Christmas Room

Time for a holly jolly dolly Christmas...
Minding my own business, strolling through the downtown outdoor booths in Santa Marta, I spotted some wooden doll furniture. Making Josh translate for me, I bought two little rocking chairs, a stool that I decided to use for a table, and two other little stools. We decided that these could be used in the Christmas room we were planning.
So- first we needed a fireplace. Folded poster board covered with handmade "bricks" of polymer clay. It's not really sturdy, and had I to do it over again, I don't think I'd do it this way...but we live, we learn. Next we, need a Christmas tree. How the heck?? I trash talk Walwart- I admit it- but I would've loved to just run in and buy a mini tree. But no sucha thing round this coal mine. So it's back to felt. I made a cone shape, sewed it together on one side, and stuffed it with wadded up toilet paper. (I'm here to tell you- there are no real craft supplies around here.)
A card sent from home had some confetti type stars and snowflakes, and those and some beads did an ok job for ornamentation.
A Christmas magazine from a elementary classroom pile provided some ads that worked as wrapping paper, and the paper store here had some tiny bows for the gifts. The "rug" in front of the fireplace is an ad for some sort of lip gloss.
Add a couple felt pillows- also stuffed with toilet paper- and a scrap of red for the rug- throw in a little stocking made of felt. Not such a bad little Christmas room. My fav so far.