Oh my goodness, I just love these wooden fairy door toppers from Hobbycraft (pack of 4 for £1), when I saw them I knew I just had to have them and what I was going to do with them.
https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/fairy-door-wooden-topper-4-pack/649157-1000.
As soon as they arrived I took one of the craft stick houses Marc and I had made during my recent stay with him in Worcester (of which more in the coming weeks, as I gradually complete the projects we started together).
I added Aleene’s Glitter Snow on the edges of the roof and the “shelf”, then added the door where I put a scrap of yellow paper behind the window, to give the appearance of a light being on.
I also accentuated the bars on the door and letter box, added a red door knob and a tiny punch piece of holly with red gem holly berries on the heart.
When the snow was dry I added a tiny snowman, also made during my visit to Marc (some of the others we put in equally tiny bottles …..watch this space) and a bottle brush Christmas tree.
I cut the bristles off the back of the tree to flatten it out in order to stick it to the house. I also changed the original base for a smaller red bead to fit better on the shelf. The tree was then decorated with small flat back gems in red, gold and silver and topped with a gold star.
I was pretty chuffed with my first attempt, it came out pretty much as it had looked in my head, another Christmas 2020 tree fairing idea potentially in the bag …….. but then I got to thinking, if I coloured the house red (in this instance with a red Sharpie pen), it would help to accentuate/bring the door out more to the fore. Colouring the roof green, also made it look more Christmassy, especially when I then swopped the star for a snowflake ………. I am almost there, the roof perhaps needs to be a lighter shade of green or simply completely covered in snow? I think there are a few more tweaks to be made, but hopefully I will get there, so watch this space for a completed update ………..
