My aunt wanted to extend her Christmas market scene beyond the single bought stall she had, so I made her two stalls for Christmas. Her original stall was cast in resin so I couldn't copy it exactly, but tried to capture the general look and feel of it.
The scale is approximately 1:18 heightwise, but as my aunt's china figurines for her scene have child-like proportions, I wanted the accessories and wood dimensions to be a little oversized; probably closer to 1:12. I built the stalls from scratch, sealed the surface of the wood with Danish oil, and aged them with FolkArt Antiquing medium. The snow is Aleene's True Snow with some fine glitter sprinkled on.
This type of candlestick has been popular for Christmas in Swedish homes for about 100 years. I made mine from wooden beads that I painted, the candle is Fimo. The houses and churches are made entirely from Fimo. The Christmas sampler is 1:12 scale, printed on fabric by a friend who runs a Swedish mini store, Skala Minimal.
Saffron buns and gingerbread are a must for Advent and Christmas in Sweden. I made mine from Fimo and put them in a bought tray that I'd painted.
The ready-bought basket (aged with FolkArt Antiquing medium) contains brown paper cones filled with sweets. I sharpened a wooden dowel in a pencil sharpener, and cut squares of thin brown paper that I wrapped around the pointed end of the dowel and glued the flap in place. A pencil works too, but a dowel doesn't leave pencil marks all over... Then I filled the cones with large no-hole beads, pushing in the top and gluing it closed.
Here's the two stalls I made, along with my aunt's original stall to the left behind the tree. All her little china figurines really brought the scene to life, and the lit tree looks wonderful in real life.
The tree is a 1:12 Christmas tree that I put miniature tree lights in before applying Aleene's True Snow and fine glitter. The lights run on a battery pack, that is hidden somewhere in the back of the scene.
