Whew! A lot of work with such sweet results! Thanks for sharing!m I do want to share that on Saturday, I was able to go back for the final day of the epic estate sale I attended a few weeks ago that had tens of thousands of items! Like last time, I was gobsmacked again at the inventory! They said they started with 12,000 (!!) dolls! They sold thousand but still have thousands left! They started with innumerable dollhouses of every variety of across the decades, and there were still many, many, many left on Saturday for purchase! There was still sooooo much of everything left! And, the prices were even more remarkable than before! Never have I ever!! Ever!!! I was able to purchase many furniture items and accessories - in 1:16 and 1:12 scale. I also bought a couple of dollhouse books - an especially good one with a history of American-made dollhouses! I also bought some sweet vintage children’s clothing, shoes and hats/bonnets, as well as some children’s metal tea sets, various vintage linens, and a few vintage toys. And … best of all - I bought 4 vintage dollhouses! One is a one-room cardboard chalet, in which the original owner noted was made in 1936. It came with 1:24 scale porcelain furniture pieces. It was $10!!!!!!!! The 2nd house i bought was a Princess Petit. It also came with 27 pieces of Princess Petite furniture - many still in their original boxes!! Total price for it was $80!!!! This will be a gift to my sister, as we had this same dollhouse as girls in the 1960’s. I know she will be thrilled. I was delighted to get it and for that unbelievable price!!! Finally, I know how much you will love and appreciate the final 2 dollhouses I bought. They’re both Schoenhut! One is a darling 2 story, 4 room house, from around 1927. It has the sweet flower boxes on the house front under the windows. The front comes off, along with the roof, which has 2 “rooms” that remain after the roof is taken away. Price? $30!!!!!! I about fell over from shock!!! The other Schoenhut house is even older! The original owner had a handwritten note with it indicating it was from the late nineteen teens or early 1920’s. It is 2 story, with 8 rooms. The lithograph images on the walls are all intact and in nice condition, considering it’s over 100 years old! It has its original glass windows as well! It even came with 20 furniture pieces - most from the same period in which the house was made! It still has its original period Schoenhut label on the house! And you might want to sit down (as I had to eventually!!) to hear the price … $60!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you believe, 2 Schoenhut houses, both over 100 years old and with one mostly furnished, for a COMBINED TOTAL of $90?! I’m still in shock, mixed with enormous gratitude, of course! If I had more room, I would have purchased even more dollhouses and furniture, etc. I simply have no place to put things beyond what I did purchase. I asked what they are going to do with all the items they have left. They said they were going to talk with the family and see what they want to do. There are still thousands of dolls, many pieces of doll furniture, as well as vintage toys, books and yes, dollhouses and contents, etc. It would be interesting to know what they decide! So, now ..I’m busy enjoying going through everything I bought and deciding where to put things,how to decorate the houses, what I want to make for the houses, etc ,etc. And also get the Princess Petite purchase to my sister for her upcoming birthday! I’m still floating on air, and I know you understand why!! Thanks for sharing in my happiness! And, thanks for another great video! Best, Kathleen ❤
Bless you for doing this in such a small scale .i would have burned myself and the table 😂😂😂I absolutely love the blue light 💕💕 on so stinking cute Lisa.💕💕💕
Very pretty lamps! I also LOVE your new dollhouse and the second floor you added definitely looks original to the house! Good job and thanks for sharing!
I'd have made the plastic lampshade first, then used something like glue-soaked metallic embroidery thread to mimic the wire frame. It could be looped over and under the open top and bottom, then budge over a bit to make the next strip and one opposite, until there are six straight lines of glued thread....that criss crosses the top and bottom. Tie it off, let it dry, then scalpel the criss crossing top and bottom overlaps, leaving the straight thread pieces intact. Add a thread loop round the top and bottom, then paint the sections with either alcohol inks or pens, or nail varnish. That's not criticism btw though. You deserve a medal for your patience alone! The finished pieces are adorable! It's just my head whirs ideas around non stop 24-7....even in my sleep, in fact sometimes ideas whirring around my head just won't let up and LET me sleep sometimes! So my idea was just a whir happening in my brain right as I watched! In fact just to prove it's not criticism, but instead prove it's my relentless craft ideas - I literally had another idea as I typed my idea! 😳 Honestly my brain is a blessing....but also a curse! It exhausts me at times but I can't get it to stop! 😩 So my second idea is, cut out a flat curved U shape of plastic, basically the shape that's needed to roll up in a lampshade shape, right? Kinda like one third of a ring doughnut shape. Leave it flat on the table, and prepare the straight strips of metal for the frame. Use either tiny wire pieces, or (glue) stiffened thread....or toothpicks depending on your model scale. Colour them with metallic pens or paints if not using wire, to make them look like metal wire. Glue them on the flat plastic from the top smaller curve to the wider bottom curve, starting with one right on the edge of the plastic, but ending with one a bit inside the edge of the plastic, as that lip of plastic will glue underneath to the other end, to form the shade. Then place three or four extra strips evenly between the outer two, ensuring equal spacing between the strips at the top, which will be closer together than those at the bottom. Let them dry, roll up the shade, glue to fix it rolled up. Then add your top and bottom ring and colour the plastic sections as suggested above. Jesus Christ that was difficult to explain just by typing! 🙄 I hope that makes sense first of all, and I hope that offers easier solutions to other viewers, who want a Tiffany-esque lamp, but don't have soldering supplies....and don't have your extensive patience! Cos I know damn well I'd have never completed that project if it was me. It would have been launched out the window in frustration, and no doubt my fingers would be covered in burns! 😢 😂🤣😅 The finished lamp was gorgeous but I was more impressed with your determination! You weren't giving up for no one! Wow! You definitely deserve this = 🏅
Well you have more patience than me putting the lampshade together. I would have gotten too frustrated and been off looking for all sorts of shortcuts lol. The finished lamp looks so lovely though
Wow Lisa, this little lamp is quite remarkable! I love projects like this. The effort shows in the fabulous final product! I love how you go out of your way to try absolutely everything! I'm too scared to try soldering, though it sure seems more reliable than glue. 😂 And wow, you make adding the ceiling/floor in your Bliss look effortless. 🥰✨
Hello Lisa, great tutorial, thank you for showing how you made the lamp, I am definitely going to give it a try, I've been itching to get my soldering iron out to make something, I already have the rest of the components. Have a lovely week. Best Wishes from Yorkshire England 🇬🇧 😊
LISA THIS WAS GREAT!!! ln high school I took a jewelry making class and I learned to solder using the flux. We mostly used brass, copper and silver. I also used 14k gold scraps and created a using lost wax casting process! I have ABSOLUTE RESPECT FOR THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT IS A TEDIOUS PROCESS! GREAT JOB!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤
@@lisadobo2489 WOW! THAT IS AWESOME! I have noticed a common thread among Miniaturists, many of us have loved working with tiny things our whole life many of us have also made jewelry, love nail art or nail designs, tiny painting or hand beading in addition to loving miniatures💖💖💖☺️
You're welcome, i had fun 😁 i still haven't finished the one i started when i was at your place, hacked my thumb pretty good at work so im gonna be on hiatus from lamps for a little bit
