3D Designed and Printed Snowman and Snow Topped Trees

JC designed and printed these trees and snowmen for our family members for Christmas.  

I painted them with acrylic paints. 

The snowmen are what we like to call "interactive" because he included holes for arms that they can insert twigs into, or even toothpicks, if they wish.  

They each received one snowman and two snow topped trees.  They are so cute. 

I forgot to have him print a set just for us!

I hope you had a Happy Christmas, and here's to a peaceful New Year. 

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Thanks for visiting. 

3D Printing Backlog! My Husband is on a Printing Frenzy!

He's on a roll, but he needs to slow down! 

I have a line out the door of 3D prints waiting to be painted!

The website My Mini Factory has a category called Scan The World: 

"Scan the World is an ambitious initiative whose mission is to archive objects of cultural significance using 3D scanning technologies, producing an extensive platform of content suitable for 3D printing.

Through collecting scan data from the community and museums alike, Scan the World serves as a public effort to bring art to the masses in a way more tangible than ever before, all in the wider context of a meaningful contribution to education, preservation, and accessibility."

JC found this Scan The World 3D print design of a Julius Caesar sculpture on Thingiverse.com, 

which was modified into a pencil holder. 

Et Tu Brute?

3D Darth Vader print. Come to the cute side? 

Below are three 3D designs created for me by JC. 

A hedgehog, turtle, and armadillo. 

So cute. 

He was inspired by the originals he saw on the gift site, Uncommon Goods. 

It's probably gonna be awhile before I can get to them. 

We are having Thanksgiving at our house again this year, 

so we'll be busy cleaning this weekend, 

and cooking and baking all next week. 

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Thanks for visiting. 

3D Printed Garden Urns, Water Feature, Dalek, and Much More.

I am thrilled with these garden urns that JC designed and printed. We were sitting around brainstorming accessories that he could print for our Dickens Christmas Village one day.  

Garden urns was one of my requests. I think that got his creative juices flowing. 

I LOVE them!  They are just what I envisioned. 

Here they are after painting with acrylic paint. 

They go great with this fountain he printed from a design found at Thingiverse.com.

Here is the Dalek in progress.

I had to look up what mixture of paint colors to use to make the bronzy color. (burnt sienna and cadmium red light with more burnt sienna). 

Here is what he's supposed to look like and hopefully will at some point.  

It looks a bit dark in the above picture, but that's just the lighting. 

Here is Mister Dalek with some other items in progress; British Post Box and dogs, and cat. 

And then there is this lil' lady. 

If you don't know her right off the bat, don't worry, I wouldn't have either. 

 Though, I probably have seen her hundreds of times since the early 1980s.  😉

Thank you for visiting. 

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{All 3D Printing Designs found on www.Thingiverse.com except the garden urns, which were designed and printed by JC}

Crappy Halloween

Halloween, though one of my favorite holidays, is always a bust in our neighborhood. 

No trick or treaters ever, even though I dress up my porch every year, and play scary music.

Everyone seems to be doing Trunk or Treat instead.

That's no fun.

When I was a kid I loved nothing more than walking down the dark and spooky streets running from house to house being scared out of my mind. I remember there was a house down the street that scared me and thrilled me at the same time. All they had was scary music playing. I don't even think the homeowner showed their face when they handed out the candy.  That's it! But I loved it so much! 

Now that I think about it, how was it that I was such a brave kid on halloween night, but I couldn't even walk down the hallway in my house without all the lights on? ha.

Oh well, I still enjoy spookifying my house, even if it ends up just being for JC and me. 

Here are a few photos from early Halloween morning at Colonial Williamsburg.

I saw on our neighborhood page that someone close by had "three adorable trick or treaters", so maybe there is hope for next year. 

Thanks for visiting. 

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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.

Thanks for visiting!

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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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Thanks for visiting.

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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.  

Thank you for visiting. 

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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. 

Thanks for visiting!

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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.

Thank you for visiting. 

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