The Surprise & Halloween

I'm writing this Sunday but I'll be posting it on Monday since that's Tina's birthday and the surprise is a gift for her birthday.

Tina's into owls like I am.  And I had a hexagon lantern which I thought was really pretty.  So I got the owl I'd splurged on a while back and made her a lantern.

You've seen the tree and stump...

The owl is from HandmadebyNovember on Etsy.  I need to get myself another one, I love this one so much.  I made the tree using the same method as my apple tree for the WQRC but I used only wire, no wood dowel to thicken the trunk.

My accomplishment for the weekend is a hollow pumpkin with a Halloween/Witchy/Magic scene inside it.

I got the pumpkin at Walmart and it came with a light to plug in for the inside, which is pretty cool.  It was also nice because I could be certain it was hollow.  I was trying to do this last weekend and found out I'd bought solid Styrofoam pumpkins.  Not going to work.

So I cut off the back of the pumpkin, not as easy as you'd think.

The first step was figuring out where I wanted my floor to set and what I wanted it made out of.  I decided to go with some of my grass.

First couple coats of paint and testing out the height of my Jack-o-lantern table.

First layer of paint on the outside.  I started with gesso to prime the plastic and then switched up to modge podge later.

I made a, floating potion cauldron, a magic tea set and several 'potion'/preserve jars.

Once those were sitting I went back to working on the pumpkin and making it look a bit more natural.

I made a stove out of pvc pipe and a straw with cardboard for the grate, top and door.  I used the left over pumice gel I had to give the paint some texture.  It looks enough like cast iron that I'm happy with it.

Then I made a few more 'magic' items.  A spoon floating over a jar of magic honey, dishes all topsy turvey, that sort of thing.

I used woodsies to make shelves for the walls and placed them all over my walls.  I need to take some better pictures.  I was in a hurry and didn't really light everything very well.

As you can see, there's some glue drying going on still.

But that was my weekend.  I got to play with the instant water and dyes and a bunch of other fun stuff so I'm pretty happy.

Hope you all had a great weekend!


Update: My friend loved her lantern and is excited to put it in her house, she's got the perfect place for it she says.