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Fun at Play Fest 2015

Written by Lucy R on August 10, 2015. Posted in Blog, Uncategorized.

We had a great time being involved in Truro’s play fest 2015 (part of National Playday) held at Boscawen park Truro.

The Event was hosted and organized by Kernow live with support from Swamp Circus

The 2 day fun festival featured many fun activities ranging from bouncy castles, art & craft workshops, face painting & a variety of entertainment with live music from a children band, dance groups, circus performers, along with lost of fun across the green Zone.

We displayed some of our surreal scaled up props as a fun photo opportunity for people of all ages and families attending.

Despite the cloudy first day it was a good turnout. The second day was filled with sunshine and a great atmosphere through out.

The fun and creative event was a great success, it is thought that around 5,000 people attended the attraction at Boscawen park Truro Cornwall.

Elsa from Frozen, scaled up model in the making!

Written by Lucy R on January 21, 2015. Posted in Blog.

Check out images of how we scaled up a miniature version of Elsa, to create a life size model measuring at 1.50m in height!

First step was to accurately measure the miniature model. We cut the main shape out of High density polystyrene. We carved the model according to images + miniature model. We positioned her head more up right in order to create better photo opportunity for the future.

Because of her posture, we fitted a stainless steel pin in to her arm. After sanding all imperfections, we spray applied FR hard coating polyurethane. This high tech application will ensure the model will be durable and waterproof.

As we felt that her hand was slightly too big and bulky after hard coating, we made some modifications to her hand. We scaled the hand down, fitted a stainless steel pin in her finger to give strength to the more delicate looking hand!

The next stage, painting and airbrush decoration!

After sanding the model for a smooth texture, we painted and airbrushed the model with HQ 2K Paints. Added some shading to her hair to give it some more depth and texture. We also lightly airbrushed her skin, to make her look more natural!

"Elsa" scaled up model from disney character Frozen — “Elsa” scaled up model from disney’s Frozen

Disney character Elsa from Frozen - Snowflakes — Disney character Elsa from Frozen – Snowflakes

Scaled up model of Elsa from Disney's Frozen — Close up shot of the finished model

Light up wireless letters – The word is LOVE

Written by Lucy R on December 3, 2014. Posted in Blog, Uncategorized.

Light up letters spelling LOVE in the making

We are excited to share with you our latest revelations!

We have collaborated with Something borrowed wed and hire to create approx 1m high light up letters

Spelling L O V E Lianne Heyward founder of Something Borrowed Wedding Hire Co came to us with the idea to make a statement piece to add the wow factor to any event.

So together we created the love lights, made from 9mm exterior wood hand crafted to precision, painted to a brilliant glossy white. The love lights have led fairground lights installed which give a magical effect with its reflections sparkling.

Each letter is battery powered with a long life to enable practicality at events and give much more freedom to position the letters in the desired suitable place.

If you are looking to brighten up your event, spread the love at your venue and inspire with light up letters then this is definitely something for you!

The letters are now available for hire, for more information or to book get in touch with

Lianne @ https://www.facebook.com/SomethingBorrowedHire?ref=hl

Or Love Lights facebook page https://www.facebook.com/LoveLightsInfo?ref=hl

Bespoke Winter Wonderland Creations

Written by Lucy R on August 21, 2014. Posted in Blog.

Santas Sleigh

Custom made snowmen props

Giant stack of presents

Maybe for some people the mention of Christmas in August is too early!

But for event organizers for attractions and great organizations holding a Christmas party, for people who simply love everything about Christmas it is possibly never too early!

That’s why we are writing this blog in the summer( although it’s becoming quite cold! ) to share with you the bespoke creations we custom-made for our client during the last festive season.

We made the props to be used at Retallack Resort & Spas Winter Wonderland here in stunning Cornwall.

The brief was to make props which will help create a magical setting, but they also had to be user-friendly and by this we mean durable, friendly looking, plenty of contact with the Winter wonderland guests and children and great for a photo opportunity.

Because after all Christmas is about the children in all of us! So the items we made couldn’t be too fragile to touch or be closed off. They had to be fun, unique and made to last.

So what did we make?

We made some playful penguins, different sized snowmen which looked like the sweetest snowmen family in town! A giant stack of presents and we made the all important sleigh for Santa as he had to fly down to the winter wonderland to give presents to all of the children, who couldn’t wait to see him + we know he was the real Santa because we also visited and our youngest 4-year-old daughter said so!

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