KATRINEHOLM SUMMER PHOTOS FROM LILSDOLLS 2013

We have a very warm and beautiful summer
here in Sweden.  ☀

It has been a little to hot to work a lot with 
miniatures but I have done some small things 
that I will show later on. Hope everybody is well. 

Here is some photos I have taken of our town.

Bollträd Flitiga Lisa, Impatiens Walleriana, 

near the railway station in the city

Flitiga Lisa, Impatiens Walleriana close up

View in the city

Sandbeach in the Town park

Water stream in City Park

Rhododentron 

Some roses upclose

Some roses

Palms at the City Hall

The City Hall Gröna Kullen

The Embroidery Garden at the City Hall

Kvarnen Shopping Centre in the city

Flower decoratons in the city

MUSEUM AND DOLLHOUSE SHOPS IN STOCKHOLM SWEDEN

Here in Sweden we have a fantastic summer with 
very warm and nice weather. Hope it is as nice 
where you live.

Made this post after receiving some requests about
 it. 

Some Museum and Shops in Stockholm, Sweden, 
worth visiting. "Please click on the Links for info."

Museum in Stockholm Nordiska Museet.

http://www.nordiskamuseet.se/utstallningar/dockskap

Dollhouseshop in Stockholm

http://www.crazy4minis.com/

Small Dolls, Dollhouse shop in Stockholm, a real store 
plus web store. Mostly Barbie, old dolls and Swedish 
elderly dollhouses and toys. (Belongs to a friend).

http://www.gyllene-angeln.se/

Toy Museeum in Stockholm, Old toys.

http://www.leksaksmuseet.se/html/lek_dockor.htm

the same as : http://www.leksaksmuseet.se/

Charlottenborg slott/Motala museum (A castle).

Museum Not In Stockholm, but nice.

http://www.motalamuseum.com/

Hope everybody is well! Greetings from a sunny Sweden. 

☀ ☀ ♥♥

MADE A MAYPOLE/MIDSUMMERPOLE IN MINIATURE

In the middle of everything that is happening 
here, I decided to take some time and make 
a Maypole-Midsummerpole in miniature. I did 
not want it to be to big and I am quite happy 
with the result. I think the dollhouse family
and their guests likes it. 

Hope you like it.

" A warm Welcome to my new followers" ♥

Maypole/Midsummerpole

Midsummer Celebrations. The family are
still waiting for more guests.

MAGNOLIA FLOWERS AND LEARN HOW TO CELEBRATE A SWEDISH MIDSUMMER.

On Friday, we celebrate Midsummer here in 
Sweden. It is the day of the year, when we have 
the longest daylight

This is just a little post with some flowers and a 
video of Common ways to celebrate this fun 
tradition. 

Hope everybody is feeling well. 

"Still working on my nursery."

Yellow flower on Magnolia Tree

Red flower on a Magnolia tree

Rhododenron Flower bush

Julita Öljaren

Julita Öljaren

 SWEDISH MIDSUMMER FOR DUMMIES..

A little funny video about how we celebrate 

Midsummer here in Sweden. 

MADE A NEW NURSERY OF A BASKET, FOR A DOLLHOUSE BABY

This room box will be a small nursery.

I found a basket in a shop that looked 
like a room. Could not resist buying it. 

Now I shall furnish it with some white 
furniture I have had for years and make 
many accessories for the room. It will 
be fun.

I printed out the wallpapers on my photo 
printer and used the extra fine specialty 
papers for good pictures, with a good end 
result.

Here I show the childrens unfurnished room. 

I will have to take away some paint stains that 
have ended up on the box.

"A warm welcome to my new followers. ♥"

Now I will make a lot of things for this
Nursery Roombox.

My New Nursery.

Added some material to the floor
because it was a bit uneven.

Basket/Nursery from Åhlens.

Basket/Nursery from Åhlens.

PETITE PRINCESS ROYAL GRAND PIANO AND STOOL - COLLECTORS ITEM

Now I've finally found the "Petite Princess 
Royal Grand Piano and Stool." on Internet. 
The other day the postman came home to 
me with it. I'm so happy because I've 
been looking for several years without 
finding this on the Swedish auction sites. 
They are very rare here in Sweden. 

This is a part of the "Petite Princess 
Fantasy Furniture" by Ideal, whose 
dollhouse furniture is incredibly wellmade.

I like it partly because it has piano keys, 
that really looks like real keys. On the 
ones I have before, the keys are made ​​
of paper.   

I think this grand piano is so beautiful 
with the nice decor.    ♩ ♬  ♪ ♫  

(This is the same kind that "Xandra" has
as header on her wonderful blog. To see 
her blog = press on her name above). 

HÄNGBOK, "FAGUS SYLVATICA PENDULA" TREE, IN SÖDERTÄLJE SWEDEN.

One of my Favorite Trees:
Hängbok 'Fagus sylvatica' Pendula'.

This little tree grows in Södertälje, 
Sweden and I could see it, when I was 
on my way to work or to the center of 
the town, when I lived there.

It feels like it tells a bit of history, 
because I think it is very, very old. 
The branches form a nice cave
under the tree.

I am sharing these photos because I 
can not find so many photos of these 
kind of trees on the Internet.

RESCUED A "LITTLE MISS GINGER" COSMOPOLITAN DOLL FROM A SAD FATE.

This "Little Miss Ginger" Cosmopolitan doll 
from the 1950's,  that I found in Sollentuna 
Fair in Stockholm, looked so miserable so I
bought her and rerooted her hair. It's 
actually a pretty tricky job.

Little Miss Ginger with white hair is quite 
rare, so I decided to save this doll from a 
sad fate. 

She looked so sad before she got the new
hair, poor thing. I sewed a new dress for 
her in the same style as the original dresses 
and I also made a necklace. 

Now I think she looks like a real nice lady. 
Glad I saved her.

Below you can see before and after photos.

♥♥♥
In the photo below you can see my first Little 
Miss Ginger doll that was in complete and good 
condition when I bought her.

MR AND MRS CACO'S GOT A NEW BED.

I finally got time to do some new things 
for one of my dollhouses. I have made 
a bedspread and pillows to an iron bed 
that had for a long time, but not used 
before. 

In the photos you can see that Mr. and 
Mrs. Caco inspects what I have done. 
Hope they are happy with it.

Guess Mr. Caco probably likes the pillow 
that does not have any lace best! I made 
it especially for him. ♥