house building, 'tis the season:

Were talkin' gingerbread, here...

OK,

so when you have 22 people

who want to make gingerbread houses

all at the same time,

it isn't really, truly gingerbread.

I'd be baking gingerbread for weeeeeeks in advance.

And I'm not that crazy -

really.

 

Instead, we start with some type of "foundation"-

the guys/aka contractors build "houses" -

"building" = cardboard and tape guns and scissors and knives

on the butcher block in the kitchen...

Here's a peek at the back of some "construction":

The "contractors" fulfill special requests -

real architectural stuff here, don't you know.

You can request a barn and silo and you'll get a reasonable facsimile.

There are also inspirational questionable pieces built...

the kind where you get the basic shape given to you

and you have to come up with something...

anything

to make this box house foundation work.

Anyway, then there are

the "decorators" or "designers" ...

(there was a true-life

 interior designer this year-more on that later)

singles and pairs...

they are given icing bags and

a plethora of construction materials

and start to shingle and side and install windows and

do some landscaping

and work in some blue sugar water features...

you know, the regular gingerbread/construction stuff.

(the crisco container is empty - it was possibly going to be a round house)

Eventually, there is a

datadaDa...

Parade of Homes.

But that is tomorrow...

Bet you can't wait, can you?

:)