Christmas Notebook

I cut my patterns by hand. After cutting, the pieces are painted, then assembled. This Valentine house is decoupaged with tissue paper. Some of the pictures make the house look pink, but it is white with pink hearts.
The base is made from an upcycled greeting card that features two raccoons exchanging Valentine cards....

The periwinkle house is placed on a base made from an upcycled Christmas card. The colors for the putz are inspired by the colors of the greeting card. Each putz has a hole on the back to allow the use of small LED light strings to illuminate the putz...

This is the third mid-century pattern I’ve drawn.
The card used to make the base is from the Retro Christmas Card Company. I bought the wide ones last year. They measure 4″ by 9 1/4″. I checked this year and they have only one style in this size listed. They do have the same pictures of the cards I...

This winter putz house features two bare winter trees, outlined with snow. I make the trees from model tree armatures. The base is made from an upcycled greeting card. It measures 6 1/2″ wide by 4 1/2″ deep. The putz is 5 1/8″ tall as measured from the...