Advent calendar 2020 - day 17, 18 & 19 of Santa's workroom & crafting together (December)

Thursday Jolinda and I both have been working on our Advent calendars. She made good progress with both wall units. I started cutting the templates of the boxes for the next couple of days but then had trouble deciding which paper to use, so I started with the knitted Christmas bauble instead :')

Later that evening I made the boxes, using the miniatue wrapping paper Jolinda had suggested. Decorated them some with the coloured straw braids Kim had sent me.

I also kept on knitting, very meticulous but fun. I've choosen 3 colours instead of 2 and I like the combination. The Christmas bauble is turning out a bit bigger than a bauble should be so it might end up being a toy :)

Yesterday I made some long, white - and very thin - candles to fill the box I have made. And then I made a couple of smaller candles to put in the Christmas tree.
I didn't have the same ornaments from Bindels that Thea used for the candle holders but I found some smaller ones from the same shop that I have previously  bought in Rijswijk. I made the handles from wire and painted them with gold acrylic.
I thought they would be difficult to make, seeing that I didn't have the same materials, but it was fun to do and I love how they turned out!

They look very pretty in the tree. The round box with the longer candles is been put on the large wall unit.

Remember the plan I've showed you based on the measurements for the workroom?
Well, even if I'd make the partition wall partly open it still feels to crammed for my taste.

I thought it was because I kind of rotated the layout, but even without the partition wall with a front view the work room feels to small.

So, I'll be thinking about another layout :)

Day 1 - getting together the roombox

Day 2 - a standing-table

Day 3 - shelf unit above the desk

Day 4 - 3 drawers unit on wheels

Day 5 - a bench stool

Day 6 - Santa's little helper

Day 7 - Santa's little helper

Day 8 - Santa's little helper (hair & beard)

Day 9 - step stool

Day 10 - desk accessories

Day 11 - desk pad & paper bin

Day 12 - Christmas tree

Day 13 - tree skirt

Day 14 - small wall unit 

Day 15 - large wall unit

Day 16 - Christmas tree candles

Day 17 - knitted Christmas bauble

Day 19 - Christmas cookies

Another visit to the fair in Rijswijk, so many pretties!

I had a great time at the fair in Rijswijk yesterday :)
For the first time I didn't go on saturday but on sunday. It meant that I couldn't travel with Jolinda in the morning and had to leave at 7 am to catch the train, but instead I got a ride home when she left at 3 pm, for which I - and my feet - were very grateful ;)

Middelburg at 7 am <3

I'd arranged to meet Sandra again, whom I'd met last time at the fair. It was great fun to spend the day together at the fair, though we were a bad influence on each others budget ;)
It wasn't as busy as usual which we both enjoyed since it meant an opportunity to talk with the exhibitors/shop owners and look more thoroughly at some of the miniatures.
Talked with Louise of Gweaneth's Dream and Thea of Minidoor as usual, and we met Christel (from the FB group Actieve Poppenhuisforum as well) and her husband for lunch.

I didn't take any photographs at the fair, but of course I want to show you my precious ^^

I've been wanting to buy ornaments at Bindels for awhile now, but have always been a bit overwhelmed with the amount of shiny things when I stood there. So this time I came prepared, meaning I had a list with everything I wanted ;)

With the ornaments I'll be able to maker the following miniatures (hopefully :P). And I bought two 28 mm clips with smooth jaws, a tube adhesive for jewellery, and bronze aging patina (because there won't be shiny things in the Scottish cottage ^^

Set of two silver candlesticks (kit)

Photo frame

Drawer or cabinet pulls

Christmas Wreath kit

As alway I couldn't pass Jan van den Doel without checking out the lovely fabrics, which means I'll never leave empty handed (a) Those might be used for the cottage as well some day.

At Nalladris I found these kits for Gothic candles (cottages), bats and dragons (we'll see where I put them lol). You can apply jewelry glue to the DIY brass kits, to gain thickness before painting. An then fold the wings with pliers for a realistic effect. It will be a challenge but I like those very fun!

Some things I hadn't listed, but wanted anyway;

• Floral tape at Omgardens, the only thing for making flowers, which is apparently something I still try to avoid ;)
• Veneer slats at Bibian Angelique Miltkau (how to, in Dutch), which I thought might be useful in the cottage, perhaps for skirting boards?
• An ornament at De Poppenkraal, which will be made into a mirror for the cottage entry.
• Flower planters, I don't remember where I'd found those. Might be at Stella Que Pasa?
• And a LED strip at Atelier Valkenbos, which I want to hide on the ceiling behind one of the beams, to get more light in the back of the living room.

Last, but certainly not least; this staind-glass window at Glaskunst in Miniaturen.
The photo doesn't do it justice, it's really lovely!

So, I had a marvelous day, and I'm looking forwards to work on the cottage again :)