invitations

It's party time overhere! So I was digging deep in my stash to come up with these lions bringing each an invitation to Big J's kindergarden buddies. It was so fun to but all the colorful papers together and to search for the right accessories. The envelopes are former placemats which just got stamped, which creates a nice set. Such a nice project. I definitely should do more paper stuff again.

all my houses

Our Advent calendar 2010 were 24 pretty little houses, filled with tiny chocolate, gummi bears and crayons.

They were made from those cardboard roles in toilet papers, kitchen paper, gift wrapping and so on. Cut into different sizes.

They were painted using acrylic color (one or two layers). It looks best to mix in a bit of contrasting colors instead of having even colored houses walls (which still look nice, though). Windows and doors were only roughly painted. You could also use stronger papers or thin cardboards, any pens and colors for building those houses. And a bit older kids might enjoy to help you or even making there one houses.

I added some details such as numbers and clued some cardboard at the bottoms to close them. The roofs are made using leftover wallpapers/wrappings/scrapbooking papers. Cut them into kind of circles: Low roofs will need about half a circle, spiky roofs will need less. I just stapled them as I only got tiny moments for finishing this project.