Mini House Obsession

Lately, I've been playing with our Mini Eco Houses. They're such a wonderful size to play with! You'll see below that I've been adding charms to them and stringing them up for a lovely garland. I wanted you to have a chance to enjoy them too so I whipped up this cute, little collage sheet for you.

Get your free, high resolution digital download by simply emailing blogfreebie@artchixstudio.com.

Enjoy! : ) You're welcome to use them in your personal artwork, jewelry, journals, etc. Or hold onto them for a future project. This item is not for resell though.

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As I mentioned, I've been making fun charms and adding them onto our Mini Eco Houses. Before sewing on the charms, I rubber stamped them with a cool design. These were just some of the over 100 charms I made for our special gifts with purchase over the weekend. I loved doing this! They're all gone now...winging their way to my dear chixies. I sure hope everyone enjoys them. : )

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As always, my fluffy helper was in the studio. Bruno entertained me while I finished up these peace charms that included our Mini Colorful Bells.

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Art and Soul Retreat is in Portland, Oregon, at the end of September. Oh, how I wish I could go! It's sooo much fun! Alas, I can't make it but I've been putting together some wonderful Make 'N Takes for the attendees: Mini House Garland Kits.

I needed to make a Mini House Garland as a sample for the show. So, let me show you what I made. I must tell you....I had a blast doing this! It is sooo inspiring to limit yourself to just a tiny bag of goodies to play with.

First, I pulled out everything in the kit and started cutting out words that I was drawn to.

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Next, I started pulling images that I was drawn to and started cutting them up.

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For the background, I put the Mini Eco Houses onto a background sheet and traced them with a pencil.

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Next, I cut them all out and glued the backgrounds to the Mini Eco Houses using a gluestick.

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I painted on a thin layer of gesso and let them dry.

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Next, I started gluing the words and images onto the houses. I made circles with my circle template and Micron marker.

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Finishing details were a bit of watercolor crayon on the edges and in the circles.

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Ta da! A cute Mini House Garland!

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Yes, I am officially obsessed with our Mini Eco Houses. I even started making one a day....just to make sure that I do something creative everyday. Sometimes you only have 5 minutes to be creative....a Mini House is perfect!

You're going to love playing with our Mini Eco Houses too! I put together these delightful Pink & Green Mini House Kits for you. You'll get one free with your order (if it's over $25). I've only made 20 of these special gift kits so order today! Get 'em while you can!

 

Comments

[missfood]

Helga these mini houses are simply sensational! i love them!!!!!

[Gena]

cool stuff as usual!!!!

[Linda K]

Oh Helga, the mini houses with the charms and the garland are fantastic!!!

[Susan G]

I sooo love the charms you made! sadly I have an order but can not place it til the end of the month when my disability check comes...I would have sooo loved to have one, since it is something made by you, Helga :)
Thanks for the recent freebies on your blog I am loving them also :)
Be well and be blessed,
Susan (Guzy)