Santa's Sleigh and Fireplace

I lost my mom in 2006 from Ovarian Cancer which was 2 years before I was dx with Stage IV (terminal) Breast Cancer.  Christmas is one of my mom's 2 favorite holidays the other being Halloween, I had started getting back into Barbie/Sixth Scale several years before her death and envisioned displays and houses.  Three years ago while in Big Lots it hit me when I saw a glittered reindeer that was the right size for a sixth scale Santa Sleigh.  It took 2 years to get enough reindeer and to find a sleigh that would work.  The sleigh is a little smaller than I want but it will due for now I plan on making it wider next year hopefully with the help of an uncle whose hobby is bird house making.  It took one more year to find all the other pieces I needed, I almost have all the parts have to get some Santa's hats that are on sell so I can cut them up and make a Santa Jacket.  The pants seen in the picture was on a cheap Santa I bought last year on clearance, I had to down size them to fit on the power team action figure I am using for Santa.  I saw the perfect item in Hobby Lobby for his belt, that is where I will pick up the clearance Santa hats.

I have to go out to our shed to see if a shelf we had is still out there and if it's long enough to hold the Sleigh and reindeer (including Rudolph). Hope to finish the sleigh by Tuesday so I can finish Santa's suit, ,then it will be time to touch up and seal the reindeer.  After the reindeer are finished I will need to make the harness and I will be done.



I also plan to have a workshop scene in a box that I will have to steal from my cat.  I have painted the fireplace I plan to add depth to it with logs and fake fire. I have the tree, toys, a few elves just need to buckle down and get it done.  My sister has decided that we need to get a live tree, we haven't had a real one since our mom died. We had a fake one that I bought on clearance it was my first tree which was in 2011 I had never decorated my apartment till then.  I actually left it up that year and ended up decorating it for Easter...lol.

Barbie Cottage Re-purposed to a Surfboard Shaper Hut

I made the surfboard holder out of Popsicle sticks, still need to weight it down in the middle.  I plan on adding shelving units and several surf board racks.