Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Halloween. Show all posts

Saturday, October 9, 2010

Halloween swaps

Since Harriet moved out of her old kitchen and into the boarding house Wanda moved in. She's done some redecorating with batty wallpaper and a good layer of grime everywhere.
I received some very interesting swap items from my Small World friends. Gaye made everything on the table except for the crystal ball -spells on scrolls and a spell book, a candle and a skull.
The witchy cookie jar was made by Sandy Copeland. The "food" was made by Gary in New Hampshire - witches fingers, bbq bat wings and candied eyeballs on the footed tray. The wooden bowl holds rancid meat with carrots and rat tails and a boar's snout.
Brenda made the pumpkin head and the three jars of potion ingredients on the shelf over the window. Gaye made the bottle. The shelf over the chair holds a glow in the dark skeleton from Gary and an eyeball plant from Rosie. The bottle next to the cauldron was also from Rosie. The shelf on the right wall holds a beautiful witch's hat by Sandy Copeland.
Charlene made the pumpkin with the ghost and Brenda made the crate of pumpkins. Wanda's hat and her owl, Walter, were made by Sandy for last year's swap.

I made the furniture and the candlestands with candles, the wall shelves, and Wanda. The view through the window was in the October issue of American Miniaturist.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Wanda got her own little scene

The Halloween hutch is no longer in my shop. I decided that Wanda needed her own permanent spot so I'm keeping the hutch. I also made a perch for Walter, the owl, and a bubbling cauldron over a fire. The base is just a scrap piece of 1x4 that I gave a faux stone finish. Wanda is not permanently fastened down so I can have her tending the fire or looking through the cabinet. I decided that she's not a very successful witch. She's green because of a spell gone bad while trying to turn the frog into a prince she instead turned herself green and you can see that the frog is still hopping around. Wanda does not look too happy about it either. :-)