I think I’m going to leave a message on all my other sites, the appropriate ones, to send people here. I watch some crafting sites and think some is there watchers would appreciate your miniature world😊. Let’s get you to 25K or 50K!

@robbiebragg1944

8 ай бұрын

I love what you are making. May I suggest that as large as the cup is that it would make a perfect chamber pot. Just an idea.

@kimjenkins276

8 ай бұрын

I love your new project! What a neat idea! Can't wait to see the next one!!! I hope yall have a Merry Christmas!!!

@CreateAgain

7 ай бұрын

Me! Perfection.

@sme_sage1241

7 ай бұрын

Wonderful idea! 👍👏👏👏

😍I find that the most interesting people are what I call "people of clutter". Their homes are full of wonderful things that they love, often (many) animals, and they will welcome you into their home and tell you to perch where you can for a cookie or a tea any time. And they never worry that there's a bit of fur or some dust, because we are all just dust anyway. I love that there is something to look at everywhere you look in your miniatures. And I love your lovely channel. Happiest of Holidays!

@sticklebacksummer

8 ай бұрын

Totally agree

@juneyshu6197

7 ай бұрын

Wow, I feel worthwhile now, thanks!

@MiMi-tj5zf

7 ай бұрын

Beautifully said. My mother was such a person. Always welcoming. Always collecting. Just in case. 😊

@michelleramsey4302

5 ай бұрын

The best compliments are "your home is so warm and welcoming"...

I have always loved this book! You two are rather like the borrowers yourselves, aren't you? This is brilliant!

@sticklebacksummer

8 ай бұрын

Yes, you hit the nail right on the head with this remark -they are just like borrowers.

Nothing as delightful as the Borrowers. At 66 I have the full collection of books. I think it would be lovely to take the safety pin ladder her father used to climb and stick it in the uppermost floor with the rope hanging down. This has to be my favorite project you’ve done thus far! Time to sit down and reread the series to get ideas.

@TaraFinlay

8 ай бұрын

Great idea. I was thinking there might be a collection of various ladders.

@alisonalder7317

8 ай бұрын

I'm also 66 and have the full series. I also remember Pod's hat pins with the ribbons which helped him climb things, and the half scissor. Spiller borrowed some of these from the hole in the bank in Borrowers Afield when they lived in the boot.

Your sweet voices and calming chit-chat make this channel a healing place! I wish I could turn back time and spend my daughter’s childhood all over again. There would be a lot more time spent enjoying her company! You’re blessed to have these moments together, and I’m blessed by your sharing 😊

Watching this I was transported back to my childhood. A gentler time where my imagination ruled my world. Thank you, Fleur and Kate.

I'm 70 years old and have never heard the story of the Borrowers. I have dyslexia so I'll look it up for audio books. Thank you so much for sharing this adorable project. It's so very precious! Thank you also for including Mr. Sonny Cat. He is just too stinkin' cute. I have a kitty that looks just like him. His name is Dusty. I hope you have a blessed Christmas and perhaps you'll get another video out before then. My favorite ladies on KZread. ❤ xx

@bonnieharris4538

4 ай бұрын

The borrowers were a BBC series too, I estimate in like, the early nineties, so I wonder if it would be possible to stream it from somewhere, or even go treasure hunting for the dvd boxset? (Or, dare I admit that I am THIS old?) On Vhs, to commit to dvd?)

@megiab

3 ай бұрын

there was a movie made in the 90s (i think) with John Goodman, as well. ❤ #xcellent story, I hope you find a version to enjoy. I may look for an audiobook too, now that you mention it- Have a re-read after all this time. 😊

@JMarieCAlove

3 ай бұрын

@@bonnieharris4538There was a t.v. movie of the Borrowers in the early 70s, with actor, Eddie Albert. I remember watching it when I was a kid.

Oh, please don't stop adding all of the beautiful little detail you put into all of your works! I love a nice, cozy, busy little room with so many things to see!!

Best books ever! I was obsessed as a little girl, and made a house in my bottom drawer for borrowers! My brother wrote little notes ont tiny paper, and mover furniture around, so for a long time a believed we might just possibly have borrowers! When i got back from summer camp, he had left a not saying they had gone off traveling, and would remember me always. Best older brother ever.

I’m only half way in and this is, without a shadow of doubt, the bestest most perfect and fabulous thing ever in the history of the world. I love you two women and all you stand for.

@juneyshu6197

7 ай бұрын

What a marvelously put statement! You are absolutely right, as well, 😄 blessings!

"...beauty in the broken bits..." Yes I agree; that is the charm of these projects... (what a fitting motto for life.)

Having Sonny cat in the videos is always such a bonus! Love hearing his purr! ❤

You do not clutter! You are just Maximal Miniaturists!!

letters to wallpaper their room, postage stamps to hang on their wall, and old chess pieces that they use as statues are all things I found that borrower's like to borrow.😂 matchboxes for dressers and trinket boxes for furniture.

The borrowers are real! I am positive! I know they will enjoy this.❤

If I were a borrower a glove would be so useful , for making small articles of clothing…socks, under ware, tank tops from the fingers, or pillows and the body could be sheets….a knit pair of gloves could be made into a winter sweater or blanket, leather gloves for shoe making , or a squirrel saddle, or a very sturdy hammock…..😊 I loved the borrowers….your crafting is so sweet , thanks for sharing.✨p.s. paper clips are easier to make hangers……and for your kitchen, small tea tin with the top and side cut out, wood or coal inside and a piece of screen for the top of the bbq…..champagne cage tops for chairs, buttons for plates, a saucer on a spool for a table, metal measuring spoons for pots ( handles cut) acorn mugs, toothpaste tops for cups, glass salt seller w/ spoon for serving, a crystal toothpick holder for a vase…..I think I need to build something✨……toodles! Can’t wait for you next video! 😊

I absolutely love when it’s cluttered with pretty things. 😍

I don’t think that your creations are overcrowded. Please continue to be your wonderful selves. ♥️♥️♥️ Definitely and most importantly, these are treasure-troves… an expression not used to describe an orderly and clinical display of a collection. If you were creating a space for a child to use for play, of course, that would be completely different (not to mention so many things being lost). Or if you were accurately re-creating a historical space for a museum, there’s no space for the inhabitants to move around, so it would be unrealistic. However, that’s not what you are doing. You are creating amazing spaces to display the amazing things you make, find, purchase and are given. To “spread them out” as some might wish, you would need innumerable dollhouses (which I suspect could be the destination where you’ll end up anyway). For the visitor, these are not spaces to be glanced at. These are spaces to explore with your eyes. To discover on the next visit something you didn’t notice last time. Thank you for taking the time and effort to film not just your creations, but your creative process! ♥️

Bobby pins would make excellent curtain rods. Bottle caps for pie tins. Beads as balls. Spent matches as logs to burn

@michaelaredfearn7082

8 ай бұрын

& a match to make a broom

I’m sure I have some Borrowers in my home, so many things go missing! Your little clock rooms are precious! Please don’t take any notice of the criticism, 99% of us love the cluttered rooms!! 💕

I love the way you are kind and let Sunny cat “help”! He is so cute with his tongue hanging to the right! 😆 You are both so creative. I love the Borrowers clock, what a great idea! Fleur you have created a wonderful life for and relationship with your kiddos. God bless

4:18 look at that cute little tongue. 🥰

Oh, how wonderful! I have just shared The Borrowers with my 7 year old grandson. He is an absolute believer in their existence, along with the bwbach who lives in the old part of our ancient house and plays tricks on us. I will replay this video for him after school on Monday and know Sonny's pure will be a bonus for him as Binkie, his own kitten, kept us company as we read.

@juneyshu6197

7 ай бұрын

How interesting and fun!

Fleur had the best reading voice - soothing and captivating

Love love your work! The Borrowers was one of my most favourite books when I was a child. I am now nearly 72! Your channel takes me right back to an innocent time in my life, when imagination was all! Thanks so much 💐

You 2 are so lucky to have each other. My momma died when I was 9 and Id give anything to hold her hand again. Please cherish these times together. Theyre so special. Thank you for sharing your world to us. Youre so creative and your cat is a cutie too. 😊 Much ❤ from Nashville TN USA 🇺🇸

Sunny would have had me hooked in with his soothing purr, even if you hadn't made me blissfully enthralled with the Borrowers theme. That was one of my favorite storybook series as a child, because what child is not a scavenger/forager/Borrower at heart? Or, what mudlarker, for that matter? You have both nailed the tastes and characters of Arietty and Homily, perfectly. I'm even jealous of your artfully lithographed sardine tin. We don't see such exotic tins on this side of the pond, alas. I can hardly wait to see the kitchen and parlor, and Pod's ingenious tools of trade! Brava, ladies! Well done!

@Hippiechick11

8 ай бұрын

Loved the books, and I remember saying "The borrowers took it" when something was displaced. I've been looking for an old wooden clock to do this, and I might just do my own borrower's house.

@pbonniejean

8 ай бұрын

Oh, I hope you will!@@Hippiechick11

@Hippiechick11

8 ай бұрын

@@pbonniejean as soon as I can find a clock! I loved the Borrowers books. I think my Mom read them at some point too, but not sure when. It was a long time ago. 😀

@pbonniejean

8 ай бұрын

@@Hippiechick11 I first read them in school, the first one. I later bought them for my daughters bedtime stories, and then my grandkids. They're now being read to my great grands! I'm 73 years young.

@Hippiechick11

8 ай бұрын

@@pbonniejean that is wonderful!

I enjoy all the dolls houses you make, but the ones you decorate with "found" stuff or mudlark finds are by far my favourite!! The Borrowers are the ideal setting I guess. Love it!🥰🇳🇱

Love The Borrowers stories and I really appreciate how you use logic in the decorating. I made a small mouse house in the style of The Borrowers for my aunt. Not nearly as cute as yours! Pill boxes make wonderful storage, and I made a fireplace out of an old spice tin cut open and rolled up on one side with a metal cigar tube as a chimney. Im planning another mouse house for myself built into a 1920s cabinet radio. Just love this and all your videos!

Absolutely loved the borrowers books as a child, don't think any of the films lived up to them.

I love this project!!!! I read The Borrower's years ago as a child and was enamored of it right off. As a child in a poor family myself, I made accessories for my Barbie dolls out of found items too. Many Kleenex boxes were made into Barbie beds!! By the way, the Minnesota rug was a sweet surprise!! I live in Austin, Minnesota!! It is the birthplace if Spam!!! I will have to re-read The Borrowers again now!!❤🥰🥰🥰

I do live the inventiveness of the Borrowers, repurposing and reusing lost or “borrowed” things. I loved how in the Studio Ghibli film they used a flowerpot as a brick oven, and a dragonfly wing as a quill pen! So cool to see how y’all interpret what a Borrower house would look like. 😄❤️I definitely think some of your Mudlarking finds would make a fantastic kitchen. Seashell dishes and bottle cap pie tins? Can’t wait to see what y’all make!

I forgot to add- it came out PERFECT- just I'd imagine a borrower's home to look! The sardine can bed from Morocco was my favorite, and I love seeing the vintage sewing notions put to use that way.

L O V E this project idea! At 70, I had never heard of this story by Mary Norton! I am now aiming to get myself the series! Thank you for the introduction! 🧵Fleur and Kate, with your fantastic imaginations, I cannot wait to see what you come up with! ❤❤

@cathymcdonald1285

7 ай бұрын

Me neither bethbranson! Now I must go find the books. I've love miniatures all my life, and at 66 I just started decorating a giant dollhouse I purchased years ago. I'm having such a great time❤ I love that I found this channel!

I absolutely loved this stream! I am really partial to all things whimsical. My Christmas tree is all fairies, gnomes elves, birds, little woodland creatures and many old chandelier crystals. I can hardly wait to see what you do with the rest of the clock. Thank you for all of your amazing videos, my friend and I love watching both channels!

Oh what a joy to see and hear Sonny again! I've missed him ever so much! I absolutely, positively love this project! It is wonderful!!!!❤

I'm looking for a grandmother clock tomorrow! Looked like so much fun! Also I can't imagine anyone being so below stairs as to criticize you ladies.

I would not call it over cluttered at all! My dollhouses are stuffed full...that gives them so much character, charm, story, motion. Keep doing what you are doing! Also, I cannot express enough how much I enjoy that you are a mother and daughter team. My mom has passed on and she and I always enjoyed any crafty thing we did together. This makes me miss her and remember her so fondly. May you both be blessed in all you do.

YeahMan!!! The Borrowers were also a childhood favorite of mine - over 60 years ago!!! I was thoroughly charmed then, and this video brought back those same feelings!!! Too cluttered? There is no such thing in miniature world!!!!! I think the purring enhances your zen-like process. Thanks for a very pleasant slice of time! ☮️❤️

The borrowers were my favourite to play as a child. I spent hours building little homes for them out of anything I could find. I never stopped looking for things that might be useful to them😂❤

AMAZING Love love love !!! Loved The Borrowers ! I am 60 year and still love to read their adventures!

I always prefered burrower miniatures to toy miniatures as they didn't just have to look - but be functional 😊 An added challenge that I delighted in 🥰

Just magical! I loved The Borrowers books when I was young! There's something very soothing about both your channels, I think its your voices and the choice of gentle background music. Can't wait to see the clock house finished! ❤️🌻

god i live for Borrowers content in the miniature community! this is such a beautiful build!

I loved the Borrowers books! I can't tell you how many hours of my life have been spent imagining borrowers living in my house.

Her room turned out exactly the way mine did as a child. This brings me back to my most beloved and peaceful memories ❤

Remember as a child watching this movie it was so delightful.

You guys have the best 'junk' - ephemera and bits! And there's no such thing as 'over cluttering' a dollshouse. It's like 'left over cake'... it just doesn't happen.

Absolutely love the barrowers

What a delightful project and video!! It was a fabulous idea to use a Grandmother clock. I will add that to my list.😉 I love your creativity and “clutter”. It is cozy to be surrounded by things you love and bring back happy memories. How about using a wine cork in the kitchen? May be use it as a butcher block? Cut it down for seats? Or whatever you can think of! Happy Holidays! 🥰

The purring cat was glorious. I loved this book as a kid .

Love, love, love all of it. The Borrowers were my favorite too.

Rewatching this on the 1st February. It's just as good the second time around. Don't forget Pod's hatpin and borrowing bag for the next episode, and his half scissor.

One of my absolute favourite childhood books, loved my children, it's appeal is never-ending! Your Borrowers clock home is enchanting and so reminiscent of the books. Watching your videos is like stepping into a magical world, I can't thank you enough! x

This. Is. Mine!! The borrowers? My very first step into faeries and small, and (as a verrrrrrry young girl) leaving tiny things out HOPING that the little's and the borrowers and the fairies would like. Along with that entire world. Ralph mouse and the little people... My heart has ALWAYS been there for them. And still is, with no shame and no excuses. It is what it is.

The tiny anvil! So cute! 😂

Indeed how wonderful!! I love the fact that’s a mother and a daughter working together what’s very rare to see nowadays… And I love you magic, fantasy, wonder… Bravo!!! Keep doing this lovely work!!❤❤

@lauralake7430

7 ай бұрын

I wish my mom and i had any kind of hobby in common. We try, but we are so different…im a bit jealous of them, in a tender way.

I'm so glad to hear that your quality control inspector is in the room and is hard at work!

I also love the cuttered look, I believe its like surrounding yourself with happy memories,that your eye falls across occasionally and reminds you of a pleasant time in your past.

This is so lovely. I’m 76 now and live in Belfast with my family, I did live in Devon when I was 9-12 yrs and near to where Mary Norton lived. I have loved the Borrowers and still have my set of books. Still, to this day, I can be heard saying, “this wd do for Spiller,Pod etc”. Funny enough, of all the beloved books I read to my children and grandchildren, none of them ever got ‘into’ my precious family. Another book that you may have read is The Indian in the Cupboard, if not please hunt it down. You will adore this story in miniature but which comes alive. Things that you cd maybe look for are a half scissor for Pod, fine string with knots tied in it for grappling ropes and a ground down fish hook for the end of the rope. Don’t forget, they borrowed everything before the Boy gave them the Doll’s house furniture but then they had to live from scratch when they went to live ‘Afield’. Precious and beautiful memories of my childhood.

I think this is a cunning plan. It's so relaxing that I fall asleep and wake up and it's over so I watch it again, I fall asleep and wake up, rinse and repeat.

I’m 65 and I’ve never heard of the Borrowers! I looked it up and I see there was a movie made in 1997 that I can rent to watch it. Strange coincidence that I’m working on a Children’s book with characters that I hand carve and they use things they find around and I make things for them from stuff I find in thrift stores or yard sales. I think a lot of us have a Borrower in us!😁

I can’t even express how lovely it was watching this. It made me feel cozy and Christmasy. Thanks.

I just finished making a miniature based on the Borrowers, but I haven't edited and posted it yet. Promise I'm not copying! Mine isn't in the clock though, it's a roombox meant to be under the floor.

@Cate7451

8 ай бұрын

A you tube video?

@TaraFinlay

8 ай бұрын

@Cate7451 yes. I haven't been able to edit it because I am in the middle of moving.

@bonnieharris4538

3 ай бұрын

​@TaraFinlay have you posted it yet? I shall give it a watch and support you xx

@TaraFinlay

3 ай бұрын

@@bonnieharris4538 I have! Thanks! kzread.info/dash/bejne/hppnm86qodmaYto.htmlsi=06v9dhEBscU1ddsx

@TaraFinlay

3 ай бұрын

@Cate7451 oh yes, sorry! I didn't see this. kzread.info/dash/bejne/hppnm86qodmaYto.htmlsi=06v9dhEBscU1ddsx

OMG, my mom and I have always talked about doing a Borrowers' kind of dollhouse or room, or something. This is a great idea and I will take inspiration from it and make my own at some point.

I am unable to express my pleasure watching this video. It’s like a dream. Thank you so much. Also I can see that Sunny is a great help.

I am RUNNING to my neighborhood library tomorrow morning to find the "Borrowers"! Another wonderful video, thank you so much!!!!

So, so, charming! How I love the Borrowers books and their adventures! The sweet clock home you’re creating for them is capturing their essence! I picked up a clock very similar to yours a few years ago and have been transforming it into a mouse couple house! Mr. Mouse is a want-to-be-inventor and has the entire “top floor” of the clock (where it’s mechanism still exists!) as his work and planning room. Ms. Mouse keeps busy in the lower rooms, washing clothes and then relaxing in the hammock strung across the laundry room, painting and reading every book in her vast library! Their entire clock-house is a collection of bits and bobs they find while out on their adventuring walk-abouts! Nothing is too small or insignificant to leave behind! They are a true Borrowers couple at heart! The next project for them will be to instruct me on how to build a dumb waiter/elevator on the outside of the clock in order for them to go from the lower rooms to Mr Mouse’s work room. He wants it to be efficient. She wants it to be a work of art. How to do both? Yet, it must be done! Looking forward to your further Borrowers videos! And salutations from Mr and Mrs Mouse! Thanks much! Kathleen

@darnprecious1

8 ай бұрын

Sounds like so much fun

@papabear2515

8 ай бұрын

@@darnprecious1 It really is …and challenging at times! I’m committed to using only “found/non-purchased items” (except paint/stain) to furnish every bit of this clock house …. A,ing the wringer washer from a supplement bottle, ink pen lids and paper clips has been quite the learning curve! The hammock was easy …a scrap from a mesh bag that onions came in! Oh, that it were all so easy! Ha ha! Such fun! Are you in the midst of a creation or a dream of one? Kathleen

I love The Borrowers books so this build fills me with such joy. The whole video is delightful!

It is so lovely, peaceful and pleasant to watch your videos. Those tiny things and your love for details draw me in and are such a calm watch after long and tiresome shifts. Being from Germany, "the Borrowers" said me nothing at first, so I checked them up. They are known here as "Borger", yet I just remembered slightly a cinema movie preview from many years ago. Yesterday I found the series you mentioned from 1992 with those wonderful actors and I did a little marathon, since I felt so drained from work. How lovely and pleasant. Thank you so much also for that inspiration. I will go for the books very soon and now I finally understand your "Borrower"-projects and want to do some as well. What a lovely way to create so beautiful things from every days life and imagined them."borrowed". So, once again thank you very much for all your beautiful content and for the peaceful, calm and lovely moments you create for all who watch. I am 55 and my kid's soul is just happy and joyful, a very lovely and wonderful counterweight to everyday's life, news and duties. Love and greetings from Augsburg, Germany.

Beautiful, just beautiful. You make me feel soo content, whimsical and fill my mind with a child_like joy. What splendid, magical people you are. Sunny reminds me so much of my old cat Paddy who would sit on my lap purring, whilst I was going through chemo.

That turned out amazing, I love it all and can’t wait to see it all finished, well done ladies well done 👏👏👏👏🙏❤️

I always find it fascinating, watching your creations evolve. It's amazing that this video came up today, as I actually bought a grandmother clock from an auction today for £12, specifically for making it into a dolls house. So this episode was extra extra interesting. I look forward to seeing the next steps ❤

@cathymcdonald1285

7 ай бұрын

Oh how exciting! Have fun decorating it❤

Borrowers are maximalists for certain ❤ Great job!!!

Love, love, love this video. You don't over clutter. It is always perfect. ❤

Wonderful setting for new adventures for the Clock family.

You both have really gotten the spirit of the borrowers in the rooms. Absolutely perfect!! Thank you for sharing. A Wyoming USA miniaturist.

I,too, loved The Borrower books. Another similar book I loved is Twig, about a tiny girl who lived outside in the yard. Sonny's purring was a perfect (purrfect) accompaniment to your video.

So charming. I also love that Sunny Cats purrs sound like a generator!

So so sweet. That is my favorite story book of all times. Thanknyou

This may be your Masterpiece!

so awesome. I never knew other people adored the Borrowers the way I do!

The Borrowers was a book we read in school. Our teacher would read aloud to us after lunch break. That was in the late 70s and I think I need to read it again.

Don't forget to add a thimble with stuffing and a pretty cover for a seat. Love your creativity.

Love the clock and love to hear and see Sonny again. I'm sorry anyone watching you guys think they have a right to criticize what you do or how you do it. Happy Holidays to all! Thanks for the video. My family loves the Borrowers.

That dice looks like it’s bakelight. Never seen one like it before but it’s adorable! Love all the projects that you do. I’m also very, very jealous of all the wonderful things you have found or been given. What a magical way to display them all.

This is going to be my all time favourite house of all.I loved the book as a child and films I have seen.Its such a novel idea and of course explains all the things that go missing lol!.. I absolutely adore both the rooms so far,I know you will change and put new things in too!but cannot wait for the other rooms to be done.The clock idea is so clever and a clever way to use a broken piece and turn it into something really incredible.A Borrowers home..So clever ,and it gets place of honour by the fire place too 🥰

The yellow lamp base looks like part of a tube of lip balm. Thanks for sharing your brilliance!

Magically happy video. Filled my heart with joy. Thank you ❤

The "Borrowers" is one of my favorite books of all time. This project is incredible

I absolutely love it! Yes, it would be cluttered with things as they would not have the luxury of space, but would grab anything that could eventually be found useful. You have made me want to read the Borrowers again. Sadly it will have to wait until we move and I get all of our books unpacked. I always wished they would be real and one day I would find some little borrowers in my home and I could accidentally leave things around for them to "borrow".

You ladies are so creative! And I never knew of anyone who read the Borrowers besides myself. Its lovely that you're making them a house in the clock!

A cork board above her desk with pins and drawings etc on it. Beads for the feet of her bed to raise it. A poster on the blue wall of a foreign country. The pram near the lady on the left to look like she is pushing it. It really is magical what you two ladies create.x

I would love to see you do videos reading old books. You have such a gift for it! ❤

Your 'real life' stove is absolutely beautiful x

I JUST LOVE YOUR CAT SITTING THERE PURRING WITH ITS TOUNG HANGING OUT, LOL

I have spent the most blissful hour, rocking my 3 week old grand baby while watching this. The Borrowers were my favorite books as a girl. Thank you so much for this project and for sharing all your little treasures with us! Feeling so blessed to have found such kindred spirits halfway across the globe! - a fan from Texas #ceasefire_now #free_Palestine

You guys are amazing! This was perfect for a snowy afternoon.

This is so incredibly Cute!! I love The Borrowers,, I will have to watch the movie again now!! Thank you and Greetings 👋

Lovely to see Sunny Cat again. Such a corker.