Dolls: Shoe Box Dollhouse and My Mini Lalaloopsy Dolls

I made a dollhouse using shoe boxes, doll packages and craft materials to display my Mini Lalaloopsy dolls. I find this dolls very cute and colorful. As described from the official website, Lalaloopsy are rag dolls that magically come to life from the fabric used to make them. They live in a colorful silly world! Sew Magical! Sew Cute! They also come in big sizes but I prefer the small ones.

I started with only one, I just thought it would be a nice prop in taking photographs of my Blythe dolls, but I ended up collecting them. This dolls reminded me of my favorite 3D animated movie, Coraline, because of the buttoned-eyes.

Shoe Box Dollhouse

I like it to look fun, colorful and pleasing to the eyes of a child.

The Art and Study Area

The doll packages are great addition to the dollhouse.

The Bedroom Area

My favorite area of the dollhouse. Pretty in pink with a touch of neutral colors.

The Kitchen

I displayed the polymer clay cupcakes I made last 2009. The yellow rug, is a crocheted piece I made with Ails on our one-on-one crochet tutorial.

The Rooftop

I find the packages cute and they are really useful because it can be converted into small houses for these cute dolls.

The dollhouse is still in progress...

Meet my Mini Lalaloopsy Dolls as follows... (credit: Bios were from the official Lalaloopsywebsite)

Bea Spells-a-Lot™ was made from a school girl's uniform. She is a real smartypants, who always follows the rules and loves to talk...A LOT!!! She has a pet owl.

Sewn on Date: October 16th (Dictionary Day)

Berry Jars 'N' Jam™ was made from a farmer’s shirt and overalls. She’s a hard worker, who’s a bit nosy, and makes the highest stacks of buttermilk pancakes in town. She has a pet cow.

Sewn on Date: Oct 12th – Old Farmers Day

(Note: The refrigerator is a Sylvanian Families' dollhouse accessory)

Crumbs Sugar Cookie™ was made from pieces of a baking apron. She is super-sweet, has perfect manners, and loves inviting friends over for tea and treats. She has a pet mouse.

Sewn on Date: December 4th (National Cookie Day)

Dot Starlight™ was made from a real astronaut's space suit. She's a dreamer who loves science, and she's always got her head in the clouds. She has a pet bird.

Sewn on Date: July 20th (First man on the moon)

Jewel Sparkles™ was made from remnants of a real princess' dress. She is very graceful, a little bit bossy, and loves to dance and wear sparkly clothes. She has a Persian cat.

Sewn on Date: March 13th (Jewel Day)

Mittens Fluff 'N' Stuff™ was made from pieces of an Eskimo's scarf. She loves hot cocoa, snow fights, and snuggling by the fire. She has her own pet polar bear.

Sewn on Date: December 21st (First day of winter)

Peanut Big Top™ was made from bits of a brightly-colored clown costume. She is a silly prankster who's a little bit clumsy and loves to make her friends laugh. She has a pet elephant.

Sewn on Date: April 1st (April Fool's day)

Pillow Featherbed™ was made from pieces of a baby's blankie. She loves good stories, long naps, and her favorite snack is milk and cookies. She has her own pet sheep.

Sewn on Date: January 3rd (Festival of Sleep Day)

Spot Splatter Splash™ was made from a painter's overalls. She's super creative and loves bright colors, big messes, and eating spaghetti. She has a pet zebra.

Sewn on Date: October 25th (International Artist Day, also Picasso's B-day)

And just a few months before we left our home country, I added two mini Lalaloopsy dolls to my collection...

Scarlet Riding Hood™ was sewn from Red Riding Hood's Cape. She's a good girl who always takes care of others. She loves wearing red, making new friends, and having picnics in the woods.

Sewn on Date: May 18th (Visit Your Relatives Day)

Snowy Fairest™ was sewn from Snow White's Dress. She’s a friendly girl who’s really good at keeping the house spick and span. Her favorite things are red apples and being the prettiest of them all!

Sewn on Date: December 1st (Eat a Red Apple Day)

TCR #66: Promise

Here is the layout I did using The Color Room's Palette #66.

"Promise"

The photo was captured during our pre-wedding photo session with our wedding photographer.  Behind us is our wedding church, Nuestra Señora de los Remedios also known as Malate Church in the heart of Manila, Philippines.

A collage of handmade paper flowers, buttons, strings and assorted embellishments.

I did a little sewing and beading.

Making a good use of craft punchers to create the small flowers.

Here is the palette from The Color Room.

TCR #65: Blissful

Here is the layout I did for The Color Room's Palette #65.

"Blissful"
Playing with homemade glimmer mist, punch cuts and cutouts.

 I love 3 dimensional Pebeo glitter touch to create the doodle border around the photo.

 I also made the paper butterflies using Cuttlebug Machine and Decorative Dies.

A collage of assorted embellishments

Palette from The Color Room.

TCR #64: My Heart

Whew! Thought I wouldn't be able to make something for The Color Room this week. I've been very busy with a job for a client and so preoccupied with so many things to do at home. I'm just glad I was able to come up with a layout using the 64th Palette.

Back with our pre-nuptial scrapbook.

The background is made of hand stamped images, stickers, inks and glittered glue.

I cut heart shapes using assorted patterned papers to create my photo mat. Then embellished with buttons, flowers and stickers.

More of the stickers and hand stamping.

Palette from The Color Room

TCR #63: My Little Actor

Got loads of work to do for this week! But to start with everything, I decided to make a quick layout about my son using The Color Room's Palettle #63.

The photo is about my son acting as if he was so delighted with the dessert well in fact he is not that much into sweets. The photo was captured using my sister's camera phone. I just printed it out at home.

I created the background using acrylic stamps of circles and squares. All the pieces were hand-cut except for the star strip which is a decorative tape and the title made of alpha stickers.

I like it to be simple and clean. I just inked the edges of some pieces for depth.

The gray tag is a hidden journal.

The photo frame is a corrugated sheet. I made use of cutter and punch to make it.

Palette from The Color Room.

TCR #62: Moments

Hi Everyone! Another week of scrapping. The Color Room is now on its 62nd Palette for this week. It's very orange!

Here is the layout I did using the said palette. Back to our pre-nuptial scrapbook. It's a series of photos captured at the same point along Manila Bay.

I painted the base with white acrylic paint following the patterns of the paper to create the background. I mounted the photos on chipboards and painted the edges with white acrylic paint for depth.

I did a little beading for the ribbon.

The title is a foam cut using Tim Holtz cutting die. I got this as a freebie from the craft shop I visited last month. I dressed it with glitters and sealed it with craft varnish to prevent the glitters from falling off the foam.

Palette from The Color Room.

TCR #61: Oh Boy @ 2

The Color Room is now on its 61st Palette. I really enjoyed working on this one. I just love the colors. It's a page about our son at the age of 2.

I made the background with strips of assorted patterned papers, Zig markers, Letraset Aquamarker and Love Elsie acrylic stamps.

The flowers are made from Carla Craft punchers, Crayola glittered glue and Sakura Souffle pen. The title was cut from Slice machine using DC Big Kidz.

The buttons and chipboard elements are from All About Scrapbooking which is locally available here in our country.

I added faux stitches to frame the photos and journal strip with Sakura Aqualip pen.

Palette from The Color Room.