Calendar and telephone

The wall calendar features the artwork of Theo van Hoytema.  I edited the art to make an October 1915 calendar.  The owl looks positively perturbed -- too cute!  I painted the copper plant stand with a delicate patina.  The flowers and lamb are from Barb's Corner; the eagle is from ABC Dolls & Miniatures.  I made the griffin box from a kit by Lisa's Little Things bought at one of the local shows.

I modified the Chrysnbon phone/clock/coat rack kit to make a smaller wall phone.  I used the hook, receiver, mouthpiece and bells to make my own. The original mouthpiece was too long for the style I planned to make, so I cut down the arm to make a shorter version. I used scrap wood to make the housing and stained it medium brown.  I painted the black parts with Testors semi-gloss black.  I left off the name plate that many of these phones had since it would have been too small to be legible and would have detracted from the overall look.