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Sunday, June 15, 2014

A busy week in Germany with a wonderful meeting!

For a long long time my father- 80 now- had expressed the wish to see all his children together one more time ! Well...it's 5 of us..and organizing all on one date wasn't the easiest thing!
But we finally managed and had a wonderful week in the end of May in the beautiful town of Saarlouis in southern Germany, right on the borders to Luxemburg and France!
So..we got ready , "all " of us! :)




In combination with this visit and due to more convenient flight times and easier departure airport  for me towards Athens on the way back, i had the chance to finally meet in person my very dear email/facebook friend Inge from Frankfurt. ( https://www.facebook.com/pages/Minimagicblog/418497834939294?fref=ts ) !
We just had a few hours for our meeting, but it was overwhelmingly wonderful !
It was so funny before, when we talked about the visit on facebook...both of us - openly- wondering, if we would finally like each other when being together in reality :) :)
But having built up a very close friendship with all our messages during nearly 2 years..there was no such problem! On the contrary ...it was ever so lovely, heartwarming and moving to be with her and her great family !
Both, her and me are shy of showing pictures of ourselves...but a little "cutout" of us on that special afternoon can give you an idea! :)

Inge could easily turn her workspace ( and house :) ..into a museum, there are so many mini-treasures to see! :) 
Well, we took a tour through her dollhouse, better "Sonja"s house"..as Sonja is Inge's doll who lives in a beautiful modern dollhouse! 
Many pieces in there are handmade by my friend or other friends from our wonderful mini-world, some pieces also bought or found! 
Now..there were many highlights, but Praline absolutely LOVED the modern stove, which even had lights inside, as well as the washing machine...where we sent Caramel to to have a look...he had to wash his paws anyway in te bathroom after such a long journey! :) 
Inge had made tiny beautiful handbags for the "girls"...


and Caramel very quickly found a new friend, "Luigi" , who is the owner of Inge's newest masterpiece..a Pizza restaurant, where all things are beautifully matching, and one can smell Pizza from faraway! :) 



After our tour, they all sat there and enjoyed some wine and a lot of tasty pizza! :) 

Sonja's house

group picture!!! :) 

 talking talking talking!!!! :)

 soooooooooo much to say in very little time..

Sonja even has got tv...

 and "memory-shelves"...all beautiful items find a special place here !

Praline could have watched this for hours!!!!!!!!! :) 



key holder ..a cute little hand made piece! 
Caramel also thought that having a rest from the girls would be a good idea!! ;) 

Caramel ...and the washing machine !( and not only of course!!! )




Sonja's pc  and desk...Praline was really impressed! 

so many wonderful kitchen items! :) 



there is even a -nearly ready - furnished dollhouse- dollhouse in the children's room that is under construction! 

And here is "Luigi's Pizza restaurant"...we had a great time!





A most wonderful visit !

After we had left, Sonja finally had some time to study the map of Athens...who knows, perhaps she will visit us some day? :)


( i should mention that both Sonja and Lisi are handmade, fully movable,  dolls by Inge!  :) :) 

Sunday, January 5, 2014

The "new" village dollhouse series

Through the facebook group "Puppenhaus scale 1/12"
(  https://www.facebook.com/groups/flohsit/   )
i got into -ver interesting- contact with the lady editing the new magazines for the this dollhouse series "Das Dorfpuppenhaus" , which is now available in German only. She had asked for "dollhouse-people" to write some opinions about it!
You can have a look here!
http://www.dorfpuppenhaus.de/

The house itself is nice, but to m mind there are many pieces in it that have been included in earlier magazines - series, too . That was quite disappointing to me.
But anyway..it would be quite interesting to get our opinion on the house , the furniture, the possibilities of adding decorations etc, the cost...:)
The first issue was out this week at a special low prize ,including the kitchen oven ( which i am sure many purchased :) !
Would be interesting to see our feedback! I actually had a lot of issues to criticize about the whole project...but then on the other hand everybody has a different poit of view! :)

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Ueber die facebook Gruppe "Puppenhaus scale 1/12"
(  https://www.facebook.com/groups/flohsit/   )
kam ich in -sehr interessanten-Kontakt  mit einer Dame, die bei der Veroeffentlichung der "neuen" Puppenhausserie "Das Dorfpuppenhaus" mitarbeite.Sie hatte um Meinungen von "Puppenhausleuten" gebeten!
Hier kann man sich das ansehen ! Es ist allerdings nur in Deutschland erhaeltlich.
http://www.dorfpuppenhaus.de/

Das Haus an sich ist schoen finde ich, aber da es dort im weiteren Verlauf viele Einrichtungsgegenstaende geben wird, die es in aelteren Serien schonmal gegeben hat, fand ich die ganze Sache eigentlich recht enttaeuschend. Aber..wie dem auch sei... da mag ja Jeder seine eigene Meinung bilden und haben, es waere interessant Eure Meinungen zu lesen, auch was die Einrichtung, Dekorationsmoeglichkeiten, Preis etc betrifft!
Die erste Ausgabe ist diese Woche erschienen, zu besonderem Einfuehrungspreis und mit dem Kuechenofen dabei...da kann ich mir vorstellen, dass einige den genommen haben! :)
Also..Meinungen, Kritik sind gefragt..wer moechte!! Ich selber habe verschiedene Punkte auch angesprochen mit der Dame vom Verlag. :)



Friday, December 20, 2013

the new dollhouse with xmas decoration, and...babies!! :)

when posting on facebook...i forgot to show the pictures here,too! sorry!!!
As many also say..facebook seem to have taken over in comparison to blogs..but i do love the blogs and would like people to keep them up!
I saw a -sort of-  :) similar decoration in a picture on a blog, for a real house...and tried to copy that for the new dollhouse. ...Cupcake-Cafe to be! :)


Weihnachtsdeco am neuen Puppenhaus! :) So aehnlich war es auf einem Foto an einem echten Haus...das wollte ich gern nachmachen! :) 
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I recieved a beautiful "tiny"  present from my friend Inge in Germany! We had been talking..via facebook ! :)... ...about tiny dolls for my little prams, as they might sell much better when including a little doll or baby! So , she made some for me! She has the talent to make dolls...which i very much admire! :)
But not only babies did she sent, but also "Lisi"..the bigger sister and now new friend of Praline! :)
Lisi has movable bodyparts, she can stand on her own, also sit, change arm position...she is lovely!
The tiny babies are 2 cm tall...and look ever so cute !

Inge aus Deutschland schickte mir kleine Baby - Pueppchen fuer meine Waegelchen und Bettchen...sie sind 2 cm gross und passen perfekt! Wir sprachen darueber, dass sich die Waegelchen so bestimmt besser verkaufen! :) 
Dazu kam "Lisi", auch von Inge handgemacht- was fuer ein tolles Talent!!! :) Lisi kann allein stehen, sitzen, die Arme bewegen...ein suesses Pueppchen und nun Pralines neue Freundin! :) 

Here they are:

snowmen, bears and "Merry christmas " are presents from Inge! 
Schneemaenner, Baerchen und "Merry Christmas" sind Geschenke von Inge! 




The tiny babies have head and arms, and body. They can be dressed ! :) I asked Inge to make their face "sleeping"...as i wouldn't want 10 screaming wide awake babies around!! :)

Die kleinen Babies haben Kopf und angedeutete Aermchen, und einen Koerper. Sie koennen angezogen werden! Ich hatte Inge gebeten, "schlafende" Babies zu machen, denn ich wollte auf keinen Fall 10 schreiende wache Babies hier haben!! :) 




 aren't they cute? :) 

sind die nicht suess? :) 

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Now, more presents! Monika sent a surprise letter..including a nice candle holder (and more)..with more angels for us! :) 
Thank you so much Monika! 
I feel very blessed with so much love and presents from many dear friends! 
In the picture you can also see a little old wooden angel...this is a toy from the 30ties..one of my mother's! 
It is now 8 years that she passed away one day before christmas. We still miss her a lot.

Jetzt, noch mehr Geschenke! Monika schickte einen Ueberraschungsbrief..mit einem huebschen kleinen Kerzenhalter ( und mehr) ..und noch mehr Engelchen fuer uns! :) 
Ganz herzlichen Dank Monika! 
ich fuehle mich gesegnet und froh, mit so vielen Geschenken von lieben Freunden! 
Im Bild seht ihr auch ein altes kleines Holzengelchen. Das ist ein Spielzeug aus den 30ziger Jahren von meiner Mutter. 
Es ist jetzt schon 8 Jahre her seit sie einen Tag vor Weihnachten gestorben ist. Wir vermissen sie sehr.




Wednesday, December 11, 2013