9-Ga9gSNVSpP0SXCJMEUcrA5SILtONk9Sk0vP_XuFBZTSQrdnYDT8Fw/s1600/basement+bath+5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESSijgQ0ZR21SkHdBouIxhJBogKXLe8Cl8-LP8Jrbvwcxj28XdS-TBg9tugBiaWvPIOMKriPtSZ8NZzlRWsYx9-Ga9gSNVSpP0SXCJMEUcrA5SILtONk9Sk0vP_XuFBZTSQrdnYDT8Fw/s320/basement+bath+5.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The silver shower curtain is nice...the towel bar near the sink is heated (of course!) and the Venetian plaster job keeps the room from looking too "flat". I have to admit, I'm pretty proud of the "real" paper roll.... Seriously, it's about 1/6 inch big!!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So, that's my little house!! I have to say I'm really proud of myself for getting this done! I really tried hard not to buy anything but raw materials...I did give up on making my own little people. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Do you remember the photos from the <a href="http://asapearson.blogspot.com/2011/10/im-giant-dollhouse-challenge-week-3.html">inspiration house</a>?? </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtirUt4NS3iasFsCPJg9MiuWxqXu5Qaf6nrHcZndYx-ambPx-wcd6KIArrsOayu3fHPYeE40NMbi24TvN3gTiucfxtIO5umtfI5vbph23RMAsDzE0kUme9h_H8TBYUQ5jlcc8_glUN1Xg/s1600/Modern-Hilltop-Home-Architecture-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtirUt4NS3iasFsCPJg9MiuWxqXu5Qaf6nrHcZndYx-ambPx-wcd6KIArrsOayu3fHPYeE40NMbi24TvN3gTiucfxtIO5umtfI5vbph23RMAsDzE0kUme9h_H8TBYUQ5jlcc8_glUN1Xg/s200/Modern-Hilltop-Home-Architecture-2.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://notedhome.blogspot.com/2011/10/mini-update.html"><span style="color: #707070;">Noted Home</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.gohausgo.com/2011/10/im-a-giant-paint-and-entry-way/"><span style="color: #707070;">Go Haus Go</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://theprojectcorner.blogspot.com/2011/05/doll-house-remodel-part-3.html"><span style="color: #707070;">The Project Corner</span></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://thecontentedrenter.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-am-giant.html"><span style="color: #707070;">The Contented Renter</span></a></span></div>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-1268881986043313202011-12-15T17:04:00.000-08:002011-12-15T17:04:24.790-08:00I'm A Giant....has been extended!So, it seems I'm not the only person in this challenge that was FREAKING out trying to finish. I've read 3 different blogs today that stated they wouldn't be done, even if they gave up sleeping, eating and unnecessary breathing. So when I opened <a href="http://www.stylebyemilyhenderson.com/">Emily Henderson's Blog</a> to see how far behind I was compaired to the folks that started this thing, I was plesantly surprised. She extended the deadline!!! WAHOOOOOOO!!! I can take a shower instead of editing photos.....I now have time to fix some really bad "slap it up! get it done!" issues. I'm not sure how happy my hubby is going to be that this dollhouse will continue to take up massive amounts of space in our house....but hey! <br />
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SO...if you want to see more of my photos and some other folks, check out this <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/1772598@N24/">Flickr Group</a>.<br />
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And here's a list of other's that are riding this crazy train to tinyville!!<br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://a-living-space.blogspot.com/2011/10/im-giant-commence.html"><span style="color: #707070;">A Living Space</span></a></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://warmhotchocolate.com/2011/09/29/im-a-giant-challenge-getting-started/"><span style="color: #707070;">Warm Hot Chocolate</span></a></span></div><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.talesofatumbleweed.com/"><span style="color: #707070;">Tales of Tumbleweed</span></a></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://hollyrecommends.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/i-joined-pinterest-and-i-bought-my-hgtv-im-a-giant-dollhouse-tonight/"><span style="color: #707070;">Holly Recommends</span></a></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.fleurishingblog.com/"><span style="color: #707070;">Fleurishing</span></a></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://snowfern-clover.blogspot.com/2011/10/im-giant-challenge-day-4.html"><span style="color: #707070;">Snow Fern</span></a></span></div><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://thismagpiesnest.blogspot.com/2011/10/back-home.html"><span style="color: #707070;">This is Magpie</span></a></span></div><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.gohausgo.com/2011/10/im-a-giant-paint-and-entry-way/"><span style="color: #707070;">Go Haus Go</span></a></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://theprojectcorner.blogspot.com/2011/05/doll-house-remodel-part-3.html"><span style="color: #707070;">The Project Corner</span></a></span></div><br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://thecontentedrenter.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-am-giant.html"><span style="color: #707070;">The Contented Renter</span></a></span></div>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-90637369120914336112011-12-09T18:20:00.000-08:002011-12-09T18:20:22.188-08:00I'm A Giant...and also very behind in status updates!Hi there everyone.....Since I'm scrambling to get this all done by the deadline I'm just going to show off some random progress photos..... this is the hardest, time sucking project I've tackled since my collage degree!!! so....enjoy....and hope for the final tour sometime next week!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The kitchen is totally wonderful!!!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">main floor bathroom is ready for guests!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">master bath vanity finally has faucets!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">taking a break on the Master bed....hand tufted leather with floating tables</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the theather seating fits!! 3 recliners and one sectional sofa</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the pool table and the tiny balls and sticks</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the bar is stocked...front</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and back!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Guinness posters in the man cave.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">movie posters in the theater</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I had to have SOMETHING girly in the basement!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the trophy buck, awaiting mounting over the basement couch</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the dining table and dishes</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">book shelf in the basement...and a few board games</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosjWr_915eBMSpEhIn6kGs992ONIcUmJjKiLpqudUO1MsdVlVyqr4-CSqu_PzJvInGtTnFf7oN4viDS_WqvSnScU_hDCaQjqPG7Pq_gjDT7nfHN9UERZnUwrVuwuraxAWO0B7_BoBrWI/s1600/doll+house+046.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiosjWr_915eBMSpEhIn6kGs992ONIcUmJjKiLpqudUO1MsdVlVyqr4-CSqu_PzJvInGtTnFf7oN4viDS_WqvSnScU_hDCaQjqPG7Pq_gjDT7nfHN9UERZnUwrVuwuraxAWO0B7_BoBrWI/s320/doll+house+046.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">and possibly my favorite....a dwarf holds up the bedside table in the boy's room!</td></tr>
</tbody></table>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-21659497304194283292011-11-04T09:24:00.000-07:002011-11-04T09:24:14.415-07:00I'm A Giant! Dollhouse challenge post 7<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Construction has been going hot and heavy this last week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have all 3 stories up. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvK9ia3LOX1ZjjYsuxdIZpi0HaVzKqfAk556aROAweAkXHPH1jjAZ35QBhVMioHIQ80sKICXXJRxGyaCW1XNcOq-2wEQWvv6V5AFLqGgrBe6nHQA8HLFU-NxTQSnIepadaDbJ9JSCWaM/s1600/doll+house+029.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvK9ia3LOX1ZjjYsuxdIZpi0HaVzKqfAk556aROAweAkXHPH1jjAZ35QBhVMioHIQ80sKICXXJRxGyaCW1XNcOq-2wEQWvv6V5AFLqGgrBe6nHQA8HLFU-NxTQSnIepadaDbJ9JSCWaM/s320/doll+house+029.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have some lights on the first floor just waiting for fixtures. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvx-RQB310hH5n4nQWaJHxzyb4cqZfbUYbDhkLidy6n7d6Ux9QuD4OBVTkN83oN68cC32PfUX0AtdQWzf3OfWoJP_lc2a96ogQBtGv3wv6hUnCYH2xaQ9jB_CKSkLrmA_spgmqWed8-VQ/s1600/doll+house+001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvx-RQB310hH5n4nQWaJHxzyb4cqZfbUYbDhkLidy6n7d6Ux9QuD4OBVTkN83oN68cC32PfUX0AtdQWzf3OfWoJP_lc2a96ogQBtGv3wv6hUnCYH2xaQ9jB_CKSkLrmA_spgmqWed8-VQ/s320/doll+house+001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The kitchen is painted and the uppers are installed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibROy5ephU52Amn13f1q-uU98-jI9etIK_srrkCB1ajMdl1pZRiDsPj5DkZUWuhjgeO_C5QF2YgaYf1eEmNguvcohpH5MQKp-gusrqEU2DPJ0NJZm0wtVoeqE9c0NgCDB_Phf97_rEUTs/s1600/doll+house+036.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibROy5ephU52Amn13f1q-uU98-jI9etIK_srrkCB1ajMdl1pZRiDsPj5DkZUWuhjgeO_C5QF2YgaYf1eEmNguvcohpH5MQKp-gusrqEU2DPJ0NJZm0wtVoeqE9c0NgCDB_Phf97_rEUTs/s320/doll+house+036.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All of the bathrooms have toilets, showers and bath tubs. </span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the teeeny tiny tiles in the main floor shower!!</td></tr>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The master bath has a wonderful Japanese soaking tub……I so want to sink in up to my neck and just relax!! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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</div>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-42963051588212355242011-10-31T08:46:00.000-07:002011-10-31T08:46:01.240-07:00I'm A Giant! Dollhouse challenge week 6<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpBAeRCYFaXfjI0IuQQoGj5qmAWyJQpTUtCbS6SWZo3lV1f98aWGqupncW_xEhlqN2j0vv22Jlg-4sw9vvvzi2xzU0kWnbHFKLtTaIJ1GaJiXeVmBo5iuuK_j2q1LgyfTGXio45Ao71w/s1600/dollhouse+hallway+014.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpBAeRCYFaXfjI0IuQQoGj5qmAWyJQpTUtCbS6SWZo3lV1f98aWGqupncW_xEhlqN2j0vv22Jlg-4sw9vvvzi2xzU0kWnbHFKLtTaIJ1GaJiXeVmBo5iuuK_j2q1LgyfTGXio45Ao71w/s400/dollhouse+hallway+014.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The kitchen is starting to come together. You can see I got the refrigerator mostly ready. It has a bottom freezer that actually slides out, and working shelves in the doors!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now where do I get teeny condiment bottles?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZEFd1U3jF06mg-Rr0e-MW9S8KcqAOucrF-_LkSWhZgT6zrCeygbW88amh0Hl7dFqs_03mSqILXuT8kroDmd_OTFytW864js1GV-sxHNuaxZdocvf6sCpq9wztowUD2NaKoE5w2sd1eI/s1600/dollhouse+hallway+020.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtZEFd1U3jF06mg-Rr0e-MW9S8KcqAOucrF-_LkSWhZgT6zrCeygbW88amh0Hl7dFqs_03mSqILXuT8kroDmd_OTFytW864js1GV-sxHNuaxZdocvf6sCpq9wztowUD2NaKoE5w2sd1eI/s320/dollhouse+hallway+020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You can also see I’ve got the island pretty much ready to go. It is BIG. In real life it would be 7 by 5 feet…but it also hides the washer and dryer. How nice is that for a place that will be doing pool towels at least once a day?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxs2DydlFya5AMHyrzbPTL9eDMBuMgDTjaLuLum7bmzLhy9xt7T77Wb619PKthjm0pYEN8sedWcM41PEqQ8gfFabkqdS2pL2Wt1tkb7w5FQDi3Zs5UHX9I40L-ahCM-x4fBUlTqMbm1s/s1600/dollhouse+hallway+021.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxs2DydlFya5AMHyrzbPTL9eDMBuMgDTjaLuLum7bmzLhy9xt7T77Wb619PKthjm0pYEN8sedWcM41PEqQ8gfFabkqdS2pL2Wt1tkb7w5FQDi3Zs5UHX9I40L-ahCM-x4fBUlTqMbm1s/s320/dollhouse+hallway+021.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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Check them out!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: currentColor; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://changeofsceneries.blogspot.com/2011/10/dollhouse-challenge-for-midget-lovers.html"><span style="color: #707070;">CHange of Scenery</span></a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://blackbirdhasspoken.blogspot.com/2011/10/doll-house-do-up-5.html"><span style="color: #707070;">Black Bird Has Spoken</span></a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; 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Dollhouse challenge week 5<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So we finally broke ground this week!!!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see the walls on the first floor have gone up, and the floor of the second story is ready to attach….</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhH6XKxMdme0eNVU_0BILlXAgXHwAvMxDmfWxrLM4X1F6wvQT6nOYGKKk8cbSJduROU2znAb_3TY0eyA2LaMc_ZdIcHEUfcHYKrqUcuofdF-BPF3_HWDWgdIc4uV7dgTivVykInleBY-0/s1600/dollhouse+hallway+010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhH6XKxMdme0eNVU_0BILlXAgXHwAvMxDmfWxrLM4X1F6wvQT6nOYGKKk8cbSJduROU2znAb_3TY0eyA2LaMc_ZdIcHEUfcHYKrqUcuofdF-BPF3_HWDWgdIc4uV7dgTivVykInleBY-0/s400/dollhouse+hallway+010.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are other folks that are riding the miniature crazy train with me! Check them out!</span></div><br />
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mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="http://thecontentedrenter.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-am-giant.html"><span style="color: #707070;">The Contented Renter</span></a></span></div></div>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-30570298469671060822011-10-24T10:11:00.000-07:002011-10-24T10:11:23.453-07:00I'm A Giant! Dollhouse challenge week 4<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I know I was hoping to tell you about the ground breaking this week…but we ran into some issues with the blue prints. After I had the floor plan nearly figured out, I thought I better make sure it all worked out in 3-D before I tried to make the real thing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yep, I’m THAT silly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And I wanted to make sure there was room to move around… and more importantly that the sight lines of that amazing view were not messed up! So here are some of the photos of my mini-mini-house!! It is 1:48 scale (1/4 inch on the model is 1 foot in a real house). That means my “little people” for this place are about 1.5 inches tall at most.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I made doors that open. I made a kitchen island. I even made the teeny tiny stairs to scale. And in the end, I’m happy to say it all worked out! I’m ready to go buy the foam core and get cracking on making the 1:24 scale house. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Here's the same angle as the inspiration house in Brasil.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View of the kitchen and master bedroom bump out, <br />
with the private patio and master suite deck.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The patio under the cantaleivered second story.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking from the glass wall end of the house through the great room into the kitchen. <br />
Do you see my tiny modle behind the sink?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking down on the first floor and split level entry.</td></tr>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are other folks that are riding the miniature crazy train with me! Check them out!</span></div><br />
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-line-height-alt: 0pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #20203c; font-family: "Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://thecontentedrenter.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-am-giant.html"><span style="color: #707070;">The Contented Renter</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></div>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-68418268008314377962011-10-21T11:00:00.000-07:002011-10-21T11:00:53.045-07:00I'm A Giant! Dollhouse challenge week 3<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So last we left this, I was on a search for some real estate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some dollhouse real estate. I was looking at traditional houses, historic houses, Bauhaus style houses, new lofts, industrial lofts, most anything that would catch my eye. Many hours went into this. I looked at homes in many countries and at least 3 continents. </span></div><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then I finally ran across this <a href="http://www.moratoarquitetura.com.br/projetos.html#">one in Brasil</a>, and kept coming back to it for about 3 days. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I had to hunt and hunt to find some more photos, but alas there were only a few of the outside. Fortunately, the outside views got my imagination running.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I got the floor plan figured out in just one day. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Ok, it was really one all-nighter, but that still only counts as one day!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It will have 3 bedrooms, 3 baths, an open floor plan, glass walls and the infinity pool too!! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">This one reminds me of some of the houses I grew up around. In the Black Hills we have a lots of cliffs, and there are many houses built on them. Ok, mine will be much fancier, and harder to heat, but anyway...</span><br />
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These are photos from <a href="http://www.rimrocklodge.com/index.html">Rim Rock lodge</a>. I remember eating pancakes on one of the decks hundreds of feet up the cliff from the creek. This one was about 12 miles from my house.<br />
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This house is overlooking the city park. It's got a two story deck off the back and has the nicest views! I spent quite a few hours in this one growing up. Thanks, Mom, for snapping these photos!<br />
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Next time around I hope to show you the ground breaking for my little place!!<br />
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In the meantime.... <br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Here are other folks that are riding the miniature crazy train with me! Check them out!</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Emily Henderson from </span></strong><a href="http://www.stylebyemilyhenderson.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Style by Emily Henderson</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Erin from </span></strong><a href="http://www.designformankind.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Design for Mankind</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Orlando from </span></strong><a href="http://hommemaker.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Homme Maker</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Corbett from </span></strong><a href="http://www.girl-domestic.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Girl Domestic</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jenny from </span></strong><a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Little Green Notebook</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Nicole from </span></strong><a href="http://makingitlovely.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Making it Lovely</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Kirstin from </span></strong><a href="http://simplygrove.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Simply Grove</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Morgan Statterfield </span></strong><a href="http://www.the-brick-house.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">The BrickHouse</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.girl-domestic.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Girl Domestic</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Susan from </span></strong><a href="http://www.fleurishingblog.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Fleurishing</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jesse from </span></strong><a href="http://mymodstyle.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">My Mod Style</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Becca from </span></strong><a href="http://www.talesofatumbleweed.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Tales of a Tumbleweed</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Holly from </span></b><a href="http://hollyrecommends.wordpress.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Holly Recommends</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">….<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dulce from </span></b><a href="http://lavitapetite.wordpress.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">La Vita Petite</span></span></b></a></div>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-10129929220489012242011-10-17T10:36:00.000-07:002011-10-17T10:36:50.360-07:00I'm A Giant! Dollhouse challenge week 2So last we chatted, I was looking on the net for inspiration houses to build for the challenge. <br />
<div style="mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: currentColor; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext 1.5pt; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I was finding that besides being obsessive and thinking I can do anything…I also have <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Schizophreni</span>c taste in homes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I give you this as evidence…..I happen to LOVE all of these places. Weird huh?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2KUlrwzOKnevKthCW2QeOka_9nl48SAkNCydmkP42BDnOqqQxWw7wHzdDXwlg2wZiKruYGsxTJRMhw2uwAveDRdH59e04gnfJ2VgkLdxE1IxDTH8OnBg1XnvYHwFU0F4eoxrTV16cZU/s1600/wren%2527s+nest+porch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2KUlrwzOKnevKthCW2QeOka_9nl48SAkNCydmkP42BDnOqqQxWw7wHzdDXwlg2wZiKruYGsxTJRMhw2uwAveDRdH59e04gnfJ2VgkLdxE1IxDTH8OnBg1XnvYHwFU0F4eoxrTV16cZU/s1600/wren%2527s+nest+porch.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhPz2Wc_QGI9jXFDG_xHtB2a-6U8BfPGoKDC3z5_Uw19AP2tw0MzQwy48hRrxIkVh72RvzR2ni1XmHE7v3u0SoDSUKJ1Ke3vQR_0YEuoPfFe4zS7hvIoAiZmrOoAdEMufl_ya8IWyxxE/s1600/wren%2527s+nest.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJhPz2Wc_QGI9jXFDG_xHtB2a-6U8BfPGoKDC3z5_Uw19AP2tw0MzQwy48hRrxIkVh72RvzR2ni1XmHE7v3u0SoDSUKJ1Ke3vQR_0YEuoPfFe4zS7hvIoAiZmrOoAdEMufl_ya8IWyxxE/s320/wren%2527s+nest.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is <a href="http://www.wrensnestonline.com/">The Wren's Nest</a>, near Atlanta. It was built in 1870 and has the coolest porches.</div><br />
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There are always the log homes I grew up seeing in the Black Hills....but would you pick the BIG mansion one, or the tiny cabin one? I guess it would depend on how many Lincoln Logs sets you could come up with!<br />
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There are always the really cool industrial lofts. I've been in more than a few in the last 5 years. They can be so neat with the open living spaces....or they can be a hot mess with no definition between spaces and too many styles too. Here are a couple of good ones.<br />
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There are the Bauhaus style houses....I have a few in my neighborhood. Neat Mod style boxes with enough glass to seem like full size doll houses on their own.<br />
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I finally decided that I did need to do a more modern home....just figuring out how to open the traditional ones was giving me a headache. I ran across this one... <a href="http://www.olsonkundigarchitects.com/Projects/101/Chicken-Point-Cabin">Chicken Point Cabin</a>.<br />
How cool is that moving wall?? Can't you just see yourself having coffee out on that deck?<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are other folks that are riding the miniature crazy train with me! Check them out!</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Emily Henderson from </span></strong><a href="http://www.stylebyemilyhenderson.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Style by Emily Henderson</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Erin from </span></strong><a href="http://www.designformankind.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Design for Mankind</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Orlando from </span></strong><a href="http://hommemaker.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Homme Maker</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Corbett from </span></strong><a href="http://www.girl-domestic.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Girl Domestic</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jenny from </span></strong><a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Little Green Notebook</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Nicole from </span></strong><a href="http://makingitlovely.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Making it Lovely</span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><br />
<span style="color: #707070;"> </span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Kirstin from </span></strong><a href="http://simplygrove.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Simply Grove</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Morgan Statterfield </span></strong><a href="http://www.the-brick-house.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">The BrickHouse</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><a href="http://www.girl-domestic.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Girl Domestic</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Susan from </span></strong><a href="http://www.fleurishingblog.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Fleurishing</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jesse from </span></strong><a href="http://mymodstyle.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">My Mod Style</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Becca from </span></strong><a href="http://www.talesofatumbleweed.com/"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Tales of a Tumbleweed</span></span></b></a><strong><span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></strong></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Holly from </span></b><a href="http://hollyrecommends.wordpress.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">Holly Recommends</span></span></b></a><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">….<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dulce from </span></b><a href="http://lavitapetite.wordpress.com/"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;"><span style="color: #707070;">La Vita Petite</span></span></b></a></div><br />
</div>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-19984472884828881962011-10-14T10:25:00.000-07:002011-10-14T10:30:25.493-07:00I'm A Giant! Dollhouse challenge<span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, I must admit something…I have an obsessive personality. I also tend to jump into the deep-end without ever asking how deep it is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ask any of my friends, I can really get stuck on some odd things: the 4 months I was planning my new garden (it did keep me sane in the deep dark winter months), the nearly a year I spent making the pattern for my wedding dress (it did turn out pretty nice, after many panicked calls to friends about straps). Oh, I could go on….but I think you get the idea. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Well, with the wedding done….the gardening done…the job search still on, I have some obsessive time on my hands, and I’ve found the perfect thing! </span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">About a 2 weeks ago I ran across the “<a href="http://www.stylebyemilyhenderson.com/blog/imagiantblog-challenge.html">I’m A Giant! Dollhousechallenge</a>”….and I’ve been obsessed.</span></div><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanks so much <a href="http://www.stylebyemilyhenderson.com/">Emily Henderson</a>! You have made it possible for my hubby to think I’m even nuttier than he already knew I was.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I have scoured the internet for dollhouses….and found everything in my very limited budget uninspiring. I went to toy stores and antique shops and found nothing. </span></div><br />
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Emily Henderson from <a href="http://www.stylebyemilyhenderson.com/">Style by Emily Henderson</a><br />
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Erin from <a href="http://www.designformankind.com/">Design for Mankind</a><br />
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Orlando from <a href="http://hommemaker.com/">Homme Maker</a><br />
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Corbett from <a href="http://www.girl-domestic.com/">Girl Domestic</a><br />
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Jenny from <a href="http://littlegreennotebook.blogspot.com/">Little Green Notebook</a><br />
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Nicole from <a href="http://makingitlovely.com/">Making it Lovely</a><br />
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Kirstin from <a href="http://simplygrove.com/">Simply Grove</a> <br />
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Morgan Statterfield <a href="http://www.the-brick-house.com/">The BrickHouse</a><br />
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Susan from <a href="http://www.fleurishingblog.com/">Fleurishing</a> <br />
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Jesse from <a href="http://mymodstyle.blogspot.com/">My Mod Style</a> <br />
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Becca from <a href="http://www.talesofatumbleweed.com/">Tales of a Tumbleweed</a> <br />
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Holly from <a href="http://hollyrecommends.wordpress.com/">Holly Recommends</a>….<br />
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I saw a photo of his modern bracelet from 1948 ages ago....and it stuck. I've spent hours looking up his work and hoping, dreaming and preying that someday I'll be this good!! He was an amazing man.... sculpter, jewelry artist, jazz expert. He passed in the early 1980's, but his work lives on....the Brooklyn Museum has a long term exibit on his work "From the Village to Vogue" commenting on how this man from humble beginings landed in the pages of Vogue, Harper's and The New Yorker.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br />Art's Cuff and the photo that inspired it all: </div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 251px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562460860373351410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBO3eE0sb6AC_vzaqtFFQagk0SnsVv4OIJhbMEfYYy0UpXbQUDrTt_gQ9F5hjJNTZkzvTvpxgtBA7BWI5F_Kk05efpF1qUytTHAFsxyjuqZhU7csI2lblsFm5494Cpnc1K-l5GVTd458/s320/Art-Smith_428-wide.jpg" /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Detail shots of my cuff:</div><br /><br /><p align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXt_nZGFcnIxT1GiSbaWuqg8rGjps0zQvrRawEtsOWsAKX53uSL0pUtveyOCswEHmtXzGYm9qSU1ZyNVhYHDBpn1Uy9Ep4KHWTMHkveHbrj6gpYqv_M0eFJfXegMdxyPi9l8JN8N1VToI/s1600/THaW+2011-1+003.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562463502511321298" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXt_nZGFcnIxT1GiSbaWuqg8rGjps0zQvrRawEtsOWsAKX53uSL0pUtveyOCswEHmtXzGYm9qSU1ZyNVhYHDBpn1Uy9Ep4KHWTMHkveHbrj6gpYqv_M0eFJfXegMdxyPi9l8JN8N1VToI/s200/THaW+2011-1+003.JPG" /></a></p><br /><br /><div align="center">Above you can see the tiny 2mm stones I set in the tubes on top of the cuff. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">There are 6 of them in total.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">Many you know how much I love my little "hidden" gems.</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBVexrJ8ynAm2keIfzHzvRXsSSx8UGvEx4eH9pw2uydygmpAwdkfYjL8t8xXn9Ptn0E6HpyZvQ6qXG6gsAZ0i9LaRYwBQ7CZ4NM8ZYAYe4t1-nZoGIrO8CobAdYXIPReZYmNLk4DjssE/s1600/THaW+2011-1+002.JPG"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562462529394474594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLBVexrJ8ynAm2keIfzHzvRXsSSx8UGvEx4eH9pw2uydygmpAwdkfYjL8t8xXn9Ptn0E6HpyZvQ6qXG6gsAZ0i9LaRYwBQ7CZ4NM8ZYAYe4t1-nZoGIrO8CobAdYXIPReZYmNLk4DjssE/s200/THaW+2011-1+002.JPG" /></a></div><br /><br /><div align="center">Here is a view of the back of the bracelet. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">You can see how I cut the tubes on an angle to add some extra interest.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Here are some links if you are interested in learning more about this wonderful Modern Jewelry Artist!!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.modernsilver.com/villagetovogue/villagetovogue.htm">http://www.modernsilver.com/villagetovogue/villagetovogue.htm</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.925-1000.com/amx_smithA.html">http://www.925-1000.com/amx_smithA.html</a>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-57214672408346509972011-01-15T08:17:00.001-08:002011-01-17T06:17:20.438-08:00New Family Heirlooms (RAW and THaW)<div>Last post I told you about the new challenge groups I was part of. I’m also part of an Etsy team called “The Aspiring Metalsmiths”. These groups collide wonderfully sometimes.<br />Every month The Aspiring Metalsmiths have a design challenge… the members of the group each make something that fits the rules for the challenge, then we all vote on them. Whoever wins gets to pick the next challenge. It can be very exciting, nerve wracking, and awesome!! The December/January challenge was picked by Heather of Misty Ridge Designs ( <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/mistyridge">http://www.etsy.com/shop/mistyridge</a> ). She wanted us to make some jewelry that reflects our family history. I started out with visions of the Royal jewels we *<em>Should</em>* have. But I ended up using some very old family photos. Here's the link to our team blog, so you can see all the entries! <a href="http://aspiringmetalsmiths.blogspot.com/">http://aspiringmetalsmiths.blogspot.com/</a><br /></div><br /><div><br /><strong><span style="color:#000066;">RAW 1/52</span></strong> is a ring that shows my great grandmother Ivy’s big sister Myrtle Atkinson. Set under a magnifying glass cabochon in sterling silver, and marked with both “Myrtle” and “RAW 1-52”.<br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562449429273153378" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOqgoOR-TA62-1NBHWPd9sNqxKEgLOEUNV0VeoRCONmqZSFhUFKvvINco0aX3g_pgTZust_HHbwLau8brvot4QAwFYqrLwP7y5voITgGo66AVabmYhBSKT46y4u6ekD5VTBh1AmF5W46I/s320/family+jewelry+013.JPG" /> On the back of the original photo was written in Grandma Ivy’s hand “the best sister one ever had – Ivy”. She was a lovely girl. In this photo she looks so innocent and demure.<br /></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">RAW 2/52</span></strong> is a ring that shows great grandma Ivy herself. Set under a magnifying glass cabochon in sterling silver, and marked on the back “Ivy” and “RAW 2-52”.<br /><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562452944527731570" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWoRrmd_8UY3kvf0BUZr72ZHRG0NxD4CwMTy6tcQU_Y3jVVREq6dZ7kNdMsTQQDEePIxSBBruudU9mJjApbMFM1hx_qM9mt03Ql6T7TzyeRe7YOZeezBQzdajs_UKErV1MV-nF0jjXl-k/s320/family+jewelry+006.JPG" /><br />I think she must have been around 18 months old when this photo was taken. Nobody knows the story now, but she is in the woods…standing on an animal fur of some sort. She looks like a cross between Cupid and a fairy from Midsummer Night’s Dream! I’m assuming that her big sister Myrtle probably “styled” this photo.<br /></p><br /><br /><p><br /><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">THaW 2</span></strong> is a pendant that shows a broken photo of the Atkinson family, long before Grandma Ivy was born. I set this in sterling silver under a flat pane of glass and marked the back “Family Divided Reunited”. </p><br /><p><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 240px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5562454022262832082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyyvQxxBB6Xe8gCQlDLlksARApK12wVZqus4srhOwdrtJA_-g4QVXBQQKVZyXfdvX1iMuPADqeDHs1jrU2YWq8ZOfsrWOOenFJEtf8mGUIuhBUk1epJBymWxc1cMWVWGiGVEoarKJP4UM/s320/family+jewelry+021.JPG" /> When I was going through some old family photos, I found the first half. I thought that was awfully sad. The family was split down the middle. I set it aside and kept going through boxes. Many hours later, in another pile of photos, I found the other half of the family! YEAH! You can still see the dividing line in the photo, the rough edges where it was broken. In the photo, left to right, are: Mrs. Robert Atkinson, children Myrtle, Keith, Florence and Mr. Robert Atkinson.<br /><br />I’m really proud of these new “Heirlooms”. I love the idea of wearing a little family history, rather than letting it molder in a box somewhere. I have plans for a few more pieces in this series, and am on the hunt for interesting photos of the other side of my family. </p><br /><p><br />I would also be excited to take on someone else’s family photos!! How fun would that be? Contact me if you’ve got some treasures you’d like rescued from the box!!<br /><br />If you’ve found my entries interesting you’ve got to check out these pieces!!<br /><br /><strong><span style="color:#000099;">RAW group</span>:</strong> <a href="http://adobesol.com/blog/?p=1069">http://adobesol.com/blog/?p=1069</a></p><br /><a href="http://http//tinkertoday.blogspot.com/2011/01/mucha-ring.html">http://http//tinkertoday.blogspot.com/2011/01/mucha-ring.html</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://http//allwiredupjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/2011/01/104-things-i-want-to-make-this-year.html">http://http//allwiredupjewelrydesigns.blogspot.com/2011/01/104-things-i-want-to-make-this-year.html</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>THaW group</strong></span>: <a href="http://http//rubymtnbeads.blogspot.com/2011/01/thaw521.html">http://http//rubymtnbeads.blogspot.com/2011/01/thaw521.html</a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://http//zoeowyn.blogspot.com/2011/01/thing-week-and-practice-techniques-all.html">http://http//zoeowyn.blogspot.com/2011/01/thing-week-and-practice-techniques-all.html</a>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-74193123204031749442011-01-15T07:26:00.000-08:002011-01-15T07:35:29.648-08:00New Year...New Challenges...New Work!!So, I’ve been MIA lately. The wedding planning is coming along. There’s just so much to do! But that’s not the point of this entry….Jewelry is!<br /><br />Last year I ran across a group on Flickr…. Ring A Day. I was both in awe of the productivity of these folks and of the amazing designs they put together. I mean really! 365 rings in one year?!?! It’s mind boggling.<br /><br />This year, I’ve decided to dip my toe into that pool….with the “Ring A Week” group, and with the “Thing A Week” group. So that will make for up to 104 new designs by the end of the year. I’m pretty excited. I have a few of the items done and posted to their respective groups and will be adding blog posts for each as I get caught up. Here are the links to the Flickr pages….check out the amazing artistry these wonderful folks are capable of!!<br /><br />The THaW group: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/thaw2011/">http://www.flickr.com/groups/thaw2011/</a><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/thaw2011/"></a><br /><br />The RAW group: <a href="http://http//www.flickr.com/groups/ringaweek/">http://http://www.flickr.com/groups/ringaweek/</a><br /><br />And keep your eyes open for new posts about my new work!!Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-43996555079509265542010-08-30T17:10:00.000-07:002010-08-30T17:22:49.698-07:00The List of Lists!!!!So today’s post is a bit ahead of most of us in the planning process. A friend of mine is the Mother of the Bride on the 18th, and she asked for some guidance. Here’s the deal though, if you get started on some of these lists, it will save you time and stress later on. I do have to admit, I'm a list maker...I have "to do" lists that go into the next decade. I have lists of my lists. I'm a little nutty this way. But I'd rather be the crazy list lady, than the one pulling my hair out when the limo doesn't show!!<br /><br />So you’ve already got your guest list…and most of them have sent back the RSVP. You already have the list of who’s in the bridal party… you have a long list of “thank yous” to write for all the presents…but do you have all of these? Many come in handy long before your wedding, but ALL of them are good points to think of in the last 2 or 3 weeks.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>The Master Vendor List<br /></strong></span><br />This is probably the most important list to have, and to have multiple copies of. It includes everyone you are paying for the day…from the Officiant, to the caterers to the florist, to the secretary that will open up the buildings you are using. Include all contact names, phone numbers and if there is anything left to be paid to them. Make copies. Give one to your mom, your maid of honor or personal attendant, and your “wrangler” (the person who will be in charge while you are off getting pretty, getting photos and getting hitched.)<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Your Event Schedule:</strong></span><br />This isn’t just when your readers come to the alter or when the first dance is played… this includes everything starting with the rehearsal. Don’t fool yourself, plan in some extra time to get ready and for anyone who happens to get lost. Some things to think of: What time do you need to get up to eat a real breakfast before you get your hair done? How long does it take to drive between ceremony site and reception site in horrible traffic? How late do you want to cut the cake? Remember older guests and children will be leaving earlier than you would normally think of going home.<br /><p>Here’s what it should have at the very minimum: rehearsal, grooms dinner, pictures, hair & make up, dress time, dinner served, first dance, cake cutting, gift opening. Make sure to include event location, phone number, time and who needs to be there. Make sure everyone has a copy.<br />List of schedule/phone numbers that has ALL the members of the wedding party, parents, grandparents and anyone else involved with the wedding - include the time each party is supposed to arrive at and where so if someone hasn't shown up the personal attendant can track them down. Also include where they are staying at (i.e. hotel, home, or a friend’s house.)<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Ok, now to the list of things to do in the last few weeks before the wedding:<br /></strong></span>Get the final fitting for the dress. Pick up the dress and hang it someplace out of the way.<br /></p><p>Set your veil, jewelry, undies and shoes all in one spot, where they won’t get separated or smooshed.<br /></p><p>Double check with your bridesmaids (and flower girls) to make sure they all have their dresses, shoes and jewelry.<br /></p><p>Get the attendant and parent gifts out, wrapped and labeled. Put these in a box that will go with you to the ceremony site.<br /></p><p>Check (or have your soon to be hubby check) with the grooms men and ushers to make sure they’ve had a final fitting of the tuxes, that they have shoes, shirts and ties that all match. If they are to have cuff links, make sure you’ve packed an extra set in your “emergency kit.”<br /></p><p>Have someone designated to take all the stuff from church and reception and someone you trust to get all the gifts to the place of the gift opening and not to leave the gifts in the vehicle overnight. So, cousin Bill, who will probably go out for an hour <em><strong>after</strong></em> the reception is probably a bad pick.<br /></p><p>Get together your programs, guest book and ceremony site decorations in a labeled box.<br /></p><p>Get the reception decorations in labeled boxes. This includes favors, menus, cake topper and anything else the florist isn’t bringing. In the box include directions for the decorating committee. Include a “map” if you can, so they know exactly where any tables are to go.</p><p>Make sure you have a "tear down" committee. These are the folks that get all the decorations back to your home.<br /></p><p>Make sure your beauty appointments are made, and that the bride is NOT the last one to be “done.” If anything is going to run late, it’s better a bridesmaid have a more simple hair style. The bride shouldn’t be rushed, and they have enough hairspray to make any style stay for the whole day!!<br /></p><p>Check with the hotel(s) that you’ve reserved a block with. Check to see who is staying there, and if you are giving them all welcome baskets get those dropped off a day or so early. Make sure the wedding party if staying at a hotel and don't check in until after the reception make sure someone calls the day of and lets the hotel know it will be a late night check in.<br /><br />Check with the rehearsal dinner site. Do they have the reservation? Do they have a correct head count?<br /></p><p>Have someone (personal attendant or your mom) give a call to anyone giving a toast. Make sure that they’ve thought about it and won’t tell any story you don’t want grandma hearing. Or worse, one you don’t want your new spouse hearing!<br /></p><p>Check with any transport companies… cars from the airport to the hotel, a shuttle between the hotel and ceremony site or the reception site. Your limo or car…make sure the times are all what you are expecting. If you don’t have a shuttle reserved, make sure a few key people have numbers for taxi cabs.<br /></p><p>Pack an overnight bag for bride and groom if staying at a local hotel and not taking off immediately on honeymoon. If you are leaving right away (or in the morning) make sure your bags are packed and your tickets passports, etc. are inside.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Vendor final check list:<br /></strong></span>Caterer has final head count. </p><p><br />Photographer has a “must have” shot list, and the name of someone who will know who Aunt Martha is. </p><p><br />DJ has both the “must play” and the “don’t ever ever ever play” lists. </p><p><br />Florist has the correct corsage/boutonniere count, and where they will meet you to “pin” everyone. </p><p><br />Triple check with all of these vendors about times. When they will be and where they will be. </p><p>Make sure they have your cell number, your fiancée’s number and your “wrangler’s” number.<br /></p><p>If any payment is due the big day, get the checks written and in labeled envelopes. For everyone else, get the tip money in labeled envelopes. Don’t seal the “tip” envelopes until you know how each vendor performs. Wouldn’t you hate to tip the DJ $100 when he turns up the volume and plays that song you HATE??<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Have an emergency kit for the personal attendant</strong></span>:<br />1) comb<br />2) deodorant<br />3) perfume<br />4) sewing kit<br />5) bobby pins<br />6) toothpaste and toothbrush<br />7) mints<br />8) Extra Jewelry (cuff links, extra earrings)<br />9) washcloth<br />10) powder<br />11) blotting papers<br />12) nail file<br />13) colored and clear nail polish<br />14) stain stick or wipes<br />15) dental floss<br />16) hairspray<br />17) nail clippers<br />18) make-up & lipstick<br />19) white chalk (to hide what a stain stick can't get out)<br />20) fan (a little battery opperated one, or just a pretty Scarlet O'Hara one)<br />21) Double sided tape<br />22) safety pins<br />23) band-aids<br />24) Tums<br />25) small mirror<br />26) ibuprofen or the like<br />27) super glue<br />28) white masking tape<br />29) static-cling spray<br />30) snacks<br />31) towel<br />32) camera & batteries<br />33) bottled water<br /></p><p>Yeah, it's kind of a big bag....nice thing is, every time I've packed one, we don't need it. Everytime there hasn't been one, we could have used it!<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><em>And just a note</em></strong></span>…if you don’t have a personal attendant, your maid of honor gets all those duties. If you don’t have a “wrangler”, you need one. Really, it saves so much piece of mind. They are your insurance. They fix things before you can ever notice they weren’t perfect. If you don’t have another friend who you trust with this job, seriously consider hiring a “day of coordinator.” They usually meet with you once or twice before the big day. You’ll go over the schedule of events and the vendor list and your overall dream for the day. They will look at all of your contracts so they know the fine print. On the big day, they will be running around making sure everything runs smoothly. That extra $1000 I told you to build into your budget could be well spent right here!! </p>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-66830647675123746382010-08-21T17:55:00.000-07:002010-08-21T18:00:25.829-07:00What to feed these people?!?!?<strong><span style="font-size:130%;">All right everyone…..let’s talk about food. Because you have to feed all these people SOMETHING when you invite them.</span></strong><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>A couple of things first….mostly to save lots of money.</strong><br /></span>Think about having you wedding at an “odd” time. Have an outdoor ceremony early in the morning with a scrambled egg buffet to follow. Fridays and Sundays are less expensive many places than a Saturday night. Have an early ceremony with only Champaign and cake to follow. Brunch is almost always cheaper than dinner. Have a late in the day ceremony and just a cocktail hour after. If you have an early event, there isn’t a reason to have much (if any) alcohol, which will cut your costs dramatically. Have a casual back yard event that you can “self cater.”<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">OK…so you are going with a “normal” reception.</span></strong><br />Be it in a Hall, a hotel or some other event kind of place. Then first thing you need to think about (and ask about) is WHO CAN CATER HERE? Many venues either have an in house caterer, or have a very short “approved” list of caterers. If you have less than 3 choices of who makes your food, you NEED to taste it BEFORE you sign any contracts for the venue. Really, you don’t want your perfect place to serve a plate of bland, white food. I’ve had the dinner that included chicken with white gravy, mashed potatoes and cauliflower. I’m not sure to this day which was which!!<br />My venue had a list of 6 caterers to choose from. Many kinds of food, many price points. I was a very happy girl. I didn’t need to check out the caterer before I signed the big old contract. I was sure that at least one of them would be able to do a good job for a good price.<br />Now, what is your wedding STYLE? Do you want a formal sit-down dinner? A casual buffet? A themed meal, like Thai meets West? This will tell you WHO to look for when contacting caterers. You won’t call The Rib Shack for a black tie dinner….nor would you call the fancy French place for back yard BBQ.<br /><br />Most every town, even the tiny ones, has THE caterers. The ones that EVERYONE has had from Aunt Emma’s funeral, to the booster club dinner, to your cousin’s wedding last month.<br />In bigger towns and cities, you’ll have more choices. There will be the big specialists that cater cooperate events, big hotel shin-digs, and the big charity events in town. They don’t have a restaurant, they only cater. There will be smaller, family run operations that are caterers only, too. Many times they will be more flexible with menu choices and willing to work your grandma’s recipe into the menu. There are also many restaurants that cater. If you have a favorite, ask them!!<br /><br />Be careful not to make assumptions about price….sometimes the big guys are really the cheapest, sometimes they aren’t. Sometimes the food from the restaurant is cheaper, but hiring a wait staff will break the bank. You’ll have to look at all the fine print on a contract before you really know who is the most affordable!! If you see the menu prices are way out of your budget, don’t do a tasting, you’ll just torture yourself, or go into debt!<br /><p><br />If you contact a caterer and they don’t get back to you within a week, either move on, or call them every day until you get an answer. In big companies you can get caught in red tape, in small ones you can be pushed aside for a very needy client. Neither is great business practices, but it happens. Don’t sit on your hands and wait until it’s too late!<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Some budget killers when using a “real” caterer….</span></strong><br />Having to rent table linens, china plates, stem glasses. Some places will include only disposable plates in the price, and you have to rent the real stuff….for up to $5 a person. (you might be able to rent linens for less from a local supply company, and get out of any “late night” fees from the caterer having to stick around until the end of the party) </p><p><br />Cake cutting and serving fees: If you don’t order your cake from you caterer, you’ll probably have to pay a cake cutting fee….upwards of $1.50 a person. Some companies will cut for free and set it out buffet style, but if you want it delivered to the tables, there will be a serving fee. Some companies have BOTH of these fees. </p><p><br />Sit-down dinner fees: Typically at least $3-10 a person more than the price on the menu. The company needs MANY more servers to deal with a seated dinner than a buffet, and you pay for every one of them. </p><p><br />“Food Stations” The idea of a carving station and a custom cooked something is wonderful and exciting. It’s like entertainment with the food! It also will change your budget from a buffet price to a sit-down price, if not more. Each “chef” will cost you at least an extra $125, and each extra server needed to man a station will cost around $15 an hour.<br />Kids Meals and Vegetarian/Vegan/Kosher meals….If you are having a buffet, and there aren’t appropriate dishes for these groups, they will be served a plated meal at a price. I strongly suggest if you have many of these guests you include food they will/can eat on your buffet. It will save you at least $25 per person, even if it doesn’t look that way on the bill.<br /><br /><strong>OK...so we’ve looked at some budget killers…but you still don’t know if you want a buffet, plated dinner or a family style (the newest old trend).</strong> Here’s my take….<br />Plated dinners cost more per person for the same food. You have to somehow mark each seat with a entrée choice (more work on place cards). But they are more elegant. They also don’t take up your dance floor with a buffet cart setup. They can be much faster, since everyone is served more or less at once. </p><p><br />Buffet style is usually the cheapest option. Everyone chooses what they want, not what they wanted 6 weeks ago when they RSVP’d. They can take only what they will eat, and others can go back for seconds. But you can end up with a ton of leftovers that will probably end up in the trash. You can run out of one item early, and only have brussel sprouts left for the last few tables. It just takes that much longer to eat, since everyone will have to stand in line.<br /></p><p>Family Style dinner…each table gets a few big plates of food, to be served by the guests at the tables. This option promotes conversation, allows for everyone to chose how much of what they eat and is a middle ground price wise. My only real problem with family style is that all tables (usually) must have the same number of guests. In some venues this is almost impossible. Sometimes you’ll have to either split up families, or sit just one single friend at a table to round it out.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Self Catering</span></strong><br />So, you don’t like any of these options…you want something more casual, like the back yard BBQ, or a party in your local park, or your great aunt’s mansion. That’s great! You have a few more choices than I’ve gone over…mostly, you have restaurants that deliver in bulk but don’t provide staff. You have amazing family and friends that can cook. You have that giant BBQ pit that your dad has wanted to build for years. Here are some of my favorite choices: </p><p><br />Pick your favorite 3 restaurants and order take-out from each: Pizza from the Italian joint you had your first date at, sushi for the trip you took to Japan and Fish and Chips because you got engaged on St. Patrick’s day. </p><p><br />Hire the Pig Roast truck. Really, these guys will roast a pig in your driveway, with an apple in his mouth! Most will have side dishes on offer too. Some even fresh roast corn on the cob! </p><p><br />You have the “church lady” contingent on your guest list. You know these women, they have cooked for an army for all sorts of community events already, and they know how to do their thing. It might not be the most exciting menu, but it’s always good food, and plenty of it. </p><p><br />You have a bunch of “foodie” friends. Throw a pot luck… instead of gifts, everyone brings a dish to pass. You don’t get the cash for the honeymoon, but you also don’t get 4 gravy boats!! Everyone will have something they will eat, no matter their differing tastes. The only real trick to this one is having someone in charge of making sure you don’t end up with all entrees, or side salads! </p><p><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">You’ve decided on this last choice have you? Now for the nitty gritty</span></strong>…<br />Make sure you’ll be saving money, because you’ll be paying in stress. Keeping everything together is a lot of work. You didn’t think that a caterer was just paid to cook the food did you? </p><p><br />Make sure someone is in charge. If you have a “church lady” or an actual restaurant manager in the crowd, use them. They’ve got the experience to pull this off without having a meltdown. </p><p><br />Remember you have to keep hot food hot and cold food cold, even if you are indoors!! You’ll need to rent chafing dishes, or borrow every Crockpot in the neighborhood. You’ll need to have something like a kiddie pool filled with ice to put cold food bowls in.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Now for contract fine print.<br /></span></strong>Check the payment schedule, and write it on your calendar!! You really don’t want to miss one of these. It will totally ruin your day. Just don’t do it!! </p><p><br />Due dates for final menu and final head count. Every caterer is different. Some want the final head count a week early, some need a month. If you haven’t gotten your RSVP’s back a few days before the due date, you’re going to have to call all your slacker friends, or guess.<br /></p><p>Double check all of the “extras”: linens, china, late night staff, cake cutting fees. Make sure they are EXACTLY what you and your sales person talked about. If not, don’t sign anything until you get it sorted out and have a new contract in your hand. </p><p><br />Ask what will happen with leftovers. If you want to, and it’s allowed, for you to take them home, make sure you have coolers with ice on hand. If you want it all to go to a soup kitchen, ask. Make sure any decision is in writing.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Ok, that’s my rant on caterers. Got questions? Leave a comment and I’ll try to answer them.</span></strong> </p>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-86203075528009610932010-08-18T14:03:00.000-07:002010-08-18T15:06:56.513-07:00Wedding planning hell…..exciting, terrifying and frustrating to no end!!Here’s the first installment in a series….so I can vent, and maybe help others out.<br />So I have to admit, this isn’t my first rodeo….I was a micromanaging control freak of a bride over a decade ago, and I’ve been a micromanaging control freak of a planner for parts of about 10 other weddings. If you are like me, you really need to GET A GRIP! <br /><br />Really, you can’t do it all and keep your sanity, or look pretty on the big day if you are not sleeping for weeks before hand!! This is where friends and family come in…..you need to Delegate…say it with me, DELEGATE! You have people you trust and can count on, right? You trust that they know YOUR style (even if you hate theirs)…you know they can make educated guesses at the last minute that won’t be any worse than a decision you make, right?? So let them. Ask for help!!<br /><br />For the trusted family and friends, please, don’t take on too much, don’t procrastinate, really think of what the bride would choose (even if you hate that option). Get a task from the bride, follow it through and if you are still game, ask for another one…..don’t be like me. This summer I helped a friend for her wedding…..I made her bridal jewelry (necklace, earrings and tiara)…I made the wedding bands….I did ALL the flowers and decorations on the big day….I was a basket case by the end. DON’T DO THAT!!<br /><br />My second topic for today is about budgeting….you MUST have one. Really people, unless you just got the winning lotto tickets, you need to have some idea what you are spending and where! The earlier you get this done, the better. If your families are contributing, don’t expect them to kick in more at the last minute because you went over budget….and for the love of God, don’t just pull out the credit card!! Fine, you want to put it all on your “miles” card so you can get upgraded to first class on the plane to your honeymoon….I get that. Please make sure there is CASH in the bank to pay for it next month. You really don’t want to be fighting over the credit card bill on your 1 month anniversary. <br /><br />A budget tip for families… be up front about what you can and will pay for. If you want to give a lump sum, do so. If you want to pay for the food, do so (but cap the total up front!!) Please realize that this is the kids’ day, and it should turn out how the kids’ want it…not how you picture it in your head. Please don’t think that if you are handing over the cash you should be able to hand over a guest list of 50 friends who your child hasn’t seen since they were 5. You should have INFLUENCE in the decisions, but you SHOULDN’T get the final say (unless it’s over budget.)<br /><br />Another thing about budgets…they are never what you’ll spend. There’s always a last minute thing. <br /><br />**You forgot that EVERYONE is supposed to get a tip that day. Let’s see, that’s about another $1000 or so, depending on how many servers you’re having, and if you have a 7 piece band or just one DJ. <br /><br />**Or you find the “perfect” bridesmaids gift only a week before the wedding. For all 6 girls, at $30 each, that runs you another $180. <br /><br />**The prepaid open bar is dry with 4 hours more to go on the dance (what, do these people have a hollow leg?)….that’ll be another $400 for a keg and $500 for two cases of wine. <br /><br />See, there’s always something….so please add in at least $1000 of wiggle room. Worst case scenario, you have it if you need to use it…best case scenario, you have an extra grand to spend on the honeymoon!!<br /><br />I think that’s all I have for today….next time, battling with caterers. Unless something else implodes before then!!Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2229130401191495228.post-22131567767538625502010-05-15T09:37:00.000-07:002010-05-15T10:13:21.201-07:00Copper Plating TutorialHere’s a tutorial for copper plating with no special tools, just what you already have on the bench and around the house. This method uses adding steel to your pickle pot to create a small electric charge that will plate everything in the pot with a fresh coat of copper.<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-sgHnrRwPJUJjgu8RMMl4J_mBRDf091X1yWWETS6pWkvm0dILp6S1QtmjPSgsWZlrhUGDpcFHm8D-FAK4XoO3LQbtLoaECUx8VaQBm3VEuax6W2Vm82a24bMBuxZzNfamtFfSUrfFic/s1600/blue+pickle.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471537902720865730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc-sgHnrRwPJUJjgu8RMMl4J_mBRDf091X1yWWETS6pWkvm0dILp6S1QtmjPSgsWZlrhUGDpcFHm8D-FAK4XoO3LQbtLoaECUx8VaQBm3VEuax6W2Vm82a24bMBuxZzNfamtFfSUrfFic/s200/blue+pickle.jpg" /></a><br />1.Start with BLUE pickle. You can save your used pickle in a jar and use it just for plating. The bluer the better! I am using Rio pickle; I have done this with PHdown as well. I have no idea if it will work with a salt and vinegar pickle.<br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div></div><div><div>2.Here’s a wide brass ring that I made. I used brass to show off the color change, but this works on all metals and is easiest with copper. You can see the joint before soldier, and the very messy joint (inside and out) after the torch got it. I polished and tumbled to the desired finish so the plating doesn’t need to be very thick.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuL5aLpoyt8qnpOdgovnO1YjoPhruw_bdLRieAFzHZR4ryZn94nvlb489W1WDWXuMFX94Nu6GvRg6G8dEsrb5VYGqPVLeFJuGvZ9wwpcR-aCL4A9o-kcIAC8c_xXw3GYDqNn6tldXr3FM/s1600/brass+ring+before+soldier.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 154px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471538216841210338" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuL5aLpoyt8qnpOdgovnO1YjoPhruw_bdLRieAFzHZR4ryZn94nvlb489W1WDWXuMFX94Nu6GvRg6G8dEsrb5VYGqPVLeFJuGvZ9wwpcR-aCL4A9o-kcIAC8c_xXw3GYDqNn6tldXr3FM/s200/brass+ring+before+soldier.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtj9pnCNtz0F7u2kI4W_PBY714kkXzkibuzknSnggFv7o9b3TR_elMtc8RpseDnNFqnJkItXTYNsHfd0lON1YwfZKJ0HxiJ6o_ON1vvNxMv1XDG6LEX30t2iOZAJHOs9HUcJxy0V7N2rI/s1600/outside+soldier+joint.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471538410408468882" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtj9pnCNtz0F7u2kI4W_PBY714kkXzkibuzknSnggFv7o9b3TR_elMtc8RpseDnNFqnJkItXTYNsHfd0lON1YwfZKJ0HxiJ6o_ON1vvNxMv1XDG6LEX30t2iOZAJHOs9HUcJxy0V7N2rI/s200/outside+soldier+joint.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4dUuJqYd5RfyayNg2JDz4P6K3lkN80Rmm1arHS-vbjZC5IB_i9bGWgAsQ2xQNrwAJ12G4LXbFg7vXMRTcUBnb9GOgwWTCyA3UfzLgVMFgMrfDX8Ndqjxb4CwUuBTbSnarXlxxLONYSA/s1600/inside+soldier+joint.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471538632420175730" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy4dUuJqYd5RfyayNg2JDz4P6K3lkN80Rmm1arHS-vbjZC5IB_i9bGWgAsQ2xQNrwAJ12G4LXbFg7vXMRTcUBnb9GOgwWTCyA3UfzLgVMFgMrfDX8Ndqjxb4CwUuBTbSnarXlxxLONYSA/s200/inside+soldier+joint.jpg" /></a><br />3.Some options for your steel…a galvanized nail, some galvanized wire, steel wool, or an old tool like a file, or any chunk of carbon steel. Later you will see the broken drill bit that I use most often.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGk8VfzN-feoOFUXxEB8H9C-AOUQWuFoxK49yFXUX5pUfzuRNh3VVjsEadcFYpSmTCloXIq7MnR0PhWqSNxnJiJ1L-xiW76ZtdiYORXpLFyhFrw2R4TllV3kHlvLy5cl_jNh6rdfryis/s1600/galvanized+nail.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 150px; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471538921164442450" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilGk8VfzN-feoOFUXxEB8H9C-AOUQWuFoxK49yFXUX5pUfzuRNh3VVjsEadcFYpSmTCloXIq7MnR0PhWqSNxnJiJ1L-xiW76ZtdiYORXpLFyhFrw2R4TllV3kHlvLy5cl_jNh6rdfryis/s200/galvanized+nail.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicU-MPaXJ-R4bWLdTT5MHlHIde7ALYUokSqurQSTroIkiFPOfSvJalu5rEMCKiP8dCKSurTirBmfzaO3XKjS8HiWgPV0NmZrzYUOvgXHRp1WDms7Pz58FMFkfC_hC7N-RIy0GifrXySeE/s1600/galvanized+wire.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471539084197071106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicU-MPaXJ-R4bWLdTT5MHlHIde7ALYUokSqurQSTroIkiFPOfSvJalu5rEMCKiP8dCKSurTirBmfzaO3XKjS8HiWgPV0NmZrzYUOvgXHRp1WDms7Pz58FMFkfC_hC7N-RIy0GifrXySeE/s200/galvanized+wire.jpg" /></a><br />4.Here’s a photo of the ring and the nail in the pot. There’s not a whole lot going on….<br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5R1vmxyL68XJNtTc9rcVkWB4aWnkcVAcnqg0nJ56auBqP-3-JNaKBuJHwB8zQzO9DKACB6x8mvR7WF6K4b9mMqLquLR_5F5FCmZVIk1SJZQk8CF-x1ecGVDVBrcrMwWnyFjLAsEiN4k/s1600/nail+and+ring.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471539431517432082" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ5R1vmxyL68XJNtTc9rcVkWB4aWnkcVAcnqg0nJ56auBqP-3-JNaKBuJHwB8zQzO9DKACB6x8mvR7WF6K4b9mMqLquLR_5F5FCmZVIk1SJZQk8CF-x1ecGVDVBrcrMwWnyFjLAsEiN4k/s200/nail+and+ring.jpg" /></a><br /><br />5.The Steel wool floating around, making bubbles….and the wool after it has “collected” some copper. The bubbles let you know that the chemical reaction is taking place.</div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1CwXmyyWmItSvcQQsWCTeI42xfTYmSImNy4JNOGrfbpa9uBGy_YmAWll7VGsX4vnu7ATrL3TlIr7YB_adluNrxXPsdUxuWjMnMtsn9X3JUY0ab_SZwE82eO75T3oy2siPWkrZWI66To/s1600/bubbles+from+steel.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471540032368430050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-1CwXmyyWmItSvcQQsWCTeI42xfTYmSImNy4JNOGrfbpa9uBGy_YmAWll7VGsX4vnu7ATrL3TlIr7YB_adluNrxXPsdUxuWjMnMtsn9X3JUY0ab_SZwE82eO75T3oy2siPWkrZWI66To/s200/bubbles+from+steel.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwZU4QodmriI4UFLuikJh67qh09yV2EgnsmZ4pJOX7RVzJqQzKnVSPdl8C6CxTNG0clh7ZtjP0NKBWo65ej5h1IBSyd32AVLjXF9nuPtWZOSs9SOfcswfdSDv7IQrqLuJt27GJ-FykJg/s1600/plated+steel+wool.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471539688080437394" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwZU4QodmriI4UFLuikJh67qh09yV2EgnsmZ4pJOX7RVzJqQzKnVSPdl8C6CxTNG0clh7ZtjP0NKBWo65ej5h1IBSyd32AVLjXF9nuPtWZOSs9SOfcswfdSDv7IQrqLuJt27GJ-FykJg/s200/plated+steel+wool.jpg" /></a><br /><br /></div><div>6.This is a photo of the ring after about a few minutes in the pot with the steel wool…..not much going on, right?<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZmyb_gLG8giyvE_ptW2UkljTAko3Ts16FjHe0yme0PSdrMffwiRlyFJHhBsPqvHGrx2bV91lyNrl2sMX61-MQPdd9rjwdL2B9IkMzIl4j-DMsGDalB2EJ_rGvtPkssgOBGb4RLdizB0/s1600/a+few+minutes+with+nail.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471540376192768610" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLZmyb_gLG8giyvE_ptW2UkljTAko3Ts16FjHe0yme0PSdrMffwiRlyFJHhBsPqvHGrx2bV91lyNrl2sMX61-MQPdd9rjwdL2B9IkMzIl4j-DMsGDalB2EJ_rGvtPkssgOBGb4RLdizB0/s200/a+few+minutes+with+nail.jpg" /></a><br />7.Now we wrap the ring with galvanized wire….I popped this in the pot along with my trusty broken drill bit….<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2Ugxto9Bk5CnldmzxnKQZSk4yCm4knssbfgeahuutrWcUd2lDYAy8FeFzWmKKXTxlwa2VfCyLzxOHrPPWlEK5zb5McMNmhJwOJL7lp2YeTdUmRbUE8SIr4u_z1pL_IskDDrydjnPQLc/s1600/bound+in+wire.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471540746340591650" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_2Ugxto9Bk5CnldmzxnKQZSk4yCm4knssbfgeahuutrWcUd2lDYAy8FeFzWmKKXTxlwa2VfCyLzxOHrPPWlEK5zb5McMNmhJwOJL7lp2YeTdUmRbUE8SIr4u_z1pL_IskDDrydjnPQLc/s200/bound+in+wire.jpg" /></a> </div><div><br />8.This is the wire bound ring after only 30 seconds in the pot this time!! WOW! </div><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSfJsGr1LojWMEUStyfc0BbZIRPE89WjSoN_zh_F-E3xoHNDOfAoD_zakiL6k5FRX-ZoH9Ray240Tp7iA5VP4kQ9J0fiDzv5w1NZ0TFilAM2xprFjxQIMlPqAyMQbFsT-J6sQeiFOMLo/s1600/30+sec+bound.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471540923380329330" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSfJsGr1LojWMEUStyfc0BbZIRPE89WjSoN_zh_F-E3xoHNDOfAoD_zakiL6k5FRX-ZoH9Ray240Tp7iA5VP4kQ9J0fiDzv5w1NZ0TFilAM2xprFjxQIMlPqAyMQbFsT-J6sQeiFOMLo/s200/30+sec+bound.jpg" /></a><br />9.I leave the ring in for a bit longer….taking it out to scrub off the build up on both the ring and the drill bit every 15 minutes or so….see the build up? I only have to wipe off the build up with a green scrubby, didn’t even have to press hard.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeHwbqPG041V2thYoqU8PtcKD1EUA6q07ufGJgFthKkaenIZrXroap5NN3Rzf45CYJIDQE3XY_iutnNFTwp3WQ_kJAEthaBqhcVJsZqDMfiXdhjuBSnoj8FckTpmFHPs2Mf7_EKuFtZk/s1600/build+up+on+steel.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471541064891352034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZeHwbqPG041V2thYoqU8PtcKD1EUA6q07ufGJgFthKkaenIZrXroap5NN3Rzf45CYJIDQE3XY_iutnNFTwp3WQ_kJAEthaBqhcVJsZqDMfiXdhjuBSnoj8FckTpmFHPs2Mf7_EKuFtZk/s200/build+up+on+steel.jpg" /></a> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMj2QikcfEcRf-hOfAqiHq_Hn-RkvL-jRrB0ENiT4izNjWEajJWfZihTJCZPD_YbtGrnc5jENBE_CbW8rRCyPvyRRIRn6N6s9luvzhJjM8MLglJRS0hDH644nVnNM7o_4ORxk_f19ANM/s1600/20+minutes+scrubbed.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471541894788969266" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMj2QikcfEcRf-hOfAqiHq_Hn-RkvL-jRrB0ENiT4izNjWEajJWfZihTJCZPD_YbtGrnc5jENBE_CbW8rRCyPvyRRIRn6N6s9luvzhJjM8MLglJRS0hDH644nVnNM7o_4ORxk_f19ANM/s200/20+minutes+scrubbed.jpg" /></a><br />10.Here’s the ring after about an hour in the pot (I scrubbed it about 4 times) None of the brass or the soldier is showing through when I scrub it now. I could keep this process up to get the plating thicker if it’s needed. You can’t see any brass or silver on the inside or the outside of the joint now.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiga9VlEfMsHqG4AF8H0IkvnnxLeTkuHKNXAlqQB8Nzx_JYq3I31ahbxTlTeJEeVPCbqadGmWUt3JblxaYUizTwkx9oODa7Qjk4fdcEBKluArH6fL-Bmiu8cJfNG5e_ajijB1SGXM0CRmM/s1600/outside+scrubbed.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471542198110449602" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiga9VlEfMsHqG4AF8H0IkvnnxLeTkuHKNXAlqQB8Nzx_JYq3I31ahbxTlTeJEeVPCbqadGmWUt3JblxaYUizTwkx9oODa7Qjk4fdcEBKluArH6fL-Bmiu8cJfNG5e_ajijB1SGXM0CRmM/s200/outside+scrubbed.jpg" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-GIXUpl9Ykxx1ecARGAnX-6lbSXpRscrIoimnwmJW4OygRJs8zxdg01-Xusr8Eyb0kUruR8YIVedSV8I8Rrxhezl9vjjl4F5vneHOfzNy24wOdTI-SiAP28Kb7GAJi9TGoz07kiHLfo/s1600/inside+scrubbed.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471542279909291138" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0-GIXUpl9Ykxx1ecARGAnX-6lbSXpRscrIoimnwmJW4OygRJs8zxdg01-Xusr8Eyb0kUruR8YIVedSV8I8Rrxhezl9vjjl4F5vneHOfzNy24wOdTI-SiAP28Kb7GAJi9TGoz07kiHLfo/s200/inside+scrubbed.jpg" /></a><br />11.I brushed on some LOS, you can see how dark everything turned? This is a shot of the soldier joint itself….<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheq9vbszwc_Sv4hzq6CQw_Sm0BudXseoiZ2LLvJaUWB55AP9z3yI2P6IG9LnLHA4GtgbatdtUaNjLySBw9zguJbKsNrjJBD9U4-Y_DWm5cs3VlAq-58SiMxt72KIZYQiR-rIDIpnEHR1Q/s1600/joint+patina.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471542401512058594" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheq9vbszwc_Sv4hzq6CQw_Sm0BudXseoiZ2LLvJaUWB55AP9z3yI2P6IG9LnLHA4GtgbatdtUaNjLySBw9zguJbKsNrjJBD9U4-Y_DWm5cs3VlAq-58SiMxt72KIZYQiR-rIDIpnEHR1Q/s200/joint+patina.jpg" /></a><br />12.I polished the high spots to bring out the shine and TA-DA…it’s done. Now I can pop it back in the tumbler to help seal in the patina and wax it if I want…..ready to wear!! </div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkvoCG2m6Ov-WgX1o_qFGP8F1NezTlFaXesfEjVYq5qfnU4CVPb524gi7kGa0xGf-Vt6y4MuuKKkSCUX2mE8FpO9kf-d1vqth1ORzxNqHDsI4Gzc1jbIA1NnopeGBFam_V47EQbOdDK0/s1600/final+patina+joint.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471542518840737522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitkvoCG2m6Ov-WgX1o_qFGP8F1NezTlFaXesfEjVYq5qfnU4CVPb524gi7kGa0xGf-Vt6y4MuuKKkSCUX2mE8FpO9kf-d1vqth1ORzxNqHDsI4Gzc1jbIA1NnopeGBFam_V47EQbOdDK0/s200/final+patina+joint.jpg" /></a><br /></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><br />My biggest tips….<br />Finish the piece to be plated all the way through polishing and tumbling.<br />Use an acid pickle that is very blue.<br />Make sure the steel is touching the piece to be plated, and that there are tiny bubbles being formed.<br />Make sure to wipe off the junky build up every so often from both the work and the steel. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Asa Pearsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06425422443295911887noreply@blogger.com7