Saturday 28 August 2010

Finally Glued in Place!



Here we are! Finished at last! The only thing I have yet to glue on is the shop sign, which I want to paint so will leave it for now. I don't know why I put off gluing it for so long- I guess it was just the idea of commiting with glue is so scary first time round! Anyway, thanks to the help of my 16 year old brother, I think we did a pretty good job!

The hardest part by far, and I'm ashamed to say I have given up, was trying to screw minute screws in for the front door. Could we do it? No way! I even had a specialist pair of tweezers with a magnifying glass but we simply couldn't do it. So then I thought, 'well, I spend that much time trying to keep my other dolls' house door shut that I may as well glue this one in place instead!'. I haven't actually done this yet as I want to paint it but I reckon I will cheat. I occasionally make jewellery and nothing has ever been as fiddly as those screws! If anyone does have any suggestions though- I'd love to hear them!

7 comments:

  1. I tacky waxed mine into the hole and then screwed them in. The tacky wax held them in place for me. It's a god-send that stuff :D

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  2. Oh my gosh! What a brilliant idea! I will try that, thanks a lot! :D

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  3. The house/shop is looking good! I've always procrastinated on glueing things and I just discovered wax. I waxed a few cabinet handles the other night just to make sure I like the look. Of course, I may never go back and glue them. I believe the wax lasts forever. :)

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  4. I agree! Tacky wax is great and you don't have to commit yourself! In my Wentworth Court dolls house from The Dolls House Emporium, I've used it for sticking everything up- pictures, mirrors, cabinets- even keeping pets in place so they don't fall over!

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  5. P.S Thank you for joining and saying you like it :) :)

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  6. Hi Jessica your shop is so pretty!!!!Miniregards from sunny Spain.

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  7. Thank you from sunny Spain! I will keep updating my progress!

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