I’ve been decluttering the craft room the past few months. As I did, I came across this putz house. The base was made, the house was constructed, but nothing else had been done. I finished it this week and listed it to my Etsy shop. The festive house comes with its own fireworks. Plastic tubes […]
This house, in ivory and dark teal, uses a beautiful Santa card as the base. One of my favorite cards, its rich design and gold foil accents makes it special. Beads as ornaments trim the bottle brush trees, and each tree is topped with a red star. Faux snow and clear glitter accent the trees. […]
This putz celebrates the fourth with fireworks and, on the base, a burst of musical exuberance. The fireworks are tinsel picks, fitted into clear plastic tubes on the back of the putz house. The picks are removable for storage. I made the picket fence from coffee stir sticks. The aqua blue in these photos are […]
I make putz houses in three sizes. ORIGINAL-size houses tend to be 5-6″ tall. MINI putz houses are usually 3-4″ tall and TINY MINI houses are under 3″ tall. I found small, 250th anniversary notecards for the Fourth. To fit the card, the house had to be small. As you can see, it juuussttt fit. […]
The first putz bakery that I made was the green and pink one on the left. It found a home in Texas. The bakery on the right is the second bakery I’ve made. It is dark red with a green roof. The putz is 6 1/2″ wide and 4 3/4″ deep. It is 4 3/4″ […]
Today, I’m talking about pip stems. If you aren’t familiar with them by name, you may recognize them when seen below. These are my drawers of pip stems, mostly organized by color. There are two sizes of pip stems. The larger size is most often found. The mini size is harder to find. You can […]
The gray Thanksgiving / Autumn church is listed in my Etsy shop. It has a deep yellow roof and steeple. The Putz features a handcrafted autumn tree, four handcrafted pumpkins, a surrounding autumn hedge and a vine growing over the church roof. The base is made from an upcycled greeting card which features a beautiful […]
I make leafed trees for summer and autumn putz houses. To make an armature tree, you will need these supplies: Armatures come in several sizes. I use the 3″ to 5″ sizes most often, and I purchase them on Amazon. A bag contains 28 armatures. In the picture, the two at the top are from […]
I used the past two days to sort and organize my stock of little flowers. I had previously sorted them by color. There were eight sections. I found that it was good to have them sorted, but the individual colors were too jumbled to use efficiently. After I started the project, I thought to take […]