Wednesday, September 9, 2026

Scene: Beach hut

This is a scene of which I have talked a lot about in previous posts, but, as it occurred with the beach kiosk, I never uploaded pictures once it was finished.  So here they are!

General view.  I added a floor to hold everything together

The animal toys were a gift from a coworker

The kids have their own play area, with a play tent, a pail with a shovel, and some water proof animals.  

A big floatie waiting to be used, and a seagull stealing some French fries


The barbecue is lit, and some good things are being cooked.  We have ligher fluid, matches and a bag of charcoal (it sounds when you shake it, I don't remember if I did that or if it came like this).

We also have a tray of uncooked meat, ketchup and mustard bottles, and some skewers being cooked on the grill.  A tray with pretzels is already prepared.

 

Let's go inside...

How cosy! We even have a lamp!

Lamp removed so you can see the clock
 

My main purpose to put a floor was so the doors to the hut could swivel.  Otherwise I would have had to glue them in position.  Let's peek inside (for your comfort viewing, I will remove the roof):  

A nice straw carpet allow us to leave the shoes outside and feel like at home.  A long table with director chairs to sit comfortably while eating.  Some coastal pictures are a must as well.


On the left side you can see an organizing cube shelf.  Boxes with extra shoes (just in case ours get wet), and some more stuff to eat and drink.

Aerial view of the organization

We have another bag with groceries (all handmade by me, except the milk bottles).  We have Oreo cookies, and several bags of chips.  On the shelf we have bags of Gummy bears, a couple of pizza boxes, a bucket of KFC pieces, some wine and spirit bottles, a box of cookies and a couple of Twinings tea tins.  We are not going hungry!

 

You can see the table all set up with placemats, cutlery, napkins, coasters, glasses and a bottle of wine.  The decorated plates I made hold some burgers.  On the beach bag we have a can of Pringles, a bag of chips and a bottle of water, in case we take a walk. We have some clean towels on the rack, waiting to be used, and an extra pillow (it's there because it didn't came out very well after sewing it, but still looks pretty enough).  


We have cupboards holding tupperwares, bowls, glasses, plates and mugs.  Under the sink we have some cleaning supplies, and some preserves and a cereal box.  The little drawers hold more napkins and more cutlery.  Over the counter we have a roll of kitchen towels with Angel fishes, a bowl with fresh lemons, more cutlery, a jar of instant coffee and my beloved tuna cans and pinapple cans.  There's also a sponge, dishwasher and a tea towel.

I absolutely loved making this.  I had so many ideas for it, and it was fun making them reality.  As of today, it is finished, although I may end up adding some extra cans of food, you never know...


 

Sunday, September 6, 2026

Scene: Beach Kiosk

Remember when, a long time ago now, I talked about doing a newsstand or magazine kiosk?  Well, finally it got turned into a beach kiosk.  These kind of shops are very popular near Spanish beaches, and you can find many of them alongside a promenade if you take a walk.

It's been many months (dare I even say years?) since it was finished, but yesterday I realized I haven't post pictures, so here they are:

I have placed it in one of the shelves in my study

A vintage gum ball machine, and fridge with cold sodas

Plenty of magazines to choose from

I spent weeks making the magazines, but I had a blast.  I designed all of them myself with Photoshop, and all of them have an ad in the back of the same theme the magazine is about.  For example, the dollhouses magazines have an ad for miniatures; the bridal magazines for wedding gowns.  And so on and so forth.  Each magazine has 5 double pages inside and they are glued shut to keep them realistic-looking.  There are lot of them: about 55 magazines of various subjects (bridal, nature, cinema, miniatures, decoration...); there is also some comic-books (both DC and Marvel, featuring my favorite characters), some Sudokus and puzzles, and child and adult coloring books - the children ones include a box of crayons!

There are also snacks: chips, chocolate bars, the gum ball machine, and of course, water and sodas.

I'm sure you will find something to your liking!

Get a snack while you are at it!

And since we are near the beach there are also beach bags, mats,  beach chairs, fishing nets, ping-pong sets, flip-flops, sunscreens and some souvenirs: lighthouses, glass buoys and some beach shells for your mini collection.

There's also some beach balls, pinwheels and pails. 


It was so much fun making this!  I bought stuff from a lot of different talented vendors, some things I made myself, and some were some bits and bobs I had lying about.  Sometimes I catch myself thinking what more I can include, and if I find something that I like I will buy it for sure.  Until then, this is it.

Saturday, September 5, 2026

Free printable! Pinapple can pack of three

Remember those tiny tuna cans from which I made some paper wrappers?  Well, here I am again making wrappers, this time for pinapple cans:

 

I also took a real wrapper, scanned it, cleaned it, reduced it and print it to fit my round cans. 


The tiny cans


Love it!

If you want to make this project, here you can find the tiny cans, and here you can get the free printable to download and print.  Bear in mind you need 3 cans for each wrapper.  And if you don't want to buy them, you can make the cans with polymer clay or foamboard.  Or you can use small empty button batteries.
 
As always, please feel free to print as many times as you like, gift them to friends and pass the file along to anyone (links back are nice too!).  Just please do not sell the file or your creations.  Thank you and enjoy! ♥