Sometimes it can be hard to decide how to finish the front walk of your Putz house or church. One of my favorite methods is to make stepping stones from the front door to the gate, using cardboard. Supplies needed: A small piece of cardboard, poster board, or cardstock Scissors Needle-nose tweezers Acrylic paint White […]
Supplies needed: Beads or miniature ornaments Bottle brush tree Needle-nose tweezers Hot glue gun Star bead for the tree topper Long-nose pliers White tacky glue Aleene’s True Snow Palette knife or other blade Clear glitter Glitter tray To decorate a bottle brush tree with ornaments, I use any combination of miniature ornaments, vintage mercury beads, […]
My latest house is this little green and brown one. The “picket” fence is made with corrugated cardboard. The fence posts at the front gate are made from wooden dowels, cut to size and painted. Picket fence tutorial I like to add the traditional hole in the back of the Putz house for the use […]
This post shares how I “snow” bottle brush trees for a lush look on my Putz house displays. Supplies needed for snowing and glittering bottle brush trees: bottle brush trees Aleene’s True Snow Squeeze Bottle Palette Knife or other blade Hot Glue Gun Glitter / My most used glitter is Spectra Glitter Clear. I also […]
This little church is a pretty simple design. It does have a bell in the bell tower which takes it up a step from the simplest designs. The blue is Apple Barrel 21142 Cobalt lightened with white. The yellow is Apple Barrel 21474E Yellow Flame, lightened with white. The fence was cut with a large-scallop […]
This ivory and honey brown Putz church was just finished. You can see it in my Etsy shop. ChristmasNotebook.etsy.com It’s a very simple design with simple embellishments. I love adding embellishments but sometimes less is best. The colors coordinate with the picture on the base. The back has a hole for the light string. A […]
I call this one the Santa house because of the picture on the Christmas card I used as a base for this Putz house. This particular pattern makes a very cozy looking PUtz, in my opinion. This sweet card made the perfect base. Two tiny resin snowmen stand vigil in the front yard. They left […]
During the past week or so, I have finished two Putz houses and two Putz barns. The barns have sold, and the houses are in my Etsy shop. ChristmasNotebook.etsy.com All proceeds from my shop support the work of Kenya Mercy Ministries. Purchases help children and their families who live in the largest slum in Africa. […]
Last fall, I had a custom order for a Putz church that replicates the customer’s home church in Nolensville, Tennessee. It is 180 years old and is a beautiful historic landmark. I realized I hadn’t posted about this project, so decided to do it now. I hope you enjoy the process! While preparing to make […]
My latest Putz house took longer to finish than usual. I had to work out a few problems as I went along. But I am very happy with the way it came out. I had hoped to add green shutters but there wasn’t enough room on the front between the two windows. Next time I […]