Itty Bitty Houses at Christmas- Five on Friday

Hello, Dear Friends, I hope you 

are enjoying this festive season! 

I have always loved those miniature 

Christmas villages and the dedication

it takes to collect each tiny piece. 

I'm not so dedicated, but I do enjoy 

decorating with itty bitty houses, 

so let me show you some of mine. 

The first style of tiny houses

I collect are log cabins. 

When I was a young girl, I grew up in 

a log cabin by a lake in rural Massachusetts. 

We also had the privilege of using my Father's 

boss' log cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire

any time we wanted to get away. 

Log cabins hold a special place in my heart. 

Living here in the mountains of Washington State, 

this rustic style is just right. 

We found this little cabin on a trip to Alaska

a few years ago. 

This is another cabin from Alaska. 

It is an incense burner and the smoke rises

through the chimney! 

The second style of small houses I have

are in my blue hutch that holds

 my clear glass serving pieces. 

This is in the hallway going to my laundry room,

right off the kitchen. 

Ling Ling likes to hang out here 

because this is where her food dish is! 

These live in a forest of bleached bottle-brush trees. 

Remember when these were so popular a few years back? 

As you can see, I 'stocked up'! Lol! 

If you look closely you can see one that I have 

captured in a jar :) 

Many of these serving pieces belonged to my Mother. 

The 3rd style of houses are these 'ginger bread' houses that 

I made from graham crackers a couple of years ago.

You can see more photos and the tutorial to make them Here.
I have 5 of them left after giving most away.

They keep very well if stored in tissue paper
inside an airtight tin.
I use large popcorn tins.

The 4th style of little houses
are these vintage candle houses
from the 1960's.

This little corner holds my 'retro'
Christmas treasures.

The Whitman's Sampler Tin is also from the 60's.
I'm missing the 'y' baby block.

I was a child of the '60's!

My vintage Santa ornaments are having a party.
The Santa with the clock was from my parent's
very first Christmas tree - 62 years ago :)

The ceramic Santa is not vintage,
but it was the very last Christmas gift from
my parents. It opens in the middle
and had a loving note inside.

The 5th style of tiny houses are greenhouses
in my 'greenhouse' window over my kitchen sink,

This little greenhouse is actually an ornament,
but it is too large for my small tree.

It is wonderfully detailed with wreaths and garlands
and glittery snow.

The interesting glass pieces are vintage gelatin molds.

Two bottle brush trees live in the glass 'conservatory'.

A sweet bird feeder ornament houses a tiny bird.

Of course, I am cheating by showing you these tins,
but they 'live' in the same window.
I love my snowman in a jar - a gift from a dear loved one.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my 5 styles of Itty Bitty Christmas Houses.

I had fun showing you around.

I wish we could sit and enjoy a lovely cup of hot cocoa
and some gingerbread together!

xoxo

The sweet smell of incense can make you feel good,
but true friendship is better still.

Proverbs 27:9

xoxo


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