Greenleaf Dollhouse Contest 2011 Kit

Yesterday was the deadline for anyone to submit their entries to the Greenleaf Spring Fling contest 2011! Here are a sample of a few submissions this year. Because of my position with Greenleaf, I have never entered a contest with them though I must say, this years kit really talked to my creative side!! I am so proud to be a member of such a talented group of Online Dollhouse Miniature enthusiasts. The above picture is the kit for this years contest. Below are a few pictures from members of our Greenleaf dolhouse forum. To see more or if you can not see a particular gallery, sign up and become a member of the Greenleaf Dollhouses Forum by clicking here: http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/

All pictures below are copyrighted by the members named below and Greenleaf Dollhouses 

Greenleaf Username pquade

Greenleaf Gallery http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=5217

Greenleaf Username Raffa

Greenleaf Gallery album http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=5216

Greenleaf username otterine

Greenleaf Gallery album http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=5101

Greenleaf Username chattycathy66

Greenleaf Gallery album http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=5094

Greenleaf username jujurodgers

Greenleaf Gallery http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=5164

Greenleaf Username rbytsdy

Greenleaf Gallery http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=5210

Greenleaf username LLyn M.

Greenleaf Gallery http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=5205

Greenleaf username Momof2Moos

Greenleaf Gallery http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=5199

Greenleaf username creativity95

Greenleaf gallery http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=5159

Greenleaf username csd

Greenleaf gallery http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/forum/index.php?app=gallery&album=5194

Greenleaf Username Jo Med

Flickr Gallery http://www.flickr.com/photos/64268770@N03/sets/72157627103555440/

 

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McKinley Dollhouse Build Blog (Roof Editing)

May 26 2008
Posted by Minis On The Edge
Roof Editing

I started with foam core just to see if this design would work and if it would look really nice. I ended up cutting the roof height (on the raised roof side) down to 8" high. This is what it looked like in the beginning:

It took a while (3.5 hrs. ) to get the angles right because I found out that this house needed a little more support now that I was bashing it away from how it should have been done.

This is after I added the wood roof & attic parts. It was level on one side and not the other and I went around and around with the leveler I did finally get it right . After I got it to the point where I was satisfied , I added sandpaper and painted it black to give the roof floor an "Asphalt" look. I then added the Chimney stack :

I wanted to add roof trim to give the roof more detail. At first I started off by using the kits trim:

I ended up using some iron railing for the widows walk instead. 

I aged it with a sea foam green paint:

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McKinley Dollhouse Construction Blog (The Beginning)

 

May 24 2008
Posted by Minis On The Edge
Starting The McKinley

This time I am only blogging the changes that I made to this Gorgeous doll house kit. The McKinley has been my favorite since Lisa from Greenleaf asked me to make one 4 years ago. This is something that a newbie can do if they have the patience but since most new people have a hard time with the kt instructions I want it to be known in advance that, this McKinley Dollhouse blog is really for the advanced builders who can look at these brief comments listed and make the changes.

I started the building of this house a few weeks back. I started out building this kit pretty much like everyone else on the Greenleaf Build Team. You'll notice though (if you have your instructions nearby) that I did start a little bit out of sequence. When I have built a kit several times, I don't view the instructions as much. I have been wanting to bash (Alter) this kits' design since I completed my last one . I started on the back wall since I knew I was going to bash it by extending the roof line. I took wood that Greenleaf uses for their kits. They sell extra sheets but you have to call them for plain sheets that are not punched out yet.

When the original roof is finished, it is only 4" high. Mine right now is "bashed" to have a 9" high ceiling.

The next big change was that I wanted to change the kitchen wall so that the opening would be in the front of the room, not the back. I did this by cutting this wall into three sections so that most of the tabs would still be in most of the right parts of the floor for stability. I figured this out through trial and error and it took me over an hour to get it straight, stable & right. I also moved the kitchen wall over by 1" to make the kitchen larger.

I then had to attach it to the rest of the structure that I had already assembled:

It ended up looking a bit like this:

Thank you for stopping by to read my blog today. I am moving my build blogs over to my blog here on blogspot so that things will be easier to find. That is why you may see older dates written on the blog posts.

Hope you are having a Fantastic Day! 

The Thought Of The Day is ~ There is a saying "The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficult thing." What thing is difficult in your life right now that you can turn into an opportunity?