havanaholly Posted May 13, 2015 Share Posted May 13, 2015 After our most recent move I waited nearly three years for a workshop, looking for contractor. Our "guestroom" is my needlecraft & doll room, but nowhere to work on building. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mininecessities Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 Holly just use your whole house! I am thinking about it. Maybe I will just eat, sleep, and play with minis lol. If I only had a cook and housekeeper now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debra from Olde Cape Cod Posted May 16, 2015 Share Posted May 16, 2015 I knew a lady a while back whose husband would give her a years worth of housekeeping for Christmas. She said it was the best gift she ever received and he renews it every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriJohn Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I have told a few people my new hobby but they always seem disinterested. My immediate family, my kids for sure, are exicted. My mother-in-law has always like mini things and she's excited. I'd love to make a smaller house for her for Christmas. I scrapbooked for years and even though that was a popular hobby, I still got so many people my age who always said, I just don't have time for that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BriJohn Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Jessie, It's great when they try to help isn't it? My SIL wanted to give me a telephone but it was 3 inches tall. I politely explained the 1:12 scale and thanked her for her kindness. It kind of puts you in an awkward position when they are trying to help but don't fully grasp scale. LOL, so true. My son is always doing this to me. He tries to help and sometimes he's spot on and sometimes he's not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mininecessities Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 I always felt intimidated when people would say "I just don't have time for that!" Like I was not spending my time in the fruitful productive life like them. Working extra hours for more money...hey maybe if I did I would have a newer car and so on. Anyone have someone try to put you on a guilt trip that way? Maybe they are jealous lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Cheryl, some of the early posts in this topic deal with the issue of people who don't "get it" making disparaging remarks. I think our consensus is that people who have to run down and belittle a hobby because they themselves don't have a life have issues we don't need to buy into. Ignore them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smjsome Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Cheryl, I have had people make that same comment, I find they are usually the same kind of people who said stuff when my husband was deployed "I could never be away from husband that long, I love him too much". Like me falling apart would be such a great thing, when he is at war, like he needs that on his mind. If my car broke down, I handled it, if my teenager snuck out, I handled it, he didn't need me sitting at home crying about how I missed him too much to live, unable to function, cause that's true love They'll always be THAT type of person. I just felt they aren't people I want around me, they make those comments, I ignore them, unless they keep making them ... Holly is right, ignore them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanaholly Posted May 22, 2015 Share Posted May 22, 2015 Sharon, I was most fortunate not to encounter that sort of comment when DH was in the USMC. I'm not a good fool sufferer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akelly318 Posted June 29, 2015 Share Posted June 29, 2015 Usually people are really impressed and interested when I tell them about my dollhouse and miniatures. I once had a very exciting conversation with a cashier at Michael's who wanted to know everything about my progress in building my dollhouse lol (I was buying some balsa wood)! People in my family usually just ask about how I got started etc. My grandma built a dollhouse once and was really into miniatures so it's not a new thing in my family. My girlfriend doesn't really understand my obsession with miniatures but she said as long as I'm enjoying it, it's a good thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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