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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 มิ.ย. 2024
- I'v always wanting to create an abandoned toy shop! As a person who enjoys learning and watching copious amounts of history shows on the History Channel, it just felt right to create a shop that had real historic elements. I loved every moment of this collaboration with Ara from @BentleyHouseMinis, it was her idea to create an abandoned toy store and I was totally living for that! I hope you enjoy the outcome.
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I really enjoyed watching your process and seeing the things that we did different and the same!! I am cracking up that we both HAD to have a dollhouse in the shop... it was definitely a toy shop must! I will definitely have to try out that Fuller Earth ... wow that was an awesome effect. I loved seeing all of your aging techniques and ideas including the rug and the empty photo space on the wall. You should make more abandoned scenes in the future, you are amazing at this😮😮❤❤ Thank you for this fun collab, my friend!!
Over all I really love this project and I was amazed in how much I enjoyed making things look old a decayed. I was happy with the toy shop but I really loved the shop keepers office. I thought is was cool that we both painted our furniture all in the same color to bring them together and we both used the phrase "it makes them feel more cohesive!" lol.....Yes loved this collab, loved your project!
I actually have some Fuller Earth that I used for a Halloween costume. I didn't know what else to use it for. Into my studio it goes. Thank you both Ara and Whitney! ❤
You have amazing attention to detail, adding photos of the royal family from that time period, etc. And you went to London to see the toy shops in person? Omg, I wish you'd vlogged that for us. I also really appreciate the office on the second floor. Thanks for sharing.
Oh I wish I had Vlogged that too! It was a little time ago and for some reason it didn't even cross my mind! What a ding dong! lol
Thank you for watching I always appreciate seeing your comments!
As a Londoner born and bred I hope you enjoyed your time here, London is certainly a good place to visit if you like history, however the small villages and towns show the real history of England. I was glad to see Pollock's getting a mention, I've got a few of his beautiful toy theatres and I use them as part of my decoration every Christmas. Your piece fantastically encapsulated the devastation that people like my Grandmother lived through at the time.
Thank you for sharing about your grandmother, my grandma too lived there during that time and my mom was born in the area. I thought of my grandma a lot while I created this space and thought also of the huge amount of fear that must have been part of her daily life.
The time I spent in London was one of the best times in my life and I was blessed to have brought my mom with me as she had not been there since she was very little. We also spent some time outside of London which I adored and someday I hope to go back. Thank you so much for being a part of this video and commenting!
I enjoyed your whole process! This looks wonderful, Whitney.
Every project I create I always determine how much I loved it based on whether or not I would recreate it again…for sure I could do this again…I’ll probably still add to this as I’ve already thought of more things I want to add! Lol you know how it goes!
I absolutely love all the research you did to make the project more real. That's how my brain works, so I totally appreciate it! It came out great. And just so you know, I watched YOUR video first! I always look forward to seeing what you've come up with. Now onto Ara's!
omg I love you, I laughed reading your comment! you are too cute. Yes, I love history and so I wanted to get this right for sure...there are a few little things I could do better and I recently found out about a cool plant called London Pride that would be better to use than the vines..which I now want to replace but as in all projects there can be improvements but I think my grandma, who lived in London at this time would be proud of the nod to what she went through.
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You did an amazing job on this toy store. I love the idea of it. My grandfather was born in London and moved to Canada when he was 19. His whole family was left behind. I can’t imagine what he was going through when the war was going on and they were being bombed. I felt some attachment to your project and I loved the office part too. Reminds me of my grandfather’s office, he managed a department store. Thanks for all the memories.
Thank you for sharing that with me. My mom was born in the UK and then came to the US when she was about 7. My grandfather (American) was stationed there during to the war and fell in love with my grandma who was born there. I agree about the office, adding it allowed me to connect more with the family who may have owned it at that time. I love abandoned projects even if they give a little bit of a sadness of a time gone by. Thank you for the compliment and for watching!
I feel so sorry for you that you lost most of your footage but your video was still amazing to watch, I
enjoyed seeing your process.
oh man I'll tell you that it was a total "cry fest" when I first lost the footage and then I just had to pull myself up, dust myself off and keep moving forward, luckily Ara had a little delay on her end too and so it worked out! Thank you so much for watching :)
Really beautiful. I love that you named it Hamley's as a tribute to the store that was bombed in the war, it makes an appropriate (and sad) tribute I would definitely go with you to explore that toy store and all the other buildings that are being reclaimed by the land in that small town! Thanks for sharing and all the tips on how you did things.
I really wanted the build to have some sort of true connection to the history. I've had some suggest a few really cool things to add to the build that would make it even more authentic and I'm looking forward to adding to it. I feel like my projects are never really done and sometimes I even leave things a little unintentionally unfinished so that I can go back to them later and add things I find. thank you so much for watching, I'm very happy you enjoyed it!
Love the collaboration with 2 of my favorite miniaturists!
Your toy shop is terrific - of course! The story of a bombing is a great backstory tooM
I enjoyed watching your process and so appreciate the techniques shared too! The dusting is the best touch! Everything looks so authentically bombed out! Super job, for sure! Thanks so much! ❣️ Kathleen
P.S. I will be emailing you later today to TRY to share about the EPIC dollhouse, dolls and mini estate I happened across this week! I have NEVER seen anything like it!
oh I can't wait to see the pictures! Yes that fullers earth is very effective and if you're not using it for crafts you can make a great face mask too! lol
Thank you for watching, I'm so happy you enjoyed it. It was fun working with Ara! We had a great time.
Both abandon toy stores look amazing! All the details!
That is so wonderful to read, I really enjoyed creating this and I loved Ara's too, those mushrooms, love!
@@WhitneyLaBrie I love watching the collaborations. Maybe someday I will be ready to try it. I know they were so cute and interesting story to tell.💗
What a great collaboration! I love your idea of using the historical context of the London Blitz to focus on your abandoned toy store. You added lots of great detail to simulate bomb damage followed by weathering. I love this project; you did such a great job with it.
Thank you! I wanted to add as much as I could in the details but I also needed it to be somewhat recognizable, I had considered adding fire damage as well but changed my mind cause I thought it may be too much! I love history and so this seems so natural to incorporate that into this project. :)
That was spectacular. I loved every minute of it!
Awe shucks! I'm thrilled you enjoyed the video! I hope I made grandma proud :)
I loved the idea behind your project, and the execution of it was very well thought out, as always! You go girl! ❤
Oh my gosh! You sent “Tiny Whitney” to Texas!
hahahahaha! I sure did!
Oh BOY! Another amazing miniaturist to follow! I loved you "vision" and I can tell you that it very close to the reality of time.................
I worked so hard trying to make it right! Thank you for appreciated that, it means so much. I may even go back and add a few more details, for me a project is never truly done. :) Thank you for taking the time to watch.
I love love this toy store!!! ❤️ I went MIA again it's been a crazy year so far... I just wanted to tell you that I've ya!!
You are amazing to take the time to pop in and say hello with so much going on in your life! Always look for you and love hearing from you.
This is fantastic. So realistic.
thank you for that! After I complete a large project like this I usually let it sit for a bit and go back with additions, especially projects steeped in historical facts, I always like to add additional details as I think of them later when I'm not in the moment of just trying to complete a project!
How adorable. Sad but adorable.
👏🏽 👏🏽👏🏽🤩 Super Fun, Amazing, and I love it! That paper clay is so awesome, Shyra gifted me a pack, and I have yet to try it. This makes me super excited to put it to use. The brick roller is a brilliant tool. Love this masterpiece. Well, Done Whitney ❤🥰
Thank you Jolene! I'll tell you that paper clay was really great and although for me, there wasn't much difference in how the clay performed on a whole in comparison to the DAS clay I usually use, the real difference was in how it dried, very light weight which I really appreciated using a foam board base! So happy you enjoyed the project! xoxoxoxoxo!
@WhitneyLaBrie I love how it came out and how it worked with the foam board. I have no idea what I'm going to use it on, but I was thinking maybe trying it out for lath and plaster up in the attic..not sure I am still working it out. I may have to use plaster or some sort of filler. But the light weight would be nice.
This turned out awesome! I loved that you took a historical point of view for your toy store. It was also a treat to see you and Ara exchange minis!
I really appreciate that! I enjoy history and love to incorporate it into some projects, generally I do a lot of movie and miniature projects so this was fun for so many different reasons. It was really cool Working with Ara!
This was a really fun video!!
aww thank you! so happy you enjoyed it! I was surprised in how much ai loved making things look destroyed, ummm does that say something about me! lol
Congratulations on your Collab with Ara!! Go Whitney Go!!!
oh man this was a blast and it helped renew my excitement for my channel.
@@WhitneyLaBrie THAT IS SO GREAT! KEEPING YOUR EXCITEMENT IS KEY! THAT COLLAB WAS BRILLIANT!💖💖💖
What a great colab! I love seeing how you both interpreted the same theme!
Wasn't that fun to see unfold, I loved seeing her room box come together. We told each other very little, I knew hers would be paranormal in nature and she knew mine would be WWII era, but little else was really revealed and I loved seeing what she did with those mushrooms!
Great job Whitney. Your attention to detail was awesome. You and Ara did a fabulous
I so appreciate that! We really had a great time. It's cool to see people interpret a concept in such different ways!
Oh my gosh!!! First up I just want to say it must have been heartbreaking losing the footage like that, thank goodness you had back up stuff you could use. Secondly, collabbing with Ara? How cool is that! But you absolutely blew me away with your final build, like for reals! It's creators and artists like yourself who totally inspire me to do better with my own creations. They've come ahead in leaps and bounds since I discovered your channel (as well as a small handful of other amazing miniaturists!). I appreciate and admire your talents and skill so so much!
Girl I know, the lost footage was just gut wrenching when it first happened and then the same day Ara reached out and said she had a little thing going on and asked if we could delay the video for a week and I was like "YES!" lol...but it worked out. She was super easy and fun to collab with and I hope we can do it again in the future. How is your underwater dollhouse going? For some reason I think of that project a lot, I just think it is such a cool idea!
@@WhitneyLaBrie thank goodness it all worked out between you both. Oh I think you might have me mixed up with someone else, I'm building a treehouse for my gnome family. Although an underwater house would be so cool with fish and mermaids and stuff! My build is about 50% done on the outside so far but it's really starting to look like a tree trunk now. The inside still has a long way to go with furniture and all those little details and knickknacks that make a house a home.
@@nessiemonstercrafts yes I do have you mixed with someone else, I thought about that after I hit send! But omg a gnome house!!!!!! Be still my heart! ❤️ 🍄🥰🍄🥰
I love how this turned out! Also love how you went totally different directions with your toy shops!
Isn’t that fun to see how two different people interpret a concept! I absolutely loved Ara’s and omg the mushrooms! I’ve been trying g to figure out how I’m going to incorporate some mushrooms into my next project!
I really enjoyed watching this, GREAT JOB! You got yourself a new subscriber! I love watching miniature videos where I can hear the process being explained rather than just hearing music playing and no talking so I really appreciate that, thank you!!
Thank you for subbing! very very appreciated! I hope you enjoy the channel and get a lot out of it. I really love this hobby and my hope is to inspire others and at the same time have a really great time!
Very nice collab. I had fun watching 🥰
I'm so happy you enjoyed it! I had a blast with this, had fun with Ara, learned a lot and found that I really enjoyed abandoned minis!
@@WhitneyLaBrie I'm glad to read it. Ara is great person and good friend 😀
Yes, most definitley! Abandoned places are fun to make and leave a lot of space for your imagination. There are many techniques you can use / try new things ☺
Came over from Bentley House. I don’t do miniatures but they fascinate me. I’m excited to have a new channel to follow. Your abandoned shop was lovely! Happy to have found your channel🧡🖤🧡
thank you so much for taking the time to check out the channel! Hope to hear from you again. Many of my viewers do not make minis either so you'll fit right in! :)
I love this project. I’m a fan of the show ‘Call the Midwife’ and this little toy shop could be in Poplar! ❤❤
oh thank you so much! I will have to look into that show, I'm always looking for new things to check out.
Amazing video my friend. I was so excited when you popped up in Ara’s video, that was too cute.
So many great details. I love the 2 story idea.
lol, yes we had a good time with the video shoot. She’s fun! As far as the details, As I’m sure you know what I mean when I say, I feel like I could add so many more things!
I loved the old time music you used as background, then as we explored the finished scene, the flashlight and water dripping sound was so fun! I am new here from Ara’s channel. Happy to find another talented miniaturist to enjoy!
OMG thank you so much for being here and checking out the channel! SO appreciative. I loved that music too, its Swing from the early 40's. I wanted something a little more cheerful for the most of the video since it's a little bit of a darker topic.
Cool project! What great way to use up broken materials you can’t use in other projects.
oh that's for sure! these projects are so perfect for that!!! thanks for hanging out with me this week!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching your work and truthfully I didn't think it was gonna come out as well as it did ... fantastic job!
Lmao! I feel that way about every project I start! 🤣🤣🤣thank you for watching. 🥰
I love how this turned out! The paperclay bricks with the roller is great. What a time saver.
I also wanna try out that Fullers Earth Powder. What a smart use of a face mask.
So sorry you lost your original footage! What a shitt feeling. I lost my footage for our Steampunk diorama project. I was able to pay a company to recover it, but then I had to recut all the footage and redo the voiceover etc. It was not a goodvideo.
You seem to have recovered well. This is a great video. I'm off to watch Ara's video!
I thought of you when I lost that footage and I remember how awful you felt, mine was completely deleted although one clip oddly was saved to the cloud, but yes, I had a total panic attack , and cry fest and then once I released that I was able to pull myself together!
I really enjoyed the paper clay, it dried to light weight it made it perfect for using on foam board. I will for sure use it again. the fullers earth is a great product for dust and oh yes a facial at the same time! lol
It was really fun working with Ara and...oh wow...her store was amazing, fun and whimsical!
What an awesome collaboration!!!! Love how you created your abandoned toy shop!!! ❤😊❤
thank you! this was so fun and Ara's turned out so cool! I now need mushrooms in my life! lol I had not done an abandoned project to this extent and so it was a weird feeling in many ways to destroy as I went, but I really had a great time and would certainly do a project like this again!
@@WhitneyLaBrie I’m glad you got past the destruction part because it came out awesome!!!!
And mushrooms are fun to sculpt!
Well done Whitney. Your attention to detail is amazing. Thoroughly enjoyed watching your video. You and Ara did a fabulous job. Cheers Robyn ❤😊 (Aus)
this project was a great experience for me in so many ways. Obviously getting to spend time with Ara was awesome but also diving into the research behind this store and really trying to tell a dynamic true story at the same time allowed me to be challenged in ways I hadn't done before.
Great work!!! Im glad Ara introduced you to us. Ill definitely check out more of your work! The only thing missing was a "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster somewhere. Fabulous piece!!
You are so right!!! I almost added that! I’ll have to do it for sure!
Thank you so much for taking the time to charcoal out my channel!!! I love your idea of the poster. I absolutely need to add that!
Thank you so much for sharing this and the hard work you put into it! I am always amazed at what you come up with. I love all the details you put in from the game boxes to the broken rocking horses.
I loved those game boxes so much and it hurt me a little to destroy them, it makes me feel better knowing I could just reprint more and make them beautiful! lol. Isn't that funny how we think!
The amazing attention to detail is why your channel is superb, Whitney! Another wonderful video and project! 😃
Thank you! I freaking loved this project. Is like to add a few more things over time. I’m working on some new stuff too, coming soon. ❤️❤️❤️
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loved both so very much
Awe thank you! I was blown away by Ara’s room. I really wanted to walk around in there ( with a hazmat suit of course). 🤣🤣🍄🍄
Loved watching you making this wonderful abandoned Toyshop. :}
I am so so happy to read that you enjoyed the toyshop! It was certainly a new experience for me and I learned a lot as well. Thank you for watching!
I’m new to your channel - recommended by Bentley’s Miniatures. This looks brilliant, exactly how the bomb sites looked. One tip I would give you though is the glass in the door is not quite right. Here in the UK during WWII, we glued paper strips in crisscross fashion over all windows. This helped to keep as much glass together when it broke. There would also be a blackout curtain on the door and would be rotted through.
I hope you don’t mind me mentioning these little things.
I really do admire the work you’ve made. X
thank you so much for that! I will look for pictures and add some more detail! Thank you for watching, very appreciated!
That was a really fast half hour! I’m sorry that you lost some of your original footage, but as a viewer everything you put together was spectacular! I appreciate you going back and showing us how you did some of the things where are you lost the footage. This is so so so good! you always do such a great job at adding so many tiny details that add up to so much more than the sum of their parts! 🤩
I had a little panic attack when it first happened! I have never had an issue like that before and of course it had to happen when I'm in the process of a collaboration! ugh...but it all worked out thankfully! This project was special for me because my grandma lived in London during the Blitz, lived through the war and then moved to the US after my mom was born. It was a little nod to her as well and I thought of her quite a bit through the process, she was never the same after the war as you can imagine.
@@WhitneyLaBrie She must have been a tough lady to live through all that and then move to a brand new country with a small child. 💪
I’m sure you did have a panic attack, but I will say that you covered for the lost footage flawlessly! You completed an astonishing project and put together a great video so that we could also enjoy it! You really are a rockstar!
This is really amazing, the lil detailing is wonderful.
My mum was a kid in the blitz of London, they had a Anderson Shelter inside which they used.
Also a tin shelter out in the back garden..
Terrifying times..
I was born in London in 1960 and visiting the toy shops was always a great treat.
This is truly a wonderful representation of what a bombed store would have looked like, with nature now reclaiming back the land.
Love Bentley House minis and great u got to collaborate with that very talented lady.
Great job, thanku so much for sharing the process ❤
Yes this experience has been really cool and I've really enjoyed it. My grandma was in London during the Blitz as well, later marrying my grandpa an American serving, they felling love had my mom and later moved to the states. She of course wasn't ever the same, struggled with anxiety and depression etc..I thought a lot about her during the build and what fear they must have felt and the constant unknown. There are a few additional details I would like to add based on some great knowledge passed on to me from other viewers!
Working along with Ara was so fun and I hope to do it again sometime in the future. We had a lot of fun!
I think so many people had the same experience, to have lived thru something as terrifying as war.
The anxiety would have been something they lived with all their lives.
My grandad was in the military in England and he developed Turburculosis from the gas and had to have a lung removed.
My parents met in England and we immigrated to Western Australia in 1967...best move they ever made.
Yes I can imagine the emotions it bought u 😢
Thanku so much for sharing your story and the inspiration behind it. They were strong willed and really had no choice back then but without them we wouldn't be here.
Thanks again hon ❤
This was a great lil abandoned/bombed-out diorama! I appreciate you sharing your aging techniques. I will definitely check out Fuller's Earth. Sorry to hear of your lost video, but I think you did a good job recovering what needed to be explained. Well, now to check out the rest of your channel. Again, thanks for sharing!
thank you so much for taking the time to watch my videos! I hope you find more to enjoy. I was really upset when I lost that footage but sometimes life throws things at you, I'm sure you know exactly what I mean! I loved collaborating with Ara and we had a great time. The fullers earth is neat to use and if you want a really thick mucky look just keep adding layers, I have another video on an abandoned piano where I showcase that cake like appearance! Plus the fullers earth is great as a skin treatment so you can make minis and get a facial at the same time!
Ok and now I've watched Ara's video - it was so fun to have you both together on this collab! It would be so much fun to do a collab with you ~ so fun to see you both together!
oh we had a great time with this and it was fun being in her studio and seeing the Beetlejuice house in real life! and I think at some point you and I should get together on something!
@@WhitneyLaBrie It would be awesome to see the Beetlejuice house in person!! And at some point we should do something that involves a movie - we seem to share a similar taste!! 😻
@@midvaleminis9736 that would be so so fun!
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How cute this turned out and very realistic as well. I am going to get one of those brick rollers they work great from what I can see. Have a great day
yes I use that roller for all my brick work these days, it took a little practice but its the fastest way to make bricks, especially if you have little time on your hands, which these days is so valuable! Thank you for watching!
These videos were great!! I love watching you both and y'all knocked it out of the park!!
this is was a passion project in many ways, my grandma lived in the London area during this time and I kept thinking of her and hoping this tribute would make her proud. :)
I'm sure she would be proud. It was a horrible time in history and needs to be remembered.
Absolutely love how it came out❤❤
Thank you Ashley! It was a fun project on so many different levels, the collab, a first with a full abandoned project, and techniques I hadn’t used. I really
Appreciate you watching and commenting
Thank u Whitney well made thanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤
well you absolutely so welcome and I am so appreciative of you having out with me and watching!
Wow... just wow! ❤
Thank you for that!!! 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Fabulous, wonderful attention to detail. A great video ams a fun collaboration 😊
When I first started the process of designing this store my mind was in circles as to what all I wanted to feature, it was hard to pin down but after several sketches here we are! I loved working with Ara in this collab, we had fun and hope to be able to meet up again sometime!
Love this collab! It looks fantastic ❤
It was super fun for me. Loved this sort of project. Challenged me in ways I hadnt been challenged before. Really cool. :)
Love this, it came together so well.
Thank you for that! It was a pleasure to create this piece and hopefully I did it justice. I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment! 🥰🥰
While I was slightly confused on the title, cuz like you alluded to ... I thought you might be visiting an actual abandoned toy shop to find those treasures you mentioned; I loved that you actually created this beautiful but haunting miniature instead. Thank you so much for sharing all your tips and products with us, I took some great notes to maybe use them in the future. While I do work in 1:6 scale I love to see any mini tutorials as well no matter the size.
I really love the 1:6 th scale! I have a lot of accessories on display in that size cause well....adorable! I would have loved to go to an actual abandoned toy shop, I do lean into history and I love places that hold some mystery as well. Sorry about the confusion in the TN, I'm honestly the worst at those, always trying to improve and rarely actually improving! lol thank you for watching and I enjoyed hearing from you!
omg I know, getting to Collab with her was such a fun experience and I felt oddly like we had been friends for a while, I was a little nervous to be on her channel, but we had a good time and giggled a lot!
I think about your underwater dollhouse a lot and what a fantastic idea that is. (I hope I'm not getting your project confused with someone else!) How's is going?
This was great.
My favourite (I’m using British spelling)detail is actually the little oval dust mark,left by the fallen oval frame,that is so perfect!
Everyone smoked cigars pipes and cigarettes back then,that is a very serious detail to consider,when I compare with your competitor,which I will view next.
My other favourite is the middle shelf on the large piece to the left,the collapsed shelf with the board games.
That’s brilliant,it captures the effect of lighter objects tumbling over each other,that’s exactly what a shelf of mostly air filled boxes would do,wow
Technically my only criticism isn’t one at all.
Most of those bombs in London were incendiary,so they were meant to burn the city.
I’m actually glad you didn’t create fire damage,as it would have muddied so much up.
Maybe that’s why you chose not to.
If so,smart decision.
Btw,I found a piece of shrapnel in the Thames last year.
They are hard to find,just because they look like so much other scrappy metal bits.
Anti-aircraft shrapnel,meant to take down the German bombers.
Ok,I need to view your competitor!!!
I LOVED working on this project so much. My grandma was living there during this era and stayed through the war. My grandpa was deployed there and they met and fell in love, of course my mom later came along and then several years later they moved back to the US, my grandma never returned and many years later I was able to plan a trip back and take my mom with me. it was really fun to see her there and very special as well. I imagine my grandma would be proud of the tribute.
I love the idea of a burn out and in a lot of my research I could see the additional damaged cause by fire, you are right in that I decided not to go that route because I felt it may be too much..however, another viewer told me about the plant called London pride, which I never knew about and so I will likely replace the vines with a plant that looks similar!
I love the story of your grandparents,what a shame they never went back!
I was on a plane to London back in 1995,it was curiously filled with a bunch of older people,many of the guys were wearing veteran caps,and many had British wives!
Turns out,this flight was taking place the day before the 50th anniversary of VE Day!
They were invited to join in the celebration as guests of honor!
AWESOME WORK!!!
so appreciative of you! Thank you for sharing. Im really happy you enjoyed the collab!
🎉your both amazing ladies 🎉❤❤❤❤
You are the best! I actually thought of you several times while making this video, have you ever been to Hamleys? When I was in London I didn't go, I regret it now of course.
@@WhitneyLaBrie aww thankyou. Yes we took our kids there boy was that an expensive trip lol 😆 5 kids 🤣
That was an amazing video, you and Ara both did an amazing job, I loved the Fullers Earth dusting idea ❤, everything looked amazingly destroyed😅 I have never done anything abandoned or destroyed but the two of you have put the idea in my head now 🥴😬 I might try something out with my fairy garden and leave it outside and let nature do some of the work for me😂 I enjoyed every minute of both videos❤❤
That fullers earth is a neat product, a little goes a long way and so you really don't need very much. I have another video on an abandoned piano where I really cake on the powder to make a mucky layered look. Plus the fullers earth can be a great skin treatment, I was telling a few others that you can have a nice facial while also making minis!
Thank you for watching, it was a great experience working with Ara and I hope we can collab again in the future!
Hi Whitney! This is really great! Love how you did the photos on the wall and made it look like one of the pictures had fallen down. Total genius! I am working on my Captain Nemo dollhouse tomorrow. I think it would be hillarious to have a miniature Lava wave machine in it, you know, something a sea captian might like to have after his actual sailing days are over. HAHA. (If you don't know what a wave machine is, Googe it. It's from the late 1970's early 80's, electric gadget) Not sure how I would make a miniature one, suggestions welcome!
That little detail with the empty space on the wall was one of my favorite and actually last minute details that I'm really glad I added too! Thank you for noticing! I'm in love with your wave machine idea, I know exactly what it is! At the container store they sell those tiny little plastic containers that are maybe like 1 1/2 inches wide and 1 inch tall, I feel like you could fill it with a little clear oil, water, and colored glitter and sand, and then make a tiny stand for it that resembles a teeter totter so it could be shifted. I think that could work! Did that make sense!? lol
@@WhitneyLaBrie OMG Whitney! That sounds like a GREAT idea! Thank you so much!
@@paulaneary7877 wonderful! Let me know what you go with when you make it! Send me pics! Whitneylabrieevents@gmail.com
OMG so cool you are so talented
Well wow! Thank you for that! I just love this hobby so much and I continue to learn and hopefully improve with every new project. Thank you so much for being here!
Lovely
Thank you this was a very passionate project for me! I hope I did the era justice.
@@WhitneyLaBrie - I think it was more than lovely to be honest but time stopped me from typing more. You did a brilliant job. Well done
@@AbiNomac awe thank you! xoxo
Великолепно!
thank you! I'm so happy you feel that way! Thank you for watching!
Amazing very well done
I am thrilled you feel that way, this was such an different build for me and I loved every minute of it!
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Thank you for watching! So appreciated!
WOW this is very impressive I think it would have been nice to have some London pride plants that would grow in the bomb ruins in stead of vines. I loved your idea of ww2 great collab.
You are a genius! I had to look up London Pride plants...honestly I had not heard of this..the story behind the name was beautiful and obviously appropriate, and now I feel I have to replace the vines, and I have no problem doing that! Thank you for the suggestion and now I've learned something new too. Thank you for watching!
Off topic, but your hair looks fabulous today.❤ A very good project this close to Memorial Day and D Day. The ravages of war. Very sad. Love all of the details.❤❤❤
Thank you!
lol….yes a fresh showered hair day! Makes a huge difference. I agree it was good timing, unintentional but worked out well. It is very sad
@WhitneyLaBrie Well, the color looks beautiful, and it's so shiny and healthy looking.
@@vickinoeske1154 thank you. That’s from the ole parents, they both have great thick hair….the color…well that’s thanks to Clairol! 🤣🤣🤣
@WhitneyLaBrie It's gorgeous, and I'll never tell.😚🫢
the diorama is really cool but it does make me kinda sad to as I collect G1 My Little Pony and restore them :) so forgotten toys make me sad ( have been to hamlets recently but couldn't afford to buy anything XD
I agree, there is a sadness about it, I felt it through the entire project. In this case these broken toys that I had been collecting have in someways found a new purpose within this shop to now be forever enjoyed in this abandoned way.
I love that you collect and restore those toys. What a cool hobby!
Are you sure that you aren't related to Ara? Your voices are so similar at times
lol…many have said something similar! Even my husband. 🤣🤣🤣 maybe we are distantly related but just don’t know it yet!
I am sorry, but I like Ara's shop much better !
The walls of your shop are far to thin .
in this crazy world its the little things that matter
Very cool and so detailed!!
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hey you! I really tried to concentrate on those details..even now that the project is done..I keep walking back to it and thinking what else can I add to this?