For April, our theme was April Showers. We asked you to send in a picture of a bathroom, an outdoor shower, or even a rain shower.
The Challenge sample came from Debbie Colombo:
With flowers starting to bloom, the days lasting longer and the temperatures getting warmer, this outdoor bathroom scene, from a kit by Robin Betterley, may be just what the doctor ordered.
Here are the beautiful submissions.
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From: Rhonda Williamson
Attached is my submission for the April Showers Challenge. I completed a replica of the Metallurgical Laboratory that I work in. On the left is my version of a Chemical Safety Shower and Eye Wash Station made from various household bits and bobs. Many of the furniture pieces are NAME Day kits from previous years.
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From: Jackie Browder
A oceanic steampunk bath from the Neverwas dollhouse project.
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From: Susan Buffaloe
This is powder room workshop from a House Party in Williamsburg that I took from Brooke Tucker. It must be a rainy day and the kitty is getting into mischief.
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From: Lynn Geelhoed
I think of this as a kid washing off after playing in the lake at the family summer home.
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From: Grace Mlynowski
My outdoor shower is part of the "Necessary" class that I took in 2019 in Nashville at the national houseparty. The class was given by Donna Brewington. Shower is to the right of the door.
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From: Debbie Patrick
This wall-hanging bathroom scene was a NC State Day project held in Greensboro, NC. A bubble bath, a glass of wine and a Janet Evanovich novel is a great way to spend a few hours!
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From: Diane Fisher
The trailer scene has an outdoor shower. It is a Betterley kit from a few years ago.
The other scene, showing two bathrooms, is from a bordello created years ago.
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From: Mary Johnson
I love BJ minis "Miss Trelawney" House but unfortunately Miss Trelawney's house is so tiny she has an itty-bitty little bathroom. Not too fancy, but "whatever works"!
I'm hoping find "less bulky" fixtures to re install in this darling little house.
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From: Sharon Johnson
My 1/2 scale cellar shabby shower
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From: Elizabeth Lubera
April showers mean…fun in the attic!
The theme of this month’s challenge inspired me to go back in time, both in terms of the project (one that I had created long ago for my Wee Bee’s miniature group) and its inspiration (memories from childhood of fun times spent with my cousins in their attic).
The memories that inspired this scene (and my decision to submit it for the challenge) relate to the summers I spent at the home of my aunt and uncle during the early 1940s on Long Island, New York. They had a big Victorian home on Ocean Avenue in Amityville, right near the Atlantic Ocean. I – like many kids at the time – often spent summers with relatives who lived outside of the city.
I will never forget the great fun I had with my cousins playing outside and swimming in the ocean…except when it rained! On those days, my aunt allowed us (a rare opportunity) to go up to the attic, where we could run around and explore the items stored there. These were very similar to the ones shown in my own attic scene, including old trunks and other memorabilia and toys. My attic scene – made as part of a Wee Bees project – utlized the inside of an old book cover for the structure and various items that I had collected (ie: the trunk) and made (ie: the tea set, dolls, and quilt).
One interesting note: not far from where I stayed was the house that was later known – after 1979 – as the “Amityville Horror” house! Of course, it was a perfectly normal house at the time.
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From: Kathy Novak
This is the bathroom of a man's fishing cabin, kind of neglected because his focus when he goes there is fishing, certainly not cleaning or fixing! Hence the shower and sink are grungy, the floor is worn, and the broom is for looks only!
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From: Gwen Cargill
Watch out for the “visitor” before you step in. 🥴
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From: Kathy Koons
Years ago, Ron Mummert of Ron's Miniature Shop in Orlando gave each of the members of Miniature World of Central Florida a three-piece porcelain bathroom set and challenged us to do something with it.
I repainted the flowers on the pieces red and created this bath in a picture frame. The back is shiny, textured scrapbooking paper that I also used to make the red tile squares on the floor. I added a mirror on a wooden heart and made a shelf and bottles. The decorations on the walls are stickers. This has hung in my red and white bathroom ever since.
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From: Rose Breen
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From: Lois Lindeman
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From: Marty Anderson
Attached is a picture of the master bathroom in my 1/4" town house. I made the 3 story building with inside walls but no outside walls to give a different perspective on the house. The double sink is shown sideways with a mirror in back of it. There are various hair styling implements beside the sink. Tub/shower and commode are also shown.
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From: Pamela Smith
All the fixtures in my 1/4" scale Southwestern Bathroom came from a N.A.M.E. garage sale. The wallpaper is reduced from a full-size pattern. I made the tiles with Fimo.
Here are a couple of photos of the 1" scale bathroom on the wall of my bathroom. Notice the 1/144 scale (1/12 of 1/12) pink bathroom on the wall of the bathroom on the wall of my bathroom, which is the closeup.
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From Sally Lonn:
A long while back over at Quarter Connection there was a contest. Use any container of your choice. The insides must be made following the rules and found objects (in most cases). I had such fun. Notice my flower shower in a tub on the left. I never counted all the strawberries, but there are quite a few!!!
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From Trish Froehlich:
My dollhouse’s bathroom and one of my first little vignettes ‘Bath on the Beach’.
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From Ruth Goodger:
The tin scene from 2010. Suzanne’s work shop with a rabbit made by ?
The farm scene is from houseparty in WI. A few years back. Last houseparty I traveled too.
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From Paula Francis: My first time ever constructing a walk in shower stall. A peaceful retreat from the daily hustle and bustle.
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From Vicki Scidmore: This is my outdoor shower at Camp Makamini. Just right for a quick rinse after a swim in the lake, but cold, brr!
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From Carol Shea: This was a kit from Debbie Young. I made the shower curtain and the rugs by printing a design of flamingos on cloth. Used a thick wire for the curtain rod. added a pair of flip flops for after the bath/shower.
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From Suzie Aguilar: My very first miniature was this bathroom shadowbox. This is the renovated version to match a different bathroom.
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From Bob Oram: Bob’s garden get away
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