A merry little Christmas
December 25, 2009
Merry Christmas everyone! I hope you’re all having a wonderful day filled with love, laughter and lots of pressies.
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My mod gingerbread house was a success – not that it was all smooth sailing. I completely forgot to bake the back wall so had to do an extra batch of gingerbread at the last minute and I was not at all confident that the lifesaver besser block wall would hold, but it did! Hooray! That royal icing is amazing stuff. I was very restrained on the lollies and adornments this year. For some reason I just wanted to keep it simple and putting all the extra marshmallows and lollies all over the house just seemed to go against the whole mid-century modern theme. But the rocky road chimney was very well received and I’ve made a little habit of using the star anise over the door of my houses. So without further ado here is the making of and the finished Mod Gingerbread house.
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Hello. My name is Claire. I have a sock toy addiction. It began two years ago when I was pregnant and nesting. At first I dismissed it. I hadn't sewn in years. "Craft Schmaft" I said. Well it seems this crafty thing is here to stay. This blog brings you the delights of making sock softies, fabric finds and crafty inspiration from round the interweb.
December 25, 2009 at 7:06 PM
This is one very very funky gingerbread house. What an awesome use of lifesavers! Love it!
December 25, 2009 at 8:16 PM
so totally retro!!!!!!! very 1960′s house! love it!!!!!!!!
hope you had a wonderful day with your lovely family!
Corrie:)
December 25, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Awesome! What a great use for lifesavers…very retro!
December 25, 2009 at 10:10 PM
It’s gorgeous Claire!! So cool.
December 26, 2009 at 1:55 PM
That is WAY cool. Love the lifesavers. Inspired!
December 26, 2009 at 10:00 PM
I love it Claire. Mine kept collapsing but next time I am going to put cans inside like you
December 28, 2009 at 4:30 PM
Brilliant! Love the lifesaver wall. I ended up having a go this year (not modern though) and ended up having so much fun I did two!
Hope you had a great Christmas. x
December 30, 2009 at 2:03 PM
That’s my favourite gingerbread house ever!
December 30, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Awwww thank you!
January 2, 2010 at 5:31 PM
I’ve never made a gingerbread house but if I were going to this would be it. Love that wall!
Happy New Year!
January 6, 2010 at 9:57 AM
Thanks so much for your comment Patricia – yep the wall is definitely my favourite bit too. I might pop the whole thing up as a tutorial next Xmas I think, it was actually easier than a traditional gingerbread house.
January 3, 2010 at 9:40 AM
now that my little guys is getting bigger, a gingerbread house is going to be a xmas project for 2010. Yours is sweet.
January 3, 2010 at 9:40 AM
now that my little guys is getting bigger, a gingerbread house is going to be a xmas project for 2010. Yours is sweet.
January 18, 2010 at 1:48 PM
Love it darls – very Brady Bunch
January 19, 2010 at 11:58 AM
Why thank you!
January 28, 2010 at 10:43 PM
Oh! I am just in paroxysms of delight over this. Delightful.
(it also reminds me a lot of a classic nz bach… which gives me great vernacular architecture to inspire a summery christmas gingerbread house for next year!)
January 30, 2010 at 8:11 AM
Thanks for your comment Jenn, I agree – there need to be more summery houses in the gingerbread repertoire for those of us in the southern hemisphere!