Hello! I’m back! My blog has been down since December 8, due to technical difficulties. Thankfully, my webmaster (AKA my younger son) was able to set things to rights. I can post again!
We had a great Christmas and I’ll be posting some pictures from that soon. Just to get back into the flow of things, I’ll share some of the Putz houses I’ve been making.
This little green one is a miniature. I reduced the size of the pattern to 80% of the original, using the printer to do that.
The base is made from an upcycled Christmas card.
Another mini in blue…
The Christmas card for this base is really cute. I like the tiny Santa and his tiny sleigh.
The bright red of this house is a perfect match for the Christmas card on the base.
A few weeks ago, I made some Valentine houses.
The one below is embellished with some wired glass beads, used as a vine that grows up the right side of the house and onto the second story.
I used the above pattern to make a mini Christmas Putz house.
The colors are inspired by the Christmas card I used as the base.
The following Putz has another cute Santa card as the base.
This is one of my favorite cards featuring Santa Claus.
I used the same pattern to make this mini version.
The last two Putz houses are also a regular-sized pattern and a mini version.
The house looks ivory in the above picture, but it is actually white. This is a better photo.
Tilt the house up and you get a very cute surprise!
The mini version of the above house…
You can see my Putz houses and other Christmas ornaments in my Etsy shop. ChristmasNotebook.etsy.com
If you are interested in crafting some Putz houses of your own, check out my Putz tutorials for more information. Putz Tutorials
I am always happy to answer questions about the process. Please ask, if you are wondering about the details of putzing!
All proceeds from my Etsy shop benefit Kenya Mercy Ministries. KMM works with the urban poor of Nairobi, Kenya, particularly the children and their families who live in Kibera, the largest slum in Africa. Thank you for your part in helping these children when you purchase items from my shop!
~~Rhonda
PS. The updates to my blog include a whole new post editor. It’s taking me a while to figure out how to use it. There are a few editing errors I can’t find a way to fix, but I’m going to let that go for now and post this. ~~R. 🙂