CATCHING UP ON SUNDAY

Well another week's gone by and we are getting ever closer to the end of the year! This week my intended blog posts did not happen due to me getting a virus which made me have to come home from work and take to my bed! Two days later felt fine then the following day was out shopping and lost all my energy!
So it's still rattling around but will hopefully have run it's course in a few more days!

On the home front, Paul finished the paintwork in the downstairs cloakroom, so started the wallpapering! I have to say started because we ran out!!!! so annoying and also expensive as we have had to buy a second roll of paper just to do two half drops that are not even the full width needed! Paul had worked out the pattern repeat but if we were using full lengths but because we were only using about half a length we landed up having to cut off more than we thought to find the next pattern match ! So now we are waiting for another roll of wallpaper to be delivered sometime this week!

The front door

The side panels finally had a second coat of paint, so now I can see the two with the colour, I think that keeping the frame around them white is the correct choice, some people paint the whole thing in the colour but I like that it shows the door and panel separately.
 The post box is up but the letter plate is still to go on and  the new LED lights are also up.

So today Paul is removing the old front door! Cannot wait to see the amount of space this gives us now the, what was the porch, becomes part of the hallway.
Once that's done the plasterer can return and plaster the new part of the hallway by the new door and the ceiling and other tatty area's in the existing hallway, then once that's done it should all look like it's always been that way.

The dolls.. my other non Sasha dolls have been slowly growing and a little Schoenhut doll arrived this week to join my Schoey family. I saw this girl and just knew I wanted her to finish off the group.
So after a three month layaway she came to join us.

Her hair is carved, they do a few with carved hair but this was the one that appealed to me. As luck would have it , she fits into Sasha clothes and Sasha baby shoes! So she was able to have a whole new wardrobe as soon as she arrived.

A back view of her head, showing her hair detail and her blue ribbon with bow. I may tie a real blue ribbon over this one to give her back a little style.

Her dress by Wendy F is just perfect for her, her cardigan is by Jane Woodward and I bought it at the Chat n Snap.
I'm very pleased I decide to buy her, she's got something a little special about her.

Now for the last two days I have been setting up a scene for the blog, James needs to go to the local village shop to buy some flour etc but by the time I find the things I want it's late afternoon and the sun gone and shadows appear when trying to take the photo's! So I thought today would be the day only for it to be a wet and grey old day! So I am still hunting out a few things! So annoying that I cannot lay my hand to them straight away but it does mean I am remembering/ finding other items which are being added to the 'shop'.

Oh and this is why I cannot use the studio at the moment ! and this is after I have removed all the clothing boxes and several large carrier bags! No room to move around!

Anyway I have been down there searching for the item's I know I have and finding some I've forgotten about!
So as I have a toil day tomorrow I will be taking the photos, rain or shine and putting the story line up in the evening, I will be trying to find a few more items I know I have before then.

Here's a little peek

of a tiny part of Granny Fortuna's Village shop ..... more tomorrow.

Have a great week.




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