I hope you had a wonderful Mother’s Day. Four of our five children were able to be here yesterday and I received a nice call from Younger Son. He and his wife live too far away to come home often. Older Son and his wife and the three grands were here. As always, a lot […]
I have a drawer full of Putz houses that I cut from poster board last year but hadn’t put together yet. I pulled a couple of those out last week and put them together. After they had been painted and glittered, I pinned them to cardboard so they would dry straight. The poster board absorbs […]
Today I began working on two little Putz houses. After I painted and glittered them, I pinned them to cardboard so they will dry with straight walls The green roof is for the little house in the back. As are the white window frames. I will have to cut a roof for the other house […]
I listed two new shadow boxes and two decoupaged ornaments in my Etsy shop today. The shadow boxes were fun. Here’s one with a snowman. I like the turquoise and silver foil background. I call this one “Christmas in the Country.” Toy Store Peace You can see more pictures of these in my Etsy shop […]
These pictures were taken in our back yard on Sunday, April 24. The garden changes so quickly this time of year. The Spanish Bluebells were here when we bought this house in 1994. Virginia Bluebells and Hosta ‘Janet’ Spring Beauties are one of my favorite spring flowers. The flowers open up on sunny days, and […]
Today I had a better day than yesterday. Thankfully! I did finish the other little Putz house. Middle Daughter suggested adding pink to the yellow and I think it turned out very well. I also made a new Christmas card shadow box. It features Mary and Baby Jesus. I was able to add some purple […]
Dear Readers, This has been a frustrating day. A month of so ago, I started three little, very simple, Putz houses. I’ve worked on them on and off since then. Put the houses together. Painted and glittered them. Made bases. Made fences. I put them together. Then they sat until this past weekend, when I […]
I haven’t been feeling up to par the past few weeks, but have still enjoyed working at my craft desk on new shadow boxes. Here are three of them. Winter Evening Grandmother’s House Sledding Party These, and other ornaments I’ve made, as well as Putz houses, can be seen in my Etsy shop ChristmasNotebook. ~~Rhonda
I managed to get two Christmas card shadow boxes done today. I have six more in process. I listed these two on my Etsy shop, ChristmasNotebook. The first box uses a Christmas card with a picture of skaters on it. This is a small box. Only four inches wide, three inches tall, including the embellishment […]