Halloween Market Stall

Happy Saturday, everyone! As autumn approaches, I get into the mood for spooky crafting. I absolutely adore the GSL 1:12 Scale Market Stall (which is available over at Alpha Stamps) and was inspired to turn it into a Halloween market and fill it with all sorts of eerie sweets and treats.

Here are the main pieces of the market stall all laid out.

I painted the supports, shelves and floor with black acrylic paint then added a great insect image from K&Company Haunted that I cut into sections before gluing in place.

Here's the market's base, it has slots to hold the stall in place. Since the stall has an attached floor, I was able to cut BoBunny Double Dot Vintage paper to fit around the slots where the stall would be placed.

The remaining pieces assemble to be the shop counter. It was papered in BoBunny's Wonderfully Wicked collection and I used an embossed reptile print from The Paper Studio for the countertop.

All of the treats were super fun to make. These lollipops are circles of polymer clay with flat tooth picks inserted. Those eventually got trimmed to length. They were glazed with Glossy Accents after baking.

I've seen full sized glitter pumpkins for sale as Halloween decorations and thought why not make some mini ones? These are putka pods that are sometimes sold as vase filler. They were first painted then a layer of glue went on before rolling them around in fine glitter.

The jars of 'candy' are filled with micro beads and polymer clay cane slices.

I made the most adorable cookie house from a GSL 1 to 12 Gingerbread House and some shingles cut from a GSL Tiny Shingles Sampler.

Once assembled, I added some ghosts I made from polymer clay and a bat and glow in the dark star. I love how this came out so much I am dying to make a bunch more!

Jack o'lantern cookies were made from polymer clay then frosted with liquid polymer clay tinted with chalk pastels. Treat bags were made from a full sized cellophane treat bag that was cut to size then assembled using double sided tape.

Here are some close ups. The top shelf has retro costumes I made from a Retro Halloween Treat Bags Collage Sheet and some printed mask images. Those tiny happy meal buckets are made simply from cardstock that I decorated and rolled.

Below the candy jar shelf you'll find some cookie sculptures and candy apples I made from polymer clay.

The spooky house on the counter was joined by lollipops, cookies and polymer clay caramel apples.

At the base of the counter I added a cauldron of cookies and black cat from the GSL Black Creepy Critters Set. Thanks for stopping by!

GSL Products Used

1:12 Scale Market Stall

1 to 12 Gingerbread House

Tiny Shingles Sampler

Black Creepy Critters Set

Other Supplies Used

Tacky glue

Acrylic paint

K&Company Haunted by Brenda Walton

BoBunny Double Dot

BoBunny Wonderfully Wicked

Paper Studio reptile paper

Retro Halloween Treat Bags

Polymer clay

Liquid polymer clay

Polymer clay canes

Glossy Accents

Miniature glass bottles

Putka pods

Glitter

Micro beads

Cellophane bag

 

Miniature Hot Cocoa Bar

Happy Saturday everyone.  As temperatures drop and the holidays approach it's hot cocoa season! 

This miniature hot cocoa bar started with a GSL Workshop Table 1:12 This table works really well because it has three separate horizontal spaces to place the tiny bits on. There is the top shelf that fits right into the back wall of the unit, another lower shelf that fits between the side supports and a nice large main work space. Tacky glue is used to assemble the entire piece.

 

The next piece I worked with was the GSL Mini Picnic Basket 1:12 Scale, available from Alpha Stamps.  The basket's weave comes from sections that are stacked and glued together. It comes with handles which I chose not to use for this project. Once assembled I painted the basket brown.

Since this is a winter time project, I chose one of the GSL Icicles Roof and Window Trims also available at Alpha Stamps and painted it with white acrylic paint. 

 

It fits perfectly on the front of the table. 

Every hot cocoa bar needs marshmallows! Mine were made from white polymer clay.

 

Once baked, I put them in a small glass jar embellished with baker's twine. I also filled one with peppermint polymer clay cane slices. 

 

Another element of the cocoa bar is a tiny GSL 1 to 12 Gingerbread House.

 

After assembling and painting, I decorated it with polymer clay candy slices.

 

Here's how it came together.  In addition to the marshmallows and peppermints, I made a few sugar sprinkle spoons from wood stirrers and microbeads. The cinnamon sticks are curls of polymer clay, the donuts are made from paperclay and the cocoa is resin colored with acrylic paint.

 

Joining the gingerbread house on the bottom shelf are a small snowy tree and a pair of mittens made of felt.

Happy holidays, everyone!

GSL Products Used

Workshop Table 1:12 

Mini Picnic Basket 1:12 Scale

Icicles Roof and Window Trims

1 to 12 Gingerbread House

Other Products Used

Tacky glue

Acrylic paint

Polymer clay

Polymer clay cane slices

Paper clay

Resin

Microbeads

Miniature dishes & bottles

 

Tiny Winter Candy Cottages / Gingerbread Houses

I'm neck deep in holiday making and all of my non-crafty friends think I'm off my rocker. "It's so early!" Those with a makers heart know that now is the time to get your fingers working.

I am particularly pleased with these little winter cottages.

Pretty stinkin' cute, right?! I think they're even more adorable as a tiny village.

These cuties are made with Gypsy Soul's 1 to 12 Gingerbread House, placed on a little wooden round, with wee bottle brush trees and tiny candy and a sprinkling of snow.

I've finished off the roofs with snippets from the Tiny Shingles Sampler.

Want to make your own? Pop over HERE  to see how I assembled these sweet little houses.

Here are all the supplies I used putting these cuties together:

1 to 12 Gingerbread House

Tiny Shingles Sampler

small wood rounds

Mini Candy Canes
Polymer Clay Red Swirl Peppermint Cane

miniature bottle brush trees

green flocking/grass/terrain

faux snow

straight pin
glue (white glue and super glue)
acrylic paint

*Note: tweezers are VERY helpful with this project