Low Budget

Here at Just Add Glue, we like to keep our costs down. I do a lot of thrifting and recycling. It's amazing what can be made from the simplest of everyday items that we take for granted.

For example, one packing peanut doesn't seem like much but it can be made into a variety of things, the only limit being your imagination. I have used them finely crumbled for "snow", thinly sliced for Swiss cheese, and coverd with cloth for pillow stuffing.The cap of a tiny pencil, a scrap of moss, a ball of clay and a button become a terrarium in minutes. It's just that easy! Try to see things with a miniature perspective and you just might stumble on a project.

Have a Mini Day!

Free Stuff!

I LOVE Free Stuff! Thank You, Missy!!

















My friend Missy found this great house by the side of the road last year! Just like a stray pet, she kindly took it into her home and set it up with new stuff(furniture). However, they were unable to give it the love and attention it deserved but knew of a person who had plenty of room for it to run and play. That's me. :)

I am incredibly fortunate.


We rehomed some of the furniture to our other dollhouses. The new kitchen table works great in here. I think the little rooster looks extra proud today.

Have a Mini Day!

Weekend Warrior

After the white paint, I thought maybe that a bright color would look nice, mediterranean maybe...not exactly what I was going for...scratch that.
I gave it another coat of crackle over the yellow, dug through the paint box and found a nice blue plum color to top it off. Much better, more realistic looking and not so harsh to the eyes. Here it is filled with treasures.

Just in from the flea market and a few garage sales. Todays winners, for a total of $5.25, are...

...a small bookcase...a small drysink/credenza/kitchen helper thing...a pantry...a china cabinet! I have been wanting something nice for "my" dollhouse so the china cabinet will come in handy.

Here's a piece that I picked up at the craft store, unfinished, for $1! I've painted it white this morning and now that it's dry will do a coat of crackle glaze and finish off with blue, maybe? I'm not sure of that yet. The shelves are deep enough to display a variety of treasures and I'm looking forward to filling it up.



We've also been working here and there on a Spy Box inspired by the I Spy book series. It's something that we think our nephew would enjoy.

It's made from a display box that I found at a thrift store and decorated with bits of ribbon, ephemera and plastic doodads made to string on a gumball machine necklace. It's a fun little project.

Clever latch hook appliances gifted to us by a family friend for use in the girls house. Hamster proof.





The Christmas House. All Christmas, all the time.