Restaurant Decorated for Christmas

Hi everyone, I want to welcome our new members and subscribers, thank you so much for the time you give us reading our blog and watching our movies, we are truly grateful.

The restaurant will finally make its debut on our Skull Academy web series that we have uploaded on our YouTube channel sometime this week so I thought I would add some Christmas joy to it. Tell me what you think of the decorations.

 I made the wreaths that are hanging on the back wall but we're waiting for you to send us scans of your paintings to hang on our walls after the holidays.

I also decorated the tree and made the little tree centerpieces on the tables. The santa is actually a candle I got from Value Village.

I will post some pics of the Monster High school house, I decorated it but I don't think its as nice as the restaurant. I will post the pictures here and on our Skull Academy blog.

Thank you... :)

How to Make a Doll Restaurant - The Furniture

The Furniture

The Chairs...
 I made the chairs our of cardboard and paper mache, but I didn't want to paper mache everything.

The Tables...
I made the patio tables with liqueur glasses I found at Value Village. I liked the stems, I thought they would be perfect for table legs.

And coasters for tabletops, see I'm not just about cardboard and paper mache. 

For the inside tables, I got some cardboard and wrapped wooden pieces around it, then stained the wood. Plus the toy blocks I found at a garage sale this past summer was used for the legs, I painted them silver.
I love how the tables turned out.

I will post more pictures of the finished restaurant tomorrow. I hope you don't mind all the postings, one after another, I should really post the pics as I go along, so I don't pile them up at the end... I kept putting it off, but I do want to start blogging on a more regular basis, at least three times a week would be perfect. I do have other projects on the go that I would love to share with you.

Please don't forget to vote for us for 'top 100 doll sites' above on the right. Thank you so much for those who have and have left really nice comments. You guys are so awesome, I wish I could hug every one of you... sorry I don't mean to sound creepy... :) You can vote as often as you like to I think, so please keep voting :)

Thank you
:)

How to Make a Doll Restaurant - The Decor

Here is a few decorating touches I added to Lola's Bistro...

I have a vase full of twigs and they always come in handy. I painted them white and hung them on the side walls. The back wall is for art from my viewers. We are accepting art from all ages and our viewers will vote for their favourite. We will use your art to hang in restaurant and in the new dorm rooms.

 I love how they turned out.

 I wanted the lighting to be special. I found these two Christmas ornaments at Value Village, as soon as I saw them I knew they would be perfect. To secure the lighting (ornaments) I made a hole on the ceiling and ran the string through and glued a piece of wood over it.

I found these wood piece at a garage sale this past summer. I stained them and glued them to the wall then added the mirror over it.

The doorway on the left is the door to the kitchen that doesn't exist. I wanted somewhere for the serving staff to come out of, plus that is where they get the drinks and the bill etc... I wanted the space for tables and seating.

To cover the doorway to the fake kitchen, I used these silver ball garlands I got from dollar store.

I love how the doorway turned out. The silver curtain balances the lighting.

I will be posting about the bench in the next post.

The Door...

Oops...time to change the blade...

Start gluing your popsicle sticks to the cardboard. I used hot glue...watch you fingers, hot glue is crazy hot... try following the same pattern on each side of door.

I glued a piece of plastic to mimic a window.

I Just finished the sign and address number.

The next post will be the final one, the furniture and the finished look.
There will be a video on our YouTube channel plus a little stop motion clip at the end.

Thank you for visiting my blog, tell me what you think of the new restaurant.

:)