Today's snowstorm kept me home from work and school and gave me a chance to finally finish a craft project I had started before Christmas: a mini winter village.
A miniature winter village of little white houses
Crafting | Snowflake snow hoops
I have somehow managed to acquire a small collection of both snowflake ornaments and vintage embroidery hoops. Â So as I was packing away my Christmas decorations, I decided I'd put the two together to make a few flattened snow globes (or "snow hoops") that could hang around my house for the rest of the winter. …
Collecting | Miniature log cabins
I have a small collection of little log cabins. Or a little collection of small log cabins. Two of the buildings are incense burners, and the third is a Christmas ornament. They're not particularly old or valuable, which makes them very easy to find and collect. I see cabins like these at thrift stores all …
Crafting | An old-timey clock shadow box
I found an empty white shadowbox at a thrift store before Christmas and wanted to put an assemblage of old-timey clocks inside it. After a quick internet search, I found some great vintage clock faces on creatingmyselfcreatively. Then, after a somewhat longer search through the scattered cache of craft supplies and collectibles that clutter my basement, I found …