Vegetable Wax Coated Gingerbread Men

I've always had an attraction to prim country art and actually have followed pattern makers for years without actually doing anything. I finally felt I was ready to order a pattern or 2 or 3 and really actually use the pattern. The pattern I used in the pictures are from Threadbare Primitives, a company I blogged about earlier. They turned out really, really nice and it's not that hard to make. It takes a lot of filling though!

I followed her instructions and grubbied it all up which is so fun, I really like the grubbied look crafts. Instead of sewing on the heart as shown in the pattern though, I coated the Gingerbread Men with pastry scented vegetable wax. To the wax I added ground cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger to make it more gritty. It smells wonderful and should be perfect in a bowl with cinnamon sticks, dried oranges, and maybe some evergreen twigs. I topped it off with homespun as a scarf and tied a tag around the neck with raffia. The tag is also grubbied and says "You can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread Man!" in my handwriting.



I love really homemade looking handcrafts. I don't like when people want me to make it look factory made. Then it's not handcrafted is it? Crafting is just another way I help myself to...

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