dickens village: What The Dickens??!!
- 12/22/16 04:47 AM
This is our entry into the "It's Time for the 2016 Version of Show Us Your Home for the Holidays" Active Rain contest sponsored by Debbie Laity.
Every Holiday Season Suzanne and I celebrate by carefully assembling our prized Department 56 Dickens Village pieces into our own village.
For those of you not familiar with these pieces, click on the link above. Here is a great description from their website:
"Open the door to Victorian England which at the time of Charles Dickens was the center of culture for the world and where many traditions we celebrate today took shape. The architecture, customs and (14 comments)
dickens village: It's That Time Of Year!
- 11/03/16 07:12 AM
Over the past few days Suzanne has trundled out the various pieces of the Department 56 Dickens Village that grace our home from just after Halloween until New Years Day.
If you are not familiar with Department 56 give the link a click and you may be amazed!
It's not just about setting up the various pieces (a couple of dozen or so), it's about creating the background landscape in/on which the pieces sit.
Most of the pieces are lit internally - another time consuming and precision required aspect of the project.
It's a work of art when it's complete - and brings back memories of (15 comments)
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