Welcome to Day 4 of Halloween in Miniature!
* Be sure to start at Day 1 and get some snacks! https://candidcanine.blogspot.com/2021/10/halloween-in-miniature-2021-party-begins.html
*See schedule at end for other days.
* Back to Day 3: https://candidcanine.blogspot.com/2021/09/halloween-in-miniature-shop-till-you-drop.html
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Wouldn't you know it? The party's winding down and finally - at the stroke of midnight - who shows up? Why's it's Marley... You know, Mr. Scrooge's longtime, and long-suffering, former business partner?
A sad soul he is, so we'll let him "hang around" for a while as we move on... (Marley is hand-sculpted by Sharon Cariola. See more of her work and about her on Day 2's post:
https://candidcanine.blogspot.com/2021/10/halloween-in-miniature-2021-2-meet.html
Hungry? Let's stop and have a snack. Mmmm, how about some
Ghostie Meringue Pie? It has just a "hint" of flavor!
(Pie by Lauren Bathory, See more of her fun & creepy offerings at her
Too Damned Cute Bakery on Instagram. Find the pie pic there for more instruction photos.)
👻 Want to Make One? 👻
Materials- Bottle cap, Liquid polymer clay, dough and yellow colored polymer clay; chalk pastels in
terra cotta and dark brown, Liquitex modeling paste gel medium, Black acrylic
paint, Clear varnish (one compatible with polymer clay).
Tools- Pasta machine or
something to roll the clay flat, small cutters or punches, even the end of a
plastic straw will work, Stiff paint brush or a tooth brush.
Roll out the dough
colored clay to form the pie crust. I rolled it out on the medium setting of my
pasta machine. Put a little dab of liquid polymer in the bottom of bottle cap
(this helps keep the clay in place) and press the clay in to form the pie
crust. Texture the crust by dabbing at it with the stiff brush.
Roll out some
more dough colored clay to the same thickness, and texture with your brush. Use
your small cutter to cut out little shapes to form the edge of the pie crust.
Use a little dab of liquid polymer to ‘glue’ your cut out shapes in a ring on
the top edge of your crust.
Lightly brush the terra cotta chalk pastels onto
the pie crust to develop a nicely baked look. Bake your pie crust according to
the directions of your polymer clay. To make the filling, mix together the
yellow polymer clay with the liquid polymer until you achieve a custard
consistency. Spread this into your pie crust and bake again according to the
directions.
Put some of the Liquitex modeling paste into a small plastic bag
and snip off the very corner of the bag. Carefully pipe the Liquitex in little
piles forming your ‘ghosts’. It is a good idea to do some test ghosts before
you start piping them onto your pie to get a feel for it. Once the ghosts have
set (I like to give them overnight to fully dry) use a wet paint brush to
lightly ‘toast’ your meringue ghosts with the dark brown chalk pastel. Paint on
your tiny ghost faces, and then coat your entire pie in a clear lacquer to
protect the chalk pastels.
About the Creator: Lauren had a creative dry spell after being diagnosed with MS, but was inspired to start creating again by YouTube videos. She recently relocated to Georgia where she now works on miniatures full-time. She has a growing collection of various cabinets to house her haunted bakeries full of "ghoulish goodies" and hints that there are likely more to come! 👻
Back to the guests... Look who came in! Now this is more like it, talk about contrasts!! Look at that smile! (Mr. Bones also by Sharon Cariola.)Mr. Bones is a rather notable entertainer. At the graveyard, he has guests just "dying" to hear his act. Get it? haa!
As the party excitement "dies" down, I hear that Mr. Bones has added some new jokes to his repertoire. Jokes "to die for." Seriously.
Okay, okay, let's hear some:
* Why didn't Dracula have any friends?
- He was a pain in the neck. (groan)
* Who won the skeleton beauty contest?
- No body.
* What's the tallest building in Transylvania?
- The Vampire State Building (haaa!)
* What kind of shoes does a ghost wear?
- Booooots
OOps! Watch out for that web. Please excuse the spiders hanging around, too. Honestly, they're friendlier than they look! (Spiders by Georgia Marfels/Etsy. Georgia, who lives in Germany, started working in miniature at age 9 and fell in love with making spooky items since it's more creative. "It gives you more opportunities and freedom than just creating real stuff in miniature," she says.)
Uh-oh! Oh, never mind. This ghostly fellow won't have any trouble getting around the webs!
So, what else????
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* Don't forget to enter the giveaway on Day 2 and tomorrow Day 5.
** Be sure to come back tomorrow for more Halloween fun! (Links are not live until the day of post.)
