A few weeks ago, I randomly came across a picture of a beautiful,
sparkling, magical, lit up Christmas Village on Pinterest and I fell in
lovel! Then, I remembered that I have a few unpainted houses that my
Mom bought for me about thirty years ago and I actually found them in
the garage!
Unfortunately, the company that made these, California Creations,
went out of business over ten years ago but they released a new
collection of houses every year for about fifteen years. Luckily, I’ve
been able to find a zillion of these houses on eBay and I’ve been having
so much fun hunting them down! Very quickly, my small village of four
houses rescued from the garage has become a bustling city of thirty two
adorable little houses and shops with a Cavzilla guarding over them…..
It’s taking me FOREVER to paint each house but I’m having so much fun
doing it. I actually painted and shaded each individual, teeny, tiny
brick on this one and used six different colors so it would look more
realistic.
There’s still a lot of work left to do on this one but I’m so in love
with how my soft, faded, shabby chic brick turned out that I had to
show an “In Progress” photo! One house halfway done! Thirty one more
to go!
Hugs,
Jenny
P.S. If anyone knows where I can get some of these houses other than
eBay and etsy, please let me know! They’re sold under the name
California Creations or Creative Crafts and the average size is about
5″.
