Tuesday, January 1, 2013

MORE EVERYTHING CROTON'S FABULOUS VINTAGE WEBSITES, FINDS, ETC.

3 CHARMING PUTZ HOUSE CREATIONS BY MIMI PUTZGLITTER; click on the link; scroll down the page http://www.cardboardchristmas.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=268&p=1284#p1284 

Well if you’re like most of us, you’ll be boxing up the Christmas decorations and putz houses for 2013 sometime around “little Christmas”; and perhaps you’re even getting inspired enough to dream of the houses you’ll make this year so…for some inspiration, let’s take a look at the putz house “galleries” that are out there:

--ARCHIVE OF PAPATED’S WEBSITES, the ultimate database for learning about those vintage/antique putz houses you plan to copy—or acquire on EBAY! Click on the link http://cardboardchristmas.com/papateds/

--Then of course there’s the outstanding work of putz artisan Howard Lamey http://littleglitterhouses.com/Photos.aspx

--And drumroll please (lol!) http://www.flickr.com/photos/22283683@N07/sets/72157631907205966/with/3855479537/ 

PUTZ HOUSE “NOVELTIES”; WELL TECHNICALLY THEY’RE NOT PUTZ HOUSES, but these are Made in Japan--some are cardboard (well most) and there is a house—they have their charm; click on the photos below.

Music box, plays Silent Night
Plays Silent Night
1960's, made in Japan, tree flashes, cardboard and wood
glass, wood, cardboard

2 comments:

  1. Love the twinklelite. Santa and sleigh are celluloid?

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  2. I have the twinklelite minus the box. Found it in a shop in Jersey visiting my aunt for a dollar. Having just seen it go on fleabay for twenty, I could barely contain myself!

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