I have always wanted an obsessionally all working, all singing all dancing minature house...now I have two I am working on, one waiting in the wings and Lorraine and Julie have all the bits to start one too. This was meant to be my hobby after I retired..but heck..who wants to retire anyway! Prices for various items cost from a few pence to hundreds of pounds. Now no-one needs to be stuck for my birthday present ever again!

The Blue House was started after last Xmas when my husband suprised me with the first house, I rapidly added a second identical one, converted inside to have three nice big rooms. There is everything from a jar of tadpoles in the young boys attic bedroom to a trophy cupboard for the Bedlingtons "pots".

I commisioned an artisan who specialises in animals and people to make me some one twelfth scale Bedlingtons, the first two arrived just before Christmas
The one at the front is quite clearly Ch Honeymist Art Tatum.  Eventually I will add a kennel block full of them, but at £50 each I will need to do it gradulally!

The two parrots, African Greys (in front of piano), represent my two parrots Jazz and Beakie, and the music room reflects my husband John and my life long interest in all forms of music. John played French Horn in the National Youth Orchestra as a boy, my Dad played saxaphone and clarinet in a "big band",

We ran the University Jazz Club for a number of years, John played in a modern jazz group "Head" after we moved to Scottland and we both love classical music too. Most of my dogs KC names are Jazz musicians or jazz song titles.

                 

This nursemaid doll is exquisite, from an artisan called Heidi Otte, the house soon to be started is shown above, watch for pictures of progress, and we do three dimensional 
jigsaws too. Some of you may recognise "New York"..this was a BIG challenge to do!