{"id":4267,"date":"2018-10-03T10:06:16","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T16:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/?p=4267"},"modified":"2018-10-03T10:08:05","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T16:08:05","slug":"campfire-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/?p=4267","title":{"rendered":"campfire part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>next step is adding the fire to the diorama<br \/>\ni wanted to hide all the wiring so i found a panel board at the dollerama for $4.<br \/>\n<a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onebluestocking\/44357347114\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"panel front\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1921\/44357347114_a8f57b8a64.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"435\" alt=\"panel front\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nit is 12&#8243; x 16&#8243;.  a little small for photos, but it will fit nicely on a shelf.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onebluestocking\/44166582215\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"panel back\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1905\/44166582215_7eac60eed9.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" alt=\"panel back\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nthe back is hollow, with more than enough space to hide the wiring and battery<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onebluestocking\/45029346112\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"camp fire - hole for wires\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1918\/45029346112_fc30c9e281.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"499\" alt=\"camp fire - hole for wires\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nafter deciding where i wanted the fire to go, i marked the center with an x and then drilled a hole large enough for all the wires to fit through. i didn&#8217;t have to drill three holes this time.  the top disc will keep the leds from falling through the hole.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onebluestocking\/45077500711\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"diorama grass\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1948\/45077500711_522f48edf2.jpg\" width=\"485\" height=\"500\" alt=\"diorama grass\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nthen i added the grass. first i traced around the campfire disc.  this area will be left glue free.  i spread glue all over the top, except for in the circle, and down the sides.  then i spread a moss mat (mine was from walmart, because it was cheapest, but  michael&#8217;s also has some and with a coupon the price isn&#8217;t bad.)  i boxed the corners by cutting out little squares the width of the sides. this gave nice neat edges all round.  As you can see, adding moss is a messy process, so best to have a broom or vacuum on hand! \ud83d\ude0a<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onebluestocking\/45077510761\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"diorama cut out\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1962\/45077510761_122f8136e4.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"391\" alt=\"diorama cut out\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\ni then poked up with a pen through the hole from underneath, to find the center, and carefully cut out the unglued moss. i cut just slightly smaller than the actual circle<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onebluestocking\/30140575157\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"diorama campfire in place\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1936\/30140575157_2c41167e7a.jpg\" width=\"368\" height=\"500\" alt=\"diorama campfire in place\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nlifting the edges i tucked the fire inside the cut out, adding bits of moss to a couple of places where i went too wide<\/p>\n<p>here you can see how i painted the gray\/white ash as well<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onebluestocking\/45029398682\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"diorama underside\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1921\/45029398682_7feda3e7c1.jpg\" width=\"445\" height=\"500\" alt=\"diorama underside\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nunderneath i taped the wires with heavy duty tape.<\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/onebluestocking\/43264772820\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"diorama\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1901\/43264772820_040bf1c6b9.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"362\" alt=\"diorama\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nthen i glued the firewood in place. the wood pile and caravan are just set on top.  <\/p>\n<p>almost done. i still need to add the battery.  but i don&#8217;t have the right battery in the house and we are in the middle of a snow storm so it may take a day or two to go get one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>next step is adding the fire to the diorama i wanted to hide all the wiring so i found a panel board at the dollerama for $4. it is 12&#8243; x 16&#8243;. a little small for photos, but it will fit nicely on a shelf. the back is hollow, with more than enough space to hide the wiring and battery after deciding where i wanted the fire to go, i marked the center with an x and then drilled a hole large enough for all the wires to fit through. i didn&#8217;t have to drill three holes this time. the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[93,455,230,12],"tags":[4,474,475,457,361,466,273],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4267"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4278,"href":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4267\/revisions\/4278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onebluestocking.ca\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}