More Pictures of the Garden Fence

I've gotten my new camera charger, and was able to get more pictures of the garden fence with more detail.  Have a look.  Hope you like.

This is the one completed side.  You can see a bit of the forsythia I made from scratch from the other side of the fence.

This shows my tulips close up.  The first tulips I made I forgot to make the centers black, so you see those here.  I've since corrected that error in my later tulips.  The daisies were from a swap with Ira and the lilies were from a swap with Kim .  The Hyacinths are also made by me.  They were my first try at a flower from scratch, no kit.

The lilies and daffodils were from a swap with Kim.  I just love the daffodils, it's a flower that I would love to attempt to make myself, but it looks a little more complicated.  Kim doesn't have a blog that I am aware of, otherwise I would provide the link. 

The pansies were from a swap with Monica, aren't they wonderful!  The rest are ready made flowers, and bits of full size artificial flowers that I have taken small sprigs.  I still have to add some "mulch" at the end of the flower bed, I can see it's missing in the picture.  Photos help to see so much that you don't see with the naked eye.

I love the morning glory wrapped around the corner of the fence, it was a purchased item made from clay.  You can see my tulips and hyacinths peeping out on both sides.

As of today I have over 200 followers, which absolutely amazes this absentee blogger.  I cannot expressed my gratitude in your interest in my ramblings about my mini adventures.  I'm going to go through my mini collection and see what I can offer up as a thank you draw for your interest.  Stay tune, I'll be back in a day or so with a draw.  Once again, thank you to all the people who take the time to follow my blog.  I know I learn so much from fellow bloggers, and I hope that I helping someone else in return.

Also thank you to the followers who have been leaving the kind comments on my past postings.  This encouragement is helping me to go back to my workroom each day.

Until next time...........

Wanda

 

Blooming flowers around the fallen fence

I've been doing very well in the workshop this week.  I've almost completed one section of the gardening on the shed.  I thought you would like to have a peak at my progress.

Sorry that the picture isn't clearer, I just realized this morning that I must have left my camera recharger in the hotel room on my last business trip, and unfortunately that was out of the country, so it's gone.  I had to go out searching for a new camera charger, but in the meanwhile I took this one picture with my I-Pad.  I'll take more with my camera once it's recharged!

I've used some of my handmade flowers, plus some I received from a swap last year, some purchased flowers and some foliage from full size flowers, where I just took a sprig from.  I like the overall look for the flower bed.  You can barely see the fence anymore. I'll try not to cover the fence in too much on the next side.  You can just see a peak of the forsythia I made from the inside of the fence.  Still have to add more flowers to that side before I show you that side.  But it looks like I will have to start making a lot more flowers, this one bed took up almost all my stash of flowers, and I need a lot more for this section, plus I have an even larger flower bed under the window box.  Looks like I will be busy at flower making, but I do love making the flowers.

You can see I have also completed the trim around the entire scene as well.  I was hoping to find some old barn board for this task, but I was not fortunate to find a piece worth using, so I took a regular molding and treated it with "Weather It" and it seems to have done the trick.

I hope you like my progress so far.  If you have any questions about the flowers, don't hesitate to ask. 

Thank for you all your kind comments about the chair I showed you in my last posting.  A couple people commented on the fabric.  I love it.  I found it at a local quilt shop, and I purchased a yard in two colours.  It has a real Victorian feel about it, but it's just brighten up with a little gold detailing in it, which makes it sparkle.  I don't know where I will use the second colour I purchased, it's green, but it's added to my large fabric stash now.

Until next time.....

Wanda

The Garden Fence

I've been dilinquent from blogging the past two weeks, but I haven't been dilinquent from my minis.  I've been busy with a new part of the landscaping.  If anyone had saw the March issue of Miniature Collector, you probably loved the charming cottage with the fallen down fence on the cover, as much as I did.  I couldn't stop thinking about the fence, and I was determined to do something similar in my Garden Shed landscaping.  This is what has been taking up all my time in the past two weeks.  It take a lot of time and definitely patience to make wood look old and weathered.  It also helps to have a very old bottle of "Weather It" to aid in the project.

The results of my labours are shown below.  This is one back corner of the garden shed landscaping.  I still have to add the greenery and flowers, but I thought you would like to see a glimpse of the fence before the flowers and greenery hide it a little.

My bottle of "Weather It" was purchased over 20 years ago in a Miniature Shop in Greensboro, NC, and it's now almost all used up.  I used it to age the trim around the edge of the project as well.  If anyone knows where I can buy more of this stuff I would appreciate if you can drop me an email.  I know some people make their weathering mixture from scratch, so if you have a recipe to share, that would be great as well.

I am anxiously awaiting for my copper sheeting to arrive to finish the roof.  Thanks to some followers who gave me the link for DickBlick.com, I was able to order the necessary copper.

Thanks for all the comments on the flowers in the window box.  I have also been painting and shaping more ivy leaves and geranium leaves to add to the planter.  I've also worked on making a Forsythia bush to go between the fence.  I'll show more of these efforts at a later date!

I also have to welcome a few more followers.  Thanks for taking the time to read my blog.  I hope you gain something from the postings.  Everyone please take the time to check out these follower's blogs as well.
Welcome to:-
Lori, http://ohminiofmine-loshcosh.blogspot.com/
Maru, http://miniaturasdetica1.blogspot.com/
Rosy, http://rosyminiaturas.blogspot.com/
Charipili, http://cositasdedos.blogspot.com/
Rocio, I can't find a blog for Rocio, if I have overlooked it just drop me a comment and I will add it to the next posting.

Again thanks for following.

Until the next time.......

Wanda