Studio 27 - By Jennifer Adams

Friday, October 9, 2026

Hidden Treasures

If you know me, then you know that I love collecting! Some things have designated storage areas, like my playhouse shed for vintage food toys, my bakery closet for off season fake bakes, or my garden shed for my garden themed collection of faux plants and decor. I only have so much space though, so other collections have to be creatively tucked away. Here are a few of my hidden treasures:

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In my front room, the table top surface behind couch is actually a dresser. I like the surface for decorating and the drawers hold one of my book collections. I don't need to access these books very often so being behind the couch isn't a big deal.

(This photo was taken last winter so you can see one of my Christmas villages on top)

Here is a peek inside those drawers, the complete collection of vintage Sweet Valley Twins/ Twins and Friends, Sweet Valley High, Sweet valley University novels!

Moving towards the corner in the same room is an end table underneath an electric fireplace.

In here I have my Zuru and Miniverse mini babies and mini baby foods.

Still in the front room, the tv stand is another dresser.

All of these contain vintage books as well, the complete Baby Sitters Club and Little House Series.

The top drawer of the corner cabinet has Miniverse food sets and the 1990s Little Miss dolls.

Here are better pics of the inside of that drawer:

I love these dolls!

Over by my desk I have a large, two sided cabinet. One half is all business, but the other half houses my complete collection of The Sims games and Strategy Guides.

Over in the dining room is this cabinet that features my faux cake collection. Underneath I have milk glass dishes and ...

...a couple little miniature pantries 😄 These are less of a collection and more of a hidden amusement, but I thought I'd share anyway!

If you like hidden whimsy, you might also enjoy this house gnome tour.

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I hope you enjoyed this hidden treasure post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

Friday, October 2, 2026

Using Dollar Store Fabric to Create Barbie House Linens

I wanted more lines for the Barbie house and decided to make my own using dollar store fabric,

check it out:

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This is one of the Crafter's Square fabric rolls from Dollar Tree. I laid it out on a cutting mat to show you that often these are uneven and need to be trimmed up.

Look for raw edges as well and cut those off before measuring out your project.

After I had my fabric trimmed up and ready to go, I started making blankets. To get the correct dimensions I used an existing Barbie blanket as guide. Just measure it out and then cut your fabric the same.

Here I did the same thing with a Barbie towel.

I didn't have any Barbie napkins at all, so I just freestyled those as well as some rugs.

Here is everything that I made:

A large rug in the kid's room and the room that's going to be a nursery.

Extra blankets for the bedrooms.

Towels and a floor mat in the bathroom.

Table linens in the dining room.

Throw blankets for the living areas.

Extra towels in the laundry room.

This was such an easy project and only cost $1.25! I kept things simple with plain, white fabric, but you could use all sorts of patterns...I'm wondering about curtains next...😃

Interested in more Barbie? Check out these posts:

Bringing Out the Barbie Dream House

Fixing Up Barbie Furniture

Making Labels For Barbie Groceries

Using Cube Storage to Extend a Barbie House

I hope you enjoyed this Barbie house post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

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Friday, September 25, 2026

Faux Cupcake Re-Style

I had a set of patriotic themed faux cupcakes that I wanted to change into a more everyday look. Read on to see how a little paint made it work:

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Here are the cupcakes as they looked before. They are really pretty, but I wanted to be able to use them for more than a couple holidays each year.

(These cupcakes were purchased from Dezicakes)

I pulled out some acrylic paint in a couple of chocolate colors to get started.

Using a brush I painted over the foam as well as I could, but you can still some blue here and there. I also messed up a bit and got brown on the part that I wanted to leave white.

To fix the mistakes I grabbed some brown puffy paint and used it to add 'chocolate' drips over the imperfections.

It worked really well!

Here are the cupcakes now, all chocolatey and ready for any occasion!

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Interested in more fake bake crafts?

I've gathered all of my tutorials and collections into this resource page.

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I hope you enjoyed this how-to post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

Friday, September 18, 2026

My Little Pony Thrift Store Haul

I decided to start collecting My Little Pony's and found a nice haul at the thrift store. Read on to see what I had already as well as the new:

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Here are the ponies that I already had.

Rainbow Dash, Blossom, Princess Cadence, Scootaloo, Pinkie Pie and a tiny Princess Celestia down front.

As well as their stable carrying case.

I was thinking that I would try and collect the ponies that correspond with the sticker names on the carrying case, keep things simple, right?

But then I found this huge batch for about $50, and here we are 😄

How about some close-ups:

Fluttershy and Star Swirl.

Scootaloo, Surf Star and Meadowbrook.

Sweet Berry, Rainbow Swirl, Desert Blossom and Scooter Sprite.

3 versions of Pinky Pie, Parasol and Butter Pop.

This many can fit inside the stable if I'm careful.

Everyone else has to wait out front until I get another bin. And probably more bins because as with everything else I start collecting, it tends to grow and grow😎

I hope you enjoyed this thrifted toy post, thanks for stopping by!

-Jennifer

Friday, September 11, 2026

Barbie House Decor - Flooring and Wall Coverings

Remember those cube shelves I used to extend the Barbie house? They worked great for adding space, but were plain to look at. Read on to see how I used paper and fabric to create floor and wall coverings:

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This project started as simply as gathering some cardstock in various colors and cutting it to the size of the cube 'floors' and 'walls'.

Look at the difference in the outdoor cube when you add a little sky and grass! This is a very simple beginning, but imagine how pretty it could be if you started adding trees, plants, clouds and other details to the background!

Another simple start to the farm. I left the sides blank for now as I'm debating on if they should be more sky or the walls of a nearby barn.

The pet shop got some pink flooring.

The living room also got pink flooring, along with a dollar store fabric 'fur rug'.

The same pink and gray are in the dining room. My mind is full of options for the walls in here and the living room, but so far I can't commit 😄 I like that the rooms can be changed up at will and don't want the decor to lock them into any specific setting, so I'm still pondering...