Spellbound Books and Curiosities

 New items available at Spellbound Books and Curiosities..

Lets see..

An Egyptian mummy

Fiji Mermaid

Special cabinet of shrunken heads

Vampire Cabinet

Many Ancestor Skulls

Below are photos of what they look like in the shop but you can see more detailed photos and prices on my web page here:

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 Ancestor skull cabinet

 

 Fiji Mermaid.. 

 

 Vampire Cabinet

Help me chose a name for my book shop... open book giveaway..

Today I took some photos of my book shop.. This was a Rik Pierce “Flourish and blots” class I took a few years back. It is always hard for me to finish my own personal projects. I feel guilty that I should be working on minis to make money hehee!!. I usually have to just take a couple weeks vacation for myself to finish projects. I did that for my Tia Dalma Voodoo shop and my Honeydukes.. What I really loved about Rik’s class is that you spend 4 days straight (with homework too) working. Then you go home with an almost finished building.

Still trying to figure out a name for the shop.. thinking.. If I would choose a name it might give me inspiration and motivation to get working on it.. I would love to hear ideas out there from blogland.. This was actually Julia Jeffreys of www.bearcabinminiatures.blogspot.com idea. Thanks so much JuliaJ

Below are details about the shop and It’s keeper (who does not have a name either)..

This is not a Harry Potter themed shop. It will be filled to the brink with stacks of books,.. like “flourish and blots” But ..I want this book store to show off all the books, papers, and scrolls I make. The books will not be new.. They are rare and antiquated books and documents. And you may find magic or spell book too.. Kind of like the book store on “the never ending story” But an older shop.

Right now there are some of the candelabras, orreries, and telescopes I am selling displayed in the shop, but they are only temporary. In the end it will be books, books, books…

As you can see from the photos there are a lot of architectural details that may be worked into the name. There are gargoyles, dragons, skulls, and an owl carving in various places on the stonework.

The shop owner was made by my friend Todd Krueger. He is a fantastic doll with soooo much detail.. I tried to show some if it in the photos. He has tiny pearl buttons on his cuffs and a ring with a red stone. His face is so detailed and expressive. Hard to see in the photos but he has blue glass eyes and it is strange to say but I love his eyebrows.. Hehehe..

Fun part….. If you follow my blog (by clicking the “follow” button on the left side of the screen) and post and idea (or ideas) for the name of my shop or my Shop owner below I will enter you into a drawing. If your name is drawn I will make you a miniature 1/12^th scale open book to your specifications. So the winner could choose the theme of the book and color of the leather binding.. If you have a lot of name ideas that is great but I will only enter your name once to the drawing. Otherwise I may have a mess on my hands. Heeheh!!

I will stop the entries on Sunday the 23rd. So that gives about 10 days for all the creative minds out there to start cranking..