Littleglitterhouses.com Website Review

Dear friends and followers of my Little Glitter Houses web site: Effective June 2015, I will no longer be accepting orders for building houses. I will only be building for my personal enjoyment. I do plan on keeping this web site up as a source of information, photos, which I will update periodically, will remain available for viewing. I will be an active member of the Cardboard Christmas Forum regards...Howard This notice supersedes any references about ordering procedures, offers, or services previously posted on my Little Handcrafted Christmas Village Houses and Churches, Reproductions and Original Designs These quaint little decorations, known as putz houses or putzes, were found on tables, mantles and under Christmas trees in homes across America for many decades starting around the early 1900's. The houses I make are inspired by collectible and vintage pieces but are never exact copies. Details in my freelance designs also capture all the nostalgia and charm of the pieces from the past. I no longer offer the service of custom making little glitter house versions of actual homes, churches, and places of business. I will is my 4-foot x 5-foot Christmas display layout built around the little houses I make. A small HO scale pas*enger train and a couple of streetcars run on simple ovals around and through the village. It is named after the real Pine Mountain Valley which is 70-miles southwest of Atlanta, Georgia. As a child, I spent part of my summers in near by Woodland, Georgia. Drives through the Pine Mountain Valley and those happy days will never be forgotten. in a very traditional location; it's under and around the tree. An automatic bump and reverse street car and track have also been added this year. There are now over 50 houses in the new snow village, at least that many trees plus about 25 figurines. Christmas 2009 featured a Department 56(R) pas*enger train. The 0n30 size train is the perfect complement to the glitter houses I