Greenleaf Dollhouse Contest Result Are in!

The Results are in and the gallery full of all 44 entries to this years Greenleaf Spring Fling contest is now open to the public!

To see the official post from Dean to the winners, Click Here to visit the Gallery of all of the Entries this year, Click Here

I want to say a HUGE Congratulations to Brae for winning 1st place

Jenn for winning 2nd Place

And Rick who won 3rd place

I also want to congratulate ALL the entrants this year because they also won a 1/4th (quarter ) scale laser cut kit!!

If you did not enter this years contest, remember you have the chance to still purchase this kit while supplies last at the Greenleaf Store HERE

Thanks for stopping by to read my blog today!

Custom Built Orchid Dollhouses by Tracy Topps

Last week, I was finally taught how to create Video's and upload them on You-Tube. With a little help from the folks at the Apple store, I was able to create a couple of Videos. This one is of some of the Orchid Dollhouse kits I have built.  I know you may have already seen them, but if you are like me, I can watch a video of a dollhouse over and over again.

Enjoy:

Dollhouse Whispering Cove Furnished

My Customer took some fabulous pictures of the house I did for her (The Whispering Cove) . I was so excited to see the house furnished and looking Great and filled with pieces from other Great Talented people. There is a Doll by Julie of Bellabelle dolls (which was Kathy's inspiration for this house) and the Furniture was customized by Deb of Debs Minis and there is even a Cute dollhouse in the Parlor created by Pat Carlson Miniatures


It is so Wonderful to be able to see the house after it has been decorated and in the new owners home. I am also tickled pink to see and know that my house is adorned with items from some of the best miniaturists out there! I am really tickled pink about that!

I'll stop rambling now and share the pictures. I hope you all enjoy the pictures and please feel free to stop by and Julie, Deb & Pat's site. They really are truly fabulous Artisans!

Dollhouse Fun In May

Okay, it's May and I have not talked about what projects I am working on. I am finishing up the Beacon Hill so it will be out of my house very soon. I Love that house but it's so large for my small space. I guess that's why I am happy Greenleaf has come out with the halfscale dollhouse line.

I will also start selling some of my houses in a Brick &Mortar store in New York. I am so excited about that and need to get cracking on their order so they'll have them in time for their Grand Opening. I will give details of the place as soon as I have permission to do so.

I also have pictures of a halfscale house that was done for a customer who LOVES stone cottages and I never added the shots of it to a public Gallery so here you go.



When I did this house, I was so worried about getting the stones the correct size and measurement. I really wanted to bring the "Feel" of real stones in 1/2" scale. I was so worried that I would so them too big or that they would not look authentic. I was quite pleased with how it turn out though. I think I got the look down very well. My customer will be decorating the insides herself so it's unfinished.

This is a front opening house so the trick was figuring out how to do the base of the house since it's not an open back dollhouse:







I made it so that the house lifts off the base:





I'll have more "eye  candy" for you all in a few days!

Halfscale Dollhouse Kits by Greenleaf

Finally!! I am so excited I could just BURST!! I am one of those people who don't have a lot of space for dollhouses and am so excited that Greenleaf has come out with a new line of not One but Seven new half scale dollhouses! They have also come out with Five new half scale shingle designs!! I am so excited. Check it out here: Half scale Greenleaf Houses  I have had the Brimbles kit here for the past 3 weeks now and you all will love the Halfscale line!!

This is my favorite, it is the half scale Chantilly kit! Halfscale is also called 1/2" or G-scale or garden scale.

Bishop Miniature Dollhouse Show 2010

I had such a Wonderful time at the Tom Bishop International show in Chicago this year! I saw so many Wonderful items. There is just so much talent and you get a certain energy buzzing around a room full of warm, friendly, inspiring and Artistic people. It's a shame but this year, most of my pictures did not come out. I am thinking this camera may be too old now (3 years) because it's been being weird for a while and I had been using my son's and decided not to bring his cause I was afraid, I'd lose it or something. I sure wish I had brought it! My daughter Rachel took better pictures than I did and here are some of those show stoppers. These are the only ones that came out decent enough to share. There were so many roombox pictures I took. My daughter Rachel took more than half of the best shots here!

I hope you all enjoy the pictures and I want to say "Thank You" to all of the Wonderful people who let us take pictures of their tables & items!!
Thank You All for stopping by and reading my blog today!

Anna Hardman Dolls

This roombox was based off of the painting by Painting by Konstantin Flavitsky of Princess Tarakanova.  You can read the tragic story of this Princess here

Arline Smith Roomboxes & Dolls

Arline was so sweet. She took time and talked with us for a nice period of time. She even explained to my daughter Rachel, exactly how she created the roombox and what types of parts and findings she used to create them. She even shared secretes as to how she create such wonderful rugs! The great thing about it is, she volunteered this info after Rachel asked her if she could take pictures of her wonderful work.

Rik Pierce Roomboxes

Rik' version of Weasley's Burrow from Harry Potter

Tom Bishop Dollhouse Show 2010 Class Favorites

Last week I had a Totally Terrific time at the Tom Bishop International Dollhouse & Miniature show. I took Rik Pierce's class. It was a 4 day class and mine still is not finished. I decided to redo my insides downstairs LOL. It is the "Fair Rosamond's Bower" . This is Riks house:






There were so many Fabulous classes going on that it was hard to choose which one I wanted to do but, I know I always Love doing a class with Rik so this year, I took his class. Next year, I think I am going to do a half scale class (not sure yet cause I gotta see it first).

Just like every year, the week starts off with the Workshops. It was so Great to see long time friends and to meet new ones too.  There were just so many wonderful classes to choose from. I Love Teresa Layman Gigerbread house. 

Jo Bevilacqua had a very elegant class. The pictures just don't do it justice:

I also loved the Medieval Kitchen by Sue & Eamonn O’Rourke

 Also Kari Bloom had a Elegant half scale roombox and it was just so pretty! These were the only classes I had the chance to peek into cause I was working in a workshop myself. Kerri items are always just Fabulous!

I only had a few pictures of the actual show & sale part and will post pictures of that later today. Thank you for taking the time to read my blog!

New Half Scale Dollhouses Coming Soon

If you are a member of the Greenleaf Dollhouse Forum You already know that they have announced that they are going to release some new 1/2" scale dollhouses. I was on the phone this morning with Dean and he was discussing some of the houses with me.

You all are gonna LoVe the new houses coming out!! Especially if you are like me and have run out of space to own and display your houses. I am so excited!! I can't wait to get my hands on the _______ & the _______. Those are on the top of my list. If you want to stay up to date with the latest Greenleaf chatter, visit us here: http://www.dollhouse-kits.com/  and  here Forum Chatter 
 I almost forgot to mention the best part about these kits..... They are gonna be done in Laser cut!!!

Speaking of Laser cut houses, have you started working on your 2010 Contest house??

DollHouse Fun!! Greenleaf 2010 Spring Contest

Tracy Topps Greenleaf Contest 2010

Can you believe it?! Spring has Sprung and I have been having a ball with the 2010 Greebleaf Dollhouses Spring Fling Contest House! The 2010 Contest house is Laser Cut and Basically Builds itself! If you have not purchased yours yet, you will be missing out on one of the best kits yet released by Greenleaf. The price is great too. Buy One Here:


http://shop.greenleafdollhouses.com/Miniature-Dollhouse-Garage.html


Greenleaf also will be releasing some special 1/2" scale houses this month. Please stay tuned for further announcements on these little Gems!

Thanks for stopping By to read My Blog!!

So much is going on that I promise to post more very soon!!