Life Is art, especially for Barbie

The house has begun to show art which is pretty incredible since I've been working on this for close to two years now. In the photo you can see Virgo Barbie who looks like she's been at the club all night. Hey, it's happened to the best of us here in Vegas.. 

I think I've posted before that the master bedroom has the West Elm thing going on. The other room has a Laura Ashley theme and the room in the guest house is the one with the Kerouac and the Velvet Underground posters on the wall.. The office is a orange and green '60s/'70s pop masterpiece. 

Oh, and the tiny bunnies and ladybugs are real candles! If only there was no danger of burning down both the dollhouse and MY house.......

Nothing sparkles quite like asbestos!

IN addition addition to the soda ice chest I felt the patio needed a lovely lounge. I used a gift box from a set of small jars of jams and jellies. I glued and painted some foam rubber and here we go! I didn't photograph this but I also moved the sauna to the patio on top of the guest house. There's nothing like asimmer in the sauna followed by a frosty beverage. I'm imagining that there's a lake nearby. 

When Chris and I lived in our old house we found two big boxes of '50s floor tiles--salmon pink with foil confetti. Unfortunately, they're also asbestos so we weren't able to use them. I just couldn't bear to throw them away so I figured one piece sealed within an inch of its life couldn't kill me. I decided to use it in the Laura Ashley room. For fun I decided to paint a shelf to match the floor. I painted the actual shelf copper and painted the braces salmon pink with matching glitter.( Oh, in the background, you can see the dollhouse dresser I bought in Nogales when I was ten.. )

I wound up changing the tall shelf into two smaller shelves but you can see in this photo the bed and vanity. 

I have these little cats I've been dying to use in this project but I wound up having to glue them down. Their legs are so tiny that they won't stay upright.  I need to post more photos of the artwork that's now on the walls but my camera battery pack is charging. Trust me......it's super-girly-girly.

How to make a Barbie ice chest!

Originally, this chest from Michael's Crafts was meant to be a steamer trunk. I decided to turn it into an ice chest for the dollhouse patio area.

These are small glass beads used in crafts. They make fantastic ice cubes

I love these little glass bottles! They're about an inch long and are sealed with a cork.

I used a drop of color per soda bottle---pink, purple, red, blue, green, and yellow.

I sealed each bottle with wax.

Again, here are the bottles. I used a corresponding star sticker on the bottles. 

I also used Shag stickers on the bottles.

Bottle photo #2

Bottle photo #3

I painted the chest red and white with a silver interior. I also used other Shag stickers.

Here is the finished product! I'm really proud of the results.

Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen

Well, the clock says it's time to close now 

I guess I'd better go now 

I'd really like to stay here all night 

The cars crawl past all stuffed with eyes 

Street lights share their hollow glow 

Your brain seems bruised with numb surprise 

Still one place to go 

Still one place to go 

Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen 

Warm my mind near your gentle stove 

Turn me out and I'll wander baby 

Stumblin' in the neon groves 

Well, your fingers weave quick minarets 

Speak in secret alphabets 

I light another cigarette 

Learn to forget, learn to forget 

Learn to forget, learn to forget 

Let me sleep all night in your soul kitchen 

Warm my mind near your gentle stove 

Turn me out and I'll wander baby 

Stumblin' in the neon groves 

Well the clock says it's time to close now 

I know I have to go now 

I really want to stay here 

All night, all night, all night