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PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 12:36 pm 
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greetings to all...

yes...a new month...and another new project...(guess that's no surprise)...

it may be a new project...but it's based on the same "basic cottage pattern" i've used many, many times before...i fall back on this pattern when i want to try a new color combination or finish...

here's the link to the original article...

http://www.littleglitterhouses.com/paul/small_glitterhouse/hl_beginning_glitterhouses.htm

all i do is change the location and size of the door and windows...then add a new detail or two...like the window in the section that sticks out from the front on the left...

my very best regards...howard...


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Waiting with baited breath. Because I just ate worms. . . .


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good morning...

all the cardboard work is finished...now on to primer, paint, finish, final assembly and details...

base measures a little over 4" x 5" x 5/8" high...overall height, including base, is approximately 4 1/2"...

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Very nice, and not that dissimilar from a lot of real houses in the neighborhood I grew up in.


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good evening...from a very warm and humid north florida...

i finish the cottage yesterday afternoon and took a few pix a short while ago...

not 100% sure i am sold on the colors...got to shy away from gray/silver...

all the window mullion are hand cut from foil paper...not as perfect as die cut window mullions...

but none of the openings are a standard size...

i put an extra shot of mica flakes in the glitter as well...not 100% sold on that either...

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Again.. Nice.


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Looks VERY NICE. Thanks for posting all the steps.


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Howard...I think the house colors really make the foil windows stand out. Great job!!!!


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Howard...I think the house colors really make the foil windows stand out. Great job!!!!

i wish sometimes i had made the door with a similar look as the pink foil windows...

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Cool Howard, that is a great little house!!! The sparkles seem extra big on this one, and its very shiny with the foil. An eye catcher for sure!


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