A flasback to Design II

I saw a pattarn for a re-usable grocery bag made from crocheted plastic bags a long time ago, and am just now getting around to doing it. I am having to cut up a TON of plastic bags. (Personal Next project of '01, anyone? anyone?)

I don't have pics of the project itself, but it is looking cool.

This is the mess that cutting up plastic bags creates.

plastic "ball of yarn"

I also just joined the website: http://www.ravelry.com/
it has some awesome crochet & knit patterns. I suggest you join it.

It Is Done!

So we gave Max her house last night and she loved it.

Here are some pics starting from the top:

The Bedroom:

The Bathroom:

The Living RoomThe Kitchen:

The Dining Room:

The finished piece:

The Look on Maxine's face:

the end is nigh

So we are getting this thing wrapped up. Our goal is to have it totally finished by Thursday. We will see how that goes. But for now, some pics.

An aquarium! It has batteries and little plastic fish that swim around.

Posters for Barbie's room. Notice Teal'c from Stargate in the middle. He is Max's fav character on the show. So I took it perhaps a step to far. I photosohped a kitten into his arms, added some butterflies and of course his trademark "indeed" down the side.

Snazzy ottoman for the living room. I just finished this 10 minutes ago.

The kitchen sink! I made it from an Altoids tin.


This is the living room. We have curtains too that are supper fun, but they are not up yet.

This is the sunny little kitchen.

These are Barbie-sized gift bags. We are going to prop up Max's Barbies in the house during her party to look like they are having a birthday party for Barbie's little sister Kelly....who looks a lot like Maxine. Tessie is even making a cake.

These are some paper plates and party hats. Tessie even made the plates dented to look like REAL paper plates.

Tessie, the master of miniatures, also hand sewed this Barbie-sized teddy bear. Its arms and legs are adjustable. Tessie is INSANE!!!!!!

A metric shit ton of dollhouse pics

So things are starting to come together. The bathroom is near completion. I just need to finish framing the windows. We decided to buy an actual barbie bathtub because it matched our predetermined color scheme.



A set of dishes sent down to us from my Mom! THEY ARE AWESOME!

For some reason this pic makes me think "If aunt casey were a barbie...."



Coffee table with tessie's basket. I am currently working on some books to set on top of it too.

Matt is in charge of kitchen cabinetry.

The beginnings of Cindi's purple couch.


This is the mirror that i made. It was a clearance picture frame that i cut a mirror down for. Also a nice shot of my snazzy camera (thanks mom)




Katie was responsible for this snazzy-ass wardrobe!