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Saturday, 16 Dec 2006
Everywhere I looked, I was seeing those adorable little cardboard Putz houses this year, so I broke down and bought some. Both of mine are fixer-uppers, but at least they still have their windows in them. By the way, seeing this renovated house at Inspireco is what pushed me over the edge. All of their houses are sold, but there are a ton of other amazing things available. (And I thought I was done Christmas shopping…)
(Photo and renovated house are by the very talented Inspireco.)
October 4th, 2007 at 6:34 pm
I love putz houses and have looked and looked for patterns. I thought there was a pattern her.
October 5th, 2007 at 6:16 pm
Suzanne,
I used a pattern from Urban Debris at http://urbandebris.typepad.com/urban_debris_journal/2006/12/putz_or_dimesto.html
I’ve heard people say they used a gingerbread house pattern and altered it a bit to make houses, too.
December 2nd, 2007 at 7:40 pm
I didn’t know these houses had a name. My mom had some when I was little. We used to put them in the front window all the time. I missed them so much that I made my own pattern.
If you would like a copy of the patterns I have a couple of different types of house, a church and a barn. I’d love for a few people to try these out before I look into selling the pre printed sets to cut out in little packages for craft faires! You can try them for free. I think I’ll send them to say, the first 5 people that email me – IF you promise to tell me how they were and what I need to change!!
Email me through my website http://www.stitchintyme.com
Adrienne
December 19th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Yes, these little house are back in vogue. Visit my website and you’ll see. Use the Google search engine and go to http://littleglitterhouses.com/
Hope you like what you see.
July 11th, 2008 at 1:12 am
I HAVE A FANTASTIC COLLECTION OF PUTZ HOUSES. SOME LARGE HOUSES AND MANY LITTLE ONES ALL ORIGNAL AND IN EXCELLANT CONDITION.
I’M LOOKING TO GET THEM APRAISED SOME PLACE. CAN ANYONE SUGGEST A PLACE FOR ME? i WOULD BE HAPPY TO SEND PICTURES OF MY ENTIRE COLLECTION…. JOHN WORSLEY
December 14th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Thank you Howard,
When my mother passed away in 1999, my sister was left all of the putz houses. Some are pretty shabby. So, as a suprise gift, I am creating new houses for my sister’s Christmas gift this year.
Fortumnately, I have many photos from Christmas
past to go by.
Thanks Howard for inspiring me to give the perfect gift
December 20th, 2009 at 3:03 pm
I have a set of patterns that I’ve created based on the houses my Mom had when I was little.
I havent found anyone that was willing to assemble them and give me feedback on the construction of them. I want to eventually have them published and make sets to sell at little craft faires.
If you are interested in getting a pattern set for free which includes a barn, church, bridge and 5 houses – email me! andiigoesforward at gmail dot com. I will send a printable pdf that comes with instructions (that I hope are easy to understand …)