Glittered Paper Houses...

Last Friday was my monthly art group...I hosted the activity and choose to make little Putz-like glittered houses.  These are photos of my finished houses...I didn't get them completely finished that evening but did manage to finish them up over the weekend.  You can find all sorts of different templates on Pinterest, I used the ones found here. While there are six of us in the art group, all our tastes vary greatly so I thought this would be a good project because we can tailor the houses to fit our personal style.

You can see the roofs aren't completely glued down and some of my doors are a little off-kilter but that's okay...I still love how they turned out, and they'll fit in just fine with my other vintage Putz houses that have been a little mis-handled over the years.

I think I might throw a little more mica snow on them but otherwise I'm quite pleased with them and might just make a few more if I find some extra time.  Happy Friday!

Deck the Halls...

 We've been busy decorating the house...

But it's been happening bit by bit since we're all so busy with piano recitals, christmas and birthday parties, choir concerts and Grinch plays...

 We've got more advent calendars than you can count...

 All sorts of critters are stirring...

 The only thing missing was the snow.  It just isn't Christmas in Minnesota without snow...

Lucky for us we got about 12" of it last Sunday and another big storm is predicted for tomorrow.  It sure is pretty! (even if I did have to snowblow three times!)