Petrina won a set of The Prize Magazine.
She was then extraordinarily kind and sent me (by real life post !) a beautiful handmade card , and also some business cards for me.
They are all on lovely paper and I been trying, and failing, to do them justice in a photograph ever since.
The gold bands were on the inside of the envelope flap. It was a wonderful surprise to see a sudden golden gleam when I opened it.
I am going to save the envelope for making something special – I don’t know exactly what yet, but it will be something that needs beautiful gold paper.
I am keeping my fingers crossed that Petrina is picked as a Graphic45 Design Team Member for 2013.
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I would also like to thank Paula for making such a wonderful job of the folding dolls’ house and taking the trouble to photograph it so nicely for her blog.
I was truly delighted to see it in a real-life room. The little girls look as though they are enjoying themselves, don’t they !
Thank you as well to Krin, who took this wonderful photograph of the Circus Procession book.
Krin has two blogs (I struggle with one !!!) and in the blog devoted to 24th scale she has made a beautifully neat version of the folding dolls’ house, in 1/2 scale.
This is Krin’s idea and I have not tried to make the house at this size – I am firmly stuck in 12th scale ( or larger).
Krin has very kindly given details of the paper she used…
…so, in case there is anyone who would like to make a very small folding dolls’ house, and who would struggle adapting / converting / printing out and then scanning the 12th scale pdf…
… here are a couple of pdfs for 24th scale –
McLoughlin_Folding_Doll_House_24th_scale_OHM_130326
the coloured patches for the back of the floors
McLoughlin_Folding_Doll_House_24th_scale_OHM_130326-a
The instructions for making the 12th scale folding house are in the slideshow at the bottom of the post here
I hope you have fun – and I would be pleased to hear how you get on.
I enjoyed seeing the new photos of the folding house and the others as well. I keep promising myself to try the little house.
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No hurry – it will be there and waiting for you when you are ready!
I hope you had time to look at the blogs – I thought they were both very creative and inventive.
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What a nice surprise to see my pictures on your blog Elizabeth. Thank you for the compliments. To answer youre questions I made a message on my 24th scale blog. Here http://bickersgracht.blogspot.nl/2013/03/something-in-between.html, you can see the real size of the 24th scale folding dollhouse. And some technical information about the paper I used etc.
Its great that you did make a 24th scale pdf. I am sure that this will be used by several people.
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Hello Krin,
Thank you for leaving a comment here. I hope that you will see this.
I would very much like to leave comments on your blogs, but Blogger doesn’t seem to like my WordPress ID, or my Open ID – so I haven’t been able to.
I hope this is temporary and due to the internet being a bit conjested with traffic at the moment and will try again in a little bit.
Thank you very much for the link.
Your 24th scale folding house looks fantastic.
I am completely stuck in 12th scale (and larger) and so seldom make anything that is smaller – I am so glad that you managed to reduce it in size.
Elizabeth
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Dear Elisabeth,
Thank you for all the wonderful projects and printies.
A big hug
Sonja
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You are very welcome. I am glad you are enjoying them!
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Thank you, Elizabeth. As always I am so inspired by your works and thank you for the link to Karin’s blog.
Happy thoughts,
Petrina
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Hello Elizabeth,
The thank you butterfly card I sent you in the post was designed originally by someone named ‘Boland’. I did make the card I sent to you but the design is hers.
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Thank you Petrina, I will change my blog.
It is a locvely card and I was very pleased to receive it.
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Hello Elizabeth,
Perhaps you may enjoy seeing a Pop-Up mini of and artist from Berlin, Germany. She also has many 1/12th books I had not seen before.
The link is here
https://www.etsy.com/listing/93343584/112-pop-up-anne-of-green-gables?ref=shop_home_active
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Hello Petrina,
Thank you for the link.
Aren’t the books neatly done !
I hadn’t seen them before and I very much enjoyed looking at them.
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I saw her ‘Anne of Green Gables’ Pop-Up Book 1/12th that gave me the idea to make my own and instead about 3 inches high. I just bought the full sized book.
Please let me know if you want the files when I create them. I am happy at the thought I will be making a new paper doll house – it comes with the 5 people, also.
Sorry to go on so.
Have a wonderful rest of the day,
Petrina
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That is very kind of you Petrina – and you do not go on at all !
I hadn’t thought of reproducing a modern book 🙂
A three inch book is a very nice idea – it would be just right for a good-sized doll or teddy bear – and small books have a special appeal in their own right, even for full-size humans.
At 12th scale it is difficult to find paper that is strong enough, and thin enough, to make a book that “pops” nicely – I would be very interested to know if you find something that works well for you.
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