This is my Gypsy Caravan Ponderosa!

Thought id show you something frommy other hobby of miniatures....My Gypsy Caravan, Ponderosa....and my Gypsy girl, Aleesha......
My Firend Elayne sent me the Gypsy caravan, and i have plans to refurbish it, inside and out....at the moment the inside isn`t done at all...


Gypsy Aleesha...i bought her of ebay.....i then made some underwear for her...and still to do more....heres she is idoing a photo shoot,she demanded more money for the topless ones


I Hope youve enjoyed the photo shoot, hahaha.....xx

Your caravan I a beauty, lovely gift from your friend, are you going to do the decorative painting on it? Aleesha, isn't a shy girl, she must have done topless photos before

Good work on the underwear, I loved dressing my ladies, sewing for miniatures is so relaxing. Keep us updated with the progress.
Hugs Doris

Im going topaint inside and add bed, seatting, etc....and outside im going to paint it, then either add the gold coloured stickers or paint it....not sure which yet....i ill show as i go along ....

Love it Vicky. Can't wait to see the progress

That is so unique I've never seen one, I started a dolls house a few years ago, it was only from a kit but I spent hours building and decorating it and loved what I'd achieved, then we moved house and the removal men damaged the roof when packing it, I have nearly repaired it and carefully covered the damage with tile paper, you are inspiring me to carry on! Maybe after the peterborough show when I have more time?!

yes carry on with your house Cassieh....i have my cottage and a big house too..... we also have shelbys dolls house here too....she loves hers...

O that caravan looks wonderful, Vicky !
Guess you will need a horse too ?
I'm sure you will get the dolly dressed lovely.
Quite a challenge, isn't it, Vicky ?

Yes Iekie, i keep looking at the Vardo and thinking....shalll i start? i dont want to spoil it, but i do want to change it and make it my own if you know what i mean.... I have some ideas for the inside.....i will post some photos when ive done some work on the Gypsy caravan/Vardo... xx

Oh You are very lucky,very beautiful and please show us some pics when you work the inside of it.

Why don't you make a drawing of the inside ? See what's possible and how much space things takes ?
You will have to draw it on scale tho....

Yes, i know what you mean by 'making it mine' . That's almost my slogan with all that i do, live, drive, whatever...

Thankyou for the idea of making a plan Iekie, i didnt think of that but i think it would help.... THANKYOU....

Thankyou Christina.....

hope this link works,
http://pinterest.com/debster456/gypsy-vardo-boho/

lots of lovely ideas here.

This may help you Vicky, lots of lovely ideas !!!!

I was thinking gold peel offs, used in card making would be excellent for paint decorations, you could leave them gold or use the special pens to colour them . They would give the fine detailed look. Also for inside decor you can get the fine ribbon which has the embroidered look, that would be good for trimming furnishings...You have got me interested again in my miniature work, I still have the bathroom floor to finish in my house plus one floor in the basement, which is either the cooks parlour or bedroom, I could never make my mind up..

This sound so lovely....
I don't want to get involved in miniatures, but at this moment it's so hard to resist.
My days are to short already, doing miniatures would mean i don't even have any time left to sleep....

Come and join the club iekie, I don't sleep a lot, but this last week I have been trying so hard...

I slept like a baby, the last four nights.
Really don't know what's happening, but it feels so good !!
Hope your nights will be better soon, Doris, perhaps you have to much going on in your mind ???

Thankyou Doris, ive got a few of the gypsy caravans in a file, 2 of them being in the ones youve shown, and i thought of using the gold stick on stickers from card making, has i dont think i have a steady hand to paint all little flowers etc onto the caravan. Heres some i found previous and saved, which gave me idea to use gold stickers...



I wanted something nice for the inside, and the link youve given Doris shows some really nice ones which i hadnt seen before, also some of the gypsy clothes, cushions etc....so i will be taking another look for ideas....not sure if i could get the same result as same is limited but im going to try...will keep you updated...

Doing a floor in your dolls house will be destressing for you.....if you like me...i loved doing my cottage floor xx

So lovely !!!

I loved doing the kitchen floor in my house, I bought a stick on vinyl floor tile in a stone effect, which I scored into random flag stones and filled the gaps with a grouting mix, wiped it off and it looks so good , I bought the floorboards on a roll which I stained for some of the rooms and my gentlemens study roombox, I just haven't decided if I want floor tiles or floorboards in the bathroom, I must do it, will make an effort and finish the room in the basement.