3D Printed Dickens Village Accessories

JC has been printing little accessory pieces for our Dept. 56 Dickens Christmas Village.

3D printed fountain

3D printed dogs and cat next to my watch for scale

3d printed dogs and cats for Dickens Village 

I can't wait to paint them. Although, they are so tiny, and I am so fidgety fingers. I'll do my best. The standing dog will be painted to look like our dog, Mollie, a beautiful brindle.

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{All 3D printing design files found on Thingiverse.com}

A Haunted Halloween at Colonial Williamsburg

Haunting on DoG Street (Duke of Gloucester) is in full effect at Colonial Williamsburg through the 31st.  I took a stroll through the streets before opening hours this morning. 

Boy was it spooky. I hope I can sleep tonight.

Have a look for yourself....if you dare.

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Mornings in Colonial Williamsburg

If I didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn, I would miss all these morning views. 

 The Geddy House (below) recently received a new paint job. I love the light shining on the siding.  

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Halloween Decorating Inside and Out

I hate the weather getting cold, but I love that it brings my favorite holidays. So, it's a trade off. 

I'm a minimalist for Halloween. (just wait for Christmas, though.)

The skeleton votive holders are 3D printed, and painted with acrylic paints. 

And then, of course, we have to have JC's legos. 

OH, and what's Halloween without a dog walking a skeleton dog?

I wonder if we'll ever have too many holiday inflatables? 

We just picked up this spider from Aldi last week. I love Aldi.

These are my favorite inflatables. Three pooches who are out trick or treating. Along with my ghosts and pumpkins handmade by myself and my Dad. I blogged about them last year. 

Sadly, just yesterday, the fan failed on the pooches. JC researched new fans online, and found them to be in the $35 range, but then someone commented that for much less than that you could buy some other inflatable that you don't like and take the fan out of that! Aldi, here we come to pick up another $9.99 inflatable to sacrifice for my pooches. 

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Mornings at Colonial Williamsburg

Today was a beautiful morning at Colonial Williamsburg.
The light was amazing, and I felt like I was in a fairytale.
Does anyone else ever feel like they can't handle all the beauty?
I don't know how to explain it. It was so pretty that it hurt.

These photos were taken around the George Wythe House.

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More 3D Printing and Halloween Paper Crafts

I've been busy. JC keeps printing, and I keep painting and paper crafting. 

3D printed spider:

Nightmare Before Christmas Bats, Jack Skellington, and Sally cut on my Silhouette Cameo. 

My plan is to make a mobile with them:

So much stuff to finish painting here; 3D Groot, Dalek sitting on a 3D column, a water tower, a bunny, coffins and mummies. Yes, all this stuff is 3D printed, except for the paper bats, which are painted cardstock. 

USS Enterprise, Next Generation model:

whew.

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[All 3D print designs found on thingiverse.com]

Hurricane Michael Spared Us.

We lost power Thursday night during the hurricane. Thankfully, power is all we lost. And also, thankfully, we have a generator to keep our refrigerator going. Power came back around 8pm Saturday evening, and I feel very fortunate.  

Friday night is pizza night, so JC took the pizza stone out of the oven and we had grilled pizza. Saturday night we had grilled chicken and roasted onion and potatoes by candlelight. 

                    

  

I pray to Mother Nature we never have to experience the loss and devastation Florida experienced. My heart breaks for them.

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3D Halloween Printing Fun!

JC has been getting into the season of Halloween. 

He's dusted off the 3D printer and given me a lot of work to do painting things. 

These are magic pumpkins, before being painted. 

See the magic? When you put a light inside, a jackolantern face glows.

Below is a short video of a skeleton in the process of being printed.

 Pumpkins are all painted. Now to paint the skeleton votive holder. 

Looking spooky!

Below is a skull JC printed last year, which I just got around to painting. I did it in phases, and I just told him with this last shot, that this skull is getting scarier and scarier. I think that means I'm done with him. Pretty soon I won't be able to be in the same room with it.

I think my favorite is the coffin and mummy. 

I have yet to paint them.

Next to a cap for scale. I love miniatures, maybe that's why this is my favorite. 

 And here is one of the above pumpkins sitting on top of a lamp to demonstrate the glowing. There was a blip in the printing process, that is why you see the line through his noggin. 

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{All the 3D printing designs were found on www.thingiverse.com}

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