I am going to have the grand opening of Hubert's Haberdashery Saturday if it kills me! I worked all yesterday afternoon and this morning and I still don't quite have the wall shelf filled. I made red long johns, white union suits, beige union suits, scarves, leather gloves, and pocket watches on chains. There are still two empty shelves. I left the 1908 Sears Catalog that I was working from at a friend's house yesterday so I am basically flying blind today.
It's like I have said before, estimate the time that you think it will take you to complete a miniature scene and then multiply that time by 10. Today I am thinking that the multiplication should be by 12. After all, I am working in 1:12 scale. It would only make sense that it takes you not 10, but 12 times as long to do.
The other thing that I finished was the fake tree in the photography corner. In the tintype it is rather sparse and kind of beat up looking, so I did it that way. I went out in the back yard and found a piece of Nandina(AKA Heavenly Bamboo). When the seed pods dry out the limbs that they grow on turn brown and get really tough. I knocked the seed balls off and replaced them with punched out and sculpted leaves of paper. I just glued one leaf onto each place that held a seed ball. I used some of these by the Witch's Warehouse and left the seed balls on and no leaves. They make really great spooky trees. The seed balls are naturally red/orange and turn a kind of dark brown when they are completely dry. Incidentally, I use dark green Cason drawing paper from Michael's for punching the leaves. It comes in huge sheets and one will last you just about forever. It's a little heavier than regular paper and works well for cupping. I do that on a doubled piece of leather. If you use the back side(rawhide) the leaves won't bounce all over the place when you are using a ball stylus to cup them.
Well.........I still have shelves to fill and signs to hang. Time is flying and I'm not having that much fun. Must finish! I want to play a different game now. See you tomorrow.
This is the first blog that I have been interested in following and look forward to reading it nightly. I was hoping that you would give some tutorials on the vest, nightshirts, bowties, socks and pocket watches. The grand opening in a few days should be exciting! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI love the long jons!! You even put the butt flaps on there...at least that's what I'm assuming they are. Too cute! You've done such a great job on the whole shop!!
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