I had to come back and share some sparkly fun with you all!!! I was asked recently to be a part of a week of creative inspiration over at Melissa Michael’s amazing blog, The Inspired Room. It just so happened I had been making a little treat for myself that led me to what I would share. Melissa just posted this, so you can read the full story at her place. It had to do with a longing I woke up with one day last week.
I wanted so much to be able to go to a real toy store. A store with handmade toys and treasures. Real puppets and such… However, some lovely vintage cardboard houses, found locked away in an antique stores glass case were just the inspiration I needed to conjure up my own little house… read full story here…
In the studio I went to create…
I ended up with a cute, made by me, creation!!! I even made my own little gnome girl, so much fun!!
I can’t wait to make another one! How can glitter make me soo very very happy???
My holiday mood is becoming reinvigorated!!! Let me know if you make one! Maybe if several of you make one, we can have a tour of gnome homes right here at A Fanciful Twist!! That would be a blast!! See you very soon!!
Oh Vanessa it’s beautiful! I so love coming here for my touch of whimsy, and you never fail to inspire with your constant love of beauty and the whimsical. This is such a sweet creation. You have totally made me feel christmassy on this hot and humid Australian afternoon (sometimes it’s hard to get into the christmas spirit when you’re melting!). So thank you! 🙂
How sweet. Love your little studio display. Had fun over at the inspired room.
Kara
I love it! Especially your little gnome girls. You’ve inspired me, let me see what I can come up with. xo, suzy
O.K. I know my artistic limitations and I don’t think I could ever make such a cute little house! Is there anything you can’t do? 😉
Sneaky One….I adore your house….and now I want to try to make one for our little holiday table…..I’m having magical holiday house envy!! 😉 You are a delight!!
Oh!!!! I love the cardboard houses and that you made one too! And its glittery PINK!! 😀 So pretty, and quirky… Very “Fanciful Twist-ish”!
Thank you for the inspiration this morning… now my wheels are turning in the ‘noggin. 😉
Homes, pour les gnomes. I adore!!!
Yes, sparkly, glittery dwellings for little folks with duncecaps should make anyones day.
It just made mine!!
xo
Gillian
Way to go, you are so creative. We will try this at home today….the girls are off school!
i think you are an architect of dreams my friend…i love buildings…always have been intrigued by the form and shape and texture…i could see mslef making these…have fun…blessings, rebecca
Oh Vanessa, I’m smiling so big right now my cheeks are starting to hurt a little. That is the sweetest little sparkly pink house. What a lucky (and adorable) gnome girl!!!
xoxo
Hoooorrrraay for pink sparkly houses! my favorite thing of all about your post was the thought on creativity, that you sometimes just need to lose yourself in the process, forget about the rules, the instruction manual, the point or objective, and just enter a childlike world of NO WORRIES.
looooooove it! xoxoxoxoxo
thanks so much for sharing it….my little heart is exploding with happiness and inspiration!
OH MY!! Cardboard houses are my favorite and it is sooo hard to find them! (Target had 2 left and I grabbed them) Yours are divine and so pretty andd anddd….what a fabulous job you did making them! Woo woo! I found a pattern in a christmas magazine and was thinking about tackling it! You are so inspiring! I love ya!
I have never made a gingerbread house (Can you believe that??? )
I am planning to make one, and I promise YOU to give a try to something like this, yes, it could be a super event, like eb’s full moon ball. And I am ready always for that kind of fun 😉
This little pink house that’s built with Love is brimming with Charm!
Happy Holidays to You!
Sandra Evertson
How completely adorable! You never fail to surprise or make me smile. 🙂
V~
HI enjoyed your post over at The Inspired Room. How cute are you? I agree, you are so inspiring and fun and magical and you exude kindness. It really spills out into your work which is so nice.
I’m always enchanted with a visit here and inspired. You continue to stir in me that creative girl who’s still hiding out a bit.
Handmade toys are a treat, I agree. I love this idea of cardboard houses. What a delightful creation. Again, something I will need to have a go at.
OH! i love these….i was just there and saw them…oh my you are so gifted!
sweet miss V, i am having a give away on my blog in honor of world vision, come take a peek!
It is delightful, I’m off to check out the links and find out more.
I’d like to climb into this perfect little house….I hope there’s a fire burning, as it’s snowing you know!
The inspired room is now glowing with your story….
Can we just make the gnomes?
I love the gnomes and the houses too.
How wonderful! Thank you for sharing this fanciful house creation!
Penny
OooOoooOooh glitter!
This sweet project will feed my ongoing obsession with little houses!! I’ll show you what I come up with:) xoxo
Oh ok you made the house.I like the idea of Xmas tree cones, a great ‘Green’ substitute instead of buying them.I feeel so bad when they are in trash after the Holiday!
Denise
Awwww! So sweet and fanciful and creative 🙂 Glad you found those treasures…we all benefitted from it!
My boys make big houses with slides coming out of the windows!
I love, love, love the house and gnome girl, they are super fantastic!!! 🙂 There are few things in life better than glitter!
xo
That is the cutest house….so sweet and glittery! And what doesn’t look better with a little glitter! LOL!
Have a very blessed day!
smiles, kari and kijsa
I’m still thinking about the flan pan and now gnomes? She’s so cute! What is her height? It would be helpful to be able to create a friend a similar size to her.
Christine
Your creation is pretty awesome. I collect vintage Christmas houses and yours would fit in perfectly! Your pictures inspire me to decorate ever more for the holidays!
Sharon
Phew! I can’t believe this! I was thinking what can I make with some glitter??? and I was thinking about a little wreath for something but I can’t even remember what for!!! I’m getting a little scared with my memory!!! BUT THE HOUSE IS BEAUTY FULL and I LOVE the MUSICICAL TREE!!! and the lil gnome gal!!! Maybe that’s what I’ll try making, a glitter house! It seems that’s all I think about now is glitter!!! LOL I just got some sweet sugar cubes in the mail today, I’ll post them on my Blog soon! and the SWEET little BLUEBIRD YOU made makes me smile BIGTIME EVERY DAY! It flew right into my heart!!! Can anyone but us gals understand such things??!!! tee hee My husband doesn’t fully but he gets a kick out of my JOY!! and that is soOOOoOOOo SWEET! in my life! YOU dear girly are lighting up people’s lifes too! Keep it up!!! tee hee and Happy Glitter Week-end!!!
How fun and beautiful! And what a coincidence, I was planning to make little felt trees this weekend with my kiddies! Now I think I need to add little people too. I love doing things like that, I love the crepe paper idea. Why is does it seem even better when you can create something like that from things you already have?! Kuddos, miss vanessa you have done it again!
Pink, glitter, gingerbread trim, paper trees…you’ve got my mind spinning in all the right directions. I might just have to give it a try!! Thank you for being an inspiring little elf!
I KNEW it. You don’t live in a regular house at all. You are a little faery gnome who teases us from time to time that you are one of us! Coming out of your little glitter house every now an then with your art and clever words… you are SO busted. Nice try, pixie girl!!!
D.
Oh, you are too too clever! Excellent. And your little glittery bird was quite the hit as part of a centerpiece at my dinner party last Saturday. xoxox
I made a bunch of cardboard houses last year and it was so fun! I went to the train/hobby store and bought some d$$R deer and they were so cute on the lawns. I haven’t pulled them out yet this year but I am going to soon! Happy Happy Joy to you! Love the tiny gnomie too!
Hun! I too love little (and big) glittery cardboard houses! But…alas, not being nearly as talented as you my friend, I must buy my house all ready finished. Cody Foster has some really pretty houses, I bought a set of 5 of his smaller houses and 3 of his larger houses. But now I need gnomes! I love your little gnomes….especially the one you made!
Your article was inspiring and you make it all look so easy so I think you should make a whole lot more houses and gnomes and put them in your shop! 😉
OOooooh!!! How absolutely beautiful!!!!
Love it!
Can’t wait to see you at the “Celebration of Traditions” tomorrow!
Oh, those houses are completely magical! As is the story of just creating “like a child” – I am humbly inspired.
Oh, i do love those glittery houses with the little green trees…you’ve inspired me to want to make one!
Oh… LOVE. Love. love. love.
I’ve been wanting little houses like this since last year… Yours is so much better than the vintage pieces I’ve seen. 😀 And gnome girl… perfectly you.
That is a wonderful story and that little house is so cute! I have been searching everywhere for a pink house and pink bakery I painted. Now I really have to find them. My little town is not complete without at least one pink house.
Your dollshouse is wonderful, of course it had to be glittery and pink 🙂 Oh my goodness, I want that rosy-cheek girl! Can I invite myself to your Christmas wonderland?…wish I had time to create.
oh Vanessa – what sweet little houses… all sugary and twinkle-toey…
xox – eb.
I love it. I’ve made some with patterns…but I love the way you did this one….just using your imagination …. I will try!