tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post7061650694655481506..comments2024-03-25T21:19:01.129-04:00Comments on About My Doll Houses: For The Love Of BooksDaydreamerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-27602236090116477282011-07-16T11:13:00.103-04:002011-07-16T11:13:00.103-04:00Hi Helene! Enjoy your visit to England! I will loo...Hi Helene! Enjoy your visit to England! I will look forward to seeing what you do with the icons! I can imagine that finding ANY books for your smaller scale is a challenge! I would just use the wrong scale... but I completely understand and admire the rigor of exact scale! And your dollhouses are such fine examples of your attention to that detail!Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-74401541986359578532011-07-16T11:08:01.073-04:002011-07-16T11:08:01.073-04:00Hi Mom! Amazing what one's children do when on...Hi Mom! Amazing what one's children do when one isn't looking.... LOL! <br />Thanks for the Grandma comment.... made me LAUGH!Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-55813747754126663072011-07-16T11:06:27.236-04:002011-07-16T11:06:27.236-04:00Thanks again, Flora, for your gift! It is a Treasu...Thanks again, Flora, for your gift! It is a Treasure!Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-76212187972498913702011-07-16T11:04:13.867-04:002011-07-16T11:04:13.867-04:00Hi Amy! I think that for practical purposes most o...Hi Amy! I think that for practical purposes most of the books on my dollhouse shelves will have to be the "dummy" kind too. The mind boggles at trying to make EVERY book the real kind!!! That has been part of my problem all along... wanting the tiny thing to be too REAL! I have to learn where to draw the line!Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-41753157228173058782011-07-16T11:00:38.251-04:002011-07-16T11:00:38.251-04:00Hi Rosanna! That is a wonderful idea to have a woo...Hi Rosanna! That is a wonderful idea to have a wooden stand just for the old Bible! I will need to build just the right one, of course! And I agree that you can't have enough books.... I will keep making them all my life I am sure!Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-84587548101481054942011-07-16T10:57:56.207-04:002011-07-16T10:57:56.207-04:00Hi Ewa! I hope you didn't destroy your first b...Hi Ewa! I hope you didn't destroy your first book? At least you MUST make more! I AM going to work more on my tiny books...... there has not been much time lately... but it is on my LIST! But I am afraid the Mark Twain is too fragile. I will leave it as it is. But making more books is a sure thing for me!Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-35694115832862134662011-07-16T10:55:15.919-04:002011-07-16T10:55:15.919-04:00Hi Margriet, My sons have a lot of Lego too..... t...Hi Margriet, My sons have a lot of Lego too..... they made ME keep it all! But they didn't build houses with it..... I was AMAZED to see that house! What a Design challenge that must have been!Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-45199835795099186362011-07-16T10:52:27.915-04:002011-07-16T10:52:27.915-04:00Hi Jennifer! I will look forward to seeing your li...Hi Jennifer! I will look forward to seeing your little used book store! That is a wonderful idea! Aww... do we HAVE to keep it a secret? Please start soon!Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-18245784820975163672011-07-16T10:50:10.210-04:002011-07-16T10:50:10.210-04:00Thank you, Sans! for your vote of confidence! I am...Thank you, Sans! for your vote of confidence! I am afraid the paper I used for the Mark Twain book is too old and fragile to do any writing on... that was more than Forty years ago!!! But I might continue on the little Bible that I was writing word for word. That paper was better quality to begin with. <br />And if I have not said so before, when I first read your blog and saw the books with REAL pictures that you were making... I was SO inspired! And I still am INTENDING to learn the techniques so that I can make my own books too!Daydreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06170115485686244907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-68401363910002545872011-07-11T18:47:34.840-04:002011-07-11T18:47:34.840-04:00I'm in Edinburgh now, just wanted to si hi and...I'm in Edinburgh now, just wanted to si hi and say that I wanted to wait with a post with the icons I got from you until I had the time to do it properly!<br />Love your book collection, I love books myself too, both real ones and in miniature. But since my smaller scale means that most of them are 3/4" or shorter, just a few of them are readable. But of course I had to have a readable atlas.<br />And how great is that lego house! Such a serendipitous find! (And handsome son too!)Pubdollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437757001376468255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-90433915885076509602011-07-08T10:09:58.155-04:002011-07-08T10:09:58.155-04:00I never knew you made those (other, tiny) books! E...I never knew you made those (other, tiny) books! Eat your heart out, Kindle!<br />Best blog of all. Loved the books. Loved the Mark Twain house (the original must be magnificent, too) and of course loved the pics of Jake & Livvy. She DOES remind one of Karen. Makes me try to imagine Karen with tattoos, and then Grandma's reaction...<br />Yikes.<br />Wonderful to see them together. Thanks for that!<br />Lots of love,<br />MomHarriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08607850290415958747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-89836960520156742062011-07-08T08:40:02.037-04:002011-07-08T08:40:02.037-04:00Dear Betsy, I have just returned from two days to ...Dear Betsy, I have just returned from two days to say the least BUSY, and I can only now read your post. Thanks for publishing photos of my modest book: is really a small thing, in gratitude for your kindness and friendship always shown with your comments :-)<br /> I was really happy to do a book by Beatrix Potter, which is also one of my favorite books, especially if I have that concern ...<br /> Because the books are my passion, I am always happy to donate them :-)<br /> Your collection of antique books is very valuable, but most of all I like your medieval book: the cover is amazing :-)<br /> What a handsome boy your son: looks a bit like my "little brother" (37 years old!...<br />Mini hugs, FloraFlorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06227561626918480289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-48887043815210703262011-07-07T16:45:08.654-04:002011-07-07T16:45:08.654-04:00Oh the Beatrix Potter book is too much! (I mean th...Oh the Beatrix Potter book is too much! (I mean that in a completely wonderful way-it's perfect!) And LOVE your collection, especially the ones you made yourself. (Your illustrations!) And to have the one from your teen years, love that. Most of the books in my dollhouses are, I'll admit, fakes, in that if a tiny person moved in they would have nothing to read. I've made dummies of my favorite books from childhood, and art books I would love to own up in the tiny studio, but they're all cover and no insides. Not a problem that your inhabitants would have at all!<br /><br />I did once make a teeny version of one of my sketchbooks:<br /><br />http://amylookscloser.blogspot.com/2010/03/small.html<br /><br />but I would love to do more. You've inspired me, for sure.<br /><br />By the way, the Lego Mark Twain house, in the airport, no less! I've been to the actual one, and it's uncanny! Lego magic.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065689076495630286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-18186747656872288142011-07-07T08:43:59.914-04:002011-07-07T08:43:59.914-04:00Books are a curse and a bless, you cannot have too...Books are a curse and a bless, you cannot have too many of them. I love their smell, their consistency, the thickness of the paper, everything.Yours are wonderful, real treasuers and I agree with Sans: your bible will be perfect on a stand. A cousin of mine had one in her home, leather bound with vellum pages. It might have been 80 cms high but may be more and it had wonderful printings just like yours.You should try to place a woodden stand in your folly. Have a nice day, Rosannarosannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07760301976359983285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-23328553086916109782011-07-07T07:44:01.246-04:002011-07-07T07:44:01.246-04:00Funny thing, the first miniatures I ever made were...Funny thing, the first miniatures I ever made were books!I even tried to fill the pages with drawings but of course it was a disaster. LOL!<br />I do hope you will finish Mark Twain's book one day, please please! Your collection of small books is great and I hope it will be still growing bigger :)The Old Maidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06702109878437377286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-33404479067585493412011-07-07T04:03:01.855-04:002011-07-07T04:03:01.855-04:00I love books too!! The little beatrix Potter book ...I love books too!! The little beatrix Potter book is lovely! But the books made by yourself are very special too!! <br />My son has a lot of lego....maybe I can try to build such a lovely house with his ;-)Margriethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05191034037648590645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-91606879192767582132011-07-06T23:23:12.769-04:002011-07-06T23:23:12.769-04:00I love Flora's books too. You can see that the...I love Flora's books too. You can see that they are very beautiful and quality-made. I also share your love of books (real and mini). In fact, my husband calls me the "book snort." That's one of his little nicknames for me. :-) I have plans to put a used bookstore in one of my dollhouses. That way I can have lots of mini books. Shh! It's a secret! ;-)<br />JenniferPlushpussycathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00619613347686449478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2249478764637750851.post-58377873470775822082011-07-06T22:19:37.779-04:002011-07-06T22:19:37.779-04:00I love Flora's books :). I was really lucky to...I love Flora's books :). I was really lucky to have won a wonderful set on dollhouses at her giveaway :). <br /><br />As you already know, Bets, one of the 1st minis I made were books. I don't enjoy making them like I enjoy bashing furniture but I love books and can't do without them, not even for my dollhouses. <br /><br />I think you have a wonderful collection so far. The most precious being the Mark Twain that you wrote, drew and bound yourself. You must finish it, my dear. Take it out this evening when you have time and start writing until you are done. It will be finished in no time :). <br /><br /> And no, the bible is not too big at all. I can totally see it in your chapel on a book stand as a giant bible, the ones I see often in cathedrals and churches.Sans!https://www.blogger.com/profile/07142349451568183257noreply@blogger.com