Time for some fun stuff!
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Well, not real spooky but more on the "magical botanical" end since this is a cottage for a witch who makes potions.
You remember the potion shelf I made previously? See below. (Victorian Gothic shelf kit from SDK Miniatures.)
New: I had this other large shelving unit and thought it would be another bookshelf at some point, though I really didn't want to make so many books! So this works - figured it would be a good addition for the plants and poisonous materials storage. So the witch has large boxes of poisonous items like mandrake, hemlock, etc. Then there are the various pots and dishes of plant starters in case she has to pick something for a special potion. I like how this came out as I wanted it to be slightly different than the other shelves.
A secret: I cheated on the boxes! ha! I made fronts and sides, then covered them with scrapbook paper and poison labels. I cheated on the wood plant crates, too. They don't have backs since no one will see that. Some of the jars are beads and pot-shaped beads.
Another idea is I saw a photo of some real-life hanging boxes and thought it would be perfect to make a mini set of boxes to put on the wall with plants growing. Handy to have them right there for use, I figured. All the plants are just bits and pieces of the assorted plastic plants I have saved up.
Ok, here's a fun guessing game. What kinds of flowers are these???
This is part of a group of unusual "punny" plants that I got a long time ago in a swap with the Half Scale group that could fit in this project. Some I already used in front of the haunted house I leave set up. (You can see a few of the plants a little in this photo. Look for the odd plants in front of the house with purple trim.)
I haven't found all of the above plants yet, but I did find these below. Can you guess what kinds of flowers these are? The two in the center top row below are regular plants.
And here's an idea I hadn't thought of: I think I'll make a set of risers to go in front of the windows in the tower on the first floor as I wasn't sure what to put there but that makes more sense to put a bunch of plants in that spot. Of course, I made a small circular riser a looooong time ago that I didn't use, but not sure where it is.... ha!
Here's an interesting set from that group too. Can you guess what the plants are?
The crow is fun; not sure who made it. A perfect totem/mannikin for this house! Maybe a place to rest her witch hats!
Next is the potion making work table and deciding what to put on it. Also have to finish that center wood wall divider. So, moving on!
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