Christmas Tree Ornaments

Gone To The Dogs.....

Christmas Tree ornaments, Dear Readers, are one of my Favorite sources of miniatures for my dollhouses. And while they are often not true to 1:12 scale, the charm of the minis often makes up for the lack of accuracy in scale! And who could resist the charm of this group of furry friends? Not, I, as you can see! They are sold in my Supermarket at this time of year, as Christmas Tree Ornaments, and I confess, I can't resist bringing them home with me! I have no idea who they "belong" to, but I am sure I will find them a Family!
And while we are on the subject of Ornaments, I would like to thank Sarah of Amber's House blog, for sharing her printable ornament boxes and assortment of tiny cards! I have been wanting to make some for myself for Years now..... and didn't know where to start! Sarah made it incredibly easy for me to jump in! I quickly printed the sheet and started to make the boxes, only to realize that I had almost no beads the correct size to fit in the partitions of the boxes!

So I had to go shopping..... 

a dangerous thing at this time of year!

But I found some beads of the right size and colors...

at Michaels.

But I wanted them to look more like real ornaments with the little top hanger pieces....

so I started by adding a small gold bead and a wire loop to the top of each bead.

And then I decided that the top bead still looked too much like a bead....

so I added a tiny strip of silver metal foil around the bead....

Of course, this took Much longer than the time to assemble Sarah lovely little boxes!

But eventually I had one box of ornaments with little tops all done!

And another box with the larger glittery beads I had in my stash.

I think I will go back and make little toppers for these too!

And the box on the right also needs the top hangers added....

(it was the first box I completed and has an odd assortment of beads!)

This is just a fraction of the boxes and packaging material on Sarah's  printable assortment!

I will be making more pieces as time allows.

Thank you So much for sharing this Sarah!

It really is a Fantastic gift!

 

And while we are introducing new Dogs...

I have to confess, Dear Readers, 

these three are Not the only ones 

who have come home with me recently!

Helen was Very surprised to discover that Someone had brought 

two Large and Furry puppies home to the Lovely Old Dollhouse!

Surely, they are large enough that they must be

Bearnese Mountain Dog puppies!

Could You have resisted these sweet pups?

(Found in the ornaments section of Joann's Fabrics!)

Helen is thinking it is a good thing they will not "grow" any larger....

but will stay puppies forever!

She thinks they Must belong to Pollyanna and Arthur...

She hopes no-one will expect Her to walk them!

As for the other three.....

Who could resist?

You'll take us home with you, huh?.... Please?

They may just be Christmas Tree Ornaments, Dear Readers,

But lately I find I have definitely Gone to the dogs!