Hogsmeade is the wizarding village close to Hogwarts Castle and its station is where the Hogwarts Express terminates.
According to wikipedia "Hogsmeade primarily consists of a single thoroughfare, called High Street, on which most shops and other magical venues reside; however, unnamed alleyways branching off from the main road are also home to such historic places as the Hogs Head Inn and Madame Puddifoot's Teashop..."
For this display I wasn't able to put in the little alleyways, but tried to put the Hogs Head and Madame Puddifoot's away from the other shops and houses.
The village is also described as mainly having architecture of a medieval origin, so the timber framed houses fitted the bill.
Because of the type of windows in the houses there was little point in putting much inside the buildings so where possible I tried to reflect the type of shop it was by putting things outside or in the attic space where they could be seen.
The signs for the shops etc. presented a problem as printing them out on the computer just didn't look right. I got around this by using peel-off letters of various types that I use for my cardmaking, to give the name of the building.
Here is the village and the buildings in it ...
The Three Broomsticks - the landlady is the very attractive Madam Rosmerta ...
The Owl Post Office...
Zonko's Joke Shop..
Gladrags - Wizarding Wear - Trying to put the tiny letters that read "London, Paris and Hogsmeade" on the sign, took ages! I thought the well dressed Dracula klicky looked the type of customer the shop would have
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Dervish and Banges - Wizarding supplies...
Honeydukes Sweet Shop - strictly speaking the storeroom is in the cellar, but a bit of artistic licence moved it to the attic! ...
Scrivenshaft's Quills ...
The Shrieking Shack - reputed to be the most haunted building in Britain...
Sandy made the base and small rocky mound that it stands on and Lyn and Steve, (Damo's mum and dad) made a great job of painting it for me,
I was so pleased with it that I plan to make a similar although higher base for the pathway between Hogwarts and Hogsmeade for the Kirkbean display.
The Hogs Head - the bar man is fond of goats! Strange characters often frequent the Hogs Head so I thought these two would fit in well...
I'm afraid that a boar was harmed in the making of this, but for a good cause!
Madam Puddifoot's tea rooms - I'm not keen on the blue surround of the window but didn't want to paint it, so I'm on the look out for an alternative...
Damo made a terrace of houses for the village near the farm on the railway and seaside display but there was no room for it so it fitted in well in Hogsmeade.
Finally Hogsmeade Station with the Hogwarts Express...
I hope you've enjoyed the tour around this magical place!
BTW how many owls did you see?
Elaine
