Fidgety Bits

The Tiny Things ....

Dear Readers, there is not as much progress in the Tree House this week with only a normal two day weekend behind me! But I did manage to put together a few Tiny Things for the Kitchen. As you may realize, this House is one of those that will be ALL Glued Together.... no loose pieces.... no changing the scene later.... because on THIS Scale it will be too difficult to access the rooms once the walls and ceilings are all finished! So I must think of Everything I want in a room and Find it or MAKE it before I can move on to the next room! This is Not my usual manner of working....... but I am making a Noble attempt to furnish each room completely!

In this VERY well-lit picture you can see that I have added a shelf over the cupboard and made a small clock to sit on it! (Please note also the Lovely little scrub brush hanging on the shelf over the sink! This is made from a tiny brush-type tooth pick!) There will be more things added to this Clock shelf later.

I have also been working on the Structure of the Kitchen, which because it is partly below ground, requires more than one form of wall, which is complicated to build! And because it is below ground I want the "Ground" to appear to have Rocks and Roots making up part of the walls....... so here you can see that I have included one of my Prized Mini "Geodes" as a piece of Rock in the wall by the stairs.......!

And I know you will think I am silly to include this next part.... because it will be Nearly invisible in the Finished House.... but I wanted a "Back door leading down to the "Cellars" below the Kitchen..... where all the Food is Stored, Naturally!.... (even though I am NOT Actually building the Cellars!) So I have added a Door in the wall off the landing just below the Geode...... which you can Just glimpse to the right in this picture....

Maybe you can see the narrow passage leading down better in this picture....... No? Not Really?

Maybe from this Overhead shot.....

that little door to the right leads down to the Tunnels and Caverns....!

Well. at least you can see the partial wall that I built to go around the Geode..... and the door.......

And That's not the Only Door I built.... 

the REAL Front door is on the other side of the Kitchen....

Here you can see it from the Outside..... 

(When it is all finished it will be tucked in between the large roots of the tree... barely visible....)

And here you can see the open door.....

And from the inside..... Barely visible.......

And you can sort of see the Amethyst crystals cluster I added over the hearth by the door  

(more of my Gem collection!)

And the stick you see in the way in this picture is supporting (Temporarily!) the Lamp I have made from one of the mini LED lights.....

which you can see better in this picture.....

I have used some tiny jewelry findings and beads.... 

trying to disguise the LED black wire leads as parts of the Lantern.......

And here you can see it lit...... 

although it hangs a bit crookedly in this temporary position...!

I will not be attaching the lantern permanently until the last steps of this room are complete!

As for some of the other Tiny pieces I have been making...... 

I think the Tiniest are these candle sticks....

See, I even added wicks made from thread!

And if you look Very carefully... you can see them in place.....

one on the mantlepiece....

And one on the kitchen table.......

The Interior walls are nearly completed........ 

the exterior layer will be made of paper mache and will resemble tree bark and roots..... 

But that will be another step for another time.....

Not too much to show.....

Just a lot of Fidgety bits!