Hand-Crafted Christmas Village on the Mantel

 Hi Friends,

Thank you for stopping by 'My little Colorado Cottage', today, I'm working on the Mantel 

This Christmas season I'm setting up my Christmas Village on the Mantel.

The first of December I shared Past Christmas Village Vignettes and a few glitter house patterns I found on Pinterest.

Today, I'm showing off a couple of glitter houses that I made this season.

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For a little whimsy I made some stars from silver pipe cleaners

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I had the craft star it was originally green I just painted it white and added silver glitter

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This Glitter House was my first pattern I tried, fairly easy I did add the chimney and a awning over the door

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The second house turned out larger than I was expecting and decided to turn it into the local grainery or granary 

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As I have mentioned the ceramic shops I purchased from Wal Mart as a craft.

I also brought out my small collection of 1940's 'Transporation Glass Candy Containers' to the Christmas Village.

 My first try at a cardboard Glitter House

I love how my mantel turned out. I've really enjoyed the hand-painted shops and now I loved the hand-made glitter houses I hand-crafted this season.

I want to thank you for stopping by 'My Little Colorado Cottage' I hope I can encourage you all to just step outside the box when crafting and have fun.

Until my next post....

May God Bless You and Your Family,

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett

Vintage Christmas Village- a Walk Through Memory Lane

Hi Friends,

Walking down memory lane of my Christmas Village collection display of years gone by.

Thank you so much for stopping by 'My Little Colorado Cottage'  this week.

I started collecting Ceramic Christmas Houses from Wal-Mart back in 2009.

They came white and wrapped in cellophane ready to paint.

I started with a Hot Rod Parts shop, High School, Pet Shop, and a Tire/Gas Station for a Christmas village

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2013

This year I added a ceramic church to the Christmas village on a shelf above the entry closet

 

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2016

This year I was into sparkly tinsel garland on top of the hutch and arranged the houses into a small cozy town with a train traveling through.

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2020

I decided to split up the house and added more trees.

Here on the Mantel, I was going for a woodsy Christmas with trees and buffalo checked, red berries or deep in the woods Christmas feel

On another shelf I added a few hand carved trucks

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2021

I moved my Christmas village to a longer shelf and added cotton fabric to look like a snowy Christmas Village.

added a new piece - Grocery Store

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2022

This year my thought is bringing in diy vintage looking Putz Christmas houses using paper or light weight cardboard (like cereal boxes)

I've found a few free blueprints to add some Putz houses

LINK>>>> The Pink Tree You-Tube

LINK>>>>> Stephanie at Deliberately Creative You-Tube

link>>>> Robin Johnson You-Tube

Please check back next week, I'll be working on getting my Christmas décor out and trying one of the patterns.

Thanks again for checking out my blog, would love to hear what you new craft are you trying this Holiday season.

So until my next post.....

May God Bless You and Your Family this Holiday Season!

I'm Vicki a Colorado Junkett