Teri’s Mailbox: Candy Shop Holiday Decor

Today I am posting for The Funkie Junkie Inspiration Blog. The theme is Holiday Homecoming: Celebrate with Family and Food. Today I present my candy shop home decor piece. My favorite food is candy!

This was such a fun project! I have a video if you prefer to watch the process.

Gather and Complete the Components

It started with this Vintage lunchbox I have been hoarding for a couple of years waiting for just the right project!

Cut a few pieces of Styrofoam to build up the interior or the box so you can create a scene on top with the lid open.

Use a large Etcetera Rectangle to form the base.

Paint the large Salvaged Figures with Distress Paints. Both the Santa and the Soldier found a home on the display. Add Collage Medium and Rock Candy Glitter to the figures for sparkle.

Spray two of the Woodland Trees with Rustic Wilderness Distress Spray. Add blobs of Collage Medium and Mica Flakes to the tips.

Assemble the Candy Shop:

Use the green window plus the transparency sheet from Baseboards and Transparencies. Create the sides using chipboard cut to 2 inches b y6.5 inches and the top using chipboard 2 inches by 5.5 inches. Score one of the long edges at 1/4 inch and use a scoring tool to sharpen the angle. Score the two short ends plus one long end of the top piece. Trim the corner square, fold and use the bone folder to sharpen. Cut matching green cardstock and glue to the sides and the tops. Use a hot glue gun to attach the pieces to form the shop box.

Add icicles to the top of the shop. The shelves are small boxes from my stash hot glued inside the left of the shop. Prior to gluing, I created a few candy jars using small bottles and confections from Ideology. I filled with bottles with clay candy pieces.

Use Distress Crayons to color one of the paper dolls.

Brick Walkway: Ink smoosh watercolor cardstock with Fired Brick Distress Ink then emboss with the Brickwork Texture Fade folder. Use a white gel pen to draw in the cement lines and splatter with Black Soot Distress Paint.

Trim to create a curved walkway in front of the shop.

Assemble the Scene

Begin by identifying the placement of all the components. This is important to determined where the tiny lights come through the base.

Cut a piece of polyester quilt batting to form the snow layer. Trim to provide space for the brick walkway. Attach to the etcetera base with hot glue around the edges. Add the brick walkway.

Poke a hole in the base to the right of where the shop is. Feed Tiny Lights through the hole and bend the wire so one light goes through bottom of the Lantern and use hot glue to embed in the snow just in front of the shop.

Poke a hole in the lower right side of the shop and feed the Tiny Lights through. Wrap the light strand around the second tree and attach so it is on the right side of the shop.

Hot glue the shop so the left side matches up with the left side of the base.

Finish Decorating the Scene

Hot glue the additional outside pieces to the scene. The sled is a Christmas ornament from my stash topped off with a 1inch square foam box. The snowballs are Baubles glued in place.

Use Festive Berries Distress Paint to color the front of the Festive Marquee Sign and attach to the top center of the shop.

What's a winter scene without snow? Use Snowfall Grit Paste to add snow to various places in the scene including the snowballs and the top of the shop.

I hope you enjoyed my project today. Be sure to check out all the fun items at The Funkie Junkie Boutique.

Happy Holidays to you and yours. I'd love to have you follow/subscribe on my social media sites Instagram, Facebook, Blogger and YouTube all named TerisMailbox. Be well. Be creative!

Products used:

Etcetera Rectangle

Large Salvaged Figures

Rustic Wilderness Spray Stain

Woodland Trees

Baseboard and Transparencies

Confections

Brickwork Texture Fade folder