My Mid-Century Christmas Village
midcentury paper houses
When I was growing up, my mom had one of those old dimestore cardboard Christmas villages displayed on our holiday mantle. It was vintage and she’d picked it up at a garage sale for a quarter or so. I always loved its simple, happy charm.
While those little alpine and traditional style villages are darling, I feel like modern cottages get the shaft when it comes to celebrating their cuteness. I mean, nothing looks more festive to me than straight-angled rooflines dripping C9s. So I thought I’d make a tiny cardboard village of mid-century style houses. They aren’t elaborate or glitter-covered, but I like them. If I find myself with a lot of extra time on my hands, I might decorate a batch with sparkles and paint and set the scene around them with palm trees. For now though, I dig the one-color/one-sheet simplicity of them.
If you’d like to make them yourself, here are my patterns:
one-level with carport
doelger style
peaked roof/eichler-y
If you build them and fancy them up, do come add a comment with a link to photos!
OH!!! Absolutely lovely!
you rock. hard.
those are just too damn cute. when do you find the time?
fantastic!
those are awfully cute… i’ll have to file that idea away for next year.
In the spirit of those, have you seen this?
http://www.redenvelope.com/partner/bvjp19309.html?cm_mmc=Google-_-Gourmet_Foods_Baskets-_-Gourmet_Desserts_Baked+Goods-_-modern+gingerbread+house%7C-%7C100000000000000054321&gclid=CKi1z-qakpACFRLNIgod-xqy4A
And once again, while completely counterintuitive, simplicity comes with a larger price tag.
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