Easter Houses in Spring Colors

 Selecting colors for my projects is never easy for me.  I don't have that "eye" for which colors go with which.  So it's always a hit or miss and I have to hope for a "hit".

I decided to go with soft spring colors instead of vibrant ones.  Instead of bright pink and purple, I choose muted pink and lavendar.  And I can only hope the rest work together.

Little is always more attractive to me, so I made these 4" tall,  small enough to easily fit on a Dollar Tree Foam disk.  I cover the disk in a complementary paper and trim the disk with a paper fence.  I made a little paper push cart and filled it with baubles and paper flowers,  and  finished with a few clay Easter eggs.

Pictured below are the houses I've completed.

Its Snowing in Chicago

 It's snowing in Chicago and the temps have dipped down into the teens.  Today is especially blistery with the winds clocking at 45 miles per hour.  

The holiday season is over and it's winter has set in.  As I've mentioned before, I really like crafting for my two favorite holidays - Christmas and Halloween the most.  But winter always makes me want to stay indoors more so I like to make the most of that time.  Making waterless snow globes seems like an appropriate craft project for this time of the year.  

My first attempt uses a dollar store globe that I filled with a tiny paper house and a few bottle brush trees.  I added a little fake snow, trimmed the cap with some twine and viola - a wintery scene captured. After making this little gem I realized I should have bought more globes.  

My next snow globe project involves upcycling a pickle jar.  I hope to post that picture tomorrow,

More Winter Churches

Like I mentioned in my last post, I have these wood slices from tree branches that I have to find a use for.  After looking through my crafting stash, I came across a few glittered churches from the Dollar Tree that I picked up last year.  All I had to do to create a wintery scene was to apply a little hot glue to the bottom of the church, add a few bottle brush trees and sprinkle the piece with a little artificial snow.

I liked it so much, I decided to make two.

I'm sure you'll agree that they came out looking adorable.  The perfect little piece to place under a glass cloche.