I Hate Snow, But Love Snowmen! Go Figure!

I hate snow, but I love snowmen.  Go figure!!!  There's just something cheery and irresistible about snowmen and their adorable faces.

The older I get the more I dread the winter season.  As far as hubby and I are concerned there is nothing adorable about snow.  So, why would two people who hate the snow stay in New England?  It's our home.  Always has been and always will be so we reluctantly approach the winter season every year.

No matter how reluctant I feel about snow I do love making snowmen.  If you love making snowmen too, you'll be happy to know that we have several free tutorials, e-patterns, and e-books for creating adorable snowmen.  Enjoy!

Just click the link below:

Gotta Love Snowmen Dolls and Ornaments Free Tutorials, E-Patterns, and E-Books

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.

How To Make My Mixed Media Xmas Village Free E-Book

Three years ago I fell in love with mixed media creations.  Now I know what you're going to say, "You love every craft, Linda."  Well, that is very true but, right now, I love mixed media and can't get enough of it.

I have so many ideas for different mixed media creations I want to make but know there just isn't enough hours in the day or days in the year for me to accomplish everything that is on my "wish" list.  So, I must choose what projects to do and which to put aside for another day.

 

Three years ago I made a snowy mixed media winter and Christmas village set of houses that I placed on two rectangle wood blocks that I had in my wood stash.   This year when I put out my Christmas decorations I decided to put my mixed media  Xmas village out on my family room fireplace mantle and placed in just under the wreath I had created for all my Christmas pins.  I wrote about this in a Linda's Blog post entitled, "What To Do With All Those Beautiful Christmas Pins?" 

Every time I looked at it I had creative pangs and wanted to stop everything and go create some more mixed media decorations.  There was no time for that during the holiday season so I had to resort to just enjoying it up on the mantle.

Every time I looked at it I remembered how much fun I had making it.  So, I decided to spend some time creating a free e-book for all of you.

I hope you fall in love with mixed media like I did and enjoy making your own village.  Perhaps it will end up on your fireplace mantle next year, too.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Designed and Written By Linda Walsh

 Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Make My Mixed Media Xmas Village Free E-Book

To view and download my free e-book please CLICK HERE. You'll be brought to Google Drive where you can view our free e-book. Then just download our free .pdf e-book from the File menu in the upper left hand corner.

For more information on all my free e-patterns, e-printables and e-books please CLICK HERE.

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.

Linda's How-Do-I Series - How I Made My "Happy Days" Mixed Media Snowman Free E-Book

I was so happy with the way my mixed media snowmen came out that I decided you might enjoy making one of your own so I created a free Linda's How-Do-I Series E-Book for you.

My e-book shows you how to make the front and backs of the snowman shown above and is viewable and downloadable on Google Drive.  Just click the link below:

Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Make My "Happy Days" Mixed Media Snowman Free E-Book

To view and download my free e-book please CLICK HERE. You'll be brought to Google Drive where you can view our free e-book. Then just download our free .pdf e-book by clicking on the down arrow in the top center.

For more information on all my free e-patterns, e-printables and e-books please CLICK HERE.

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.

For The Love Of Terra-Cotta Easter Decorations

When I was growing up Easter was a really big holiday.  It was the time of the year when we got new "best outfits" for going to church and had leg of lamb for dinner.  My mother always made the best leg of lamb.  No one else has ever been able to make it as well.  Just thinking about it brings back memories of sitting in the kitchen with the smell of the leg of lamb filling the air.  Yum..........

In thinking about Easter I remembered my beautiful and beloved step-daughter, Kim, and I had made some Easter egg terra cotta pots decorations over 18 years ago - one large and one small pot for the each of us.  We had so much fun making them I thought you might like to make some of your own so I decided to create a free e-book on how we did it.

I hope you have as much fun as we did.  Enjoy!

 Linda's How-Do-I Series? How To Make My Easter Eggs Terra Cotta Decorations Free E-Book

To view and download my free e-book please CLICK HERE. You'll be brought to Google Drive where you can view our free e-book. Then just download our free .pdf e-book from the File menu in the upper left hand corner.

For more information on all my free e-patterns, e-printables and e-books please CLICK HERE.

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.

Why Throw Something Out When You Can Re-Design It! - My Artificial Christmas Tree How-To

Sometimes creating something works.  Sometimes it doesn't.  Wouldn't it be nice if all creations turned out beautiful each and every time?  Even 8 out of 10 times would be great.  The reality for me is more like 5 out of 10 times.

I don't know about the rest of you but when I make something that I'm just not happy with I don't just throw it away.  I hold on to the piece, sometimes for years on end.  I figure that it's a shame to waste a craft supply and if it can be re-designed then why not.  So, I hold on to it until I get a brain storm.

Well, back in July of 2015 when I was taking a class at Artful Gathering we were making some mixed media house creations using different media.  After taking that class I decided to make some mixed media house creations of my own.

What I wanted to create was a mixed media tree surrounded by a village of 4 houses.  I got that, as shown in the picture above, but just wasn't happy with how the tree turned out so I never  used it.  This year, however, I got a brainstorm and decided to change it.

During the Christmas holiday season I like to decorate my fireplace mantles and usually place my Victorian cross-stitch village in the shadow boxes my brother and I had created back in December of 2009.  I wrote about them in a blog posts entitled, "My Victorian Houses - I Had To Keep Them!"

I wanted to put them on my dining room fireplace mantle this year and thought a small tree placed in the middle of my village would look nice.  I could have created a brand new artificial tree and placed it there but remembered I had the mixed media house village and tree I had created back in 2015 that I never used as I really didn't like it.

The Styrofoam tree was already mounted and glued on a square stained wood base with a wood center peg.  So I took it out and looked at it.  Size wise it was a good height for the mantle and for the Victorian cross-stitch shadow box village.  The problem was I hated the tree.

I had previously added 4 miniature houses I had made out of chipboard pieces to each of the four corners.  Each house was embellished with paper and natural or silk floral stems.

I hated the tree but the houses were fine.  I thought, "why create something new when a little tweaking can make a previously unused piece workable?"  So, I removed the center star and all the plastic, metallic, and felt snowflake embellishments I had glued on the tree.  I left the mixed media papers I had glued on the Styrofoam tree  and set to creating something better.

I had decided to make the center tree an artificial Christmas tree with a new center star, decorative embellishments, miniature garlands and snow.

The first thing I did was glue a new red miniature plastic star to the top of the cone with low temperature hot glue.  It looked fine.

Then I cut fifty 3" to 4" lengths of artificial evergreen Christmas garland and then folded them in half.  I glued the center of each of these pieces to the Styrofoam cone starting at the bottom and working up with low temperature hot glue.  I had left the paper I had previously glued to the Styrofoam cone on the tree so gluing them with the low temperature hot glue was no problem.

After I was satisfied with the artificial evergreen Christmas garland pieces I had glued on the cone I decided to add two miniature garlands to my tree.  The first was a miniature silk floral ivy leaf and poinsettia garland I had bought many years ago and had used from time time before.  Luckily I had just enough of the garland to wrap around the tree.

The second garland was a miniature red bead strand I had bought decades ago when they were on sale at A.C. Moore or Michaels.  Luckily, here too, I had just one strand left of the red color, length and bead size I wanted.

The garland strands looked great but the tree still needed some embellishments so I looked through my Christmas craft supplies stash and found some plastic multi-colored beads that were the right size.  I glued each of them to the end of the artificial Christmas garland branches using low temperature hot glue.

I was pleased with the way the multi-colored beads looked but the tree still needed something so I decided to add Aleenes True Snow paint to the tree.

 I added it all over the tree using thin paint brushes and in some instances toothpicks.

It took a little while to add all the snow but was well worth it in the end.  I ended up with a pretty little snow covered evergreen tree.

I was pleased with the way the tree turned out.  It was very festive, very wintry and perfect for my Victorian house scene.

I had salvaged something I had made but didn't like and turned it into something I actually liked.  See, sometimes not throwing something out ends up being a good thing. Why throw something out when you can hold on to it and re-design it.  Makes sense to me.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Designed and Written By Linda Walsh

It's Never Too Early For Bunnies!

As far as I'm concerned it's never too early  for making bunnies - especially when they're all easy to do and totally adorable.  We've got 9 adorable free bunny decoration e-patterns and/or tutorial e-books that are easy to make for the Easter, Spring and Summer season that you're going to love. Enjoy!

Just click on the link below:

9 Adorable Free E-Patterns and Tutorial E-Books Bunny Decorations To Make For Easter, Spring and Summer

Please respect My Terms of Use:  All patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products © 2004-2023 Linda Walsh Originals-Designs by Linda Walsh. All rights reserved. Commercial selling or reselling by any means prohibited without the written consent of Linda Walsh.

Patterns, e-patterns, printables, e-printables, e-books, graphics, tutorials, how-to's, articles and other e-products are for personal use only. You may not modify, photocopy, download, upload, post, transmit, display, perform, publish, license, reprint, create derivative works from, mass duplicate, re-sell, digitize, and reproduce in any other form (print, digital or electric) or commercially apply, embed, share, Email, or redistribution in any other means. Use of any of the above is prohibited without the written permission of Linda Walsh.

However, you may link to my website(s)/blog(s) and the individual page(s)/blog post(s) (including 1 picture) but do not copy, reprint or duplicate my website(s)/blog(s) or individual page(s)/post(s ) without my permission.

Items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are intended for personal use for fun or small scale personal and business profit as long as you credit us with the design. Large scale commercial use (i.e. mass production) of items made from Linda Walsh Originals E-Patterns are by permission only.

Please see my Terms and Conditions for additional information.

Copyright © 2004 - 2023 - All Rights Reserved - Written By Linda Walsh of Linda Walsh Originals and Linda's Blog. Linda is a doll maker and doll pattern designer.