![Oh how I love to putz around (and how that relates to crack) Oh how I love to putz around (and how that relates to crack)](https://i0.wp.com/www.betsyskagen.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Putz-House-Betsy-Skagen-151822.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1)
Long before they were trendy, I treasured my putz houses. As a young girl I took these battered Christmas decorations that my family had abandoned and set up a tiny village. Granted, there were only four or five houses, but I loved them.
I never had the budget to add many authentic putz houses to my collection over the years, but my little village grew nonetheless. Frosted trees and 1940s era cars in a variety of scales joined the village. Mid-century children skating and sledding loomed like giant toddlers about to devour the putz homes.
Perhaps the putz house I most treasure is the one I made this year. I stuck true to the simple mid-century stye adorned with lots of glitter. Read the rest of this entry