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 thought I’d catch you up with what I’ve been doing. I had taken several days off from working on Putz houses while I was busy with other projects and decided to get back to work this week. I like to upcycle used Christmas cards in a lot of my Christmas crafting. They make great […]
All those cute little bottle brush trees I have are just begging for a topper. Sometimes I add a bead, sometimes a star, sometimes a pip. What’s a pip, you say? A pip is a floral embellishment, used in artificial flowers as the stamens. You can buy pip covered wreaths and garlands, or bundles of […]
I have been working on three red and white Putz houses for a week or so. Today I finished the little country church. I love the way it came together. Lights on… Lights off… I am learning how to make bead sprays and used three of them to back the church. I plan to make […]
This is the last house of the five I’ve worked on this week. This little three peaks house is done in red with a green roof. A simple fence surrounds the yard space. Two snowy bottle brush trees decorate the front of the house. You can see more pictures of this house and others in […]
A friend asked for a red and white Putz house, so I came up with this one. I will be making more red and white ones soon. I call this design “the ski slope” house. I drew the simple pattern myself. An easy house to draw a pattern for and an easy house to construct. […]
A few posts ago, I showed you a few new colors I am working on with the Putz houses. Today I completed two of the five houses currently in process. The first one is a pumpkin gold color with an olive green roof. Not my personal favorite colors, but my Mom would have loved them. […]
I have been asked by a few people lately if I might make Putz houses in other colors than the ones I’ve been using. Of course! Just let me know what you would like to see! So, I started with five… Added roofs and window panes. Added snow to the roofs and window frames to […]