putz houses and making tiny tinsel trees

I have finished the second set of Putz houses for this week. The first one is a two-tier house in blue and green, which is my favorite color combination for these little houses.

Putz house

For this house, I made silver “trees” from 3/4″ wide, wired, silver tinsel roping.

Tinsel tree

I cut the wired tinsel to the length that I wanted the tree to be.

Tinsel tree

I cut the tip into a point.

Tinsel tree

Instant tiny tinsel tree.

Tinsel tree

Tinsel tree

I topped off each little tree with a vintage mercury bead, using a dot of hot glue.

Tinsel tree

A little hot glue held them in place. I propped them until the glue set, so they wouldn’t lean.

Tinsel tree

I’ve done the same kind of trimming on individual stems from artificial Christmas trees and other artificial greenery. An easy way to make little trees for Putz houses.

Tiny tree

Tiny tree

Tiny tree

Tiny tree

I added an iridescent tinsel tree in front of the two silver ones. I like the way they look.

Putz house

I also finished this little blue and brown “ski slope” house today.

Putz house

I kept it fairly simple. This house is one of my favorite designs.

Putz house

I hope you have enjoyed the little glitter houses. I will be working on a custom order this next week. I also plan to put together a tutorial on making picket fences for the Putz houses.

~~Rhonda

3 Comments

  1. Posted July 24, 2016 at 7:30 am | Permalink

    Hi Rhonda! Before I could get around to commenting on the previous post you got this one up. 😉 I love the little yellow house and was waiting to see how the ski slope house turned out. Such a fun design and I love the snowy, gold trees in the front yard. The two tier blue-green house is wonderful! Great tip about the tinsel trees. They look so good!

  2. Jennifer
    Posted July 25, 2016 at 9:01 am | Permalink

    Looks wonderful! Always makes me swoon when I look at your site!

  3. Posted July 27, 2016 at 12:56 pm | Permalink

    Thanks, Jennifer! I appreciate your comment. Sometimes I wonder if I’m talking to myself! 😉 ~~Rhonda

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