Sylvanian Families Vintage Tin Litho Dollhouse!

Remember the 3/4 scale vintage 1960 tin litho dollhouse my dad gave me a year and a half ago? I finally decorated it, and a few other houses, with Calico Critters / Sylvanian Families (SF). In fact, I made a small village in 3/4 scale that's threatening to take over my bedroom! ;-) It all started with the tin litho house and some cats and bunnies:

Mama cat vacuuming the living room.

Baking bread and frying eggs at the same time!

Breakfast time in the tin litho dollhouse kitchen.

Mother and daughter bunny are serious about finishing the laundry!

Looking after Mama cat's baby.

The children's bedroom has two sets of bunk beds. I made the bedding.

Knitted sweater by Baby Cat of Laughing Cat Creative Enterprises blog.

Unattended babies on the veranda?!

In the middle of making the Sylvanian Families miniature village, my friend Jane Cherie of the fun and interesting  Jane Cherie blog sent me a darling SF plant set for my birthday. It's perfect for a community center with park that I built. I just love this set! Thank you Jane Cherie! You'll see this set in action in a future post!

Sylvanian Families stock photo from eBay.com

And then I won a fantastic giveaway from Eaton Blackberry of Sugarbush Valley blog. Isn't this SF tableware set cute? I'll be able to use these dishes in all sorts of mini scenes. Eaton also sent two darling mini flower bouquets as extra surprise gifts, and it all arrived from South Africa--how exciting! Thank you Eaton Blackberry! Be sure to check out her blog for fun and humorous Sylvanian Families stories.

OK, that's it for today! Hope you had as much fun as I did! In future posts, I hope to show you some more of my Sylvanian Families mini village. Until next time, keep having fun! xoxo Jennifer

Dollhouse News Plus Three Special Bloggers

Here's the dollhouse news I mentioned a couple of posts ago: First, I sold a dollhouse kit to my friend Baby Cat. She's an architecture student who crochets (among many crafty skills) amazing things with her mom, Momma Cat, on Laughing Cat Creative Enterprises blog. She seems really excited about putting together the dollhouse kit, a Greenleaf Storybook Cottage, and is planning her paint colors now.

Sophie is excited about her new house!

It was a good thing that I sold that dollhouse, because I received two surprise dollhouses for Christmas. The first one was one of those Quickbuild Imagination House dollhouses that were sold in the U.S. at Home Depot during the holiday season. It's a simplified version of the Vermont Farmhouse, Jr. by Real Good Toys. It's going to be fun, because I'll be able to get to the decorating phase quickly! My husband gave it to me and promised to help me build it--yay! Sophie the bear is going to have her own house soon!

Cute dollhouse at a good price!

The other surprise dollhouse was an extra-large 1960's tin dollhouse given to me by my father. Yes, the "Dad" of "Dad's Dollhouse" found me a gorgeous vintage dollhouse! I was very touched by his thoughtfulness. Mavis mouse has inspected the tin dollhouse kitchen and says it's a keeper:

Mavis mouse likes the red gingham curtains!

Now, I'd like to acknowledge three more special bloggers. In my last post, I held a giveaway for six prizes for some of this blog's top commenting followers. After the giveaway, when I was looking at my followers from the earliest days, I noticed three special bloggers who have been here from almost the very beginning who still leave very frequent comments, even to this day! Those three special bloggers, who did not win the recent giveaway, are Anna, Drora, and Carmen. I'm sending them each a special prize too, just to say "thank you."

Thank you to all of you who visit my blog, leave comments, and provide moral support. Each of your contributions is special to me, and I'm really grateful to all of you. On Saturday I'll announce my big giveaway. It's celebration time! Until then, keep it fun! xoxo Jennifer