Thursday, December 10, 2015

Creepmas Day 10

What would Creepmas be without at least one epic fail in the craft department? I purchased a little gingerbread cookie house on sale at Cost Plus with such big dreams of the perfect gingerdead Creepmas house.  Something like one of the amazing structures below..



Alas, it was not meant to be.  Upon opening the box, I found the cookie walls and roof broken in multiple pieces. Any sane person would have just thrown it in the trash.  I am not sane.  I set about glueing the parts back together with the black frosting provided by the kit.  I let them dry about 5 hours. The instructions said to decorate before assembly which I gladly did.

Then came the fun part - actually putting it together into a house like structure.  I enlisted his Lordships helpful hands and we began.  1 wall up, then 2, then 3 - it looked like success might be ours.  But wall number 4 actually split back it two, pulling other broken pieces off and shifting the whole thing, giving it the appearance of a house with major foundation issues. 

"This thing will never support a roof!"  I cried as I stuck my finger yet again into the icing on the decorated sides.  Then I had the brilliant idea to glue the roof to cardboard so it would not crumble again. Finally, I put the roof on and over and over, watched it slide off.  Carefully,  I slipped my Tupperware freezer mates under the eaves and let it dry overnight.  I have to say it is a pathetic piece of crap, but if your still reading this I suppose I can let you see some pictures just for your perseverance.

This is what is supposed to look like:



Here's what I made:





See all those black lines? That's where I mended it with frosting.  From this angle you can see the cardboard, the uneven roof and the black smudges were I stuck my fingers in the icing a dozen times.  Such a sad little thing but I will be damned if it is not still standing!

21 comments:

  1. Sometimes "still standing" is all anyone can hope for! I've never seen black icing before . . . interesting. Good effort!

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  2. Love that house. Thanks for sharing....need to find me something like that. That is a gingerbread house I can love.

    Cheers!

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    1. Chris - I am sure your gingerbread house will surpass expectation and be spectacular as is everything associated with the Davis Graveyard.

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  3. This is really cool Lady M! So will you eat this at sometime? Or is it just for show? I have never done a Gingerbread house so I was wondering. Also the snow on the Pumpkin is my favorite part.

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    1. I won't eat it because it tastes disgusting. If I had made it from scratch, I probably would have indulged. But everything in the kit has a repulsive taste. Plus, since I added glue and cardboard, I have rendered it unfit for human consumption

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  4. I personally think it's adorable with all those cracked and patched walls. Really, it's quite perfect. :)

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    1. Thank you - not at all like I envisioned but nothing ever is.

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  5. I love this little house. The black icing repairs give it character.

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  6. I like the eyes peering out of the windows and doors, and the little snow covered pile of punkins in from of the house. The black frosting dripping out of the cracks in the walls are also very cool. Also the side of the house with windows and a door that look like a howling face is pretty menacing.

    10/10

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    1. Hmmm - I never thought of it as a howling face - interesting.

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  7. I love the little guys peering out too, especially the Santa hat one. Lots of great décor.

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    1. Thanks - how do I follow your Blog?

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    2. I suppose it’s weird that I haven’t thought about followers, but you should be able to now if you’d like.

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    1. Such enthusiasm in your response. Thanks for visiting MK.

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  9. Wow, that´s so cool, you can´t ever eat it! So many details, I haven´t seen anything like this before! I follow :) Happy creepmas time!

    http://darkwoodenpath.blogspot.de/

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    1. Next year I am, in the words of Jack Skellington, going to improve it.

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