So, we have been a little cagey about things leading up to the epic Halloween wedding reception we attended on, appropriately, Halloween!
A and I didn’t want any info of the present we were making leaking out to the bride and groom - not because it was such an amazing present, but, as a gag present, it would really only work once, as a surprise.
We made a snow globe. Dave had told me a funny anecdote about his ‘friends’ filling his car ventilation system with glitter, and it just struck a cord. So that’s what we recreated, in snow-globe form.
As A has said, our watch list on eBay and our Amazon search history soon became full of snow globes, glitter, small cars and bride and groom figures. We bought several complete snow globes and every time we were in a pound shop, we inevitably left with 2 or 3 small Matchbox style cars.
Dimensions of model cars became an obsession. Diameters of globes, jars and bottles were all important.
In the end, A and I got a small enough car, which was blue and had a spoiler. So he ripped off the spoiler and painted the whole car black.
Next we bought a wedding snow globe, and ripped it apart to obtain a suitable bride and groom to add to ours.
Dave actually has black hair, and Bee is a beautiful redhead, with a penchant for beards. Out came the black paint again:
And, yes, we were aware of the groom’s odd similarity to Herr Hitler.
We then progressed to the even more fun bit - glitter car! He’s taken a lovely video of the whole process, and I am hoping to get him to post it up on here. But we essentially put a thin layer of paint on the car, and then blew glitter at it, so give it directionality and movement. (Yes, we are pretentious bastards sometimes)
A did some research and we ended up using a two-part epoxy glue to basically weld the car and couple to the somewhat flexible lid of the snow globe chassis. (OK, it’s a Nutella jar, but the boys loved having Nutella on absolutely everything they ate for a week!)
Then we added water, glycerine (2 drops) to slow the fall of the glitter, and glitter. Perhaps a little too much glitter?
We had had to add a structural cork coaster to the Nutella jar lid, as it was really, really flexible! And then we used silicone glue to seal it all up.
The couple stayed in place, but the car plummeted to the bottom (top?) of the snow globe. We were gutted! Gutted. The epoxy takes around 3 million days to dry and cure, and this was on the eve of the wedding reception.
Out came the trusty hot glue gun, and everything got glued. Glued hard.
So very much glitter, glue, water, fun, passion, laughter, tears - all in one small Nutella jar.
This was possibly one of the most fun things we have ever made. And I love the fact my husband jumped in, with both feet, to embrace the madness.
And Bee and Dave loved the snow globe.