As promised, here is the other snowman box I created.
I like this guy much better, his head is better proportioned with his body...
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I used an old wool sweater that I felted for his top hat and scarf.
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For the tree, I used silver pipe cleaners to acheive a vintage tinsel look. It's a lot of fun playing with this Fast Mache' stuff. I even have a few more things drying right now. I hope to buy some Celluclay which
Lori recommended using for the snowman. Hopefully my craft store will get some in soon...
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Don't forget to stop by the
Joli Paquet blog. There are a few more fun tutorials already posted that I can wait to try. Oh, and they will be selling some kits this week too!
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Besides making snowmen, I been working on a cardboard Christmas town.
I've always been inspired by old Putz houses. I love this picture I found in my Grandparents photo album. A little hard to see, but if you look closely at the mantel, you can see Mrs. Ekblads beautiful display of Putz houses, bottle brush trees, celluloid Santa and reindeers. I tried to find a picture of my Grandma's Christmas mantel because she decorated her's very similar.
I just love pictures from the 40's!!!
I decided to try and make my own "Putz" like snow town this year. I found a couple unfinished cardboard ornaments at the craft store to play with and this is how they turned out.
I started by painting them my favorite non-traditional Christmas colors.
I then built the base platform for each out of cardboard from cereal boxes.
I used cereal box cardboard to construct some fences too. After I added some bottlebrush trees I covered each piece entirely with mica flakes. You can never have enough sparkle!!!
I really love all the new fancy cardboard houses that are out on the market, I especially love the ones by Cody Foster, they are truly delightful! I just don't have the budget to spend $50 to $100 on one, so for $1.99 I created my own. I think they'll be just fine...