Pink Glitter Holiday Crafting

Oh you know I was ready for the Christmas season before Thanksgiving!
We had a wonderful relaxing feast at home.

The kids and I worked on glitterhouses for our handmade Christmas village. We bought cardboard houses from Hobby Lobby. The kids painted them.

Then I helped them glitter the houses- a Glorious Mess.

So we're having a fun time starting off our handcrafted Christmas village for under the pink tree. I will continue to update you as the scene and the tree take shape. We still need more handcrafted ornaments and lots more glitter.

I'm not trying to make everything myself. I've purchased

• bottlebrush trees from Saturdayfinds
• Whimsical polymer clay gnome houses from MyWhimsicalWishes
• and that supercute pink and red reindeer from CupcakeChristmas

I'm also working with one of my favorite Etsy sellers, Acorngirl- having her create a custom joyful nativity scene. I'll be able to show you pictures of it soon.

For some really nice glitter houses, visit Pieceful Bits at the brand new Lollishops. She makes super cute glitterhouses that sell out fast. To see what she's done, and that's already sold, visit her flickr pages http://www.flickr.com/photos/skybluecrayons/

For more info on how to make your own glitterhouses, look at this guy's website http://www.littleglitterhouses.com/
-everything you want to know about making new glitterhouses as well as repairing and restoring vintage "putz" houses.
I love the Christmas village pictured on the first page. It's gonna take me a few years to work up to that standard, let alone that scale. So pretty!!!