The Patience Of A Saint...

The Tiniest Things....

I Only have a couple of Tiny Things to show you this week, Dear Readers, because I only had the ordinary sort of Weekend to Lose myself in the mini projects! Vacation was long gone and the short weekend sped by! But I was able to add a small amount of detail to the Saints for the Castle ceiling. I did not want to bore you with the before picture which you can see in last week's post, so the above picture shows almost all the details that were added this weekend. You must forgive me when I tell you that it is not I but the Saints who have to have the patience here! I set out with Very Good Intentions of completing both these Saints and maybe even the third one too! But then I thought that while the paint was drying... as is sometimes necessary before painting the next detail... I could ALSO be working on Another Tiny project....
You must understand that this is a piece of furniture that I have been planning to make for a LONG time now, and the only difficulty was not being Exactly sure of the Style I wanted it to be!

So I started by locating the pieces of wood that would be needed.... 

and then giving them a coat of stain...

Because I learned the hard way why you must 

stain the wood BEFORE you try to glue the Furniture together....

So while the Stain was drying.... 

I added more details to the Saints....

 

This is just a closer view....

Believe it or not... they are really NOT done yet...!

And then because I thought the little piece of furniture would go together quickly....

I had to start gluing as soon as it was dry....

 

I was right! It did!

The only tricky part was attaching the mirror.... 

which had so little contact with the wood, that I glued a tiny strip of clear plastic

(packaging material) across the back....

You can see just the edge sticking out on the left side....

See how Tiny it is?

And as if That distraction was NOT enough for one weekend.....

I also HAD to satisfy my curiosity about a Certain piece of Real Estate....

Namely.... COULD I cut it open and be able to access the inside???

Yes! I Could! And Did!!

I decided to access two of the Houses from the back.....

And the third from the side.... 

because that allows access to the Attic too...

When the floors are put in, of course.....

Perhaps Samuel Whiskers is going to have to hire a carpenter...

He had to come and investigate....

Yes, it is just as he feared.... 

the Property is not Quite ready to move in!

He will have to have the Patience of a Saint.....

if he expects to live here any time soon!

So while he was investigating....

I had to see if I could make the tiny utensils for the dressing table....

At the very Least it would need a tiny hairbrush and a hand mirror!

Thanks to Irene of Hambleton Hall  blog

(who also has several other Wonderful blogs...)

I knew Just how to go about making the hairbrush!

I used an old paintbrush and a toothpick....

and forgot to take the pictures....

Oh, and I needed to add a lace runner 

and some lotions and perfumes.... 

And then tried to fit the mirror and brush.....

 

Gosh, they look HUGE! 

And I even had already shortened their handles....!!!

But I guess they will have to do...

Oh, and please notice that the drawer does open and close!!!

And will eventually have items inside....!

But now we have to see how it looks inside the Dressing Room of the Tree House...

(Do you even Remember that room?)

And you must believe me when I tell you, Dear Readers, 

that THIS is where I need the patience of a Saint!

The building is Nothing.... 

but the Photographing takes Forever!

The Room itself is SO Tiny... 

and the lighting is either too strong or too weak...

Or the focus is not clear enough.... 

Can we get good focus on something only three quarters of an inch wide... 

inside a space that is only three inches by one and a half....

When the camera itself gets in the way of the lighting.....

I can't tell you how many pictures have been taken... 

then deleted....

And only a few get close to good enough....

And even Then.....

There are those who will say 

"No! You must not hide any more of the wall painting.... !"

But, Alas.... what Dressing Room would be complete 

without a Dressing Table?

And maybe we could see it better if there were Lights in the Dressing Room???

Oh Dear... I had hoped I could get away with no lights in This room.....

And How could so Tiny a Project use up all my Time?

Maybe I should just go back to Painting the Saints....

It's a Good thing the Saints have Patience!