okay, you have been asking for pictures and as the revamp is now complete here are a few.....welcome to Emma's Emporium
the front of the store with a rather elegant Victorian lady pushing her perambulator inside which is a tiny baby and of course all the blankets and pillow. The dog is sitting on the door step waiting to go in to the shop - all will be revealed in a minute. There is a display in each window of a hat and parasol.
Inside the shop we have an area for the customer - a sofa, needlepoint footstool, cheval mirror, display case and shelf and a coffee table set for tea. Emma stand behind her glass counter and behind the Japanese screen is a sewing area. Two double candle holders light the shop and there are 2 cross stitched pictures on the walls.
A closer view of Emma and her counter and the Japanese screen on which hangs a silk negligee. The drawers in the counter contain miniature sets of underwear, tiny ladies' slippers, hat pins, gloves, silk bags and the nightdress to match the negligee. On the counter is a till and quill pen, a lace pillow with bobbins, a mirror and a pearl necklace.
the sewing corner has a sewing table complete with Victoria sewing machine and candlestick telephone. Also a paper dress pattern, scissors and a tiny work basket with miniscule reels of cotton. Under the table the cat sleeps in her basket (now you know why the dog wants to come in) and normally there is a chair and a tailors dummy (I removed them to take the photo).
a closer view of the customer sitting enjoying a cup of tea and without the child to drive her mad.
The only thing I may add is a seamstress to sit at the sewing table and possibly some hanging baskets outside, oh and a lantern outside - oops better stop now or the list will get too long.
