March 22, 2016 – 10:16 pm
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 […]
March 20, 2016 – 11:54 pm
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 […]
March 20, 2016 – 11:54 am
As I said in my last post, I chose this little Putz house for my next project. I didn’t have any ink jet acetate for making window panes. Added it to my shopping list. Middle Daughter did find some vellum in the craft room for me to try. I used a yellow Sharpie to color […]
I pulled out some of my Putz houses I made a few years ago. They need bases and embellishments. As you can see, I like the vintage style. Simple design and a smaller size than many being made currently. The larger ones are beautiful, too, and I hope to make some one day, but I […]
March 18, 2016 – 10:47 pm
This little Putz church is like the one I just finished (you can see it here: little Putz church, continued), though this one is trimmed in blue instead of yellow. This one also has the addition of a bell in the tower. I made both the church and the base last year. I pulled them […]
March 17, 2016 – 11:51 am
January and February are the hardest months of the year for me. Dark and cold. Depressing. March and April always save me. The way the garden greens and the flowers pop up and extra light brightens the days as the sun gets closer and the days get longer…surely everyone feels it to some degree. During […]
When we last visited the little Putz church, it had been affixed to its base. The next step was to add some bottle brush trees. I decorated the larger tree with a sunburst topper (a charm turned upside down) and a garland of gold beads. I cut a few beads off the beaded garland and […]
The past few days I have been working on seventeen soldered nativity ornaments. I enjoy the entire process. I finished the soldering today and will add the dangles in a day or so. I appreciate all the Christmas cards people have shared with me. I am making good use of them! Christmas cards and all […]