Bake/Off

It's been a while since there've been any new additions to Hawthorn Bay, but last week I received the 1998 Tomy Village Bakery. 

It's my third (& final?) Sylvanian bakery & you might be wondering why on earth Hawthorn Bay needs so many bakeries. Well obviously it doesn't.  I just love the bakery buildings & wanted all three.  Only one will remain a bakery, the rest will be converted to other businesses. 

 Tomy Bakery, #3137, 1987

 Tomy version of the Village Bakery, #3504, 1998

 Flair Water Mill Bakery, #4492, 2008

Hawthorn Bay has 3 main areas - the old village in a redwood forest, the coastal area, & a lake/mountain area.    I imagine that the first Tomy bakery was the original bakery built in the village, which was later replaced by the Village Bakery, until that too was replaced by the Water Mill Bakery (Hawthorn Bay's current bakery).  All 3 buildings are in the forest area, with the Water Mill Bakery being at the edge of the village where there's a stream.

The Water Mill Bakery will certainly be very well stocked with all the breads that came with the other bakeries in addition to what originally came with the Water Mill Bakery.

I already have plans for what the older bakeries will be, but I need to make some new signs in Photoshop & I've added some items to my wishlist to get towards the different business in the Village Bakery.  I'm looking forward to being able to set them up properly further down the line.

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.