I haven't written on this blog in two years mostly because Facebook is so much easier. The downside to FB is that it's a PITA later on to find what you're looking for and you can't actually show the evolution of a creative process in a cohesive format. So, since I'm on vacation and have the time, here's a blog post on the display I put together this morning for Disney's Heroes & Villains LE Alice & Queen of Hearts set. If you leave your dolls in their boxes you are missing out on the fun! Take them out, play with them. Free Alice!
To begin with I started with a space in an IKEA cabinet. This cabinet is actually turned on it's side which allows me to move the shelves left and right to adjust the size of my individual displays. I cut a piece of model train grass for the base:
Then I took a fake boxwood that I cut apart until it lay flat and I used floral wire to attach a battery operated light pack with 8 LED lights. I attached it from behind and poked the lights through the boxwood. This gives the display some light and a little magic. This is also the stage where I should have used floral wire to wire in the Cheshire Cat but I forgot so I had to go back and add him in later. He can be seen in the final pic. He is actually the cheshire cat that came in the Mini-Animator set.
Then the garden background was ready to be put in place:
Then, using miniature topiaries I found at Michael's and some small silk roses also found at Michael's (in the bridal section) I made two topiaries for the display. A red rose bush, and a rosebush that the Card Guards had not yet finished painting so it still has some white roses on it. Off with their heads!
The topiaries are ready to be added to the display along with the dolls and tea set. Check out how gorgeous Alice's hair is. If you never take her out of the box you will never see it because that side of her face is facing away in the acrylic box:
And here's the finished display. Although none of my displays are ever really finished if I come across a new prop it will be added.
