Making Stone Columns
In the movie, there are several gates which have stone columns on either side. I wanted to capture this in the design for this year’s…
Category Archives: 2020
A Spooky Archway
As Jack Skellington is taking his walk through the graveyard, he passes through a gate with a spooky archway. For me, I loved that element…
Painting the Moon
…and mountains and pumpkins! We have a tradition of inviting neighbors, friends, family and co-workers over to help paint set pieces for the house. This…
Help from an Amazing Crew
The Albertson Halloween House is built by many people each year – friends, family, neighbors, co-workers. This year, we had the privilege of working with…
Carving the Stone Wall
With the overall shape of the low stone wall cut out, it was time to texture it so that it looked more like a stone…
Sculpting Progress!
After blocking out the shapes for the background mountains, I cut them out and glued them together. They ended up being pretty big, one of…
Structures and Styrofoam
Progress has been made on the set pieces for this year’s Nightmare Before Christmas Halloween house! The current phase involves carving the overall shapes of…
It Begins…
After doing some Photoshop work to determine sizes of the set pieces, it was time to get to work! This year, in contrast to previous…
Theme for 2020 Albertson Halloween House: The Nightmare Befo...
We pondered not doing a front yard display for Halloween 2020, but based on the encouragement of our friends, we have decided to still do…