Dragonfly Mosaic Rock
I’d like to write about using rocks in fine art, featuring the art of a local artist, Peggy Lindstrom. In art and life, a rock can symbolize our connection to Mother Earth, a connection to our ancestors, and permanency. continue reading
Today, I will tell you a little more about what is inside my handmade dollhouse and closeup pictures. It is true that each dollhouse has a story to tell.
This room is a humble American home, with a humble braided rug. A rocking chair faces a stone fireplace.
I used a brass pillbox that I inherited from my Oma (grandma) to make a sewing box. Inside the sewing box I made two pins into sewing needles, and rolled small balls of “yarn” out of embroidery thread, for Oma to knit with.
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My handmade dollhouse, front view
I spent about 15 years of my young life building a dollhouse and all its contents by hand. It has a Swiss-like stone exterior, and an early American interior. I called it Idylwild. continue reading
Oma’s Stepping Stones
Oma moved out of her house this weekend to a retirement village. We had to sort through and give up many treasures stored in her house and barn for over thirty years. The question arose what to do with Oma’s stepping stones? Her grandchildren had each personally handmade a stone, and decorated them with their hand prints and footprints, many years ago. We were in a great hurry and all the cars were full already of furniture. At the very last minute, I saved them from the dump heap, as I just could not bare to lose them!
Stepping stones are easy to make and great yard art. I recommend you try to make a stepping stone, at least once.
How to Make Stepping Stones
Irene sitting in a tree making daisy pop top chains. 1977
In the seventies, we used to clean up our campgrounds by taking all the discarded soda pop top tabs we could find on the ground, and turning them into chains. We called this pop-top daisy chains (as shown in these historical pictures).