Here in Chicago, the temperature for the past few days has been in the upper 40s to lower 50s. Seems we've had a very mild winter with little snow though our lake is at its highest level in decades. Our beaches have pretty much eroded away.
This past weekend I thought I would try to capture the last of winter with some cute paper winter houses. For once I got a jump on my Christmas crafting and started really early.
Don't know if you remembered that I have quite a few tree cookies or branch slices as some people call them that were trimmed as part of our Park Districts standard maintenance. They are taking up quite a bit of space and if only knew how little space I have, you'd understand why I need to use them up pretty quickly.
My house is a standard "working man's cottage" that was built in1889. In terms of size, let me just say that I am trendy and part of the tiny house movement without any effort on my part.
Getting back to the cookies and paper houses, I cut a simple house from white cardstock added color with the roof, window trims, and door. I embellished with a snow-covered pine tree and a few other wintery items. I glued the items to a snow-covered cookie and dusted the scene with glitter for a
little more sparkle.
I have a few more cookies so will be making more houses.
