Stuff, stuff and more stuff!

 

I will really have to get my finger out and get mini-ing.    Despite having been home for months since my trip to Miniatura in March, I haven't yet put away the minis I brought home and here I am away on another jolly to another mini fair and I still haven't put any of the minis away.

 

I'm beginning to think I'm just a "purchaser" - at least that's what it feels like at the moment.

 

At this particular fair I "purchased" a spiffy new mat (for work that has yet to be done but which is halfway finished in my head!), some clamps, some electrical strips and a fancy wooden thingy that I thought might make an excellent room divider of sorts.

 

 

Unfortunately I can't remember who I purchased this little cookery book from but it's destined for the Netherton Still Room.    The Still Room has actually been started and is not languishing in some little corner of my brain so there is some progress!

 



 

These wall lights are by Ray Storey - he has the most amazing selection of stuff - plus another little fitting I'm waiting to be delivered as he didn't have one in stock.   Again, these will be fitted in the Still Room.

 

 

I'd been racking my brain to come up with something that resembled rows of nail heads and the only thing I could think of  that might have done the job was self-adhesive strips of dots used for cardmaking/crafting but it's hard to work out size when viewing them online and I don't have a crafty shop nearby.

 

This length of tiny tiny beads will do the job perfectly and I got them from Tee Pee Crafts.   I'd love to have bought more from that stand but I sometimes find it all a bit overwhelming.   There's pots and pots of stuff, all different sizes and all different designs and I find the more I look at it, the less I see.   I'm sure there's a nack to purchasing from these guys but I've yet to work out what it is!    Back to online, I suppose.

 

The seller of the letter rack and ink wells was a New Zealander who unfortunately had neither business cards nor website but did have an amazing selection of bits at very reasonable prices and it was quite difficult to choose.

The bells were also from this particular seller.   They were presented either attached to a backboard (with the room names below) or available separately so they could be attached in any configuration I wanted.   I went for the separate ones as I have an idea for them.

 

I also picked up the parquet flooring sheet from Jennifers of Walsall.   This item was at the top of my list - I would have been really miffed if I hadn't been able to get this!  

My final purchase from the New Zealand seller and my favourite item of the show is this little Box Brownie camera, instruction manual, negative folder and spare roll of film all presented in an RL film pot.

 

I love it!

 

One final thing - we went on a little trip up the coast to Whitby and en route I had a "light bulb moment".   An idea for a new project "pinged" but I'm not saying any more!   I've got two properties to finish first, not including this one - lol!