Tammy A. Branom's Thimble World: Goin' Evil Dead for Halloween 2014

As you may know, I get a bit thimble-making happy around Halloween and this year is no different. I made the Amityville Horror house last year and I thought that would be it. But, this year, I realized I didn't have anything related to my favorite horror films, Evil Dead. Being my favorites is an understatement. I named my dog Bruce after the actor Bruce Campbell. I was rather surprised that I hadn't done anything "evil" yet. But, I reprieved myself--in a big way.

I created the Evil Dead scene. The cabin is made from thimbles, of course.

I made sure to include the swing on the porch. And yes, it does swing. The shed is made from a Monopoly red hotel.

If you've seen the movies, you know there is a wood pile just outside the backdoor.

As you can see in the above picture, the cabin is not just the front. I made certain to include the ENTIRE cabin as in the films. And one cannot have Evil Dead without the car.

I went crazy with Evil Dead stuff. I bought a couple pagodas at Dollar Tree. My imagination put the Evil Dead 2 vortex into play. At the bottom of the pagoda is Ash falling into the vortex. I added blue coiled wire over it and carefully lodged my handmade Book of the Dead in it.

This is one of my favorite pieces. It is as if the Book is swirling with the vortex.

I made the book dimensional. The mouth, eyes, and nose are sunk in, although the photo doesn't show it. I followed the skin lines with Mod Podge so as to give the book a real leathery feel.

And, I continued with a mystical setup. Yup, I made 2 Books. This one is a bit smaller and fits well with the other books.

The Book perched atop a skull thimble I made.

This picture shows the leathery look.

Side view of the skeleton holding the Book.

Although smaller, this book also has real pages.

The other pagoda that I mentioned. I had to cut this one to add in my new crystal ball thimble that I put together.

This spells book is actually a thimble originally from Birchcroft China. It was Alice in Wonderland to begin with. The skull is my own doing.

Other than going Evil Dead, I put up my usual thimbles--with a few new additions, of course. I made a boathouse to go with the Amityville house and all my Haunted Houses are now in a "gated" community.

The new gates.

Outside of the community, the devil wanders underground.

My thimble Halloween setup. A few newbies, but not much.

I finally painted the plain gravestones. The skull with the snake is similar to the one with the frog on it over by the books. This one I call "Snake Eyes." (Just kidding.)