March 19, 2008
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So let's see, what is going on in my little world...
We finally finished the Girl Scout cookie sale and money has been turned in. Yeah, that is done for another year! I am getting ready for my troops meeting tomorrow. The main leader will be gone at the volunteer tea for half of it, so I want to make sure I have enough to keep the girls busy. We will be doing projects to work on two badges, one in science and one learning about wise consumerism ( comparison shopping, learning to know when a commercial or ad is not telling he whole truth, etc.) And today, Becca's troop is going to a place where you paint ceramics with glazes and then the shop fires them for you.
I also have a parent/teacher conference with Megan's teacher today. Nothing abnormal, her school does them twice a year with all the parents and this is the second one of the year. I should also get Megan's report card today. Becca got her report card last week and made Merit Roll with her grades: two A's, a B+ and a C. The C is in math, the subject she struggles most with, but she has pulled it up from a D last semester and is really working hard. She got a B on her last math test!
Meanwhile, Megan is working on building a model of a California mission as part of the California curriculum for 4th grade. I am busy getting all the parts together for her, so she can assemble, paint, etc. I need to make a trip to Micheals for a few things we still need. That is due next Monday.
Saturday I went and attended my monthly mini meeting. It was nice, although not many people showed up. A number are hard at work making stock to take to the big Chicago miniature show at the end of the month. I took a kit to make a really cute 1:24 scale 1930's kitchen in a container that looks like a vintage flour canister.
The canister is actually made out of wood and will have hidden internal lighting when this project is finished.
Yes, that is a little cat on the pantry shelves. I love him, he looks just like our Milkyway. There is a bit of a glare off the glass in the windows, but there is a scene of a 1930's neighborhood street out the window. I am also not sure I will keep this floor. It is what the kit came with, but I a not sure I like it with the yellow walls and green and white counters. What do you think?
It looks a bit bare still, without furniture and such, but hopefully I can rectify that soon. I am working on putting together a stove and fridge, then will do a table and chairs from some kits I found. 1:24 scale is where 1/2 inch is equal to one foot in real life. It is a scale that falls between the traditional dollhouse in 1:12 scale and the really little houses I do in the 1:48 scale. Hopefully there will be more pictures soon, as I make more progress.
This weekend is, of course, Easter. The girls will be with Gene on Sunday, so we will celebrate here on Saturday. I plan to make lamb and I have found cute little baskets of candies as favors at the dinner table. I need to go do groceries for dinner still. I feel so behind on Easter, it is tough when it comes this early in the year!
I hope everyone is well and having a great week!
Comments (6)
that kitchen is awesome! i see what you mean about the tile. would black and white look better?
Hmmmmmmm. I dunno. I kinda like the tile. Adds a little different tone or whatever, from the yellow. Maybe green & white time would work too since there's so little green? I have no idea. I'm soooo not an interior designer!
That is really adorable! Since I grew up in houses built in the 1930's that still had the original kitchens, this is what I observed both at home and in my friends homes. Most kitchens had lenoleum floors in a sort of swirly solid color. Our house in Culver City had cream cupboards with ceramic tile counters that were white with jadite green trim. The walls were yellow and the floor was green. The kitchen had a buit in hutch on one wall where Mother kept our dishes and glassware in open shelves. The shelves had shelp paper on them that had a decorative edge that hung over the edge of the shelf,. The decorative edge that I remember was scalloped with a red line about 1/4" along the scallops. There were fruits printed on the edge above the red line. Mother's canisters (of which I actually have one) were cream color with red flowers on them. The curtains at the kitchen window were a green background with flowers on them. They were ruffled tie backs. The dishes in the hutch were Fiesta dishes in a colbalt blue, organe, green and yellow. Mother also had a little radkl that sat in the hutch. She generally had it on most of the day to listen to while she worked. She knew all of the popular music (little know fact about your grandma).
The kitchen in the Venice house was similar except that it was all done in white and blue. The lenolium was a higher quality with insets of an art deco design in it. It was also bigger. It too had a built in hutch with open shelves. Since that kitchen had more cupboards, and the hutch was in the breakfast area, Mother kept her dishes in the cupboard by the sink. The hutch had special things in it on display. The bottom shelf hqd the toast there, so it was convenient to the breakfast table. I hope this information may help you. I do not remember, as a girl, ever seeing a checkerboard tile floor in a kitchen.
Hugs, Mom
I LOVE IT! I'm doing green and yellow in my apartment now, so .... yeah, I like *chuckle*
*hugs*
This is adorable! Jezebelle loves to sit in our shelves, no matter where they are.
Hey, I have a 1930's kitchen, but my stove is from the 50's.
Green and white tile? Is it checkered like the floor? If not you could do the floor green and white. Mine is black and white-one of my favorite parts of this house is that floor.
Hope yal had fun on Easter!
-M
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