You don’t need a huge span of space to create village displays. You can display houses in baskets, dressers, buffets… literally anywhere. Here we make use of several different things to makes miniature village displays for the holidays.
From the Attic of an Old House...
Inspiration for cooking, crafting, home decorating and celebrating
Graveyard Building 101
The paved road suddenly came to end as crushed gravel began to crunch beneath the wheels. The car came to a dead stop at the foot of the driveway. Just ahead, shrouded in the fog of a gloomy October afternoon, appeared to be a graveyard with three moving figures. Emerging from the mist was a…
Verre Eglomise Mirror
You could probably say that this is one of the most elaborate projects we’ve done. It was demonstrated on Martha Stewart Living several years ago, although the mirror was quite a bit smaller and just your typical rectangular kind. We began with an old plastic mirror frame and nearly six months, $500 and one failed…
Beaded Christmas Ornaments
You can’t imagine how addicting working with beads and other minute items can be unless you’ve actually tried it! Beading is an obsession from the moment you pick up the first bead and the first pin. Here are some of the ornaments we’ve made over the years. Some are from kits, others are our own…
Department 56 Village Summer Display
Villages aren’t just for Christmas anymore! We bring non-christmas Department 56 houses out for a stunning mantle display during the summer. Here we use various houses and accessories to create a lush summer scene. The sheet moss makes the scene complete.