After a less than successful start on making a "little glitter house" version the December 2004 House Of The Month...(also known as the "Tree House")...Tom Hull...owner of the vintage original...came to my aid with drawings and construction details...I thank him for the help...
Here's a link to the vintage original...scroll down to the very last of the link...
http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/papateds/Hom2004.html
My "little glitter house" version is not an exact copy...colors, textures and some details do vary from the original...but it has the basic look and feel...
Earlier this year I was also fortunate enough to obtain an unfinished figurine...this was the last piece I needed...I painted him in a style that reflects the look of the original...but added gold buttons to the suit front, sleeve cuffs and sides of the high top shoes....
The raffia fence was made on the jig I assembled a while back...here is a link to the topic...
http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forum ... ?f=4&t=461
The raffia fence sections were hand stitched with a needle and ordinary waxed dental floss after they came out of the jig...I punched a series of small holes about 1/8" apart through the raffia and cardboard backing first...
I followed a technique that is similar to what Brian Bloodgood posted a while back...he "aged" some new raffia fence he made with color markers...I used diluted craft in camouflage colors to "age" mine...
A few more things...
House finish is natural color bird cage gravel over a medium brown paint...
Homemade coconut covers the roofs...the snow is bleached homemade coconut and highlighted with "Snow-Tex"...
Base and fence posts are covered with white craft sand with a few specks of black glitter...
Total height is about 5" including the base...base measures approximately 4" x 6" x 3/4" thick...
Now...on to another project...
My very best regards...Howard...
