Join us March 27th for the Lakeside Avenue SHop HOP!

Whew! The last few weeks of heavy moving, painting, construction, wiring, and also packing & processing orders between one shop and another has been hectic to say the least!!!!!

Now that things are somewhat back to 'normal'(not completely, you should see our storage/office area-LOL!) We are gearing up and are now open during our regular hours- Tuesday thru Saturday, 10 am to 5pm! We hope to be open later on Friday evenings at this new shop location- until 7pm on Fridays is the plan...this will allow customers to eat dinner at the most excellent Tea room Feathernester's next door, or go have a bbq at Va. BBQ in the same complex of Lakeside Towne Center, where we are located. Our new shop window is right next door to Feathernester's, and the perfect ambiance before coming to shop for minis!

I would like to invite everyone to join us on March 27th for the Lakeside Shop HOp! What is a shop hop?? Visit the participating shops on Lakeside Avenue, make a purchase, and pick an egg from the basket on display- your suprise egg will contain a promtional coupon for another shop on the avenue or a free gift! Our FREE gift is pictured above- Purchase $10 or more and receive a FREE miniature 1:12 scale basket ! Purchase $25 or more and receive 10% off your total purchase, AND the Free basket!

We have many new dolls and items in store- take a look at the pics of the new porcelain dolls and a whole case FULL of teasets!

Looking forward to seeing you at the Lakeside Shop HOp!

~Lisa

Thank you to all my Facebook Fans-107+ & counting!

I wish to thank all of my Facebook Fans...and it is truly amazing how much everyone watches our page! This morning when I logged on, we had 99 fans, which truly amazed me...I never knew that everyone enjoyed watching our page this much, or the process of what goes into a miniature dollhouse shop's expansion. I feel very grateful to have so many wonderful miniature enthusiasts as our main support, and truly blessed. Please to all of our fans of our website, blog, and shop, thankyou from the bottom of my heart, this truly touched me...I had out of fun posted to see if we could get 100 fans by the end of today, and lo and behold....we have 107!!

More uploads today- these pics are not what the shop looks like now, but today we had the phone guy in to run wire from the front ot the back of the shop/shipping room , and Chris wired the counter so we could have switches to turn onour shop window lights and the display case lights. During all of this, I even had time to work on a small kitbash cottage with paperclay- check my personal fanpageunder Lisa Neault on Facebook to see thepics, and let me know what name you think the cottage should be named! I have done and sold a Wisteria cottage, but this cottage looks more cozy and stone like...I have toyed with the idea of Shamrock cottage, but the work of punching all of those shamrocks for landscaping is daunting!! Then ivy or vine cottage struck me, like the little Vine Cottage the Borrowers livedin in the book, Borrowers Aloft. Let me know what you think! Pictures of the cottage's progress and the paperclay sculpting are at the top of this post! Post your comments here and onour Facebook page!

~Lisa

The Heavy work on our move underway!

The move with the heavy work of moving the store displays, is all well underway. Above are some photos of the move of the largest item inthe shop, the 12 ft French armoire...shown are my husband Chris, my dad, and two friends, Ed & Casey, who helped us move the displays and this large armoire which we use to display large items such as dolls, and the large scale furniture. (It was originally a display for Nordstrom's that I found in a liquidation warehouse sale). When stood next to the partition door in the partition wall we installed, it looked fabulous. My dad & husband Chris had found the antique louvered door at a habitat sale, where used fixtures were sold, and it fitted perfectly with the armoire''s heighth. My intention is create an atmostphere that will be both inviting and pleasant both for the dollhouse miniaturist & the doll collector.

I have alot more pics of the new store location so far, which looks alot fuller now, but am working from a laptop until our counters are wired together with the glass display cases. Until then, enjoy some of the finished shop window display pictures, we are getting ready for Easter and hope to be open officially by March 27th? is the goal....

The shop window displays a wide variety, of scale items- fromthe largest Bespaq piano & matching chair we carry for 1:3 scale dolls (18-24 inches or for bjd's 55-60cm high) to the teacup & jar scenes (I do commissions)to our miniature 1:12 scale roombox boutique with some items we carry to furnish miniature shops, & also teasets for children, and adult collectors & dolls. Strewn amongst the labyrinth is Easter eggs and bunnies, and the fairies on the drop space below. One of my pleasures has always been to mix in my collection with a variety of dolls and items, since I myself love to decorate my home with dolls and miniatures, and child sized items.

The big porcelain doll with the peach hat on- our 'Big Amanda doll' (named after daughter Amanda) is wearing an antique child's toddler dress fromthe early 1900's, and also carries a basket of bird's eggs...I love antique clothing, and this is another indulgence I use forour window displays.

Enjoy the pictures- & more will come soon! Check our Facebook fan page for more updates on when we will be opening, and the Easter event on March 27th in Lakeside!