LaLaLoopsy Dollhouse Upcycled Craft!

Upcycled Shelf into a LaLaLoopsy Dollhouse! This was a project that my daughter and I did together. Hailee is 8, she is sooo much fun! She actually seemed like she was growing out of these dolls  a little...until we made this house.  Now they are the cutest decoration, even if she doesn't always play with them! We began with a sad little bookshelf.   We got it free from our neighbor. Hailee painted it.  Top floor pink, bottom floor blue! Let it dry... Then bust out the major adhesives!  Spray glue and the Hot Glue gun! I cut colorful scrapbook paper to fit the floor size.   Sprayed on a little spray adhesive and stuck them down.   Could use modpodge and seal it a little, but we didn't bother. Next, the decorating!  We picked a fireplace tile contrasting paper... Used big popsicle sticks to make a shabby  Home Sweet Home sign! Cut a chair railing from the junk pile in half with ...

Fancy Room knick knacks!

Lots of fun little things to throw  into the Fancy room! This mirror I got super cheap (33 cents) because it didn't have a base... lucky for me, I had a perfect fit! (hoarding...pays off) Needed to be painted though!  I painted it silver and glazed it with black!  Love it! Got this frame for 33 cents... plastic...perfect!  Painted and glazed it!  Semi-gloss white... A little command velcro on the wall and frame... Because it is lightweight plastic, it stays up perfectly!   This mirror was a pale pasty pink... snazz it a bit to match...  glaze it!  Great for the Mirror Mirror on the wall! (side note about the mirror... if ever my daughter says something unkind  or belittling about herself  {which happens, because lets face it...we do that as girls} ...I make her stand in front of the mirror and say at least  10 nice things about herself!   It has worked wonders) My kids call dress forms "bobbers"...  This bobber wa...