Mrs. Claus House

Post by **Lynn** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:58 pm

Hi Everyone!

My most recent house is from the group of houses called the Petit Four Houses. This is the second one I made; the first one was the Grain Elevator. Pete calls this one Mrs. Claus. The base is 6 ½ inches wide x 4 1/8 inches and it stands 4 ¼ inches tall. The house and roof are covered with coconut. I built the roof first and then applied the corrugated cardboard on top. The base and fence is a stucco and sand mixture. I’m not sure if the original stucco and sand was applied as is and then painted, but I mixed the paint right into the mixture before I applied it to the base and fence. The widows are Pete’s die cut window frames with red cellophane. Thanks Pete, for the measurements, coconut, windows and doors.

Post by **PutzinVT** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:03 pm

Awesome job and great pics.

Thanks for sharing,

Steve

Post by **Lucy** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 11:21 pm

Lynn,

That house is beautiful. All the details are wonderful. Lucy

Post by **debquilts** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 1:57 am

Super great job! Is that real Loofah tree? Wherever did you find Loofah? I have been looking and looking for loofah. Debbie W

Post by **Lynn** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:23 am

Hi Debbie, Yes the tree is made from luffa. I purchased mine in 2014 from Chris Blumenstock. It seems he no longer sells it directly but does supply some links to places that do one being Amozon. You can find him at chris@luffainfo. Someone on the forum past along this his name a while back. I hope this helps let me know how you make out.

Post by **PutzinVT** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 1:46 pm

Here's a link to the old thread.

Started with Brian's Planter plans.

Has contact info for luffah.

http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forum ... f=10&t=538

Steve

Post by **Howard** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:52 pm

Lynn...

I wondered what you were building...now we all know...I really, really like it!...excellent photography, too...hope you have another house in the works...and will share it with us...

My very best regards...Howard...