The designer of this miniature Ryokan

Just a quick post today to let you all know that another girl who is building this Ryokan actually met one of the designers of it on a recent visit to Japan. She posted about it and included a photo of the prototype in her blog post Here.

She was so lucky to find him!

A few things I found for the ryokan

I can't believe that I never put these on my blog. Sorry the picture is so terrible, but since the ryokan is in my shop, and it is so cold up there, I had to make do with this old photo from one of my phones.

When I first left the hospital, they had me go to stay with my kids in Rochester, NY. I was still pretty weak and sick, but I did go to an antique shop with them, and I found these two celluloid figures, and a cloissone vase. The figures seem to be 1/20th scale, just like the ryokan. Anyway, we were out in New York for a very long time, so I never even thought to put them here. They do look beautiful in front of the house!

I'm still hanging in there

I haven't worked on the ryokan at all, partly because of hospital visits, but mostly because of money. I did find another blog with the same ryokan. This one is in the UK, and her blog is here. She has a lot of other beautiful crafts on the blog as well as her ryokan build.

Peggy, if you see this, I just found your comment from last August, and I replied on that post. I just found the blog above from one of the comments on your Orangery when I went over to see how you are doing. I see your blog has really helped another ryokan builder!