Baby shower

I've been taking stock of my families recently, & yesterday gathered up all of my Sylvanian babies for a quick photo.  I found I had 18, which was more than I realised I had.  Eight of them  (Hawthorn mouse, Maple cat, 2 Outback koalas & the 4 Secret Fairy Tree babies) are relatively new arrivals & all arrived earlier this year which I guess is why I lost track of how many I have.

My babys are: 2 Silk cats, 1 Maple cat, 1 Thistlethorn mouse, 1 Hawthorn mouse, 1 Fielding mouse, 2 Snow-Warren rabbits, 1 Wildwood rabbit, 1 Chocolate rabbit, 2 Outback koalas, 1 Dale sheep, 1 Neptune sea otter, 1 Buckley deer, 1 Trunk elephant, 1 Cakebread toy poodle, & 1 Waddlington duck. 

As with the rest of my figures collection, the cats, mice & rabbits make up just over half of them.  The Silk cats, Fielding mouse, Chocolate rabbit & Waddlington duck don't have families & I'm not planning to add those families to my collection/Hawthorn Bay so I'll have to see what families I can fit them into as adopted kids, wards, etc.

Secret Fairy Tree babies (from left to right): Fielding mouse (mushroom), Buckley deer (strawberry), Chocolate Rabbit (ladybird), & Silk cat (butterfly).  Ugh, the cute!

I don't think I'd had any new family arrivals since the Bramble hedgehogs & Cakebread toy poodles in 2016 (not counting the babies & any other small sets with figures), but this April I added the Outback koalas to my famlies.

I've been thinking about getting the Outback koalas for a while now & it was so nice to have a new family + they bought the Maple cat baby with them from Japan & planted the seed for me to get the rest of that family.

I've been trying to think of names for the Outbacks this weekend, & need to take some photos & make a proper introduction soon.  I've had them for months & not even deboxed them yet!

Holding at bay

Just a quick update..  Very little has been going on with Hawthorn Bay in the past month & a half.  There've been no new arrivals & I haven't made anything for them recently as I've been working on some other things.

My collection has expanded quite quickly - up until April 2014 I only had 1 Sylvanian figure (Sophie Snow-Warren who I mentioned in my first post) & my first building (Madeline's Boutique, as mentioned in my second post) was purchased secondhand in October last year.

Since then my collection of Sylvanian buildings has expanded quite a bit (totalling 25 to date).  I still have a few buildings I'd like to add to Hawthorn Bay, but before getting anymore it was more important to have somewhere to store what I have up to now.  I wanted a cheapish temporary solution until I can create space elsewhere in the house & bought 2 Hyllis shelving units to try & store everything on.

 

I managed to get 23 of my 25 houses on there (just Copper Beech cottage & the small Sylvanian Toy Shop didn't fit on), & it will do for now, at least everything is (pretty much) all in one space.  

From bottom to top:

Lakeside Lodge, Carry Case Cottage, Orchard Cottage & Rose Cottage.

Larchwood Lodge, 2 Souvenir Shops, Ivy Cottage & Bramble Cottage..

Log Cabin, Tomy School House, Watermill Bakery & Bakery.

2 Madeline's Boutiques, 2 Post Offices, 1 Cottage Hospital, 2 Betty's Toy Box, Field View Mill, Bluebell Cottage/Riverside Lodge & Summer House.