On Christmas we go all out, I think I did with these wonderful houses! Santa's Workshop measures 6-1/2" tall and 4" wide. I used MANY different papers to bring the feel of Santa's Workshop, or what it would be in my imagination. The inside is painted and I added paper as flooring. I cut out doors & windows with shutters, hand sewn little curtains, a little bell & wreath on the door, paper Santa in the doorway, german glass on the roof and Santa "popping" out of the chimney. Inside, is a flickering tea light, absolutely magical!
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Christmas Oval Stack
This an oval stack of boxes covered in the most lovely Christmas papers & polka dots! This is a stack of 2 measuring 4-1/2" tall and 5-1/2" wide. Dangling from the top box is a tiny, vintage hand painted wooden sled.
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SNOWY BIRD HOUSES
These little bird houses measure 3" wide and 3" tall. Each have lovely Christmas papers, German glass "Snowy" roofs, tiny Christmas wreaths with a bow, a bit of old raw flax as "nesting". They hang from rusty wire with early fabric ties.
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Box Set Ornaments
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These box ornaments come in a set of 2. They measure approx. 2" and are covered in some lovely Holiday papers. They hang from rusty wire with early fabric ties with rusty Liberty bell dangling from the bottoms.
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Santa Claus Sawdust Heart
SANTA CLAUS is naively cross stitched to early homespun cloth. The heart is backed with a wonderful 19th. Century red, brown & blue star calico. It is filled with sawdust and hangs from 2 early star calicoes. I hand stitched a little Santa stump doll wearing a hood and coat sewn from early red Lindsey Woolsey trimmed in an early atomic red star calico. His scarf is early red & blue Lindsey Woolsey. His face is hand stitched and is rag filled. The heart measures 9" across and Santa is 4" tall.
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MERRY CHRISTMAS SAWDUST HEART
This sawdust heart measures 8-1/4" across and is sawdust filled. "MERRY CHRISTMAS" is naively cross stitched in red & green threads on early homespun. it is backed with early red calico and hangs from the same early red calico and early green plaid homespun. Santa measures 4-1/4" tall and wears a coat & stocking cap hand sewn from green 19th. Century homespun wool. His cap and coat are trimmed in another early red calico. His coat is adorned with a tiny piece of early homespun plaid wool in red, white & green. The heart & Santa are entirely hand sewn.
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Box Santa With Shovel
This Santa in a box measures 5" tall. This is a tiny stump Santa wearing a red Lindsey Woolsey stocking cap & coat. His cap is trimmed in early wool batting to which I have added tiny rusty stars painted red. His little scarf is a tiny red & white check from an old wool blanket. His features are needle sculpted and he is rag filled. This box is covered in very special paper. It is a reproduction of old Christmas papers which comes in tiny sheets, glad to have found it! Attached to the box with rusty wire is a little rusty snow shovel a red painted handle.
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SAWDUST MITTENS
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These are sawdust filled early homespun mittens. They are naively cross stitched, 1 reads "CHRISTMAS" and 1 reads "JOY TO THE WORLD".
they measure approx. long to the bell. They hang from early calicoes stitched to the top, large rusty jingle bells hang from rusty wire at the bottom tied coordinating early fabrics. I am really into big old rusty bells this year!
These are little seed starter pots, reminded me of bells when turned upside down. I covered them in lovely Christmas papers and painted the interiors. I added antique work shirt buttons to the top and slid down rusty wire which attaches to a rusty painted bell. At the top is a rusty wire hanger tied with early fabric. They are 2-1/2" tall not including the bell.
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HOPE HEART
This is a very special heart! It measures 8" tall and is hand sewn from early homespun and early brown calicoes. Because of what it is and what it means, I have filled it with old rag scraps. It hangs from early calico. "HOPE" is naively cross stitched and the rugged cross are tiny birch branch pieces that are sewn together. A rusty heart and rusty old nail are tied to the center of the cross with thick old thread.
I have naively cross stitched on early homespun bells filled with sawdust. The backs are early calicoes. Dangling from early calico are 1" rusty painted bells. They hang from rusty wire with coordinating early tie. They measure 5" including the bell.
This is a chunky paper mache heart covered in Santa Claus paper and Holly paper on the sides. It measures 5-1/2" not including bell & hanger. On early homespun I have naively cross stitched "PEACE ON EARTH". It hangs from an early plaid homespun in red & green and at the bottom dangles a rusty green painted bell.
This is an oblong/octagon shaped box measuring 6-1/2" wide and 5" tall. iIt is covered in 4 different papers especially noting the beautiful mustard colored bells on the main paper. Dangling from the box is a seed pot bell covered in red & white polka dot paper and more of the mustard bells. A red painted rusty bell hangs from it and an early mustard check homespun is tied to the top. All of my boxes are weighted with white sand.
This a tall round box covered in lovely paper with Santa's, lantern's, bells & Poinsettia's. The top of the box is a paper resembling Christmas candies edged with bells & bows paper with poinsettia & bell garland paper on the top. Dangling from the side is a tiny round box covered with small scale bell paper, polka dot paper, a bell paper. Dangling from the box is a red & white Liberty bell with an old fabric tie.
Another over the top little house! Round top windows & door with shutters, little blue homespun curtains, done in 7 different papers. The window frames are painted red, the door & shutters are blue. The top portion is another one of those precious reproduction Christmas paper designs. The roof is covered in a blue snowflake paper to which German glass glitter is added. Santa in blue pops out of the chimney on a little stick which I painted like a candy cane. On the door I made a little Christmas hanging with faux pines and red & white painted Liberty bells. A white painted picket fence is under the window adorned by a tiny bottle brush wreath and blue & white painted Liberty bell. The inside is painted and has paper at the bottom to mimic flooring. A flickering tea light is added for ambiance. It measures 6-1/2" and 4" wide.
I have naively stitched "TIDINGS OF COMFORT and JOY" on an early repaired piece of homespun. It measures 5" X 7". I hand painted the wood frame in red with green & taupe designs. 3 hand painted baskets measuring 1" hang from wire at the bottom of the frame. The sampler is backed with a red, taupe & green Christmas paper with bells. It hangs from rusty wire with an old red & white stripe rag ball fabric piece.
These are tiny game boards measuring 4-1/4" tall by 3" wide. I have measured out the board to be proper size but scaled down with 64 squares. These are hand painted with tiny rusty nails holding down the side boards. The backs are covered in Christmas papers. They hang from rusty wire with early fabric ties.
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Santa & Treasures
This Santa is almost as wide as he is tall, VERY CHUBBY! He measures 13" tall. He is a stump Santa with arms, hands with fingers. He is hand sewn from and very firmly rag stuffed. His face is hand stitched with separately applied nose and he wears a frock coat hand sewn from early red Lindsey Woolsey trimmed in blue wool from an early dolls coat. His "buttons" are old crocheted button loops in red, from these I hung blue & white hand painted rusty Liberty bells. Under his frock coat is a skirt sewn from an early quilt top. His hood and caplet are sewn from an early homespun wool blanket piece with tassle. Pinned from the sleeves of frock coat are hand sewn mittens also from an old blanket piece. In 1 hand he holds a hand painted early style checkerboard. On his other hand dangling from his finger are hand painted wooden Christmas bulbs wrapped in rusty wire. Sitting beside him in a hand painted basket are "Treasures" for gifting. In the basket is an early quilt square on centennial star fabric, a tiny old metal toy top in original paint, a tiny rag doll with poinsettia and 3 antique wooden dominoes with red paint dots and carving on the back.
