Today, I made bases for four Putz houses. That takes some time because the base has three layers of cardboard inside, with glue on both sides of each layer. It takes time to dry and cure. If a house or fence is glued to the base before it has dried, the base or fence may […]
The little Putz churches are some of my favorites. Here is the white one with pink trim, in process. Do you like the pink beads? Here it is finished. I didn’t add a bottle brush tree to this one. Not sure if I should have put one on there or not. Do you have a […]
Today I worked on the embellishments for the little blue house. Tomorrow, the church. ~~Rhonda
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 […]