I recently blogged about a beautiful little Victoria Sponge Cake that I have purchased for the shop bakery display. This got me thinking about eating some Victoria Sponge Cake and wonderering if it really is named after Queen Victoria herself. Just in case you haven’t had the good fortune to eat a slice (or 3)Continue reading “The Victoria Sandwich cake”
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Fresh from the oven…
You walk into the bakery, the air is filled with the smells of fresh bread and warm pastry. There is a counter full of golden savoury pies, pasties and sausage rolls and sweet iced treats, biscuits and cakes. Which to choose? My choices were easy… freshly baked pasties and pies And a light and fluffyContinue reading “Fresh from the oven…”
Have you had your 5-a-day?
An essential part of any Victorian grocery store would have been fruits & vegetables. I want my doll-sized green grocery section to offer a fairly authentic selection of produce so I thought I should do a bit of research to see what most Victorian grocers had to offer. According to Michael Mosley: There were plentyContinue reading “Have you had your 5-a-day?”
Victorian advertising… setting the scene.
From the moment I decided to build a miniature shop, I have been looking for design inspiration for all manner of things that I could include inside the store. Wall coverings, flooring, shelving and display units, and an endless list of possible stock. There is such an amazing range of miniature items available to purchaseContinue reading “Victorian advertising… setting the scene.”
Looking for design inspiration… visiting a living Victorian town.
A few months ago we took our boys to visit Beamish Museum in County Durham, England. This is not your typical museum with artefacts locked away in glass cases. It is an entire town that you can walk around. They have transported real period buildings from their original locations, rebuilt them brick-by-brick and furnished themContinue reading “Looking for design inspiration… visiting a living Victorian town.”
Welcome to Lindsay & Sons General Store
A few years ago, I bought my first 1:12 scale doll’s house. I built it from a kit and decorated and furnished it in a Victorian style. Now, I am ready to start a new project… a Victorian general store including green grocery, bakery, dry goods and hardware departments. The shop front and room boxContinue reading “Welcome to Lindsay & Sons General Store”
Lindsay & Sons General Store 