Completed CYLC 2025 Projects

Here are the participants in the Create Year Long Challenge (CYLC2025) who have COMPLETED their project.

Participants are in alphabetical order by last name. 

Progress for participants who are still working on their projects can be found here:
Last names starting with A-C
Last names starting with D-K
Last names starting with L-P
Last names starting with Q-Z
 


 From Barb Antol:

First up is the New York Style Building kit from Cornel’s Creations. I’m doing this one as a tribute to our rescue kitty, Bella Donna, who came from Brooklyn. I’ve wondered what her life would have been like if she hadn’t been sent to the shelter, but had lived her whole life happily in Brooklyn. This brick style building is where I imagine she shared a loving  home with her original person.

The second is The Hermitage kit from Petworth Miniatures. This is a quirky little building which I plan to do in Steampunk style. I’m going to use all the kits I had gathered for the Neverwas project. (For me, it sadly never was 😔). It will be home to the little Steampunk couple that I bought from Sally Reader. 

The plastic bins underneath each kit have all the accessory and furniture kits I have to build for each project, so I will be busy 🥰 Both are 1:48 scale.

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I completed part 1 of my CYLC 2025 plan. I used Cornel Gheorgheasa’s 1:48 scale NY City apartment building kit to construct “Bella’s House”. Bella is a black cat who lives here with her person -- a female architect whose family has owned this Brooklyn building for multiple generations. The brick building is furnished with a mix of new pieces and family heirlooms, all built from kits in my stash. The top floor is her person’s home office decorated with Brooklyn Dodgers memorabilia and there’s even a rooftop patio garden. I had so much fun working on this project. The building style is unique and different from any other projects plus it’s a special tribute to our rescue kitty Bella Donna who came from Brooklyn.

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June Update:

Part 2 of my CYLC2025 is the Hermitage Kit from Petworth Miniatures. This is a unique quarter scale kit which I’ve wanted to do for awhile. It will be home to this little Steampunk couple I got from Sally Reader. I’ve completed the structure and landscaping, but still have to complete the furnishings. I’m planning to use some of the kits purchased for the Neverwas project, which for me “never was”.

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September Update:

This is my September update on the Hermitage. For September, I completed Part 2 of my year long challenge plans. This is “The Hermitage”, a quarter scale kit from Petworth Miniatures. I decided to decorate it in steampunk decor. It was a good place to use all the kits I had gathered for the Neverwas, which unfortunately never worked out for me. It is now home to the Captain & Missus, a wonderful pair of steampunk dolls I got from Sally Reader. The Captain and Missus are enjoying a night of celestial viewing through their telescope atop the tower.

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Final Update:

I completed parts 1 & 2 of my planned year long challenge work for 2025. I know it’s early. I really thought these would both take longer to complete, but they were both so much fun and once I started working on them, I couldn’t stop 😂. Both projects are quarter scale. Part 1 is Bella’s House, a tribute to our rescue kitty Bella Donna who comes from Brooklyn, NY. I used the NY style apartment building kit from Cornel’s Creations (UK). Part 2 is The Hermitage, a kit from Petworth Creations (Canada). I decorated it in steam punk style and it is now home to The Captain & Missus, a beautiful pair of steampunk dolls I got from Sally Reader (UK). Once again, I’ve enjoyed the Create Challenge. I plan to use the remainder of the year to work on a bunch of smaller UFO’s.

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 From Cassidy Beeman:

I’m planning on making the Potter half scale kit from Amy of littlevintagelane. I’m going to complete the inside and outside, making it a home decor shop.

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March Update:

Progress continues on the half scale potter house. I hand painted the floor in a harlequin pattern and made the large bookcase for the shop. Also got a great battery operated light fixture from TheModernDollhouse Etsy shop.

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June Update:

Work continues on the half scale potter house. I started bringing in accessories and made a large display table. Really liking the colors and am looking forward to filling it with furniture pieces and decor items.

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September Update:

Made some small furniture pieces for the half scale potter house. A card catalog, chair, small table, and bench help fill out the space. Added some accessories to the area too including a tiny primitive dollhouse. Will be wrapping everything up soon!

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The half scale potter house is complete. I added a few more items including some delft tiles. I was inspired by a trip we took this summer to Amsterdam and I thought having a few of these tiles would be perfect for the shop. The outside is all decorated for fall so I need to get some cute evergreen garland and maybe some red bows to decorate for the holidays.

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 From Cindy Bottasso:

I’m joining the group of people making Debbie Young’s Sweet Rose Cottage. I plan to make all the furniture myself as I’m learning about my laser cutter. Also I want to finish my Halloween house by the Stewart’s.

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March Update:

I have a lot to do. The Sweet Rose is gradually awakening.

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June Update:

Working on a reading nook with a stained-glass window.

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September Update:

I completed the interior of the rose cottage. I'm not sure how it became filled with cats. Now, I need to finish the landscaping.

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Final Update:

Yeah!! It's finished after a year of changing and fussing. I'm a beekeeper, so that's me in the front. Audrey’s garden, named after the plant from Little Shop of Horrors (and incidentally my daughter's name — haha), has trumpet flowers that I have failed to make bloom in my own garden for three years. The interior is a nod to cats, which I'm very allergic to. It was fun to place them everywhere because they own everything in a house. I also improved at making handmade pottery and displayed them all over the house, even in the bathroom sink and kitchen mixer. My favorite creation is the booknook — a special reading spot under the stairs. I installed books from floor to ceiling on all three walls and added large comfy pillows to lounge on. What a fun house!

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From Jackie Browder:

My YLC 2025 is to complete Debbie Young's Sweet Rose Cottage kit. The whole thing: house, landscaping, furnishings, and display case (if needed). I am trying to not get 95% done, and move on to another project! The furnishings will be a little difficult, since I did not buy the furniture kits, and I will be furnishing the house by using my swap stash, and by making my own furnishings. 

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March Update:

I am not finished with my Rose Cottage, but it is moving along. Some real life household projects have distracted me. My Rose Cottage takes a little longer to make, since all the furniture (such as the kitchen parts shown in the photo) is DIY and not made from the Debbie Young kits. I have sofa and bed fabric on order, and several clear case options are in my craft room.

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Final (May) Update:

My YLP is finished! Rose Cottage was a wonderful kit which I finished with my own furniture and accessories.

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 From Brenda Colby:

A favorite travel destination of mine is Quebec City, and one of my favorite restaurants there is Le Lapin Sauté. I started construction many years ago on Suzanne and Andrew’s Miniatures quarter scale (1:48) project representing buildings in Quebec City. Technology has moved on since beginning this project, so I have partially disassembled it and will begin anew by replacing the 12V lighting system with a 3V one. My goal is to finish the exteriors of these three structures, plus a fourth, and to complete the surrounding landscaping in 2025. Any completed interiors will be a bonus.

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March Update:

All structure exteriors are complete. I will now focus on facades and landscaping.

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June Update:

Let there be light!  The new lights are installed in my quarter scale project, and the building exteriors and sidewalks are mostly finished.  Now comes the fun part of accessorizing the exteriors and completing the vibrant street scene.  See you in September!

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September Update:

Le Lapin Sauté is a jewel of farm to table restaurants. This miniature exterior emphasizes its use of fresh, seasonal ingredients in its dishes - as the exterior does in real life. My goal is to complete the street scene by the December update. 

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Final Update:

I have completed my quarter scale rendition of a vibrant street scene in Old Quebéc City. This scene is reminiscent of a number of quaint shops and restaurants in the historic city, including the following: Le Lapin Sauté (bkgrd), a farm to table restaurant in Lower Town, and Aux Anciens Canadiens (rt), a historic restaurant housed in Maison Jacquet, one of the Upper Town's oldest buildings. I have taken artistic license and placed both restaurants, Le Lapin and Aux Canadiens in the same Lower Town location. While rich in history, the scene is also rich with memories, including one of my then young son having a moment of fun chasing pigeons standing on the sidewalk.

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 From Bonnie Helterhoff:

This is small building I started long ago. I have decided to use the Autumn Pantry I found on Pinterest as my inspiration. My building is a different shape but I think having the porch area will lend itself well to this concept. I suspect I will be repainting as the red just isn’t right. 

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March Update:

This quarter I repainted the shop building and antiqued it. Stained shingles and shingled the roofs for the porch. Need to stain more shingles to be able to finish the main roof. Found new paper for the inside and built a shelving unit. Have a good start on a checkout and bakery case. Cut some beams. Haven't attached the inside paper or beams as I am debating on adding lights.

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June/Final Update:

WOW!  What a month!  I made the decision to change the building for my Autumn Market... My original inspiration was found on pinterest and was a crowded country store look and the building I began with was just too big to create the right look.  I had played a major part in creating this building for my clubs Fun day project and decided it would work much better.  And once I got into working on it I couldn't stop!  So after a few very intensive weeks- it's done!!!  Ta da!!!  The only things that I remember going out to buy is the lettering on the sign.  The jelly jars were a class I taught recently.  I sell the candle jars so had a lot.  Made the many many sunflowers!!  I use coffee filters painted and punched; cut the leaves by hand as I didn't have the right punch and used rough sandpaper for the middle of the flower.  
This one was really fun and now I still have half a year to tackle something else!!  

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September Update:

I finished my first project for the second update so started another- Storybook Cottage from Greenleaf that will be done in lavender/purples as a remembrance of my mom whose name was Violet and loved to wear purple.  The lady who posts as Miniature Madness had done a storybook cottage that I really loved.... mine will not have the additions hers did and my garden will be much more simple but I am using the floor plan she did.  I got the cottage together; sided some and used Creative paperclay to make some stone walls. Have the roof shingled and the interior wallpapered and floors done.  And got kitchen cabinets made from illustration board ( still need burners and a faucet...)  Having fun with this one! 

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From Eileen Herrstrom:

I will build and furnish a conservatory as an adjunct to the 1” scale dollhouse I completed in 2024. This will be a replacement for the greenhouse attached to my dollhouse that I lost to a fire in 2023 (left). I rescued most of the accessories and will reuse them in the new building (right).

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March Update:

I have assembled the basic structure of the conservatory and given all pieces the first coat of paint.

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June Update:

I’ve not made as much progress as I had hoped, but neither have I ceased completely. The roof needs only to have the acrylic shell glued to the wooden support structure. The walls and window frames are ready for the second coat of paint.

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September Update:

I have finished building the greenhouse! This includes exterior siding that matches the main house and interior wall tiles and flooring.

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Final Update:

I have completed the furnishing of the greenhouse. It contains a lighted potting bench and a bistro set. The lower shelves hold bonsai, and and the top shelf is filled with flats of seedlings. The bottom middle picture shows the greenhouse next to the main house. Thank you for your work on the web site!

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From Lesia Lennex:

My goal is to finish Nick's Cottage in 2025. I think it can be done! I made the shell in 2016 at Gals, Gangsters, and Gatsby. I then spent another 6 months on finishing the shell and making furniture. It's good to take our time and finish things the right way! I'm making progress on Nick's Cottage, the back half. I've completed the first floor, prepped the landscaping, porch, chimneys, windows, and some of the upstairs wallpapering. I've also completed the first level exterior shingling/ painting. and the openings are cut for the downstairs lights. I don't know if I'll keep the carpets in it but they're in the right time frame if I do. 

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March Update:

I've attached my progress photo on Nick's Cottage, back half. It's moving right along! 

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June Update:

Still a work-in-progress but it's coming along! Attached are my update photos for the back half of Nick's Cottage from Great Gatsby. It's roughed in to show how it'll look. 

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Final Update:

I'm finished!!! Nick's Cottage is done and in a display case. Whew! It's been nine long years but it's finally come together. I've attached front and back photos. The detail is just incredible. I think this is the most involved build I've ever attempted. Somewhere among the finicky stained floor boards and woodwork, the exacting exterior shingles, and the challenging roof line, I learned how to leave paint alone and let glue dry. I took apart many pieces and re-glued as well as repainted. It was worth it. I am thrilled with how beautiful both halves of the house look. The house, the interior, the furnishings and foods, the landscaping, just perfect. The fireplace in the back half -- my CYLC -- is stunning. The kitchen/dining area in the front half is amazing. I am so very happy with Nick's Cottage. I've been inspired to mini and share through CYLC. I hope others are too!

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 From Carla McIntyre:

After completing my 2024 challenge (with a lot of family challenges thrown in), I am ready to start 2025. I’m way behind with the Betterley’s 2024 Calendar Club - 7 boxes left to do. This was the first year I didn’t get them done monthly. I want to do the Letters to Santa project (yes, from the Betterley’s) that I preordered before it was available on the website. I have no recollection what year that was! And also from the Betterley’s I have the “Peppermint Twist” market stall and the “A Little Harey” peddler’s cart that have been sitting on the shelf partially finished and waiting for me to unearth them from my pile of UFOs. There are plenty more UFOs but these 4 projects will be my focus this year. And I promise not to buy any more kits unless the Betterley’s or Debbie Young or Ruth Stewart or anyone else comes out with something I absolutely can NOT live without!

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March Update:

I made a lot of progress this quarter! Still have to wrap most of the “packages” for the RMB 2024 Calendar Club. All the boxes are built and furnished. Thanks to a friend’s ingenuity, I also be adding lights to each box.
Been able to do a little on the Peppermint Twist this quarter, too. I think the painting is all done, but that may not be quite true. Looking forward to playing with snow on this one!

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June Update:

Really excited with the progress I’ve made this quarter! I got the 2024 RB Calendar Club project finished. Took a while to figure out how I wanted to place the boxes and get them lighted (this idea was blatantly copied from a friend!). I was also able to complete the “Dancing Hare and Peppermint Twist” kits also from RB.
Along with these projects I also designed a Fun Day kit for our club and have started working on the 2025 Calendar Club kit from Robin Betterley. Now it’s time to start on the “Letters to Santa” kit also from RB!

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September Update:

I’ve been busy with lots of different projects but have had time to get a good start on my fourth project for the challenge. “Letters to Santa” is coming along. Making the toys is a lot of fun and I’ve found a bunch of vintage toys (in my stash!) to add to Santa’s desk. Excited to get this done for the holiday season!

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Final Update:

I did it! I finished my 4 chosen projects from the “need to finish” stash this year! Plus I designed a Fun Day project for our club and our local sister club. I’ve also been working on the Betterley’s Calendar Club but, let’s not talk about my progress (or lack there of!). Now to decide which of the many remaining unfinished/unstarted (is that a word?) projects will be my 2026 challenge.

Here’s the final project “Letters to Santa”.

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From Samantha Murray:

This year I am doing something for myself. I am going to try my best to finish this room box that I began in a workshop with Ray Whitledge. I haven’t touched this for about 12-14 years. It looks like I have collected most everything for it and mostly just need to finish the needlepoint rug and assemble it all together. I just got a new magnifying glass light so I am ready to tackle those tiny stitches!

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March Update:

Made some progress on the rug for my room box. The stitches are so dang tiny!

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June Update:

A little more than 3/4 of the design is stitched. Will go very quickly once I get to just background and border.

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September Update:

I finished my rug and all the wiring is now installed. Just adding all the bits that make it realistic before I finish the outside of the roombox. I still need to fix the round side table’s broken leg.

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 From Angela Neely:

This year I want to complete Stonehaven by Robin Betterley.

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March Update:

This project has been a joy! I’m working on other projects along the way so I can savor every moment. I’ve completed the table, the interior walls and most of the exterior of the house. I haven’t decided whether I will use the shutters because I love all the stonework and hate to cover it up. Next is shingles and finishing the roof top. I added a little white paint to the fire in the left side but not the right. I really like the way it draws your eye in so I’ll go back and do the right side fire too.
I’m taking my time with the furniture. The pieces have all come together perfectly as usual with Robin’s kits. I’ll continue obsessing over the furniture through the next quarter 😄

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June Update:

This project has been going along quickly! It will be completed soon so I have been working on Ravenwood to have something to show for the 3rd and 4th quarters. The shingles and exterior are done and the furniture is moving in. I need to hang the curtains on the front windows as well. Great kit!

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Final Update:

Stonehaven is complete! It was a joy to put together and even more fun to furnish. I have nearly completed both Olde Crow Apothecary and Ravenwood also by Robin Betterley and will submit them for 4th quarter. I’ve ordered the Christmas house too! 😄

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 From Anita Pickens:

I received this Sam's Club dollhouse from my sister as a Christmas present. This will become my Christmas house. I would love to be entered in this challenge. I will not be using most of the furniture included as it is wood and not the style I'm going for.

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March Update:

I still have a lot to do on the front. I included just a corner of my kitchen. I can't decide on what to do about lighting.

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June Update:

I feel a little stuck. I have the walls, bulbs/lights for the tree and I'm waiting on a prep table. 😊but I'm enjoying every minute.

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September Update:

Slow and steady. 😄

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 From Jeffrey Ritter:

Well, I did not realize I could re-initiate by completing what I failed to complete last year. So, I'm in to complete my Vermeer Residence in 2025. 80% complete on structure and 70% or more on interior furnishings. Biggest challenge is hand-painting in 1:48 4 or 5 Vermeer painting in process. With the publication of my work as the cover story in the Gazette this month (which project kept me from finishing Vermeer, I still call 2024 a success. 

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March Update:

Probably 80% of the furnishings and decor for the nine rooms are completed, final assembly of the structure will be completed in the next week or so, and the detailed 1:48 reproductions of Vermeer's paintings (and the related props in his paintings) will follow. These pics show the layout of the furnishings. Christine McIntyre-Hammon has been helping me learn painting techniques. Great fun. 

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June Update:

Here is evidence of 2nd quarter progress.Spent May learning sculpture and fresco and gold leaf painting in Florence. Vermeer house now wired and constructed. Starting on studios and roof now.

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September Update:

My Vermeer house project has moved quickly and I may have it done before Philly. So enjoying NAME.

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Final Update:

Well, I am pleased to report the completion of my 2025 annual project. I exhibited the Vermeer house at the Philly Show and was really humbled by the many kind words from people that know their stuff! Definitely worth all of the work.

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From Carin Shapiro:

This year I will focus on renovation of a vintage dollhouse. It is missing a backwall, I will wallpaper the house and furnish with my existing vintage and antique dollhouse and accessories. 

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March Update:

This quarter I repaired broken antique furniture, made structural repairs to my antique house, and made progress regarding wall paper. I am most proud of the hand painted tile kitchen floor. 

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June Update:

This quarter I completed one bedroom, added a brick wall and shelving to the kitchen, and completed the parlor. I also took a lot if time looking for antique dollhouse wallpaper and ultimately found 2 borders to use in the last bedroom and upstairs hallway. I found a local printer who can make me high quality color copies 11x17" for $2 a page and he has helped me out a lot with this project. I have most of the furniture and antique dolls already, so I cannot wait to finish this project so I can put them in their completed house that they have waited approximately years for.

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I got this one done much earlier that my prior projects as I did not electrify this one! I really enjoyed renovating this antique house, making it into my version of an antique dolls' house. I tried to be as authentic as possible. The furniture and dolls are all antique. I used antique handkerchiefs for curtains, antique tatting made by my great-great grandmother for the kitchen curtain and some rugs, and I manged to track down original antique wallpaper borders for for the left bedroom and upstairs hallway. For more photos, visit my Facebook page. 

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 From Helen Sparks:

Looking forward to participating again this year. I have three projects this time. The first is a half scale version of the Ivy Cottage project by Cat Wingler that was in the Miniature Gazette in 2003-04. One of my clubs is doing the project, but we are working at our own pace so some folks have already finished theirs! The second is a simple vignette box project from Small World Miniature Club. There was no theme, although we did get laser cut window, chair and table. We are supposed to display these at our Show at the end of March, so I will be focusing on this one first. My third project is the Old Southern Charm Bed and Breakfast from the last NAME Convention. You can tell from the picture that it will be my biggest challenge!

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March Update:

I’m having a productive year so far but the hardest project is yet to come. I finished the Small World Miniature Club vignette box in time for our Show at the end of this month. The birthday table was a Chrysnbon display piece which had everything on it, even tiny mint cups and party blowers! I also finished the basic structure of the Half Scale Ivy Cottage - I just need to fill the cart with flowers and it will be complete. I “cheated” and ordered some premade flowers, but they are taking quite awhile to come from Thailand! (A friend recommended the site, so I’m not worried.😉)

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June Update:

I finished my Courtyard with a flower cart, so that one is complete.  I have been working diligently on the Bed and Breakfast.  Some colorful language along the way as my fingers are just too big for quarter inch!  I have the porch roof and posts ready to install but thought I should wait until I finished furnishing the rooms to give myself better access.

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September Update:

In spite of being sidetracked by other projects including the Chic Boutique Thursday Night Project from Cincinnati, I did manage to finish decorating the two bedrooms and the sitting area. I have gathered the pieces I need for the kitchen/breakfast room. This has been challenging for me since 1/4” is not my usual scale and I didn’t have a “stash” to draw on. I am lucky to have friends who have shared with me!

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I am so excited that I finished my Old Southern Charm Bed And Breakfast, the third and final project on my Challenge list for this year.  I also almost finished the NAME Day Courtyard and participated in the Winter Swap.  Still have plenty of unfinished projects, though …..

Thanks to Create for the inspiration!

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 From Julie Stuckmeyer:

I plan to finish Brooke Tucker's Golden Christmas in 1:144 and in 1:24 scales. If I happen to be more organized than last year (finishing on December 31) I will switch to other Christmas themed minis. I'm going to emulated Barb Antol and have a CYLC that is themed.

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March Update:

I've done a lot with lighting my 1:24 Golden Christmas and pretty much finished my 1:144 -- I just need to do the exterior of my 1:144 and possibly tie the electric of all three together.

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June Update:

I've managed to work on my Half Scale Brooke Tucker Golden Christmas a bit this quarter. I'm waiting to get my lighting stuff from Evans in order to light my Christmas Tree. Progress!!

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September Update:

I'm getting very close to finishing my half scale Brooke Tucker Golden Christmas. My 1:144th scale room is finished! I still need a chandelier for the dining room, the coffee table, lights for the living room fireplace mantel, and probably crown molding. I was hoping to not have to do crown molding (because that is one of my least favorite things to do in a house!!) but I suspect I'll need it to cover inevitable gaps. Sigh. Still, assuming I can find a chandelier, I will finish this year so that's good news!

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I just want it on record that I finished this year ... and over a month before the deadline!!! I absolutely love this room but three scales is ENOUGH! 🙄🤣 Now to catch up on all my other UFOs!!!

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 From Sandra Whipple:

My project this year is to finish decorating the interior of my half-scale Victorian house. It is unique in that it opens on all sides.

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March Update:

I measured and cut flooring for each room in my half-scale house, and I selected furniture for the kitchen and bedroom. I’m still working on the color scheme so I can begin wallpapering.

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June Update:

This quarter I have been collecting and preparing furniture for my half scale Victorian dollhouse.

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I finished installing floors in the remaining rooms. Next I will install wallpaper and paint and refinish furniture.

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I finished all 12 interior rooms of the half-scale Victorian dollhouse. The exterior was previously done. The house is unique in that it opens in four distinct sections as shown in the photos.

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 From Ellen Yunker:

For 2025, I chose a less involved project, as I have some big demands on my time this year. I’m thrilled that our Louisville contemporary art museum, KMAC Museum, is mounting a “Getting Small in Kentucky” exhibit, featuring dollhouse miniatures plus scale models, fantasy builds, and basically anything small! So I’m making an artist’s loft to submit, using the easel, paint box, and stool I made in a Create class with Belinda McWilliams. I’m excited for another completed project!! Thanks, Create team!

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March Update:

Okay, barely started, but at least I put on the first coat of paint! This artist’s studio is on the beach - lucky artist! - and I’m looking forward to finishing the inside as well as landscaping the exterior with some fun beachy looks. I’m torn between leaving the roof shakes as is, or trying for a more weathered, silvery finish. We’ll have to see what works best!

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June Update:

I got more coats of paint on my artist’s retreat, now called “Sea Glass Studio”, with a shell on the door to identify it. I’ve added porch railings and am making flowers to fill a pot there. Tried stained glass in the dormer but didn’t like it, so more to come on that. I’ve finished one “canvas” and plan many more, as well as more paints and brushes. I’m having a great time and plan to finish it for a local exhibition in November!

CYLC 0625 update

 

CYLC 0625 update

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Final Update:

So my artist’s studio is finished! Sea Glass Studio is complete and I hope to finish another, smaller project for the final 90 days of this year’s challenge! Thanks to the Create team for helping procrastinators like me actually finish projects!

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