I thought I'd show you what I've been doing with my time for the last 3 weeks. And as you can tell, it hasn't been dutch oven cooking. I've been building a Barbie house for my 3 little girls for Christmas. It was no small undertaking. I built and decorated, including making the furniture.
A dear friend had built the house for her girls 12 or 15 years ago, but decided to build a new one for her grand kids this year. So I was the benefactor of her old house. I stripped it down and started over. As you can see, it turned out great. Better than I thought it would. And to say my girls are thrilled would be a huge understatement. They didn't even want to open any presents. The Barbie house was all they wanted. It was great!
I hope all of you had a wonderful Christmas! And I hope the new year treats you well!
OMG, it's wonderful!
ReplyDeleteI had three dollhouses as a girl: A 1970's metal one that I gave to my best friend when we moved; a fancy wooden Victorian one that never got finished (I played with it roofless and with a bare wood interior); and one my mother made out of cardboard boxes.
The cardboard one was the best by a long shot--she used wrapping paper for wallpaper and made a cylindrical woodburning stove out of toilet paper tubes. I still have it 25 years later.