My Model Room: #11 Drawers, shelves, photos

I've finished the shelves, drawers and pictures in this little corner of my room.

I need to make my CD player which sits on top of these drawers, and fill the little shelves with CDs and cassettes.

Here are my school class photos. For those of you who are interested and fancy squashing your face up to the computer screen, in the top photo - Year 4 - I'm second row, second from left, in the next - Playgroup - I'm second row, first from right and in the bottom one - Reception - I'm second row, first from left.

I need to fill these book shelves with books. That'll be a fun challenge...

I also put a plug socket behind the drawers. You can't usually see it but I love the details.

My Model Room: #10 Airing cupboard door

I had a lot of fun recreating the door to the airing cupboard in my room because of all the photos and posters.

And I didn't shy away from the details. There's the door hinges, which were originally cocktail sticks...

and the door handle.

I also made the plastic wall hanging photo display thing using sticky back plastic and actual photos of me and my friend. I used the tiny photo thumbnails you get when you get prints developed at a store, and they just happen to be one tenth the size of the originals.

I even included tiny CDs which I use for decoration, made out of small circle bits of mirror with a sticker in the middle.

And I've got exact copies of some of the posters I have displayed; Taylor Swift, Jason Behr, Pushing Daisies and a Kenny Chesney tour poster which I ripped out of my People Country magazine. I wish I could read that magazine regularly, but you can't get it in England.

This is one of my favourite parts of the project so far.

Fimo button necklace

I recently made these buttons in an attempt to use up my old Fimo -or polymer clay if you're not familiar with the brand- which has gone hard and nasty. So after much kneading I produced enough to make this necklace.

Colourful!

I threaded the buttons on two long strands of shiny thread, in no particular colour order, and separated them with a knot. Simples.

My Model Room: #9 Ottoman

To make the ottoman for my room I used a toothpaste box (Sensodyne toothpaste to be precise, though I'm more of a Colgate gal myself) and a bit of foam for the padded seat which I covered in pink fabric.

For the details on the upholstery I used matching seed beads as the buttons.

Charlie's still hanging around, but now he has somewhere to sit.

I've also started adding small details to the room, like this plug socket.

Lighten up, it's just fashion

I recently had a little spree in Hobbycraft using the vouchers I got for my birthday and I picked up this piece of awesome.

A Project Runway fashion postcard set! It even comes with colouring pencils.

It's like a colouring book for the older gal. Each postcard has a blank outfit to colour in with a New York related background. 

Here's my first one. Snazzy.

This reminded me of a fashion set I used when I was younger, and blogging about it gave me an excuse to get it out again and have a play.

You mix and match the fashion plates...

...then go over them with the black crayon...

...and then colour in your creation. Fashion fun or what!

Here are some beauts I came up with back in the day. Anyone else think the one on the right looks like Rihanna?

Then I looked in the instruction manual and discovered these fashion suggestions. Whoah.

I couldn't find a date on the product but something tells me it might have been made a while ago.

Now, I don't know about you, but when I think cool kids, I don't immediately think turn-ups and a short short hairstyle. But that might just be me.