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 […]
Since opening my Etsy shop, ChristmasNotebook, I have enjoyed watching the views add up. I sold one of the listed Putz houses and am grateful for that! I had only one Christmas shadow box listed and it has been favorited more times than anything else in the shop. So I decided I’d better make a […]
Middle Daughter brought me some new artificial foliage last week. I was excited to use some of the pink leaves for the background of ths little Putz house. Or is it a church? The houses are so plain looking before the embellishments are added. Bottle brush trees add a lot. And foliage and beads… You […]
I didn’t get much done this weekend as far as crafting goes. I was very busy, though! On Saturday some of the church ladies came over and we pieced a quilt top. That was so much fun that I totally forgot to take any pictures. Saturday, late afternoon, DH’s sister and her husband came to […]
Today I tried something a little different with the small ivory and green Putz house. I haven’t used red on any of the houses yet, but decided this one could handle some red embellishments. Adding wired red beads to the background foliage worked out better than I thought it might. From the back, it’s easier […]
Yesterday I decorated another Putz house. I had four waiting for embellishments, so picked the first one in the line. I like to cut the wooden base off the bottle brush trees. Personal preference. I also thought the larger tree was too tall for the house, so I cut almost an inch off the bottom. […]
I have often been told that I should open an Etsy shop, so I have taken the leap and done so! You can visit me here: ChristmasNotebook on Etsy I have several different kinds of Christmas items for sale. My personal favorites are the Putz houses. I have nine of those listed. More to come […]
Since the last post about these little houses, I have finished several more steps toward finishing them. I decided to make window frames for all of them. After the bases were painted and glittered and the window frames installed, it was time to make some fences. And more fence posts… Fence railings are painted, glittered […]
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 […]