The next step

So after husband cast me some skull faces and epoxied them on, he then too Fix-It and filled in the area around the skull face. He did it in a square to match the square pattern already there so that it looks more natural.



Then husband cast me a small skull to replace the brass piece on the lid for opening the bucket. Much better now. Also took a bit of Fix-It to smooth out around the base of the skull.
This was done on all four panels of the ice bucket. Why is the frog queen making a Holloweenified ice bucket? Well, we have a lot of parties and events at the graveyard and I am always just putting the ice in a bowl...mostly because I could not find an ice bucket I liked. After years of searching it became apparent that I was never going to find one and I needed to make one myself....hence this folly!
Now I just need to take the dremel and sand out the Fix-It and skulls to remove the seams and edges - then we are off to a couple coats of paint and we are done!

Comments

  1. Emme ToayeApril 7, 2010 at 1:43 PM

    You have the best hubby ever, how creative and gothicly darling.

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  2. Chris 'Frog Queen' DavisApril 7, 2010 at 2:33 PM

    He is super nice....I was going to do the Fix-It work myself, but I came home from work the other day and he had done it for me!! Gonna keep this one! :)

    Cheers!

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  3. I Like Horror MoviesApril 7, 2010 at 7:27 PM

    A prize fitting of a queen!

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  4. The Artful Gypsy aka Wendy the Very Good WitchApril 7, 2010 at 9:29 PM

    Love it, love it! You guys ROCK! Ya'll should be designing your own Halloween line for Target or Grandin Road! :o)

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  5. Babbling BansheeApril 7, 2010 at 9:45 PM

    Looking good!!!

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  6. Enchanted Productions by Joyce StahlApril 8, 2010 at 7:42 AM

    Toooooo cooool!

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