Shabby Cottage Ornament

 Hello to all my mini loving friends!!  Here's is another ornament for my Bird Themed Christmas Tree!  I call it The Shabby Cottage.  And... I kinda want to take a nap in there, lol!  This one came together pretty fast as I used techniques that I have used in the past.  So, I will link to other posts within my blog where you can find the tutorials.

Her dimensions are 3.75 inches tall by 3.5 inches long by 3.5 inches wide, measuring from roof edge to roof edge.  The body is actually 2.5 inches wide.  

After cutting the pieces out (you also see the headboard cut out here) I covered the inside with scrap book paper.  

I wanted the headboard to look wicker so I glued down some just ribbon and outlined the headboard with rope looking string.

I thought she needed a velvet bedspread.

I found these little bird and flower stamp pictures online.  I printed them and made frames.  

You can find the frames tutorial HERE.

Now I am making the floral siding.  I am using the exact same method as the flooring in one of my pumpkins.  You can find that tutorial HERE.

For the roof I used very thin, corrugated paper that I saved from light bulb packaging.  It's pretty flimsy but it worked perfectly. 

I used silver metallic paint for thew roof and added rust spots from brown, green, orange and copper.

And now for the roses!  I probably should make this tiny tutorial in another post.

Update:  I've had this tutorial in drafts since May 8th.  I've made the eggs for this house but have yet to glue them in and take pictures because I've started two other houses lol.  So, today I am posting this without the eggs in the house!  hahaha

Thank you so much for visiting!  

XOXO~ Laurie

Miniature Greenhouse Ornament

 Y'all!!!  First off, thank you for being here!  Thank you for watching this year-long journey of filling my Bird Themed Christmas Tree with only handmade ornaments!  Now that I said that... I will probably add real feathers to my tree.  Just sayin.  

This little greenhouse...  I LOVE!  It was tedious and really fun to make.  I pondered on how to do this one for about a month until I finally just made myself sit down and start.  I used wooden "skinny sticks", painted and crackled, for the frame and clear plastic packaging from my Swiffer floor wipes container for the glass.  But the inside decor... wow was it fun and soooo tiny.  Way smaller than what I am used to.  Let's get to it shall we??

I really don't know where to start.  I just measured and cut as I went.  The dimensions of the finished greenhouse are 5 1/2 inches tall by 4 inches long by 2 1/2 inches wide.  The greenhouse itself is actually 5 inches tall but at the end I had to add a gable (don't know if that's the right word or not) to the top in order to add the hanger.

I used a base coat, then school glue and then white paint on top to get the weathered look.

The tops of Swiffer floor wipes containers are the best.  Not flimsy like other packaging.  

They are my favorite to use for windows.

Here is where I began making garden benches and shelving for the inside.  I used skinny sticks and matches for the leg.

I wound up not using these wooden pots as they are too big.

So, I found a template for pots online and used some of them. 

The potting soil bags are my favorite!  I found a picture of a bag online and placed two side by side and printed them out.  I used the same method as my Feed Sacks found HERE.  I filled it with glue and decorative sand then added coffee to the top as my dirt.  I also made a couple that look unopened.

I wanted a brick walkway out front and down the middle.  I used egg carton bricks, painted and clear coated them, then used joint compound to fill in the gaps.

The garden hose is just painted, curled up wire with a cardstock tip.

The trowel is cardstock, wire and the tip from a fancy toothpick.

The watering can is made from cardstock and for the spout I used a straw from my WD-40 can.

I have a watering can tutorial that you can find HERE.  Although this one is much smaller.

I found a book cover just like a gardening book that I used to have.  I printed it and added some premade, aged pages.

When making these houses, everything has to be put inside before you can finish the outside.  

It's all fun!

I found and printed some seed packets and as you can see in the pic below, there is a basket with chicken eggs inside!  Which makes it A-Ok to be on my bird tree lol!

And apparently, I got so excited to finish putting it together that I didn't take pictures.  (eyeroll)

I took it to Easter at my sisters house to show them.  So this is me and you can tell the size of the greenhouse too.

I made so many tiny things for this project!  

What would you like to see next??  Any ideas for me?

Thanks for stopping by and going on the journey with me!  

XOXO ~Laurie