me-barbie Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Just stumbled on this site, but am delighted, since I have The Orchid waiting to be buit this winter (winter in manitoba tends to be very long and very cold). I am not new to the world of minis, but have never built out of wood before! My previous meduim of choice tended to be kleenx boxes. And after 40 yrz of immunity, I have succeeded in infecting my sister with the mini-bug.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgansmith Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Welcome, Barbara! It will be great fun to have you and your sister here. The more the merrier and we're a pretty happy group I hope you love it here like I do because this has been a wonderful addition to my life. Enjoy! Morgan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Welcome to the little family, Barbara. The Orchid went pretty fast for me, but I made my first one into a General Store and made all the furniture, bath fixtures, stock, fixtures and shopkeeper & family, finishing it off with a wee shrine to Ganesh. I still don't think it took as long as one of your winters, though! You can't just click on my name and see only my entries any longer; I guess that function vanished in one of the last "updates", but I go into sometimes excruciating detail here in the team Orchid blog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalesq Posted September 23, 2013 Share Posted September 23, 2013 Welcome to the forum! (When I was a kid I made houses out of shoe boxes and Kleenex boxes too ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Welcome to the fun,Barbara! I have an Orchid kit waiting in line to do some day,so I can't wait to see yours! There are tons of examples on the forum here and all over the internet that are so much fun to look at to get ideas! So,have you talked your sis into getting a dollhouse kit yet? The more,the merrier! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-barbie Posted September 24, 2013 Author Share Posted September 24, 2013 Yes, she has the orchid as well. And she is cursing me cause she saw the haunted dollhouse (she does love halloween). That is actually how I hooked her in...showed her a ghost mini doll last year. Up until then, she had no interest! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Oh,what fun! I wish that I could get my sister to join me!I don't have a specific link,but you probably already know you'll find several Halloween and haunted houses on the net done with Orchids,as well as lots of other house kits. I'm doing a Dura-Craft Ashley (Not haunted) and have even run across some fun haunted/Halloween houses done with this humble little kit. It's a fun genre (right word?) for our hobby,I think! Can't wait to see y'all in action! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selkie Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Back when Twinkle was much younger she made a Halloween house out of one of those puzzle houses. There are several pics there in the Grandkids folder. She has changed it quite a lot now. Each year she fixes it up a little different as she has gotten better at miniature building. Unfortunately I don't have any current pics. When we get it out this year, I'll try to remember to snap a couple new ones. She has added lights and glow in the dark paint and some other do-dads. We put it outside on the porch last year all lit up for the little kids to see when they came trick or treating. They were all fascinated with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted September 24, 2013 Share Posted September 24, 2013 Selkie,Tell Twinkle I love the Halloween puzzle house! What fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riesz Posted September 25, 2013 Share Posted September 25, 2013 Welcome! Making miniatures and dollhouses sounds like the perfect way to make it through a long, cold winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-barbie Posted September 26, 2013 Author Share Posted September 26, 2013 Yeah, last year winter hit November 11th with three feet of snow (thank the gods I had already hung my Xmas lights on my real house), and did not end until May (when we got another three feet of snow). Snow tires anyone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Barbara, you mean you don't join your compatriots and come to our part of the world to winter? Our local Jazz Society membership doubles beginning in November as all our snowbirds begin to arrive. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacey6163 Posted September 26, 2013 Share Posted September 26, 2013 Welcome ! This is an awesome site with lots of friendly people & tons of great ideas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-barbie Posted September 28, 2013 Author Share Posted September 28, 2013 Holly, I don't do humidity and heat very well, lol. Plus, I have this disease, called W.O.R.K. Symptoms include J.O.B... The summers in grad school in PA darn near killed me. I fled back to the dry prairie as soon as I could! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 We don't have heat during our "winter" months; although considering you're in Manitoba, I guess 50s is still relatively warm! We spent four and a half years in southern OH and its "lake effect" snowstorms every winter, and after the bad snowstorm we endured in December, 1978, I promised God that if He'd move us home to Florida I'd never complain about the heat! The following year found us living in Jacksonville, FL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-barbie Posted September 28, 2013 Author Share Posted September 28, 2013 ...trying to convert F to C....No, 50 is in the mid teens, right? That is light jacket weather. Many many years ago, I was briefly engaged. We were driving to work on a cold morning, and listening to the radio out of Brandon MB (I was in North Dakota at the time). The temperature was announced as -40, -45 with the wind chill. My then partner looked at me and asked what that was in F. I looked back at him and said "-40......" The climate of PA is quite similar to Southern Ontario. Where were you? My da is from Six Nations, near Brantford. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathieB Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 50 F = 10 C A quick trick for conversion is when going from C to F, double it and add 30. So (10 C x 2) +30 = 20 +30 = 50 F From F to C, go the other way. Subtract 30, then divide by 2. So 50F - 30 = 20/2 = 10 C It's an approximation but close enough to let you know whether you need to wear shorts or a down parka. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Barbara, I am in Seminole, Alabama, which is 20 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and less than a mile from the Florida State Line (except by road it's closer to 3 miles...). We joke that we live in extremely suburban Pensacola. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riesz Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Barbara, I am in Seminole, Alabama, which is 20 miles from the Gulf of Mexico and less than a mile from the Florida State Line (except by road it's closer to 3 miles...). We joke that we live in extremely suburban Pensacola. I was born and raised in Pensacola, FL to a Canadian father and Alabamian mother. What a small world! My mother and her side are still mostly in Pensacola, though a few have moved to Mobile, AL. I have a dual citizenship and moved up to Canada to finish my university studies and now I'm engaged to a Canadian man so I suppose I'll be up here for a while. I still visit my mom in Pensacola several times a year though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat57 Posted September 28, 2013 Share Posted September 28, 2013 Melissa, Where Holly is on the extreme East border of Alabama,I live on the far West border,the last town on Highway 90 into Mississippi,in Mobile county. I was raised by 2 Alabamians,but most of my childhood was out West. Are you planning your wedding soon?( I'm just nosey!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
me-barbie Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 Perhaps a mini wedding scene? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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