Tag Archives: LED

Castle Brittahytta 4.0

Posted on October 18, 2016 by britta

Castle Brittahytta began as a secret project for Halloween 2011, reprised for the first Verdigris Saga year for Halloween 2012 and again for Halloween 1914 in 2014, so this year is our fourth version of the castle, with improvements added … Continue reading →

Posted in Halloween, Parties | Tagged carving, castle, Castle Brittahytta, decor, foam, gravestones, halloween, Halloween2016, jack o'lanterns, LED, paint sprayer, projects, pumpkins, spiders, spotlights, towers, Verdigris, walls, webmistress, woodburning tool | Leave a comment

Enhanced Library Laboratory Lighted Test Tube Racks

Posted on August 28, 2016 by britta

Here we go with Halloween 2016! Usually there are many Halloween projects in motion all year with nothing ready to display until October, but I’m so happy that this year I have a COMPLETED new project already finished, even before … Continue reading →

Posted in Halloween, Parties | Tagged blacklight, glow, halloween, Halloween2016, lab, laboratory, LED, mad scientist, projects, racks, test tubes, ultraviolet, UV | Leave a comment

Giant Gravestones!

Posted on October 20, 2015 by britta

My artistic vision for this Dia de los Muertos inspired Halloween has a secret plan that requires truly giant gravestones, larger than I have ever made before! Even though I recycled as much of the Spirit Materializer and other foam … Continue reading →

Posted in Halloween, Parties | Tagged aging, candles, carving, day of the dead, dia de los muertos, electronics, foam, gravestones, halloween, Halloween2015, LED, lighting, parties, projects, solder, tombstones | Leave a comment

even more Halloween progress…

Posted on October 7, 2014 by britta

Why does 3 weeks seem like so long to go but also not enough time to fit everything we want to do? Here’s this week’s progress… I have more baby pumpkins! There are a couple so new I’m not sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Halloween, Parties | Tagged castle, Castle Brittahytta, halloween, Halloween2014, LED, projects, pumpkins, spires, steampunk, towers, vsa, wiring | 5 Comments

Elsa the Snow Queen Revisited

Posted on September 18, 2014 by britta

During my first wearing of Elsa the Snow Queen, I figured out some details that could be improved, especially on the Sparkling Snowflake Cape. Since I knew I would wear the outfit again for my Frozen Sing Along movie night, … Continue reading →

Posted in Costumes | Tagged cape, costumes, crown, crystal, dress, elsa, elsa the snow queen, fiber optic, frozen, glitter, ice, LED, lights, snowflake | 2 Comments

Queen Elsa at the Castro Theatre Frozen Sing-Along

Posted on April 27, 2014 by britta

My whole Elsa ice ensemble was ready to wear Saturday morning, and we were hoping to leave by 11:30 for transit time and parking for the 1pm show up in San Francisco. Gail had traffic getting to my house, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Costumes | Tagged arendelle, cape, castro, costumes, dress, elsa, fiber optic, frozen, ice, LED, queen, shoes, singalong, snow | Leave a comment

Elsa’s Sparkling Snowflake Cape

Posted on April 25, 2014 by britta

Before I ever saw the movie Frozen, when I just saw the song Let It Go, I immediately thought of my fiber-optic fabric for Elsa’s sparkling snowflake cape! Add some snowflake appliqués and iridescent glitter fabric paint to translucent blue … Continue reading →

Posted in Costumes | Tagged arendelle, cape, costumes, cutting machine, disney, elsa, fabric, fiber optic, frozen, glitter, ice, interfacing, LED, paint, princess, projects, queen, silhouette, snowflake | 8 Comments