Building Up My Stock

I had a couple of ideas for Lanterns based on the surprise I made for my friend.  And this weekend I managed to get three of them done.

I started with another hexagon lantern and made a slightly different tree to go inside it.

I also had a lantern that was only about two inches square and maybe three and a half high so I made a little tree to go in it.

My other set of moonlights I added to the 'ceiling/roof' of the hexagon lantern along with some vines.

Binder clips holding all the vines in.  I tried to get some of the lights inside the tree as well.

While the glue dried I worked on the little lantern and some trees for my third project.

I wanted a lantern with only a Christmas tree inside with snow so I made three slender threes to put in the corners and built up the 'ground'.  I draped the tree branches with pulled cotton and got them glued into place.  I painted my base white and glued cotton to it as well, then got my Christmas tree lit and decorated before gluing everything in place.

I really like how it turned out.

I wanted something a little different for the hexagon lantern so I started making a magical tea set.  The process start to finish takes about a weekend, really the same amount of time as making trees with candy tuft for the leaves.  So it's doable.

While the glue dried I finished the little lantern.

Added some more leaves to give the tree a fuller look so the glue is still drying a bit.

My first fairy, she's hovering pretty well.

Of course I forgot to take a picture of her before I glued the base into the lantern.  I might see if it's possible to pull the glass out and take a picture without the reflecting light issues.

And by the time that was done I'd gotten my 'table' glued into the hexagon lantern.

The glue dried pretty solid so I got my fast grab tacky glue and added the magical tea set.  Last minute I added a plate of cakes.

I'll take a look through my animals and see what I have that might suit the lantern.  Not sure if it really needs anything more but I'll look and see. I don't want to touch it until the glue is completely dried under the tea set.  I also wonder about adding a vine to the 'door' of the lantern but I don't want the view obstructed too much.

How are all of you doing?