Good reason to unpack

I have my last craft show of the year this week (yippee!!). Since the two shows were so close together, I decided to leave my heavy stuff in the car. Well, I learned why it's a good idea to unpack...it's very hard to get to the spare tire with craft goodies on top of it!

Meep

What to do with 20 dinged, scratched, cracked, and fun bowling pins?!

Well, I filled the holes and cracks and then painted them white.
I free-handed black paint for little penguin bodies and eyes, and then...
...dressed them up for the holdidays!
Christmas is coming~
Falalalala!!

Piper

I just had to post a quick picture of my sweet Scottie dog, Piper. I bought a new camera (dRebel!!) and she was my first picture, of course! She's 5 1/2 already and the smartest dog I've ever had. She got her name because when I first got her, she was louder than a bagpiper! She know just talks, a lot. Piper loves to watch the bunnies and even has puppy dreams that she's chasing them. I bought her a Kong ball and she played with it for hours today! Scottie dogs have always been my favorite breed. I collect a lot of vintage Scottie goodies...and even have one in my business logo. I was so excited to use my new camera that Piper eventually sat under my dining room table to hide! Dogs are the best!!!!!

Sugar Chalets

At the end of October, I searched for "Vintage Christmas" on eBay and lovely little Putz houses started to appear. These villages looked like they came out of a European storybook. I did a little searching and came across a few crafty bloggers who made their own glitter village houses a la Putz. They all had great tips and they seemed like so much fun...I just had to make a few. I painted the houses before I glued them on their snowy base. I used Mod Podge over the whole house before dousing it in diamond dust glitter.

I glued the roof on each house...I decided to paint each one first (thank goodness!). The doors and windows are out of Ultra Black cardstock. I was going to cut them out like the Putz houses, but I wanted them to be really sturdy for selling at Sugar Plum craft show.

I found a bottle of fake snow at Michael's. I used a plastic knife to spread the snow on the roof and base of each house. While it was wet, I spooned diamond dust over the whole thing. I was so surprised at how fast it dried! The little bottle brush trees were a steal at Big Lots. The wreaths are pipe cleaners that I made and dry brushed white paint on top.