Sylvanian great deal

When I saw this item on ebay I thought it was a too much low price to be honest. Really. I do not joke, I paid 10.94€ for this... shipping cost was almost the double but even here sending something quite big costs a fortune, so...

I was really wondering what the problem was, and then I saw the feedback of the seller... Well... it wasn't good at all, several negatives but the last ones were ok...

I really had no clue about what to do, it was a great chance to get a cheap building, I was in need of a shop or 2 or 3...I was planning to give Sibil and daughter a good haberdashery/tailor boutique.... I also need a building for the pizzeria, I need a place for the tiny shoes booth... I first planned to get a couple of those old buildings I so much love, the tiny cottages, like the post office, flower shop, or hospital.... Do you see what I mean ? But the price of just 1 was over this building...

I waited anxiously until the end of the auction. No bid at all. I placed one, for the minimum price. And won it.

To be totally honest I didn't mention it on my blog because I wasn't sure I was going to get it. The seller didn't answer my message where I asked for the tracking number. She simply notified on ebay "sent" after more than a week. Several girls told me I'm stupid, I'm not getting it. Or maybe totally destroyed, sent in a trash bag just like many US sellers always do. I can start crying. It was too risky. Blahblahblah....

You know... I'm this kind of extremely boring person who always believe there is something good hiding inside everybody. Sometimes I dig for years before giving up, sometimes I just have to recognize someone is never going to amend, no matter how much love and effort you put to show this person the light... But I'm a believer. Desperate, awfully deceived one. AND I do believe someone deserves a 2nd chance. This girl had bad feedback but the most recent ones were nice. Maybe she is just trying to get back some respectability ? Maybe she is not communicating because she can't or is not able to, for any reason, she can be shy, she can be too busy, she can be autistic. I am partly. I know what it is like. Who am I to judge someone only basing me on feedback. That's why I placed my hopeless bid.

It was supposed to be delivered a couple of days ago.... Nothing. I was really annoyed by the idea of starting an ebay complain... so I decided to wait just a little bit more. The girls who joked at me were laughing loud. I thought ok, I'll fill a case on monday.

And the parcel came this morning. Perfectly wrapped in a ton of bubbles, strong box, lots of tape.
Ok, no communication, no little note inside but.... I GOT IT.
Now I know some girls who sent me nasty comments who must be very disappointed, regretting they didn't take the risk LOL

Here it is, in all his majesty. Ok, it's missing the porch, but as it's going to be displayed facing the wall it's not that important (it's pretty sad, I love the design of the front, but I need it to be turned to the wall, alas). And for less than 11€, honestly...All the windows and door are working. Maybe a bit yellowed ? I don't know, and for sure I don't care.

I just LOVE this building old look. Even if I like their "style", I still can't cop with the brand new ones, too "pinky/girly" too narrow, no accessories enough, too expensive. And in this one there is a lot of room inside (and on the roof !), it's square, not too deep, big but reasonably, just the perfect size for my shelf. I'm in love ! Now let's see who is going to settle there, I have no clue !...
I have so many homeless businesses at Bois Joli... :-)

*happy dancing*

Cross stitch finishes

On my finishing marathon, here are the finishes for february
Not that bad !
I start to have some space, because it's making me use fabrics, threads (for the cording), fiber fill, etc... At some point I hope I can finish all those oldies, for I can sell all the left-overs !
And maybe stitch some of the projects that are waiting in a basket since...ahum... for "some" months ...years... decades sometimes ! LOL

For several of those ornaments, I decided they are not going to be hung on the wall, or on something, I'll surely display those in baskets, so I didn't bother making a hanger on most of them

It's so old that can't remember who was the designer of "boo"... if someone recognize it...

This was by SanMan designs, I so much miss this designer and the forum :-( and I'm so sad for her poor health condition...

Should be Bent Creek, one of my favorite designers, I've been in love with their style for yeaaaaaars. It was the 1rst real US designer I discovered. It was so long ago... I can't even remember when.
Maybe 20 years ? I have some of their very first charts that are not even listed on their website !
LOL

Heart in Hand for sure

same

I believe it was by Hillside Samplings, but it's soooo old I can't be sure. Did you notice the cute metal snowflakes in the corners ? They were part of the kit, I bought a kind of special package made by my dearest shop owner, she packed for me the chart + threads + fabric + those charms. It was clever ! When the shop closed (oh my, it's so far I don't even remember when it was, I was still in my native town !) my world was suddenly less bright. This shop owner was someone really kind and all her life was about sharing her knowledge. She was a great source of inspiration.
About the charms, they were from Mill Hill. It was quite hard to get those things, you had to order those. By Fax... LOL.. and it took months to get it, but now I don't know if they are still available somewhere in my country... 

Next month I hope to be able to finish at least 6. 

Stay tuned !

Some news

As you may have see I'm not active anywhere at this time of the year, but my situation is turning from precariously bad to a catastrophe. I'm still finding no job, so I have to cut on a lot of things, even if I already made so many sacrifices yet, that I hardly see what I can cut on right now.
I'll need a lot of time to go through all the administrative nightmare, and to sell whatever I can (believe me, it's NOT a pleasure here to sell something), and to top this I have a bunch of work to do, in order to save what I can save of this house. As the sun is back, even if it's still very cold, I'm starting to work a lot. My health is not helping, I mostly feel out of any energy and full of pain all the time, night included. I've been cleaning much my toy room, got rid of the sylvanian seaside corner to make some space for the sales... I'll see later if I can build it back somewhere else...

Well, as you can imagine : you are not going to see much posted here, and you'll hardly see me on forums and such.
You can still have some news from my personal blog tho.

I'll try to post updates regarding my cross stitch finishing marathon, but I'm not entering any other challenge this year.
About Sylvanian I have no space left & absolutely no money, so not much is going to come to complete my village now. If I ever find some courage I'll keep on working on what I already have. I hope I can get the new Alpaca family, maybe the sea otters and mice if I can find a little bit of cash, but I doubt I can buy even only this, unless I find someone to get the Kinder Surprise and Mc Donald's happy meal collection of my ex husband...

I promise to do my best to give news from time to time, but if you want some regular ones, please look at my regular blog.

Sending hugs to you all

Sylvanian concertists

I LOVE the cello ! The accessories are really nice and I love the way the hands are made, to hold the instrument

my deception comes from the violin player, her dress is just awful, it looks like a 70's folkloric cheap doll... ouch... but the violin is great, the box is too, very nice set !