Olivier & Co

When there was a Old Bear House with all it's inhabitants, it would be logical if there would come a bear shop. Well: here it is OLIVIER & CO. The teddy bears can buy anything here: from fabrics to spices, from bread to tea.

Front view of Olivier & Co.
This shop was a real challenge for me to make: half scale but filled with detail like as in 1:12th scale.

Bakery Corner. 
All the furniture is called the Olivier Series and is laser cut. There is a great choice of graphics that create an amazing addition to the furniture. There are graphics in Dutch and in English, which you can combine endlessly.

The Grocery and Spice department.

 It took me several months to make the Old Bear House and the Olivier & Co Shop, but, oh gosh, what a joy to do so!

The Inhabitants of the Old Bear House

After a hard day work (helping Papa Bear), it is so nice to get into a warm bath! A drop of water is on the little bears nose and on the back of his head. The same as with the chicken on the other photo: I alsways wondered why not do something else with a teddy bear: why not putting him into a bath????? 

Tiny wet paws are on the floor. Dripping onto the carpet, rubbing the fur on his back dry......oh, never mind...the fire is nice and warm and this will dry in a minute!

Into the corner is little Brenda playing with her coocker and tiny dollhouse. Have you seen the little turtle? He is bringing back the books that have been read. 

Oh, Oh, what have we done.....quick, hide, if I cannot see mama, than she cannot see me.......or does she???? 

 
Are we both hidden for mama? What do you think? 

From the bear kit Buster, I changed it into a girl. Eating her banana, she is helping her mother with bringing all the food to the dining table on the patio. Gosh, what will they all enjoy eating here, later on this evening! 

 

It was real lovely to make this project and when the lamps are shining and the fire is burning, Oh boy, I have to admit I'm a bit proud of it. It has turned up to be a real cosy house and I just keep looking  at it :).

Haberdashery Shop

Hello all you miniatures lovers!

It has been quite a while that I was on FB, but now I'm back again.
First of all I hope you are all in good health and are enjoying the miniatureworld more than ever.

In the last few months I have made a Haberdashery shop.
In Arnhem at the International Doll House Fair, I presented the Haberdashery Shop. This turned out to be such a success: people seems to want to imitate the shop.  
We (Jacomine of Jacominis.com and I) decided to work together (joint venture). Jacomine developing the cabinets and other small furniture and my share of the joint venture is to make the graphics especially for these designs. Our first product together is the serie Florentine (the complete furniture of the Haberdashery shop and much more in this style). The great thing about this theme is that all items in the sewing shop are available at Artofmini.com. Many kits are especially designed and the materials, used in the shop such as the fabrics, we have in stock in our webshop. In the coming posts I will each time highlight a part from the Haberdashery Shop. But for now ...... look and enjoy!