PAPER PATTERNS FOR CIRCUS/ FAIR SCENE

in my ever ending quest for the right "look" for this CARNIVAL idea i have, i look through EBAY sometimes and i often see under the search "CIRCUS" these hand made fabric CIRCUS TENTS. in both: N-SCALE, and Z-SCALE sizes...

my CARNIVAL is in N-SCALE...

ive also done searches for patterns for this fabric set, and came across paper models of BOXES that have a CIRCUS theme...

it had a link on the site for the larger image which i also snagged, as well as the accompanying tower too..

how to do this (i havnt done it yet, but ill have too)

make the paper model 1st, make sure you keep a copy on hard stock of the original patterns...

if its too large, or seems out of speck, you can downsize the model until you get the size your looking for...

i figured paper models are about as good as any real pattern for this..
all i need is neon colored swatches, as well as alot of black base, and some lights to make it all seem very carnival like...

MICHELLE

FARRIS WHEEL HAS BEEN SHIPPED TO AN OLD ADDRESS..ARGH!

so, ive been waiting and waiting and waiting on this item, decided today to send the seller an email...

did a little investigation, googles TRACKING NUMBERS FOR AUSTRAILIA, and hit a page that would let me do a search through all the tracking sites all over the world, theres about 7..

so, im going through, and decide to do UPS...and BING! we have a winner!

cick the button to read the details, to find out...
the product hit the doorstep on the 17th, 3 days ago...but....*sigh*....
my FARRIS WHEEL WENT TO THE HOME I LIVED IN OVER 5 YEARS AGO, the family that bought hubbys old home in columbia, SC!
NOT my current home in OKLAHOMA!

ARGH!
we spent like 60 bucks on that thing, and now, we have no way of knowing if well even get it back...
people can claim anything once its at their door.

we completely forgot to make sure the OLD address was off the EBAY account!

now, im not sure how to claim its mine and get it back...
pretty sure its gonna require allot of red tape to do too...

UPDATE: called the postal service 1-800 number, spoke to a BRYAN, who saw the item had been shipped to the address in West Columbia (the OLD address) and was sorry to tell me, because of the mode of shipping couldnt do anything about making sure the product could be delivered to my new address...

DOUBLE ARGH!

so, i sent another email to the seller, explaining this part (i located the item, and it was shipped to an old address) and asked if they sent it back (crossing fingers they do) which NEW address to ship it too so i can have it, i even said wed be willing to pay for additional shipping, as it was our mistake it went to the wrong address in the 1st place)

LESSONS LEARNED!
MAKE SURE YOU HAVE THE RIGHT SHIPPING ADDRESS FOR EBAY AT ALL TIMES!

MICHELLE

STILL WAITING ON THAT FARRIS WHEEL TO ARRIVE FROM AUSTRALIA

shortly after we had ordered the farris wheel, within a week, craig had a paypal notice telling him he needed to add: 26.00$ SHIPPING! well, its been over a week now, and we still havnt received this item yet and we bought it on the 4th.

its now, the 13th. almost 10 days. now, i realize that im dealing with another country and im dependent on the individual to ship it on their own time. but seriously, they should say what day they normally would do all their shipping out.

but then i have no idea if this item has even been shipped or not either. and it could very well, be in america, making its way to me.

theres a shipping number, but it wont let me go anywhere to see where it might be sitting and how long it will take to get to us. frustrating.

im very excited about its arrival, because im anxious to start the process of converting its look to fit this idea ihave in mind ive been rolling around in my mind for about 3-4 years. THIS piece is the 1ST piece in this idea...or the start to my launching the idea, that i think will make heads move and eyes go wide, and be something a bit different, and appealing to a certain group of individuals...

alli can say is: HURRY UP AND GET HERE! lol

as soon as i have an update, ill have that post in here.
MICHELLE

TRYING TO PURCHASE AN N-SCALE FARRIS WHEEL FOR A LAYOUT IDEA ON T-TRACK

so, ive had this idea for AGGGGES! id go more into it, but im afraid someone i know will see this and know what the surprise is about. so i wont go into details about the idea itself.

just talk somewhat about the items purchased for this idea.

i look on ebay with some variance of regularity for N-SCALE carnival/Fair/Circus items (for this idea i have). i dnt come across them frequently enough tho. which is disheartening, because this idea really does rely on these types of items to make it have the impact im looking to have.

so, the other day, last week, actually, i was looking on ebay, and came across a farris wheel in n scale, that was being sold. NO BIDDING. its a BUY IT NOW ite, (i prefer those, personally)

so, i had to wait for a new paycheck cycle to roll around before i could invest in this item.

today...i placed the order.
but, was stopped because im not really sure what the SHIPPING is from Australia. and this product (this particular one, anyway) is coming from Australia.
so, i had to send the seller an inquiry about the shipping.

hopefully that will be soon, so we can at least have the 1st item of this idea planned out and done.

one of the things im also thinking about doing, is changing the color scheme of this farris wheel.
to something back, with neon green and neon blue, and maybe neon pink

its to add the the appeal pertaining the the idea.

MICHELLE

ROSE STATE SHOW-T-TRACK MODULES

every year as a club, several times a year all together, the club has the opportunity to show off the newest layout modules.

T-Track,

annually, we do a show at ROSE STATE College, here in Oklahoma.

these are a few pics of the T-TRACK modules in the layout on display.

ENJOY! MICHELLE

MexiCali Module. Mine.

Dino Dig, Done by Robert Becker, Owner- Michelle Williamson

N-SCALE PAPER BUILDINGS

i went into the club one saturday, to find sitting in my display a set of N-SCALE paper builings left there. (im wrtting this in july) and no ones asked about them, or mentioned anything about them being given to me, or accidentally left there.

so, i have done nothing with them. just in case they do belong to someone in the club. and may have forgotten they put them there.

if they are for me, very nice gesture, mr/mrs anonymous! ill use them as base modules for other scratch built buildings in styrene.

if they are left for me, THANK YOU to whom ever donated them.
MICHELLE

1-15-2011 THE SUPPLIES TO CREATE "BLING" ENGINES & CARS

ok, so i have an engine ive BLINGED out, and 1 car i have BLINGED out in RED, and i really want to be able to do each color in the rainbow, as well as do specialty holiday cars, like: VALENTINES DAY with red, pink, and clear stones, either on 1 car each, or all on one car, with HEARTS on the cars as well.

THAT idea requires SUPPLIES.

i really have a wonderful husband, who lets my creatice side flourish (as long as there is cash flow, lol).
when i told him i needed supplies (ready for when we got the box cars) we went right out and got some stuff.

heres what i came out with:

ENJOY!
MICHELLE

PLASTIC BOX


WITH MOVABLE DIVIDERS!


BLING!


SPECIALTY BLING-colors i thought would be awesome for a "winter" CAR (these were on sale!)




BLINGY RIBBON - for interior, cluster, possible trim on the outside of the cars.


HOLIDAY - VALENTINES DAY- GLITTERY TRIM (for inside cars)


HEAVY GOLD/CRYSTAL trim

1-10-2011 THE MAKING OF A RED 'BLINGY' MODEL TRAIN CAR

so, i made the engine, and needed some cars to go along with it.

theres a story to set up how i got this GREEN box car.

we have an annual Christmas party for our train club. and its a common thing for each person whos interested in playing DIRTY SANTA (and  no, its not THAT kind of 'Dirty") Game, to bring a gift to exchange.
rules go something like this: 1st 5 players pic a gift thats not theirs from under the tree, and can opt to swap out with anyone of the next person or, wait to pick the gift they want till the end. if they havnt had 3 turns on one item. after one item has exchanged hands 3 times it is officially owned.

anyway, i got my chance to go under the tree, picked out a gift, and opened it up, and it was scenic trees. man! i liked those, so it became a running joke that everyone would come and tease me about getting them, but then would go get the thing they wanted more...just to make fun of he fact i REALLY liked MY gift. it wasnt a dud to me. i had plans.
you read that right, i HAD plans.

well, par the rules, one of the people who was one of the 1st 5, took my trees, and handed me his ugly green box car. i was nearly in tears.
looked at that thing, and was thinking what in the world would i do with THAT?!?!?!
mostly feeling hurt that those trees i really liked got taken from me.
im not lying when i think you could have heard a pin drop...my face, im sure said it all for the room.
i was CRUSHED.
and here i was, sitting there, with this ugly green box car and no idea what i was ever gong to do with it.

i had purchased the engine just a few weeks before, and already had the idea to "bling" it up. i hadnt officially started it yet, byt the club christmas party, but i had the idea set indie me, to do it.

so, after i gathered my injured and crushed pride, and my husband came over to me to console my grief...i decided id make this the 1st BLING box car!
when life hand you lemons you make a BLING BOX CAR!

so, i started work on her at the start of the year. by the 10th of january, i was finished. and...quite proud of what i had accomplished. i think she came out BEAUTIFULLY!

heres the pics as i worked on her..start to finish:
ENJOY
MICHELLE

the GREEN car, BEFORE i made changes to her


doors move and come off


base coat of..SILVER (thats the color of the glitter glue i used-SILVER GLITTER GLUE)


side 1






one end


end and side 1




side 2, wanted to have something INSIDE the car, to show dimension


1st end and side 2


other end






other end and side 2


other end and side 1


inside-this is some heavy plastic coated in some gold and crystal stuff, very weighty. im hoping this works when the engine has too pull it, because its quite heavy.




TOP


the open car door with the glitter stuff inside


a complete RED BLING BOX CAR!

1-8-2011 MY "BLING" N SCALE ENGINE HAS HER 1ST RUN AT THE MALL

im not gonna lie, im pretty proud of MY BLINGED OUT N SCALE engine. i did her up specifically, just to see IF shed draw any kind of attention...at all. or, if people would make rude dispareging comments about her, period.

and true to the human nature of humanity itself, she drew more attention and OOOOS and AHHHHHS, from BOTH sexes, i knew i had something!
ya see, she appeals to females, and girls, and anyone who likes...sparkly stuff. cause shes COVERED in flat backed plastic metalic backed gems.

multi colored.
for a reason, because it would cost me a near fortune to try to do an engine up in every color there is out there...
i just decided to cover her, the best way i could with every size and color i had on hand for this idea.

the mall wasnt her 1st run....this was actually her second. her 1st was at a Christmas Show we did here in Edmond, Oklahoma. and let me just say...she stopped traffic IN the building we were in while she commanded the rail...lol

so, i finally have an N Scale engine to go along with my specialty and yellow cars, and craig was so kind to pull out allot of the yellow cars to ride behind her, so not only was she sparkly..she was bright too! lol

these images arnt the best...i found i CANT use macro AND STOP MOTION at the same time on my camera...so, some (if not all) are blurry. but you get an idea, anyway.

im not sure sure id want to try to bling my other scales (Z and T) as they get so much smaller and the gems become harder to handle the tinier thay are....bigger, like HO would be better...but i havnt decided if i want to go larger yet. i do believe the canvase for specific art in relation to gem placemnt would be easier and more pronounced if i didthem in larger scale...but for now, N is as good as its gonna get.
i need dummy engines to work engines in single colors, for holiday sets...

anyway, heres the pics, ENJOY!
MICHELLE