Repurposed Rustics

This cholla stem has a tiny surprise. There’s an itty bitty bear family frolicking at the base of the candle cup. 🧸🐻

Options! Rooty cholla stem can hold a candle or a baby cactus.

Quercus took an afternoon nap tucked into the corner of a hollow opening in a blue-blazed tree near two large boulders. He could still be there.

I had an idea to use a clock mechanism for a forest diorama. The bear is on the hour hand and the deer is on a modified minute hand that bends up and over the bear. So once per hour the deer leaps over the bear. The tree in the center has a protruding branch that counts the seconds.

I couldn’t resist getting a jump start on Halloween when I found all these odds and ends that fit together so well. The light comes from a small USB powered spotlight embedded in the wooden base. The dome and cage are from heavy duty utility lights. Vintage doll from the flea market.

Found a way to use this old globe holder. An alternate possibility would be spools of string or ribbon.

Another refurbished troll doll whose hair has been substituted with an air plant. I think a red or pink shaded plant would look even better.

Tiny mushroom dioramas from tiny acorns and 2” jars.