Spring. What’s not to love?! Star Magnolia Spring Beauties in the green grass. Daffodils in the sun. Grape Hyacinths coming up in the most unlikely places. Bloodroot in the woods. The whitest of white flowers. And Bleeding Hearts, of course. I was six or seven years old the first time I saw Bleeding Hearts. I […]
Today, I continued work on the five Putz houses I have on my desk currently. Last night I left off with three houses and their fences glued to their bases. Today, I glued down the other two houses and their fences. I promised to paint at least one fence a different color than white. Here […]
Today I made fences for some of the Putz houses. You can read the tutorial here: making fences for putz houses I start with 1/2″ strips of cardboard and use punches or scissors to give them some decoration. oration. I used some of the fence posts I made yesterday. The little yellow house got a […]
I worked on bases for Putz houses on Monday. Took most of the day to finish five. It always takes longer than I remember! All five are completed. Construction, base coat of paint, two coats of sandy paint, and a dip in the fine glitter. It’s hard to tell from the pictures that they’ve been […]
Just a quick note. I’ve had a bad cough this week that wears me out. But I am doing what I can. I don’t want to be left behind with spring to enjoy. The yard is full of daffodils and other plants are popping up. The Poet’s daffodils are later than most and the first […]
In my last post, the little green Putz house was ready to be attached to the base. Somehow I missed taking pictures of the pinning process. This one was pretty easy to pin down, though. This is after pinning and gluing the house. If you look closely, you can see the bead of glue around […]
I have started the next Putz house embellishment. I thought I took a picture of it before I started, but I can’t find it anywhere. In this photo, it is the green house with pink roof toward the back. I love the ski-slope roof on this one. The first thing I did was to add […]
This one was fun. Maybe because I love the colors so much. In the last post, I left off here… Partway through the process… Here are some of the bits and bobs I used to embellish this Putz house. Ferns, in a color I call “champagne.” These came on a long stem. I bought them […]