Almost done.
I decided not to make paperflowers, but use the clay to make miniature flowers.
The initial plan was to make yellow-orange flowers...and I did, but the size was more for the 1:12 house.

They had to be a lot smaller.

Then I made a kind of cups of a few mm.
Using a marker to make the hearts didn't work, as the clay absorbed the ink.
So I made tiny balls and put them in the cups. That worked!
Putting them on wire meant pushing the hearts out. So I made just a few that way.
The rest were glued on the filling of the boxes.
Maybe I will put a few leaves between them, later.

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The small veggies were fun to make.
The clay in the kit is very fluffy.
A problem is that it is compressed during use, and it swells up again when it's left to dry.
I made lettuce (which was not part of the kit, but I assumed it would be a nice addition.

Made it from different shades of green. Looked absolutely good when ready, but when I saw it after drying the effect of the single leaves was gone.

I looked for synthetic clay in the shop, but there was none.

I had to glue the veggies in the boxes as the clay is not heavy enough to stay put when the shop is moved.

According to the kit the double boxes need to be filld with small beads.
I'm not going to do that.
Clay looks far better.

 

My first attempts on mini-veggies.
It was not clear of the clay would dry or keep flexible.
And nothing was written about the attachments of the green to the orange. I found out that a bit of water did the trick.

Glueing a small piece of paper on a small piece of wood meant working with tweezers.
Then I didn't like looking at the boots. Too much wood at the side.
Thanks to a daughter who had the right colour of paint the boots look a lot better now.

 

Managed to find some thin wire, wich was a lot easier to use.
It was less sturdy, and I could get it straight.
Attaching was easy.

I just made a circle, attaching the 2 reds with the grey, and all the whites together.

And there was light in the lamp!!

The light in the window was still not working and re-attaching made no difference.
As the wire to the lamp can't be stretched straight and it won't stay that way I wonder what to do with it.
If I have more thin wire I can rewire it and maybe hang it from the roof instead of making it stand on the topshelf.

As switching the lights on and off would mean getting almost everything out of the shop to reach the switch, I decided to pull the battery box through the large hole at the bottom and take the switch that way too. It was possible because I added a larger wire.
Taped it all at the back.

If it would have been more fun to make the shop, I would have created a hole in the wall and put the switch in there.

Tomorrow I will put all the furniture back and start making the veggies.


The next morning I switched onn the lights, and they were not working.
All the contacts between the wires were OK.
I had put the wiring of the lamp in the back straight during the night. I removed the straighteners and it curled up again. Like memory wire.

When I asked the manufacturer for the electricity plan, I got a video explaining how to link two wires together.
So I mailed again, asking for the plan and telling them about the difficulties I was encountering.
As Crafts & Co didn't reply in all those days,  I decided to remove the wiring.

What a disappointment!

This was what was not expected!!!

The battery box was IN the counter, which should be situated in the middle of the back of the shop. So exchanging batteries can't be done without creating a large mess.
Because of that I already decided for a different set up of the shop.
Which is not a real problem.

Making the lamp from (medium thick) foil was a pain.
There was no proper attachment designed for the top, but I managed to glue it together anyway. (Pfff).

It was nice to see it finished...
But where do the wires go?

They have to go through the bottom, where there was plenty of room to hide them in a neat way.

But.....

The amount of wire given was just right (or not)

I spend some time to find something to hide the red and white wire from the front part in.
The large long beads were just a tiny bit too small. 
I have to find a solution, as the wires are very sturdy and don't stay straight.

But first I had to attach all the wires.
Especially attaching those of the front were a pain, but finally they were done and I could put the whole shop flat on its back to do the main job...

In the meantime I had mailed the manufacturer to ask for the wiring plan.
I got a quick answer with a short video, explaining how to attach two wires to each other.
Well, I might be less than an amateur in electricity (well, I know how to use it...), but I am not completely stupid (I thought).

But which wire to attach to which wire?

Even with a magnifier I couldn't see it well on the small, dark(ish) images.

Red to red?

And then?

All whites with the grey?

The problem solved itself when I suddenly had a few bare copper wires in my hand.

Replacing the white bit was not an option.
Nothing extra in the kit... nothing between my other stuff.


 End of the story of wiring the greengrocer?

Well, there is an update....

 

I expected to make the front rather fast.

Hmmm.

Putting the bottom panels up went OK.
But then the first problems appeared.
Where to put the ceiling with the lights?
On top of it, or against the top?

I decided for the last.

A pity the wooden poles were not longer.
The small railing would have been firmer.

I was lucky I could get the large flower box in.

The windows didn't fit the way the booklet showed them.
I had to break them out, attach the small window more to the right and then it fitted with the roof on top.

The electricity was explained so bad, that it left me with open wire...
Not very wise. 
And there is a lamp projected in the counter and on top of the shelves but how they are relayed with the other lamps is completely unclear.

Creating the tiny items was a lot of fun.
Especially when they were put in the shop itself.

So I made a display without the front, to get an idea of the endresult.
Keep in mind the size of it all.

 

The plant-stand was fun to make.
OK some parts were so tiny I glued my fingers together..LOL!
I would have made the stand a bit sturdier, by making a cross at the back, but I had it dry between square boxes, so it's fine.
Making the different pots and boxes was a bit of a challenge. But the endresult was worth it.

I didn't paint the stand as there is enough green in the shop.

 

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Fun to make.
When cutting the paper, leave a small bit of white at the end. That makes it easier to get the right size for the pot, and easier to attach the rope.

 

 

A cheap kit sometimes contains problems.

The size for the covers for one of the stands was not right.
I was able to fill in the area which was not covered with a feltpen.

And when I was taking - carefully - small parts out of the matrix the wood appeared to be so bad that one of the tiny parts was broken. Not by me. It was broken already.
Turned out the wood was kind of rotten inside.

Later I found another part with a rotten inside.

 

The jars with jam were supposed to be covered with fabric and a rope.
But the fabric was fraying so bad I looked for something else.
I ended up with some lace. a real pain to attach. It worked anyway.
I have some tiny labels... but I am in doubt.
This looks more like coffee with whipped cream than jam.

I was told the Action had 3 1:24 models on the shelves.
One of them was the Greengrocer.

Even though I was not completely sure if the kit would be detailed enough to fit in with the other rooms I thought it would be fun to make it. 

Some of the vegetables look a bit artificial on the picture, but maybe by the time they should be made I have found a better solution than clay.

The first job was gluing the bottom cover on the bottom part.
And the second one was: painting.

It was not clear if water should be added, or what kind of paint it is.
There was no primer, so I used the paint directly on the wood.
It didn't take well. A second layer created a better look. I am not a 100% happy with it.
But the wall will be covered for the main part and the trellis will be covered with ivy. 
So it'll do.

Making the shelves and the first small items was easy.

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