Lizelle - a sister for Musette

A new resident to Faerie Tale Cottage

Tiny birdcage and bird created by Lissa

Musette let Lizelle take the cottage bed since she is the newest arrival

in Faerie Tale cottage

and, of course, tiny Tia saw an opportunity

to snuggle right in with her.

I think she fits in nicely 

this quirky little thing.

both dolls by Lidia Snul

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As the sun was setting

Musette takes a moment to spend

some time with Little Spirit

a darling gift sent by (and created by)

Lissa...

a beautiful memory

of the sweet bird, Spirit

that Lissa loved

and who brought about

the beginning of our friendship

............

and just before the last rays of light disappeared

Musette jumped on her sweet Clarabella

and rode like the wind...

chasing the Sun...

and welcoming the Moon.

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 While Musette awaits the reconstruction 

of the darling house that Lissa & Joe sent

she has a darling hideaway cottage to live in

...to dream in

to tuck herself away 

from all the other plastic girls in the house.

 the sweet abode was created by the uber talented Caroline

of Cinderella Moments

You can read about the creation

HERE

I have been such a huge fan of Caroline's 

for a few years.

She is a genius at creating tiny cottages

and she generously shares her process 

with ardent fans.

Even writing a little 'how to' book.

Which happens to be in my library. 

To say I stalked her blog 

is probably an understatement.

...and I dreamed of how I might create 

a lovely place

for my Musette.........

and then the gift of Lissa's house

came to be.

...........and then was broken

...as was my heart

..and hers.

The plan of Musette's cottage 

went to the back burner

as there were certainly other matters 

to tend to.

Life is like that, right?

So while I work on getting that gorgeous house 

together again...

Musette will be able to enjoy this one room cottage

with a sweet front porch.

When the big house is ready, 

this cottage will remain

her little studio, 

a place of quiet reflection

and perhaps a place where she will create.

The beautiful house for Musette

sadly arrived in pieces

UPS treated the box terribly

and it did not survive.

However, the good news

is that it broke at seams

and I will be doing my best to 

put it together again

Darling Musette has plenty of places

to hide and sleep

so she is not worried

Plus, I keep her quite busy

modeling the tiny fashions

I am commisioned to make

for her mouse sisters 

living all over the world.

This dress is the most popular design

it was my very first

and appropriately called

The Musette

It has a silk gauze skirt, silk sash, and cotton bodice.

The color here is Whisper Blue

a favorite of mine.

 

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

There is such excitement here

and so much to catch you up on.

A darling new resident has moved in

and captured my heart

Oh yes,.........

a tiny little thing

Mouse with her pet mouse

a little girl mouse by the name of

Musette

She is a ball jointed doll

only 14cm tall

and just the most darling thing ever.

But that is not all...........

oh noooooooooooo.

After many, many, many months

of not being able to put together that blasted pile of wood

and big of magic occurred

and a dear, dear friend

so dear I cannot even describe adequately

..and her sweet husband

(from here on known as Auntie & Uncle to Musette)

decided to send Musette (and me)

a beautiful, magical, perfect cottage

all ready put together!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yes, that first photo above

is a little peek at the enchanted

Faerie Tale Cottage

 We are beyond excited.

way beyond grateful.

and totally filled with joy. 

Oh, dear friends..........

the dollhouse is still in pieces...

 on the same table, now covered with a sheet

and on that are various puppy grooming bits and bobs

because that darling girl pup 

Luna Bella

(also known as Luli)

takes all my free time

sigh

but it's all good, and soon enough she will be more mature

and not so needy

and I will be playing with doll houses again.

The vision grows 

and I know that Faerie Tale Cottage

will be delightful.

MINIATURE ADVENTURE

I have known of a Toy & Hobby shop 

about 15 miles away

in the same shopping area where I can find 

a Michaels, an Ulta,

a World Market, etc.  

I am in that area once or twice a month

AT LEAST.

I am not sure if I headed there today

ONLY 

to pick up hair products at Ulta 

or if my not-so-hidden agenda was to go miniature shopping.

What do YOU think????

This jumped right out at me

 "Hmmmmmmmmm, EVERYTHING?"

So I looked through it briefly and decided 

 

 it was a good place to start.

'cha ching'

~

Then next thing in my hands 

was this package of dress forms.

 

since one of the rooms in the cottage

will be a special faerie dress making room...

wellllllllllll...

I had seem them online and the price was the same....soooooooo

'cha ching'

~

 I wandered through the place looking 

at all sorts of furniture and things

pretty pricey....not surprising

then I saw this

and knew I wanted to put my own touches on it....

'cha ching'

~

and just before I went running from this place 

that could take an entire paycheck

I found a wall of 

wallpapers........eeeeeeeeeeeekkkkkkkkkkkkkk

I could have stayed hours and looked at everyone

because now you are talking about

 

two obsessions in one

PAPER........and now MINIATURES.

'CHA CHING!!!'

I hear the voice of Jim Carrey:

'SOMEBODY STOP ME!"

xox Rella