Saturday, August 22, 2015

The Gingerbread Houses!

One of the most rewarding things we can do in our business is create a custom item for someone. Over the years we have done hundreds of custom projects, especially birdhouses. A few years ago we made a custom birdhouse that looked like an old bar located in WV. It included old advertising and even a miniature window air conditioner in the side window. We've even made and shipped an entire kid's playhouse which featured a crooked door and windows for a customer in Florida.

However last year ,a few months before Christmas, we had the honor to do a very special project with a non-profit organization for someone who was diagnosed with Cancer. They wanted us to make a replica of their home and then transform it into a gingerbread house! It was their Christmas tradition to put together gingerbread houses on Christmas Eve and they wanted each of their 4 kids to get this wonderful gift so they would always remember the time they spent working on this popular cookie cottage.
 
 
 
Of course the gingerbread houses we made for them were construction of wood and painted with a gingerbread brown to resemble the real thing! This way they could display them every year and have a wonderful memory of their childhood home which was about to be sold. We did a peppermint candy on the roof and white icing everywhere. A snowy bottom completed the house.
 

 
It was quite a task getting each one to look exactly like their real house and also making each one look exactly the same. We ended up with 4 perfect gingerbread house replicas and 4 very happy customers! Got something you want made and can't find it anywhere else? You never know what we can do or already did here at The Birdhouse Barn.
 
 
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