It's Feast Day! About thirty hungry people are showing up in four hours and, do you know what? There is a lot of work to do. But, I had help.
Mom allowed us to take the dining room table downstairs and use it in the set. Her family sat at that table as she grew up so it's is very old and rock solid. Mason (Hiccup) and I (though I can't take any of the credit because I wasn't much help) carried it out the front door, through the garage and down the storage room steps only to discover that it wouldn't fit through the door by, like, a half inch. But we weren't going to let a half inch stop us. Mason took the door off it's hinges and then we were able to squeak by. Whew!
Rachel (Haggi) came by early to help me set up the Viking commons where the feast scene is going to take place. We carried down two more tables (much lighter ones) and gathered up ever wooden, bone, cast iron, stone, or metal dish we owned and set the tables. We filled those dishes with all kinds of things: apples, peppers, almonds, pecans, dried apples, rolls, craisins, blueberries, spring peas, etc.
Rachel also made the cornbread which was so yummy! Thanks Rachel!
A few months ago, a Kids-On-Fire friend donated a whole bolt of wool. She said she saw it and thought, "viking." We used a bunch of it in this scene for a rug and table runners. We cut the pieces extra large though so we could use them for costumes later too.
Remember these fish?
Reuben (Tuff-Nut), Evan, (Loki), and William (Aaron son of Aaron) helped to arranging the fruit and foliage under each of these fish. The platters were actually just the art boards that Mason (Hiccup) made for us a while ago. We are getting good use out of those. I'm really happy with how those platters turned out!
The plates were really tough to figure out.
We thought about using the chainsaw to slice rounds off logs, but those fell apart so easily. We thought about spray painting frizbees, but then found out (thankfully) that spray paint is NOT food safe. We called people and tried to hunt up thirty mess-kit plates, but couldn't find enough. In the end it was a simple solution (as it often is). Matthew (Stoic) and our cousins just cut up a board into 7x7 squares and we used those.
The walls are covered in a party backdrop that I found for cheap. I really liked the effect. With wide shots like this, you can see the obvious pattern in the stones, but I'm hoping that with the closer-up shots, it will be impossible to tell.
And there you have it folks! One lovely, decked-out viking feast. I can't wait to film in here!
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