I’ve been decluttering the craft room the past few months. As I did, I came across this putz house. The base was made, the house was constructed, but nothing else had been done. I finished it this week and listed it to my Etsy shop. The festive house comes with its own fireworks. Plastic tubes […]
This house, in ivory and dark teal, uses a beautiful Santa card as the base. One of my favorite cards, its rich design and gold foil accents makes it special. Beads as ornaments trim the bottle brush trees, and each tree is topped with a red star. Faux snow and clear glitter accent the trees. […]
This Tudor Revival cottage is all set for Christmas. The base measures 6 1/2″ wide by 4 1/2″ deep. The Putz is 4 1/2″ tall as measured from the bottom of the base to the top of the chimney. I like to use upcycled greeting cards to make the bases for my putz houses. This card […]
I drew this pattern in 2024. The base measures 6″ wide by 4 1/2″ deep. The Putz is 5 1/2″ tall as measured from the bottom of the base to the top of the chimneys. I make the bases for all my Putz houses from upcycled greeting cards. This card features holly, candles and a Christmas […]
This putz celebrates the fourth with fireworks and, on the base, a burst of musical exuberance. The fireworks are tinsel picks, fitted into clear plastic tubes on the back of the putz house. The picks are removable for storage. I made the picket fence from coffee stir sticks. The aqua blue in these photos are […]
This Independence Day barn is a reminder of the farm families of the United States who have worked for generations, providing food for our country and the world. One of my favorite cards makes the base of this Fourth of July putz barn. I love this image of a young girl, running though the wheat […]
I make putz houses in three sizes. ORIGINAL-size houses tend to be 5-6″ tall. An execption would be a church. The main body of the church fits the ORIGINAL size dimensions, but it will have an added height of two or three inches due to the steeple or bell tower. MINI putz houses are usually […]
I make putz houses in three sizes. ORIGINAL-size houses tend to be 5-6″ tall. MINI putz houses are usually 3-4″ tall and TINY MINI houses are under 3″ tall. I found small, 250th anniversary notecards for the Fourth. To fit the card, the house had to be small. As you can see, it juuussttt fit. […]
At our previous home, we had expansive gardens featuring daylilies, hosta and many perennials. Looks like a lot of work, doesn’t it? We were younger then… Most of those plants were non-natives. It hadn’t occurred to us to work with natives. At our present home we are striving to have a more eco-friendly garden, though […]
I love the aqua blue color on this greeting card. At first, I couldn’t decide if the roof should be a dark blue or the red. I’m glad I went with red. The house looks very festive! I did make a pennent garland of red and white stripes and blue stars, but it didn’t seem […]