WHIMSICAL ELF TOY WORKSHOP
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RESULTS!
Here are the BEFORE and AFTER photos of the house!
It is always a good idea to include your children’s favorite things about Christmas & personalize it! A perfect family heirloom for many generations to come.
Please click here for close-up pictures of the Ballroom! (Top Floor)
Please click here for close-up pictures of the Whimsical Elf Toy Workshop! (2nd Floor)
Please click here for close-up pictures of the Sweet Shoppe! (First Floor)
ART DIRECTION: WHIMSICAL ELF TOY WORKSHOP / SWEET SHOPPE
Here is my inspiration board before we determined the art direction for this old miniature house. Love the vintage Golden Books and their illustrations…
This one wooden Christmas ornament is THE holy grail of my holiday inspirations. See – it was hung in my parents’ Christmas tree every year since my early childhood years. The wooden vintage ornament, which I believe came from Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland in Frankenmuth, MI.
Are you ready for the results? Click here!
HOW I GOT STARTED…
I’ve never once owned a dollhouse. One day, my daughter and I found this old miniature (doll)house at the flea market in Wisconsin for $30 yet brought it home. We decided to give it an extreme makeover. Boy, was it old …and disgusting!
Of course, we gutted out everything you see – and primed it!
Our art direction: Whimsical Elf Toy Workshop / Sweet Shoppe
It was a true joy – watching both kids work on the house, painting and all! We decided to start our new Christmas tradition by adding holiday miniature decoration in the house each year.
WELCOME!
Hi! I’m Jill Stark, a miniature house enthusiast! As an artist, I do fixer-upper for vintage (doll)houses as well as collect them.
I would just go ahead and write (& publish) a rough blog post today …without having to worry about how it’d look. The reason I’m here is to share you my journey with a new hobby I discovered last August of 2017. Dollhouses. Honestly, I’d prefer to call them as “miniature houses”!
The reason I’m doing this blog is because:
- This page will help me put my newfound hobby in ONE place with a broader target audience – instead of sharing my pictures and stories here ‘n’ there in the social media, such as my personal FB page.
- Organization…Organization…Organization!
- I’d love to connect with other miniature house enthusiasts as well – even I’ve met many on FB!
- Incorporate my Etsy account here as well! https://www.etsy.com/shop/JillStarkCollections
Enjoy!
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