A Village Christmas Tree. An original edition
A somewhat bedraggled Christmas tree, possibly one of the earliest editions of tinybuildings- way back in 1975 or so. It may be from the holidays when Jane, four years old, managed to get one of the stars in her eyes...It took a trip to an opthamologist to get it removed. Not fun!
It looks like James made this from a metallic paper-coated cardboard box, with added 'sequins'. It is about two inches tall. We placed it in the Town Square of the tiny village of tinybuildings. We supplemented the handmade structures with wooden matchbox sheep and fences and little men with bowlers.
c. 1975
2 comments:
hi sharon,
I hadn't realized the tiny buildings had been an ongoing family tradition! So interesting that the craft is so precise but that they represent something so amorphous as memories.
Makes me treasure my own tiny house even more :)
hope you're well!
shannon*
i sort of wish i still had stars in my eyes.....
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