My Abandoned Toy Shop is looking WEIRD! (Collab with
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- Thank you, Whitney, for doing this collab with me!!
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omg! The mushrooms came out so amazing, I loved all the color and my eyes were darting around trying to absorb all the amazing details. It was so magical and whimsical. I was amazed at how many things we did in a similar way, like having a dollhouse was a must! This was such a fun collab for me, thank you! . I loved the story with the open box "special delivery" I think that may be one of my favorite things about a lot of your projects, a really clear story told through minis!
Thank you! I had a lot of fun with it and thoroughly enjoyed incorporating all the amazing toys you gave me! Your project came out so detailed and I enjoyed the history part of it🧐 Thanks again for collabing with me on this one😊
I will have to re watch my body decided to have a hypo grrrrr x
Fantastic!!! ❤
"Use the nice stuff" is an important philosophy to learn sometimes. I bought myself a stupidly expensive face moisturizer to use on my wedding day while I was stress shopping, and I forced myself to use it as my only face moisturizer until it was gone. I've had so many nice or fancy or expensive products expire over the years because it never felt like a special enough occasion to use them. If I bought it for my wedding day, I couldn't just use it on a random Tuesday morning... Except that no day is going to match the magnitude of my wedding day as far as being special, and I spent too much money to only use it once. That's how I learned to just... Drink the nice tea. Use the nice bath bomb. Bake with the fancy vanilla. Use the special pieces in your craft collection. Wear the heirloom jewelry to work. Make a pot roast on a Monday. We don't get to enjoy the little luxuries in life when we're always saving them for an unknown potential future need that's "big enough."
I don't use 'the good stuff' all the time and Ive had to throw stuff out because it's gone out of date etc., it's a real waste. Like you I have to force myself to use things
Every day is a special day because you are living another day. I was about 30-35 years old when an 20 year older woman told me to enjoy every day. Your life can be over in a second, you can be ill, you can lose your eyesight ect. I take that advice and live my life, enjoy everything and I know I'am worth it. Saturday I will be 67 and I get retired. Maybe this has nothing to do with miniatures, but if you want to make them....take your time and make something small. Don't wait for a perfect day, it will never come, unless you make the day special by yourself.🥰
I love that this resonated with so many people even outside of the miniature art form! Yes, every day is a gift and its worthy of using the nice stuff!!❤️
So y'all are saying I SHOULD use that very fancy padauk wood I purchased on my next furniture build and not save it for "something special." THIS IS THE SOMETHING SPECIAL!
@@marykayryan7891 this is it! This is the moment!
Yeah! I was missing the abandoned stuff! I think the bear with the mushroom sticking out of his head is my favorite!
It was a great opportunity since they were Christmas ornaments before and I am glad I went for it lol!
Your toyshop is so nice Ara. So many colors, but still...it is your style. And I'am always amazed how many details you put in your work. It should be normal for me to know that, I follow you so many years. But you still surprise me.
I always get a little freaked out with the whole aging process, but 23:20 is the moment you had me. There's always a moment in your videos when I'm like, "There it is! She's locked down the look!" Loved the final result.
1865 is the year that ALICE IN WONDERLAND was first printed. Turned out looking great, Ara! Love the 'shrooms!
You know. I didn't actually KNOW that. But I did guess it had something to do with Alice and Wonderland.
I was going to guess Winnie the Pooh! Just a guess😢! Toys, toy shop❤!!!
You got it, Loston!! I am so glad you enjoyed the project and my strange invaders😆
The abandoned coffee shop is one of my all time builds you've ever done! I'm so excited to see another abandoned build, and it looks so amazing, so much interesting detail everywhere, my fav is the doll house in the window with the little mushrooms growing out of the windows. Love this Ara
Thank you Danielle!! I had a hard time aging that little house but once it was done I was really happy with it too!
Love it. I can see future kids just so sad that they can't play with these toys! It'll be okay, just brush them off, mom! No! Keep your mask on and let's keep walking!
Yup! Exactly... you can look but don't touch!
That storefront looks exactly like the antique store that used to be owned by Alex Archbold in Edmonton, Canada. His TH-cam channel is Curiosity Inc. He sold the building, but still buys and sells antiques with a look towards vintage toys. He even had similar shelving in his store. I love all the pieces you used in the store here. Youre so incredibly creative and talented. Its such a pleasure to watch your videos! And thanks for introducing usto another creator!!
Can I offer an easy tip for lettering? I used to work in VM and was forever installing lettering on walls. This makes the job go super fast…
1. You need a thin strip of paper.
2. Lay out the order of your letters.
3. Lay the strip under the letters ( so the paper touches the letters)
4. Make a small mark at the beginning and end of each letter. ( ,B,,O,,O,,K,)
5. Cut off any extra paper.
6. Match the first mark ( ,B ) to the last mark ( K, ) fold the paper…this gives you the center of the word.
7. This is now your lettering guide.
8. Where ever you want to place the letters, find the centers of that space.
9. Tape the guid just a “hair width” below where the lettering will be placed
10. Using the marks on the paper, pop the letters in place….the paper acts as a straight edge 💁♂️.
This trick has always helped me, especially when I had to do an entire store within a day 😵💫.
Hope this is helpful to someone out there!
Cheers 🧚♂️
Omygosh! I was so happy to see Whitney there! Such a fun project for both of you!!
It was so fun to have her visit the studio!
I loved yours and Whitney's collaboration! Y'all make quite the dynamic duo! Great content, Ladies! 🙂
Thank you Joni! I had a lot of fun working with her on this one!
I feel like this could be an episode of Doctor Who
That’s what I thought too!!!! 🤣🤣
Sometimes, more is more, and this is one of those times! I love it Ara!
Thank you so much as always!
Lisa
I agree. It makes it more realistic, it can be surprisingly easy for spaces to get over flooded with stuff, but especially stores that always have new things coming in.
Thank you Lisa!! This was a VERY busy project compared to my usual but I am liking it for this one!
You and Whitney look like sisters stood next to each other.
I absolutely loved this video and I love how your toy shop came out it's so cool
How cool that you could use your great-grandmother's miniature shelf (must run in the family)! 🥰 Merging the past and present... and possibly future? 😄 Mushrooms love the damp, so perhaps the inhabitants of the land should try fire to control the spores- although these are definitely not normal mushrooms! Great job, as always!
Wow! What a great transformation! Fabulous - as always! As a retired children’s librarian, for me, 1865 means the publication of Alice in Wonderland.
I love how the aging really created the whole character of the box/scene! The green color for the furniture is terrific too!
I so relate to the thoughts of “should I really use this now since it’s so special? Maybe I should save this a later project!” And you’re so right - we need to use our stash! Hard for me to do sometimes!
So great to see you and Whitney together! Two of my favorite miniaturists!
The end result - including the back story - is really unique and wonderful! Thanks much! Kathleen
Lol yes that is the one! Thank you Kathleen! I am happy to report that at the end of the project I was VERY glad to have used the furniture I was hesitating about in the beginning. It is a mental fight some times to use the 'precious things'!
My reason is just so dumb, "if I use it, then I won't have it"😢 dumb subconscious😢
I so enjoyed watching you put this all together! I was happy to see Whitney there, too! It looks PERFECT! Love all of the colors especially the mushrooms! 😉❤❤❤
Thank you Elizabeth! It was so fun to have her come visit the studio and hang out for a bit😊
Love the tiny mushrooms coming out of the windows of the tiny dollhouse, right next to the big mushroom coming out of the shop window, except that the shop is also a dollhouse.
I love how you used green (fav color!) and the ageing with the white paint is really effective on darker furniture. It looks like water stains. AND MOSSSSS YESSSS! So cool you two got to meet up! much love!
This looks amazing! I'm obsessed with all the details. The price tags are such a great touch.
I love the watered down white paint on the black. It looks old and dry.
It's packed with so many things to see!
I'm the same way. I have this scarcity mindset where I don't want to use my minis. I'll push through as well and USE my stuff instead of just hoarding it.
I love how your Toy Spore turned out! 😍🍄🧸 What a fun idea and so many fun details! So cool you could both meet up in person for the toy swap!! I would love to do a mini colab sometime but I live on the other side of the world 😂 Thank you for another wonderful and inspiring video! 😊
Nailed it !!!! I made a Krampus workshop using your techniques, so fun.
That sounds amazing!!
I absolutely love this toy shop
Your abandoned toyshop looks great, I love it. Love the mushroom story too. Great video and so much fun to watch. Ánd very inspiring. Thanks! Love your channel ❤❤
Thank you, that means so much to me! I am so glad you liked everything!❤️
1865 must not be War and Peace so it must be Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Yes, I had to get an Alice reference in there with all the mushrooms ;)
Love the muschroom coming out the window ❤❤
Whitney's nod to the 80th anniversary of D Day and the horror of Lone in WW 2 and your nod to Alice in Wonderland. So great, love them both.
Just what the doctor ordered! I love how this toy shop turned out, Ara. Also, I geeked out to see you & Whitney together!! 😅
I geeked out too! lmao! It was fun working with Ara and we did a lot of giggling!
@@WhitneyLaBrie no joke, I still get star struck every time I see Ara 😊
It's been so fun to get to know Whitney! Zinthia, we will have to get her here sometime for one of our local mini events! ;)
Hey you. I love this. Abandoned places prompt us to imagine what things must have been like. You want a story from it. (I am so enjoying your remodeled, very organized space. It's my thing).
Thank you, I am so glad you enjoyed it!!!😊 I agree about 'Abandoned places' I always want to know what happened🧐
What a fun collaboration 😍 Both shops are amazing. And I love the stories they tell. The broken glass looks so real, I kept thinking you were going to cut yourself.😂 It was super fun to see Whitney in the Bentley House Studio. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽🥰❤️❤️
Such an Adorable Room box! So Great to See this Collab!!! I really Love when you mentioned about saving miniatures for projects!
WOW this is so cool. I'm very crafty but have never done anything with minis. It's amazing that you shared so much about the process. Thank you!
Omg!!! Loving the results!!!! Really cool collaboration!!! ❤😊❤
Love this shop. ❤❤❤QUESTION❤❤❤
can you please share where you bought the moss. I can't seem to find the moss you have. What I find is moss that is huge clumps. Yours look a bit finer. ❤❤❤
ok, that was very cool to watch! Beautiful!!! I watched Whitney's first and both so different but both so beautiful! I enjoyed this collab and Whitney gained a new subscriber, already one of yours lol! GREAT JOB LADIES!!
This is fantastic! I love how creative you are. Adding the mushrooms to that made it way more interesting than just a toy store. t's so cool to look at a thing and ask questions about what happened. Using spackle on the foil is a technique I'm definitely going to use. And I loved seeing how many different old toys were mini. Thank you, this was an awesome video.
This is absolutely stunning hun ❤ hope all is well your way! I'm still watching every video ❤ work has consumed my life lately, but I'll be crafting more soon ❤ this was such a fun build to watch! I love all the things you did on this!!
Such a Cool project and Collaboration!! All the toys and the tiny train on the big mushroom, Casper our friendly Ghost 🤗 Good story!! All looks amazing!! Thanks and Greetings 👋
This is beautiful! I would have difficulty aging your beautiful furniture and some of the toys! However your Mushroom Invaded Toy Store is Superb!
So enjoyed Ara. There's a 2008 film called The Ruins which plays on this killer plants thing, which your abandoned store made me think of. It's a fun bit of B-grade horror, especially if you enjoy B-grade movies about killer plants.
I hate hard questions! Lol! The only thing I can guess is M Gerry's book The Toy Shop that takes place in 1865. . . Probably not. Sigh. . . Of course this is a brilliant project but it wouldn't be me if I didn't whine about something! The mushrooms are very benign. I wouldn't see one and be panicked. Perhaps more crazy colors with various warts oozing a green slime or similar. Sorry I think I forgot my meds. . . Hugs.
YAY! I just spotted something that looked like "Rock'em Sock'em Robots" from when I was a kid, and of coure Operation game! Way too adorable!
Fantastic work as usual. I can smell the mould through my phone screen 😆
Wonderful to see you back after your family break, Ara. I hope you feel refreshed and had a lovely time with your family. 💕X
Ps. Would pigeons have got in through the broken window, tried to nest but the killer toadstools/mushrooms got them all. 😲
This one turned out looking amazing, and so many schrooms, Love them.
Decided not to watch yours back-to-back, still loved seeing Whitney pop up for a moment.
And we all have days we do things a bit topsy-turvy. At least you figured it out before it was to late. :}
You told Stormy to attack, and then act surprise they chose a lick-attack. Which are a dog's best attack. ;p
ps, found a new channel today called Ash Bentley. They made a cool project and mentioned your channel as being of great help to them.
Just amazing, as always, and I love how busy it is 😍🤩❣️!!! "The Day of the Spores" instead of "Triffids" 😂😅😆
Such a cool concept for an abandoned toy shop! And sooo many mushrooms! Did you end up counting all the mushrooms used?
The more I think about it, it seems kinda dark and heavy. Like, what happened to the owner of the shop, after he opened the box? Who sent the box, and why? Did the sender know what would happen? And so on.
But that's the magic of dioramas like this one. It gets you thinking and your imagination going. Great job!
Brilliant,work,the art is in the details!
This is my first video of yours that I have watched.
Now,this was a competition,a friendly competition,for sure.
This was a very interesting challenge!
Both of you are dedicated to the art of detail.
There is ,for me a winner by a hair.
Before I say,I have been a fan of Whitney for quite some time,but lest you think that I am prone to favoritism,Whitney’s last challenge with Queen City Minis,the cyberpunk challenge,I think Whitney just barely fell short.
This challenge was a brilliant one,an abandoned toy store,what a great idea!
I think that the details for each of the stories that you wanted to tell were beautifully rendered.
BUT
Whitney’s just seemed to pay attention to details that were historically accurate,versus being able to create a diorama that fits into a totally fictional scenario.
In this case,although brilliantly conceived and executed on your part,well,it came across more like little shop of horrors.
Basically,the win,in my opinion,by Whitney on this one wasn’t based on talent,as you are both on par,but based on detail that commanded detail,versus pure story value.
I think that you are both incredible,talent supreme😌
How fantastic!! Absolutely love it!
I love this so so so much! The only thing I would’ve done different is, I would’ve put one of the letters or numbers on the sign sideways like it was half falling off! Lol. Fabulous though! One of my favorite things that you’ve done! Love the 🍄 !
I’m guessing 1865; Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland?
I'd love to see what you would do for the practical magic house ❤❤❤❤❤❤ especially with it been announced the second movie it happening
It is absolutely amazing! I love it. It is as busy as it needs to be. The mushrooms are great - in a bad way of course - so colorful, so devious and creepy. You are an inspiration. So creative. Thanks for sharing. Your videos are the best.
Hi Ayra. This is just beautiful. I especially like the beautiful green color of the furniture. I am working on a dollhouse that will be "underwater" and I am so glad I saw this because I think I am going to paint at leat some of the furniture green like in this video and it will look great. As always, beautiful work!
Wasn’t there a commercial that said 1869 brand biscuits? I hope I’m not the only one that remembers that. They said it over and over and that stuck in my brain.😂 sure that’s not what you were referring to.
I am thinking of the recent weird Napoleonic game Turnip28... only much later and with fungus...
Nothing has ever made me want2 jump in front of a shrink ray just so i can explore it in first person like this one! Lol this is such a beautiful project, n whitney's items add such a wonderful variety of whimsy inside the shop 💕
Wow, it was so realistic looking! I could look at all the tiny details for hours continually discovering something new. Excellent job.
I absolutely love this.❤❤❤ I can't believe that you placed a microscopic price tag on every item! 😅😂 Good heavens.
This is so cool! I am so excited to see this collaboration with Whitney. I follow her channel as well and enjoy all her content as well as yours. Although there’s mushrooms present, I didn’t see any critters so I’d probably still come to the toy shop to shop because I love toys.😂 that was so cool that Whitney got to visit you in your studio. a special treat for both of you❤ Thanks for sharing !
The first movie i can remember watching as a small child was a black and white movie called Attack of the Mushroom People. It was terrifying as a 4-6 year old. I watched it again as an adult and it was not good and not scary at all. This project made me think of that. Your mushrooms are a lot more realistic than the ones in the movie.❤
As usual, your attention to detail takes this from wow to WOW! It was amazing to me how the green paint with yellow decorations changed the disparate pieces of furniture into a unified set. Your story makes the whole thing come together. I even went back to watch your final detail shots again. Is there a story behind your single shoe? Curiosity may not have done in the Cheshire Cat, but it certainly naga at my mind.
Fantastic! I feel you could sit for hours just looking there is so much in there. Great collab the special delivery was an amazing idea.
I love this project ! You have such great ideas !
Thank you for distracting me from my greef for a while !
That's brilliant! So detailed and I love the weathering. 👏🏻👏🏻
That is Amazing, I love the mushrooms, great idea to add the pieces of glass too, It really looks brill, Well done Ara 👍♥️
Very creative and cute. lol It really is too. My favorite piece is the dollhouse in the broken window that have mushrooms growing out of it as well. Have a great day
Love this! Especially the posters and mushrooms. What a great idea. ❤❤❤
Absolutely captivating! And I loved the story you implied.
This is amazing! There is so much detail included. I love all of the toys and games and the mushrooms really look like they have taken over. I hope they stay in this one project and do not spread all over your craft room! 🤣
welll FINALY got to see it great stuff remids me of the film LOVE AND MOSTERS yes not bad one yes the guy gets to his quest and thare a dog see the sifi a boy and his dog to me to bad thare no 4ok kits in the shop that be fun and gams to me never have em as wheel of fortune puze or jeopardy clue but we can hope see you and the gang and the deva stormy nest post yes the gigatic FLUUUUFFFYYYY DOGS LOL
The mushrooms and rundown theme reminded me of the stuff gameyy builds does. If you get the time to I think a collaboration between you to would be amazing. But as always your work came out awesome there is so much detail.
I honestly feel like distressing and aging stuff is more fun than neat pristine builds. Its so fun to do washes and moss. I think aged projects end up looking more realistic that way.
So you're saying this is Day of the Truffles? 😁 I love this, both idea and execution
I love this ❤ I have literally just bought a shop that I am going to turn into a creepy curiosity shop. I went straight onto eBay and managed to get a pencil sharpener till so thank you for that excellent idea!
At first I thought the "giant" mushrooms were making the miniature look like a miniature or like a child's toy that had been abandon...but with the addition of the notices it brings it back to a real place that has been miniatured.
That was awesome,amazing,thank you for sharing your talent with us,love the idea of the mushrooms.
It came out looking amazing! 😍
Thank you!!😊
Love it!! Love your abandoned miniature projects.
1 minute and 30 seconds in the video and I already know it will be great ❤❤❤
How fun! I would have such a blast collaborating with both you and Whitney! I so look forward to your videos ~ your creativity abounds :). so glad to have both of you together on a project!!!!
I love love love busy dollhouses. Incredible work. I love all the little details that bring this to life.
omg Ara this whole thing is amazing, the setup, the story, the look of it all! LOVE it
Not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask, is the Captain's Quarter still at the Tucson miniature museum? Thank you for the information.
ah that was so much fun to watch :) I keep seeing in my mind a ghostbuster=mushroom buster figure standing in front of the store with a huge anti spore gun LOL
I love this toy shop! So amazing, well done! I would love to own an abandoned scene made by you! ❤❤
Stash busting projects are called that for a reason. To get rid of the old stash, and collect more.
Ah I love this! Yes use that stash and collect more for sure!!!!
LOVE the term 'stash busting'. I will have to remember that!
Oh WOW! It's is fabulous - I love it. Thanks for the good look round at the end.
Oh! man! I love it. So fun and whimsical while being mysterious as well! What a great use of just a ton of little things. I'm loving that green color scheme too. It really made the yellow mushrooms pop.
So cool! I’m surprised you didn’t put some reference to Alice in Wonderland inside the shop.
This was absolutely wonderful. Love the spore invasion!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you Pat!
This turned out so good! Always impressed with the stuff you create
I love this. As much as I love your larger projects, I think your abandoned setting projects show even more of your ingenuity and creative spark because they don't have a previously known world behind them.
It looks magnificent! Beautiful attention to detail, Ara! 🍄
OMG, I couldn't find the shoe! I was looking so hard but I couldn't spot it.
Ara, you have out-done yourself this time…amazing talent 😊
I just subscribed to Whitney's channel. 😀❤
Looks great, what a wonderful fun project. 😊
Absolutely amazing!! 👏😊
I don’t have the words to express how much I love it 😅💕 and what a wonderful surprise when Whitney popped up 😆 I wish more of us could meet in person 🤗🙏