I’ve been emailing back and forth with an online friend who is making her own little glitter houses. She is having a problem with glitter loss after the houses are done. My friend did some experimenting with different kinds of glues and glitter, but hasn’t found a solution yet. I decided to do a glitter […]
I finished a few more spool ornaments. I plan to take proper pictures and post the ornaments to Etsy today. How do you feel about snow like the red one has? Yes, please? Or, no, I like them better without? The bead stars I used on my previous spool ornaments were blue like on the […]
I noticed on Pinterest that my spool ornaments, and the tutorial for the same, get a lot of pins. Since they are popular, I decided to make some for my Etsy shop ChristmasNotebook. BTW, here’s the link to the tutorial: ornament tutorial: bottle brush tree on a wooden spool If you make any, I’d love […]
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. For this house, I made silver “trees” from 3/4″ wide, wired, silver tinsel roping. I cut the wired tinsel to the length […]
I have enjoyed getting back to crafting after a week or so of sorting, organizing and rearranging my craft room. The first house I finished is a small yellow one. It’s a simple design that reminds me a lot of vintage glitter houses. I used some vintage mercury glass beads to decorate the front yard. […]
I have had a lot of issues with my legs, especially my left leg, over the past few years. One of the things it has kept me from doing is climbing the stairs to the second floor where my wonderful craft room is. The ceilings in our house are twelve feet high and that makes […]