Teeny Tiny Needlepoint House & Painted Tea Chest

 

For a recent Craftster swap entitled Anything Goes Tiny House Swap, I made a Needlepoint house using this great tutorial Craftypod - Plastic Canvas Gingerbread House Tutorial I've made several of these (all different) and I've always been dead chuffed with the result.

 

 

 

To show how tiny it is

 

 

But how do I ship to the US without it getting flattened? I pop it inside a teeny shipping crate (read Old wooden tea chest), but not just any Tea chest, Nope I broke out my Kindergarten level painting skills just one more time to produce this beauty. A wonky Victorian mansion house based (very) loosely on a flat I used to live in, in a 1900's Victorian Mansion by the sea.

 

 
And because I can't leave well enough alone, here's a shot of some back door action, complete with knocked over rubbish bins, a smelly-cat and a Fire escape.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Thanks to another Craftster member for the cute painted family (MamanTattoo) yup, focus on the people and not my floating roof tile lines ;)

 

 

  Similar example of the tea chest I used via

 

This was another fun project made with stuff I had to hand, love it when that happens, of course now that I want to make some more painted tea chest houses for the kiddos I can't find any more tea chests anywhere!

Itty bitty Gingerbread house... of plastic

So I finally got this slice of cuteness finished last night and added a few sequins this afternoon when the little fella was happily smearing Peanut Butter across his face (he calls it eating!)

I followed the tutorial from http://www.craftypod.com/ as it was the first time I've ever used Plastic canvas to make something 3D, and I am now deep in Plastic canvas love.

I even managed to score the perfect size plastic canvas from a recent thrift store expedition for a wopping 5c for a whole bag, I hadn't been to this particular store for a while and I showed up on 50% off everything day, what are the chances?!!

Anyway this was made with 7 count plastic canvas and stitched with Continential stitch (apparently) using all 6 strands of embroidery floss and measures less than 2'' tall/wide.

Enjoy x