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Mrs. Claus House

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:58 pm
by Lynn
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.

Re: Mrs. Claus House

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:03 pm
by PutzinVT
Awesome job and great pics.


Thanks for sharing,

Steve

Re: Mrs. Claus House

Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 11:21 pm
by Lucy
Lynn,

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

Re: Mrs. Claus House

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 1:57 am
by debquilts
Super great job! Is that real Loofah tree? Wherever did you find Loofah? I have been looking and looking for loofah. Debbie W

Re: Mrs. Claus House

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:23 am
by Lynn
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.

Re: Mrs. Claus House

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 1:46 pm
by PutzinVT
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

Re: Mrs. Claus House

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 3:52 pm
by Howard
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...

Re: Mrs. Claus House

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:00 pm
by maria
Yep---very nice!

Re: Mrs. Claus House

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 7:49 pm
by Laurie
Thanks for sharing. Your house is very inspiring.

Re: Mrs. Claus House

Posted: Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:34 pm
by paulrace
Lynn, that is a VERY authentic look. The only reason I would know otherwise is that some coconut is usually gone by now. GREAT work - Paul