Saturday, December 26, 2009

Fan Art : Bon Temps Village by Rita
















Here are fantastic houses Rita has created as a Bon Temps village !

She will post in the comments area a little about the famous people she sent them to and let you know what they had to say ....

Thanks Rita for sharing

24 comments:

Rita said...

Dallas! thank you for putting these
pictures on ,this is something that i
just enjoying doing.I don't do this a lot but as i love Ms.CH and do these as a hobby and love the show
i thought it would be nice to make
the little houses,there is one for Bill,Sookie,Jason,Lafayette,Merlottes
B.T.Bank,church,and not least Fang-
tasia.I also did one set for AB and
was sent very nice Thank You notes
from each of them,before i even
heard from Ms.CH she had an inter-
view and was telling about the fan
gifts she gets and mine was one
she talked about.I am just be side
my self this morning by seeing
these,again Thank You very much
Dallas! Love Much!I don't know if i
have left out any thing but "Merry
Christmas to all!"

Rita said...

I told you i would forget something,
i have to leave for an hour or so,
but i will be back and tell you how tall the houses are and more if you
want to know.

Rita said...

AB said Mrs.Mandola,Thank you so much for your gift!It is so great to
have True Blood fans like yo!Thanks for watching!Signed Alan.
And Ms.CH wrote,Dear Rita,Your gift was absolutely unique!I can't imagine
how long the wonderful little houses must have taken.I'm going to clean a shelf in my office to display them.
I'M so flattered that you worked so hard on a gift for me.Thanks so
much.Sincerely Charlaine.The houses
took about three to four weeks
to make in between other things,the
two white Sookie and Bill's houses,
and ofcorse you can tell fangtasia
i should have made the libaray in
stead of the bank but did not think about it till they were sent.
they are about 3to 3 1/2 inches tall.Thanks again Dallas!

Sharon said...

Very clever, Rita. What are they made of?

Sharon said...

Never mind, Rita. I just discovered I could make them bigger and saw that they were needlepoint. Nice job. Nice even stitches. I used to teach needlepoint. I haven't done any in a long time and have several projects needing to be finished. I'd never have thought to make those buildings. I'm glad AB and CH gave you such positive feedback.

Rita said...

Sharon they are made out of 10 count
plastic canvas,i have tried 14 ct.
but those are to small,and 7 ct.is
to big. Just love making the houses,
do it for my family and some friends,
glad you like them.

" Dallas " said...

Sharon

Rita sent them to me before she sent them to Charlaine and they were gorgeous and the amount of detail was incredible
Fangtasia had a metal door knob ..little trees on the side of the buildings ..Sookie's ( or maybe Bill's ) house front porch railings ..amazing

really really nice

Sharon said...

Rita,

Maybe you ought to market these. I bet you'd sell a bunch of those Fangtasia and Merlotte's replicas.

Rita said...

Sharon there are a whole set of the
white houses,i have sold 2 sets of those.Fangtasia i really could imp-
rouse up on,not the building but the
name on it,Merlotte's i just love
it turned out to be the best.This
morning my Hubby said he wanted me
to try and make other buildings that
would make a total of 10 more which
would be other places in Bon Temps
then will have to look for patterns
to try to look like them.So i guess
i will be busy for a while.

Sharon said...

Well, you already thought of the library, which plays a part in the books but not the TV show thus far. The Bon Temps jail plays a pretty big part in the TV series. And in the next season, we may or may not have Club Dead and Russell Edginton's mansion.

Rita said...

Well how about 1.fire station,2.Which
you said jail,3.hospital,4.Sam's tra-
iler,5.Club Dead,6.Calvin's house,
7.libaray,8.Andy's house,9.Tara's,
10.Hopefulley Eric's house in May.
And Pam's house.

Selle Castaigneda said...

Wow, these are soooo cool!! I love little houses and the fact that these are replicas of houses and buildings from our favorite show makes them even better!!

" Dallas " said...

**Dallas Waves** at Selle !!

Hellooooo!!!!

Sharon said...

SPOILER FOR THOSE WHO HAVE NOT READ THE BOOKS!!!

I don't know, Rita. I think a total of 10 different buildings would be enough. You've already got 8. And we don't know what some of those look like. The fire house is a good idea since in the books her kitchen burns. But the Library and Jail for sure.

Rita said...

Sharon! i have a question for you and Dallas because i don't want to
get in trouble about copy right in
fringement if i did want to maybe
make and sell those 2 houses please
let me know what you think.

Rita said...

Well the others would be just for
me.

" Dallas " said...

There is NO copyright about what you think an imaginary town from a book series looks like ...

Rita said...

Thanks Dallas! I would make and sell
if any should want any.

Rita said...

One building first class $12.50
Two buildings f.c. $22.00
All eight buildings f.c. $80.00
if any one is interested

P.O. Box 2605
Gadsden,AL.
35903

Rita said...

I have changed my mind about the address.
Send to!
Rita Mandola
1309 Cumberland St.
Gadsden,AL.
35903

" Dallas " said...

I will donate $1 for every house Rita makes to the Northwest Louisiana Chapter of the American Red Cross.

Rita said...

Then i hope to get a lot of orders,an
i will be the first to send you $10.00 will put the money in the
mail to you Thursday.Love you Dallas.

" Dallas " said...

Well, I know there are other sites that spend lots of time and encourage donations to the actors personal charities and some of them are even in the UK.

I think we should always do things that benefit the real ARK-LA-TX area of Charlaine and Bon Temps.

Rita said...

Sorry i never said how to send money
please send money orders.Not to P.O.
Box.