To Season Or Not To Season… That Is The Question!

Season. It encompasses heavenly aromas of herbs and spices coming from the kitchen, snow or balmy weather and also experience or age but when it comes to dollhouses, the spices in our mortar and pestles are fake, inclement weather is never an issue and aging is only an issue when our mini newspapers become brittle. The season I’m referring to is the holiday season. Do you decorate your dollhouse in keeping with national holiday seasons and time of year? If not, you may be missing out on a change of pace that offers many opportunities!

Many of us are far too busy with our daily lives to find the time to decorate our dollhouses. In order to make room for a Christmas tree, you may need to temporarily remove a piece of furniture or two. Once you do that, the dollhouse may need to be cleaned before you can decorate and we all know cleaning the dollhouse with tiny paintbrushes and cotton swabs takes far more time than swinging a cordless vacuum into the corners of our real houses. So why bother? Is it worth the effort?

Yes!

That adorable Easter egg scene, Thanksgiving prep table and Hanukkah menorah can really lift your spirits! Many of us recreate holiday scenes from our childhood to honor the past or decorate for our favorite time of year, making our collections more personal and fun. In some cases the dollhouse or roombox is part of the decoration. A mini Santa’s workshop on the mantle in the living room always draws lots of happy comments from visitors and a mini bakery scene featuring bunnies and carrots creates quite a show in our dining rooms.

I got out of the habit of decorating Crown Jewel Manor for the holidays until it dawned on me that I could have holiday scenes in various rooms all year long! 365 days a year it is always Christmas in the Ballroom, Easter in the Breakfast Room and Thanksgiving in the Dining Room. I clean and refresh things every few months and add or change the decorations and foods once or twice a year but these rooms never cease to bring a smile to my face, year round!

This is my first year decorating Bob’s House for the holidays and seasons and it’s been wonderful to change things up a bit. To make room for the Christmas tree, I had to remove a table and move the old radio but the happy surprise was that just a few small changes made the room feel even more special! Opportunity arose when I realized that maybe I won’t put the furniture back in quite the same layout, thus creating space for other unused minis.

I made the Christmas tree and ornaments from scratch.

Yes, it takes time and effort to change with the seasons but it’s a fine way to keep your collection from looking stale to your eyes. Break out those mini decorations! As always with miniatures, the sky is the limit when it comes to having everything you want. Cram as many pretty presents as you want under your mini tree! Make a slew of pricey French champagne bottles for your mini New Year’s Eve bash! Serve a stack of bunny cupcakes you would never eat on your diet! The land of Lilliput is enables us all to have our cake and eat it too… figuratively speaking.

Happy Holidays, mini friends!

Boxes of ornaments and a OOAK Christmas cake make a cheerful Christmas tree decorating scene in the living room of Bob’s House.

Next up… Wait ‘Til You See My Idea For Transforming A Placecard Holder Into A Miniature Bush!

♥ Robin

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Crown Jewel Miniatures by IGMA Artisan Robin Brady-Boxwell. Fine 1:12 scale dollhouse miniatures in ultimate realism! My blog is a compendium of new art, announcements, and advice on creating miniature food for the dollhouse and 1:12th scale shops, stores and scenes.
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