Very well done, your little Victorian Village. I'm a Mexican lady of 75 . In Mexico everyone put up a Bethlehem village for the birth of Jesus. To most people it was just very plain but when we came to Chicago to live, my mom saw the abundance of supplies we had so she would make her village huge, on top of her dinning room sideboard. Instead of snow, she used dried moss on top of an aluminum base so that when all the moss was in place to simulate hills so she could build the sheep and shepherds, she would spray the moss with water and in a few minutes it would perk up, turn a nice green and we had grass. Every day she kept up her misting and we had a large Bethlehem Village. I continued the tradition when I got married and so did my sister. In time. I made ANOTHER scene in my house, a Santa Village with toys, trains and elves helping santa. It took me years to find the right little characters but I also had fun setting up my villages. You did such an excellent job with yours.Your village is all lit up too. Bet it looks gorgeous at night. Keep it up. Creativity abounds.
Thank you so much!! I am toying with the idea of doing a Village for Easter by recreating the resurrection. I am having trouble finding figurines though. Do you have any suggestions for me? I never thought to spray the moss I use, thanks for the tip! 😄
@@MiriamsManner Hi Miriam! You can't find items for your theme because that was never manufactured. No Resurrection items. You can do an EASTER BUNNY theme, but nothing for Resurrection. If you need bunny items, I used to find those in Craft stores such as Michael's but the items are very small. I used them inside Easter Eggs PANORAMIC EGGS made of sugar. You can look those eggs on youtube. Christmas items were designed back in the 50's, 60's and 70's for Woolworth Dept. Stores. There was a big demand for Christmas religious villages but not anymore. Those items have to be found on sale on ebay from the children of original owners that passed away or at garage sales. That means shopping for items all year long. Good luck on this theme.
Aw, that’s is unfortunate news but thank you for the info. Maybe I will look into making my own so I can achieve the look I would like. If I do, I will let you know how it turns out. 😄
My grandmother used to love setting up and adding to her village collection every year. This is the first time since she passed 5 years ago that I am setting up the village to revive the tradition. Only thing... I had no clue where to start! Thank you for taking the time to make a quick, beginner-friendly tutorial. Your village pieces are beautiful.
Aw, thank you so much Anna and you are very welcome! I am so glad to hear you are keeping your grandmothers tradition alive. You never know who will join in on the fun with you.
My mother who is 80 now is done doing her Dickens village so she just gave me everything, which is a lot. So I am watching your video to give me ideas. Thanks.. oh and I have lots of trees and shrubs.
Hello John, I’m so glad the videos have been helpful to you. I’m so glad to hear you have a lot of trees and shrubs. They really do make a big difference. Those pieces will always be so special since they were passed down from your mom.
I just saw this on Friday and all I can say is thank you for all the great tips! On my way with my first village. I did not know how to display it before!
@@MiriamsManner Thank you. I admire your courage to post this video. You're authentic and down to earth. You did a great job and I got ideas. I have my 4 x 8 platform built and about 12 houses I've had for 30 years. I don't have time to try to put it together now. I have too much going on, however, it could be a neat winter project. I would like to add a train but have no idea what size would be appropriate. Merry Christmas to you.
Hello Donna, thank you very much! That would definitely be a great winter project. I have an HO scale train but I think I would like an O scale train. I will get one eventually, maybe in next years village. God bless you and merry Christmas.
This is my first time setting up a snowy village. My houses are way smaller than yours but following your method to see if I can pull it off. Thank you for sharing your methods.
Hello Paula, thanks so much for the compliment. I hope you are able to to put your out this year. Villages always make Christmas a little more special. 😄
Thank you for this video. So many others are far too complicated. I am not a carpenter or an engineer. This is a good starting point to begin the process of putting up a village that I can understand.
Hello, you are very welcome, it is my pleasure. I wanted to put videos together that would be for beginners as well as more experienced villagers. Also, I have 3 videos that are Christmas village quick tip videos. Each video has different tips for set up. If you are just getting started, those would be a helpful resource.
I use the top of my old secretary desk in the living room. I have the smaller houses, but I've always struggled to keep the people upright on the "snow", which is just the cotton stuff from the dollar store. I love your method with the paved walkway and will definitely be doing that moving forward. It looks so clean and it's functional too. Thank you!!!
Beautiful village💖 Growing up in NY I use to help my mother set up the christmas village. Now that I'm older and moved away (Indiana). I started my own village. I started 4 years ago with a set I bought at goodwill with my fiance. You should see my family and friends face when I display my village. 😀 its not big, but it shows my personal touch. Even my mother is impressed! I love to see African Americans setting up Christmas villages. Just subscribe to your channel. God bless you.
Thank you so much!! I just started my first village 4 years ago, this year will be year 5. I have found so many awesome buildings at the Goodwill as well. I just love seeing different snow villages, I would love to see your village when you set it up this year. If you would like to share, you can email me a pic to miriamsmanner@gmail.com. I love to see our people putting together snow villages as well. In the past, I didn’t know any African Americans that did this. Since I have started, a few of my friends have started as well. Did you see my video on painting snow village people? I have to paint a lot of my figurines to add more diversity to my village. I will be adding a new snow village video soon, hopefully in a week. I am building a new mountain for my snow village this year and I am doing a tutorial on it. Welcome and thank you for subscribing!!
@@MiriamsManner , You read my mind I want to doll up my dollar tree houses and the people too. I ordered 3 African American figurines from Amazon...wow can we say pricey..lol. Thanks so much. Hopefully I will have my village together a little after Thanksgiving. Can't wait to see more videos. Have a blessed weekend.
I buy Lemax figurines from ehobbytools.com. They usually have good prices. I have found some for 3-4 dollars. They have several African American figurines to choose from. Enjoy the rest of your weekend as well. 😄
Thanks so much - have had a village for years and sometimes just skip putt on it all out but I won’t anymore - yours is so sweet and very well made- was throwing away styrofoam tomorrow but I’ll keep it for the next time I build my village - my teen grandsons helped this hear and loved doin it - going shopping for more trees? Merry Christmas and God bless your family!
This is so lovely! I am planning to set up my very first village this year and have started buying decor and accessories. Your videos were very helpful! Thank you so much!
I started with villages 10 years ago, but haven't set up my village the last 7 years due to lack of space and 3 catzillas that kept attacking my villagers. I've missed it and will attempt to do my village again this Christmas. Thank you for the ideas!
You are right trees are very important did it with my parents when I was a kid im now 30 and still doing it gets bigger every year love all your advice hope you do one this year again ❤
Hello Scrappy D, That is awesome, I love to do mine a little bigger every year too! I am absolutely doing one this year. I will be releasing another quick tip video in by this weekend and I am almost done building my village. I should have the video done for that sometime next week. Click on the bell icon so you don’t miss it. 😄
You've just made me want to put up my village this year for the first time in 20 years. You've made it look amazing. Thanks for all your advise and tips.
I just found your channel and totally in love with all your ideas... I have had a village for 28 years this Christmas. My original plan was to add a new building piece each year, but one year my mom and Nana gave me 11 pieces at Christmas... I was so excited. They are mostly Walmart brand and a few others she found at an Eckerd’s Drug store but they go perfectly. The last few years I haven’t wanted to put it out, but I tell myself no you need to. So i decided i need to change it up & started looking at youtube. Im totally inspired to revamp it for next year. My boys graduate this next year and i know its a ways, but I want to keep it going for grand babies someday and well it just makes me happy too! God bless and Merry Christmas!
Hello Chrissy, thank you very much! I’m glad you are reinvigorated to restart your village. Your future grand babies are going to love it and you would get joy from it in the meantime. 😂. Merry Christmas and God bless you too!
I asked for houses for Christmas and bought more after the new year. I'm hoping to get the accessories but it's hard to find people. Now I have the houses just laid out on the table. I can't wait to have a village for Christmas this year and improve it every year
@@MiriamsManner Hi. Thank you for responding but i don´t live in states so even if i would be able to order it the shipping price would probably be crazy
Very nice! It’s a good inspiration to make a small villa. Thank you for sharing your Beautiful Christmas villa. Best regards from walnut Cree, California.
Mariam, excellent work, thank you for sharing. By the way, nice introduction and close, pretty lady, wonderful smile, thank you for letting us see a little of your magic.
i bought foam board today...am going to glue pieces to it, making sidewalks out of clay, miniature flower pots, i'm putting in trees without leaves...just using small branches off my tree, going to make a miniature trellis, gazebo, fence around the village, i'm so excited
Thanks for letting me know about the playlist. Just what I needed because I have a small space to set up. I have 2 glass shelving units that I will display them on. Your tips really helped and I’m hoping it will flow well.
Enjoyed watching this so much. You're right, the trees make such a huge difference. 🎄🌲🎄🌲 I'm going out tomorrow to get some to add to my village. Thank you so much for sharing your cute set up.
Love it. Couple of more tricks - roadway - use a blow dryer to flatten the bumps out as a result of rolling it up for storage, the heat helps to flatten it. Another trick is using the TreeMote for your village. Acts like a remote without having to dig around to plug in.
Hello Jim, Thank you so much for that tip, I would have never taken a blow dryer to my roads to straighten them. I normally just try to flatten them with books! 😂😂. I will share this tip with our group. I do use a remote control outlet for my village so I don’t have to dig for plugs. I don’t like doing that either. For my large display, I used to crawl under my table to turn everything on. No more!! 😃 I haven’t heard of a TreeMote but it sounds similar to what I use. I will google it and check it out! Thanks again and happy new year!!
This was such a helpful video for me, as I have never done a village but would like to start this year. We just moved into a new house and are kind of struggling to find our way with our usual traditions in these new spaces. I hope to create a warm and sparkly scene to create a little magic and nostalgia for our family. The end result of your setup was so beautiful and gives me hope I can do something similar. Thank you so much!
Hello Julianne, Thank you so very much. I’m glad you were able to get inspiration from this video. Whatever you come up with, I know it will be special and create wonderful memories for your family.
@@MiriamsManner Thank you! I forgot to ask: is there a particular place that you pick up the trees of various sizes? It was amazing that when you started adding them in, it totally took the scene to the "real deal" level!
I get my trees everywhere and I also make a lot of my own trees. Have you seen any of my other videos? I do have a whole Christmas village playlist that has tons of videos and helpful tips for beginners. The trees I do buy, I get from Walmart, Michaels, and a few of the taller trees you saw I got from Ross.
I love the way you got it to look so beautiful. I set mine up in a bookcase and it was just not doing it for me. Going set it up on a table and mimic what you did somewhat. My village is about 20 years old so I weeded out some of the pieces that did not make it over the years and am left with 10 houses that I love and lots of things to go with!! Can't wait to bring the table down and start!!
Hello Irene, I’m glad you found the other videos and they were helpful! 😃. You can always reach out with any questions that I might forget to cover in the video. I do read my comments and respond! ☺️ Sometimes it’s hard to remember every detail to include in the videos. Plus, I’m still pretty new at this so your feedback is helpful. I have tried to do a better job of incorporating those things in my newer videos.
I would love to see a video on using an existing book shelf for the display, I am struggling to find ideas on what works best for a backdrop other than the dark wood of the shelves plus their is such a limit on getting various heights.
Hello Jamie, I actually do not own one bookshelf in my house to show you but I can think of a few ideas you could try. First, you can get placemats or a roll of fabric from Joann’s that you can cut to size and use as a backdrop. I have attached a few links as examples for you. www.amazon.com/HOSNYE-Healthy-Forest-Washable-Placemats/dp/B0925J5L61/ref=mp_s_a_1_16?crid=3KHUF0AR72C5C&keywords=forest+placemats&qid=1694747161&sprefix=forrest+placemats%2Caps%2C215&sr=8-16 www.joann.com/blue-tonal-sky-keepsake-cotton-fabric/18798975.html You could also use tall slender Christmas village trees the height of your shelves in the background. I hope these suggestions help you. 😁
Hi Miriam like you I also likes Christmas and I really like to make a Christmas village but unfortunately I can't because we can't buy those stuff. We are poor, my husband is only a carpenter . That's why I watch most of the video that create or have a Christmas village on it to make me happy.
Hello Miriam, I’m glad you enjoy my video. Please check out all of the other Christmas village videos I have on my channel. Do you happen to live in AZ? I have extra buildings I don’t use that often I could give you.
Ur really a great soul immediately u wanna help others May the almighty God bless you abundantly have a wonderful Christmas I loved ur creativity thank you so much
Me and my wife are enjoying this you are very talented and make it pleasurable to watch. Would you consider sometimes just putting the lights on in the village and turn off the house late so we can see it with the nighttime ambience?
Thank you guys so much for watching. I’m so glad you enjoy the videos. Unfortunately, I took that village down a while ago but I did do a nighttime view of my main village. I have attached the link for that video below. Christmas Village Display: Dreamy Falls 2020 ruclips.net/video/FKK5AIVfk_w/видео.html
Hello Tammi, welcome to our Christmas family 😄 and thank you for subscribing. Vintage Christmas sounds wonderful. I have been collecting Christmas ornaments since I was 19. I have some of my mother’s old glass ornaments from the 80’s but that’s as far back as my collection goes.
I do things differently when I put up a train layout at work for the employees. I don't use the styrofoam blocks, preferring to use that space for people or scenes, room for a Lionel bump and go trolley,or if you have room, loop of track. I too use the 4 or 5 light cord to cut down on plugs and wires. So start out by putting down a layer or blanket of snow. It looks like felt on a roll. Then put the houses down and put the lights into them. Plug them into a six way strip just like you do. They should light up. Then put in the battery powered street lights, like you, I use a power adapter. Put them on the house side of the street, hide the wire for the battery lights under the houses, so only the wire between the houses is exposed. The lights don't need to be glued this way. Once the lights are in the houses, the battery street lights are up, cover all the wires behind the houses with blanket snow, some call it buffalo snow, it looks like something you would stuff a pillow with. Now put some trees between the houses to further hide any wires, and to mask the depth of the snow behind the houses. Next, sprinkle some loose snow, it looks like shredded plastic, over the battery powered street light wires exposed between the buildings. If it done correctly, the wires and plugs for the house lights, the battery pack and adapter for the street lights will be covered and out of sight. Last, make a scene for the people by positioning them to show a story, last sprinkle more of the loose snow around the people. The loose snow comes in two flavors, one basic white, the other is iridescent white which I like better. I've also found that something that moves gives the display some life, like skaters in a pond, or hockey players on a pond, or even a windmill that rotates. Anyway that's how I do it. Just take whatever ideas you think will help you. Oh,the bump and go trolley is designed to run-on a straight section of track,but will also run on a loop. The trolly has a bumper at each end, and when it bumps the bumper at the end of the track it reverses direction and proceeds to travel to the other end bumper and reverse direction again. So it keeps going back and fourth. Just an idea. Merry Christmas!
Hello Joseph, this is not at all how I set up my village. This was in inspiration build for beginner just getting started with small spaces. Check out my channel to get an idea of the villages I create.
Hello MaryDee, thank you so much!! I have attached a link to my last Christmas village quick tip video. In this video, I will walk you through how to print that road towards the end of the video. Christmas Village Quick Tip # 3 ruclips.net/video/6vmyTLZ3sFE/видео.html
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I'm a Gramma too, I started my village about 49yrs ago of things that took place in our lives so it actually tells a story about our family 🤗
That is so special, I love that! 😁
Very well done, your little Victorian Village. I'm a Mexican lady of 75 . In Mexico everyone put up a Bethlehem village for the birth of Jesus. To most people it was just very plain but when we came to Chicago to live, my mom saw the abundance of supplies we had so she would make her village huge, on top of her dinning room sideboard. Instead of snow, she used dried moss on top of an aluminum base so that when all the moss was in place to simulate hills so she could build the sheep and shepherds, she would spray the moss with water and in a few minutes it would perk up, turn a nice green and we had grass. Every day she kept up her misting and we had a large Bethlehem Village. I continued the tradition when I got married and so did my sister. In time. I made ANOTHER scene in my house, a Santa Village with toys, trains and elves helping santa. It took me years to find the right little characters but I also had fun setting up my villages. You did such an excellent job with yours.Your village is all lit up too. Bet it looks gorgeous at night. Keep it up. Creativity abounds.
Thank you so much!! I am toying with the idea of doing a Village for Easter by recreating the resurrection. I am having trouble finding figurines though. Do you have any suggestions for me?
I never thought to spray the moss I use, thanks for the tip! 😄
@@MiriamsManner Hi Miriam! You can't find items for your theme because that was never manufactured. No Resurrection items. You can do an EASTER BUNNY theme, but nothing for Resurrection. If you need bunny items, I used to find those in Craft stores such as Michael's but the items are very small. I used them inside Easter Eggs PANORAMIC EGGS made of sugar. You can look those eggs on youtube. Christmas items were designed back in the 50's, 60's and 70's for Woolworth Dept. Stores. There was a big demand for Christmas religious villages but not anymore. Those items have to be found on sale on ebay from the children of original owners that passed away or at garage sales. That means shopping for items all year long. Good luck on this theme.
Aw, that’s is unfortunate news but thank you for the info. Maybe I will look into making my own so I can achieve the look I would like. If I do, I will let you know how it turns out. 😄
@@MiriamsManner Yes, I would like to see and hear how you solve your problem. It will be interesting to see how you recreate the Resurrection.
My grandmother used to love setting up and adding to her village collection every year. This is the first time since she passed 5 years ago that I am setting up the village to revive the tradition. Only thing... I had no clue where to start! Thank you for taking the time to make a quick, beginner-friendly tutorial. Your village pieces are beautiful.
Aw, thank you so much Anna and you are very welcome! I am so glad to hear you are keeping your grandmothers tradition alive. You never know who will join in on the fun with you.
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I did a small one for my daughter's Resting Place last year. This year I'm doing her whole table with a Christmas Village
I just bought my first building for a christmas village. I can't wait to collect more pieces and do a setup. Thanks for your tips!
You are very welcome!
You’ve mastered smiling while speaking and it really adds a nice feel to your videos.
Wow, what a great compliment. You are the first person to tell me that. 😁
I’m so glad I found your channel! Your voice is like a warm hug!
Hello Tiana,
That is my daughters middle name. Thank you so much, that is so sweet.
Very helpful! This is exactly what I'm trying to do with a 6' x 2' space, raised 2nd row and everything. Love your channel!
Thank you! I’m so glad to help. 😁
My mother who is 80 now is done doing her Dickens village so she just gave me everything, which is a lot. So I am watching your video to give me ideas. Thanks.. oh and I have lots of trees and shrubs.
Hello John,
I’m so glad the videos have been helpful to you. I’m so glad to hear you have a lot of trees and shrubs. They really do make a big difference. Those pieces will always be so special since they were passed down from your mom.
These tutorials are so helpful, you’re amazing.
Thank you so much!
You are such a pleasant person Miriam. Thank you for bringing joy into the world.
Aw, thank you so much! I really appreciate you saying that! 😃
I love 💗 this .small village. Great job
Thank you! 🤗
WOW,, very nice your Christmas Village 🏡🏡🏠 Set up,,I love it,,💗💗
Thank you so much!
I just saw this on Friday and all I can say is thank you for all the great tips! On my way with my first village. I did not know how to display it before!
Hello Deborah, you are so very welcome! Glad to help! 😁
Thank you so much! I used lots of your tips and am so happy with how my village turned out this year 🎄!!
You are very welcome. I am so happy to hear that.
Setting up my Xmas town over the next two days. Love your little village so much and it's given me ideas for mine. Thank you for posting!
You are very welcome! 😁
Fantastic Miriam. Thank you for taking the time to share this. Great job. God bless you.
Thank you Donna! God bless you too.
@@MiriamsManner Thank you. I admire your courage to post this video. You're authentic and down to earth. You did a great job and I got ideas. I have my 4 x 8 platform built and about 12 houses I've had for 30 years. I don't have time to try to put it together now. I have too much going on, however, it could be a neat winter project. I would like to add a train but have no idea what size would be appropriate.
Merry Christmas to you.
Hello Donna, thank you very much! That would definitely be a great winter project.
I have an HO scale train but I think I would like an O scale train. I will get one eventually, maybe in next years village.
God bless you and merry Christmas.
This is my first time setting up a snowy village. My houses are way smaller than yours but following your method to see if I can pull it off. Thank you for sharing your methods.
You are very welcome Eddie!
How lovely. I have many buildings but haven’t put them up for years. Thank you so much. Maybe this year.
Hello Paula, thanks so much for the compliment. I hope you are able to to put your out this year. Villages always make Christmas a little more special. 😄
I am the same way, but I've gotten older and have severe back problems. I sure would like to see my houses again.😪
Thank you for this video. So many others are far too complicated. I am not a carpenter or an engineer. This is a good starting point to begin the process of putting up a village that I can understand.
Hello, you are very welcome, it is my pleasure. I wanted to put videos together that would be for beginners as well as more experienced villagers.
Also, I have 3 videos that are Christmas village quick tip videos. Each video has different tips for set up. If you are just getting started, those would be a helpful resource.
I use the top of my old secretary desk in the living room. I have the smaller houses, but I've always struggled to keep the people upright on the "snow", which is just the cotton stuff from the dollar store. I love your method with the paved walkway and will definitely be doing that moving forward. It looks so clean and it's functional too. Thank you!!!
You are very welcome! 😁
You make a small village beautifully in a small space. I luv it....🥰🌲
Thank you Seema! 😄
@@MiriamsManner welcome mam
Mam from whr I can these accessories ?
These items aren’t available in India 🇮🇳.
Ah, that’s too bad they aren’t available there.
Your village is beautiful. Well done. You gave me some good ideas for mine.
Thank you
Another good display, Miriam. Love the video.
Thank you very much!
Well deserved, again. You are featured now on the village collector.
Wonderful! Getting ready to set mine up soon. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome!! You are very welcome!
I am hoping to set up my first village this weekend and this is SO helpful, thank you! 💚
I’m so glad to hear that, you are welcome!
That was really helpful! My partner and I just bought our first bunch of buildings for a Christmas village, and this gave so many ideas. Thank you!
I’m so excited for you. It is so much fun creating a beautiful village with some
One you love. I’m so glad my video was helpful. I will be posting another quick tip video for snow villages in a few weeks.
Miriam's Manner Wonderful! Thank you
Beautiful village💖 Growing up in NY I use to help my mother set up the christmas village. Now that I'm older and moved away (Indiana). I started my own village. I started 4 years ago with a set I bought at goodwill with my fiance. You should see my family and friends face when I display my village. 😀 its not big, but it shows my personal touch. Even my mother is impressed!
I love to see African Americans setting up Christmas villages. Just subscribe to your channel.
God bless you.
Thank you so much!! I just started my first village 4 years ago, this year will be year 5. I have found so many awesome buildings at the Goodwill as well. I just love seeing different snow villages, I would love to see your village when you set it up this year. If you would like to share, you can email me a pic to miriamsmanner@gmail.com.
I love to see our people putting together snow villages as well. In the past, I didn’t know any African Americans that did this. Since I have started, a few of my friends have started as well.
Did you see my video on painting snow village people? I have to paint a lot of my figurines to add more diversity to my village.
I will be adding a new snow village video soon, hopefully in a week. I am building a new mountain for my snow village this year and I am doing a tutorial on it.
Welcome and thank you for subscribing!!
@@MiriamsManner , You read my mind I want to doll up my dollar tree houses and the people too. I ordered 3 African American figurines from Amazon...wow can we say pricey..lol.
Thanks so much. Hopefully I will have my village together a little after Thanksgiving. Can't wait to see more videos. Have a blessed weekend.
I buy Lemax figurines from ehobbytools.com. They usually have good prices. I have found some for 3-4 dollars. They have several African American figurines to choose from. Enjoy the rest of your weekend as well. 😄
Thanks you gave me some idea about my own village...
You are very welcome!
I have some of the houses and decor and loved your way of putting a village together.
Thank you so much! 😀
Thank you Ms Merriam for the inspiration.
Love it.
You are very welcome!
Thank you. This was very helpful to show me how I can fit more buildings on my piano. You taught me how to use foam to make hills.
Hello Molly, your piano display will look fantastic Im sure! You are very welcome.
Thank u so much.I am going to make my first village this year,your video was very helpful!!!
How exciting, I’m so excited for you. You are very welcome! 😃
Thanks so much - have had a village for years and sometimes just skip putt on it all out but I won’t anymore - yours is so sweet and very well made- was throwing away styrofoam tomorrow but I’ll keep it for the next time I build my village - my teen grandsons helped this hear and loved doin it - going shopping for more trees? Merry Christmas and God bless your family!
That’s awesome! Thanks so much! 😁
This is so lovely! I am planning to set up my very first village this year and have started buying decor and accessories. Your videos were very helpful! Thank you so much!
Thank you so much! I’m so glad to hear they are helpful.
I started with villages 10 years ago, but haven't set up my village the last 7 years due to lack of space and 3 catzillas that kept attacking my villagers. I've missed it and will attempt to do my village again this Christmas. Thank you for the ideas!
That is funny. I hope you get to put it up this year and the kitty's leave it alone. You are very welcome!
You are right trees are very important did it with my parents when I was a kid im now 30 and still doing it gets bigger every year love all your advice hope you do one this year again ❤
Hello Scrappy D,
That is awesome, I love to do mine a little bigger every year too!
I am absolutely doing one this year. I will be releasing another quick tip video in by this weekend and I am almost done building my village. I should have the video done for that sometime next week. Click on the bell icon so you don’t miss it. 😄
beautiful. I, too, think trees make all the difference!
Thank you so much. 😁
Well done looks great
Thank you.
Thank you for these tips.
You are very welcome!
You've just made me want to put up my village this year for the first time in 20 years. You've made it look amazing. Thanks for all your advise and tips.
Wow Heather, that is fantastic. I am so happy to hear that. I hope you have so much fun setting it up this year.
This video was SO helpful! I am just getting started with my Christmas village and only have 9 buildings. Thank you for covering this topic!
You are very welcome! I am so happy to hear that.
The Christmas Village Queen! 🎄👑 Thanks for the tips, I set up my first Village this year!
😂😂. Thanks Lisa!! How exciting, how did it turn out?
@@MiriamsManner small but magical 😊
I would love to see it if you would like to share. If so, you can email pics to miriamsmanner@gmail.com
Merry Christmas 🎄 God job Mam
Merry Christmas Seema! Thank you so much!
Thanks for this video I have a small space and this works fine for me.
That is great Patricia, I’m glad this video has helped! 😄
Wow very beautiful!! Good job!
Thank you! 😄
I just found your channel and totally in love with all your ideas... I have had a village for 28 years this Christmas. My original plan was to add a new building piece each year, but one year my mom and Nana gave me 11 pieces at Christmas... I was so excited. They are mostly Walmart brand and a few others she found at an Eckerd’s Drug store but they go perfectly. The last few years I haven’t wanted to put it out, but I tell myself no you need to. So i decided i need to change it up & started looking at youtube. Im totally inspired to revamp it for next year. My boys graduate this next year and i know its a ways, but I want to keep it going for grand babies someday and well it just makes me happy too! God bless and Merry Christmas!
Hello Chrissy, thank you very much! I’m glad you are reinvigorated to restart your village. Your future grand babies are going to love it and you would get joy from it in the meantime. 😂. Merry Christmas and God bless you too!
Thank you for showing me (us) this is possible in a very small area. Beautiful and so are you. Merry Christmas to you and your Family.
Thank you so much Tammy. Have a very merry Christmas!!
Looks fantastic, especially when the lights came on. And the accessories and trees finish the whole picture. Nice work gorgeous.
Thank you so much!! ☺️
You did a beautiful job. Love the way you set up everything and it’s lovely to look at. Thank You.
Thank you so much! 😀
I asked for houses for Christmas and bought more after the new year. I'm hoping to get the accessories but it's hard to find people. Now I have the houses just laid out on the table. I can't wait to have a village for Christmas this year and improve it every year
Hello Kat, have you been to ehobbytools.com? They have hundreds of figurines.
@@MiriamsManner Hi. Thank you for responding but i don´t live in states so even if i would be able to order it the shipping price would probably be crazy
I love your village! It looks so beautiful.
Thank you very much!
Very nice! It’s a good inspiration to make a small villa. Thank you for sharing your Beautiful Christmas villa. Best regards from walnut Cree, California.
Thank you so much Lorena and you are welcome!!
Mariam, excellent work, thank you for sharing. By the way, nice introduction and close, pretty lady, wonderful smile, thank you for letting us see a little of your magic.
Aw, thank you so much Mark! You are very welcome! 😄
Beautiful
Thank you! 😃
Beautiful village, I really like how you setup and every piece, the trees really help, I like the little mailbox and phone booth.
Thank you so much! 😄
i bought foam board today...am going to glue pieces to it, making sidewalks out of clay, miniature flower pots, i'm putting in trees without leaves...just using small branches off my tree, going to make a miniature trellis, gazebo, fence around the village, i'm so excited
Oh my gosh!! That sounds so fantastic. Please send me pics once you are done.
Now you will have me buying all manner of holiday village pieces.
Thanks a lot
New to your channel It is lovely and your work is amazing
😂🤣. Thanks so much!
Gorgeous. You make it look so easy.
Thank you so much!
You did a great job explaining all of this. It looks like so much fun, and look how festive the village is. Thanks for the video.
Thank you so much! I’m glad you enjoyed it! 😄
Perfect thank you for making it so easy
You’re welcome 😊
Beautiful 😁👍🏻
Thank you.
Thanks for letting me know about the playlist. Just what I needed because I have a small space to set up. I have 2 glass shelving units that I will display them on. Your tips really helped and I’m hoping it will flow well.
Nice, glad they helped. Happy villaging! 😁
Oh my gosh this is beautiful!!! Good job, thanks for the tips!
Thank you very much and you are welcome!
Love your ideas
Thank you so much! 😀
Really nice set up... thanks for the tips
You are very welcome! 😃
Enjoyed watching this so much. You're right, the trees make such a huge difference. 🎄🌲🎄🌲 I'm going out tomorrow to get some to add to my village. Thank you so much for sharing your cute set up.
Thanks Lisa and you are very welcome!
Love it. Couple of more tricks - roadway - use a blow dryer to flatten the bumps out as a result of rolling it up for storage, the heat helps to flatten it. Another trick is using the TreeMote for your village. Acts like a remote without having to dig around to plug in.
Hello Jim,
Thank you so much for that tip, I would have never taken a blow dryer to my roads to straighten them. I normally just try to flatten them with books! 😂😂. I will share this tip with our group.
I do use a remote control outlet for my village so I don’t have to dig for plugs. I don’t like doing that either. For my large display, I used to crawl under my table to turn everything on. No more!! 😃
I haven’t heard of a TreeMote but it sounds similar to what I use. I will google it and check it out!
Thanks again and happy new year!!
This was such a helpful video for me, as I have never done a village but would like to start this year. We just moved into a new house and are kind of struggling to find our way with our usual traditions in these new spaces. I hope to create a warm and sparkly scene to create a little magic and nostalgia for our family. The end result of your setup was so beautiful and gives me hope I can do something similar. Thank you so much!
Hello Julianne,
Thank you so very much. I’m glad you were able to get inspiration from this video. Whatever you come up with, I know it will be special and create wonderful memories for your family.
@@MiriamsManner Thank you! I forgot to ask: is there a particular place that you pick up the trees of various sizes? It was amazing that when you started adding them in, it totally took the scene to the "real deal" level!
I get my trees everywhere and I also make a lot of my own trees.
Have you seen any of my other videos? I do have a whole Christmas village playlist that has tons of videos and helpful tips for beginners.
The trees I do buy, I get from Walmart, Michaels, and a few of the taller trees you saw I got from Ross.
I love your Christmas village !
Thank you very much for the idea! I used to set up on my kitchen counter but this year I will use a console! 😉
You are very welcome! 😄
Beautiful! Thank You so much for sharing 🌹
You are very welcome!
Very interest and helpful video , thanks lady
Hello Giovany, I’m glad it was helpful! You are welcome! 😊
I love the way you got it to look so beautiful. I set mine up in a bookcase and it was just not doing it for me. Going set it up on a table and mimic what you did somewhat. My village is about 20 years old so I weeded out some of the pieces that did not make it over the years and am left with 10 houses that I love and lots of things to go with!! Can't wait to bring the table down and start!!
Hey Barbie, I’m glad to help with some ideas. I have already started my village 😂😂😂, I just can’t wait.
Great Work on a small place, with really good ideas. Tha´s what I´ve been looking for. Thank you for this video ;-)
So glad this has helped Ro!! 😄
This is so cute 😊
Thanks.
wonderful tutorial thank you!
You are very welcome!
Lady, you need to be doing voice anime !!! No joke ! Bless up !! and Merry Christmas to you, hubby and fam from Vancouver, Canada Cheers !🥂
😂🤣😁. Thank you William. That is the first time I have ever heard that. Merry Christmas to you and your family as well.
I love your videos ❤️
Thanks so much!
Very cute!
Thank you!
THIS is what I was looking for! Ty! Happy holidays :)
Hello Irene, I’m glad you found the other videos and they were helpful! 😃.
You can always reach out with any questions that I might forget to cover in the video. I do read my comments and respond! ☺️
Sometimes it’s hard to remember every detail to include in the videos. Plus, I’m still pretty new at this so your feedback is helpful. I have tried to do a better job of incorporating those things in my newer videos.
And your little village will wow people.
Thanks Pete! 😁
I would love to see a video on using an existing book shelf for the display, I am struggling to find ideas on what works best for a backdrop other than the dark wood of the shelves plus their is such a limit on getting various heights.
Hello Jamie, I actually do not own one bookshelf in my house to show you but I can think of a few ideas you could try.
First, you can get placemats or a roll of fabric from Joann’s that you can cut to size and use as a backdrop. I have attached a few links as examples for you.
www.amazon.com/HOSNYE-Healthy-Forest-Washable-Placemats/dp/B0925J5L61/ref=mp_s_a_1_16?crid=3KHUF0AR72C5C&keywords=forest+placemats&qid=1694747161&sprefix=forrest+placemats%2Caps%2C215&sr=8-16
www.joann.com/blue-tonal-sky-keepsake-cotton-fabric/18798975.html
You could also use tall slender Christmas village trees the height of your shelves in the background.
I hope these suggestions help you. 😁
Wow ty for sharing that video...
You are very welcome Bernie!
So lovely!
Thank you!
Awesome video! This helped me a lot with my village!
Thank you so much, I’m so glad it has helped! 😃
Hi Miriam like you I also likes Christmas and I really like to make a Christmas village but unfortunately I can't because we can't buy those stuff. We are poor, my husband is only a carpenter . That's why I watch most of the video that create or have a Christmas village on it to make me happy.
Hello Miriam,
I’m glad you enjoy my video. Please check out all of the other Christmas village videos I have on my channel.
Do you happen to live in AZ? I have extra buildings I don’t use that often I could give you.
Good will salvation army that how i started mine
Ur really a great soul immediately u wanna help others May the almighty God bless you abundantly have a wonderful Christmas I loved ur creativity thank you so much
Beautiful!
Thank you! 😄
Me and my wife are enjoying this you are very talented and make it pleasurable to watch. Would you consider sometimes just putting the lights on in the village and turn off the house late so we can see it with the nighttime ambience?
Thank you guys so much for watching. I’m so glad you enjoy the videos. Unfortunately, I took that village down a while ago but I did do a nighttime view of my main village. I have attached the link for that video below.
Christmas Village Display: Dreamy Falls 2020 ruclips.net/video/FKK5AIVfk_w/видео.html
New subbie here.i love Christmas, especially if its vintage Christmas
Hello Tammi, welcome to our Christmas family 😄 and thank you for subscribing. Vintage Christmas sounds wonderful. I have been collecting Christmas ornaments since I was 19. I have some of my mother’s old glass ornaments from the 80’s but that’s as far back as my collection goes.
Super CUTE!
Thank you! 😄
Very nice
Thank u for your tips
Thank you!!
So beautiful thank you for sharing 🙏🏻🎄✨
Thank you so much!!
Absolutely beautiful great job , Merry Christmas 🎄 ❄️⛄🎄
Thank you so much Rhonda! Merry Christmas to you too! 😄
Awesome, I learned some new tips from this, thank you,!!
Great! You are welcome! 😄
I love your videos. You are awesome!!
Ah, thanks so much! That is so sweet. 😃
Thank-you! I learned some great tips!
Hello Linda,
That is awesome. Glad to help! 😄
I do things differently when I put up a train layout at work for the employees. I don't use the styrofoam blocks, preferring to use that space for people or scenes, room for a Lionel bump and go trolley,or if you have room, loop of track. I too use the 4 or 5 light cord to cut down on plugs and wires. So start out by putting down a layer or blanket of snow. It looks like felt on a roll. Then put the houses down and put the lights into them. Plug them into a six way strip just like you do. They should light up. Then put in the battery powered street lights, like you, I use a power adapter. Put them on the house side of the street, hide the wire for the battery lights under the houses, so only the wire between the houses is exposed. The lights don't need to be glued this way. Once the lights are in the houses, the battery street lights are up, cover all the wires behind the houses with blanket snow, some call it buffalo snow, it looks like something you would stuff a pillow with. Now put some trees between the houses to further hide any wires, and to mask the depth of the snow behind the houses. Next, sprinkle some loose snow, it looks like shredded plastic, over the battery powered street light wires exposed between the buildings. If it done correctly, the wires and plugs for the house lights, the battery pack and adapter for the street lights will be covered and out of sight. Last, make a scene for the people by positioning them to show a story, last sprinkle more of the loose snow around the people. The loose snow comes in two flavors, one basic white, the other is iridescent white which I like better. I've also found that something that moves gives the display some life, like skaters in a pond, or hockey players on a pond, or even a windmill that rotates. Anyway that's how I do it. Just take whatever ideas you think will help you. Oh,the bump and go trolley is designed to run-on a straight section of track,but will also run on a loop. The trolly has a bumper at each end, and when it bumps the bumper at the end of the track it reverses direction and proceeds to travel to the other end bumper and reverse direction again. So it keeps going back and fourth. Just an idea. Merry Christmas!
Hello Joseph, this is not at all how I set up my village. This was in inspiration build for beginner just getting started with small spaces. Check out my channel to get an idea of the villages I create.
I love your village and your soothing voice. Can you provide a link for the cobblestone road?
Hello MaryDee, thank you so much!! I have attached a link to my last Christmas village quick tip video. In this video, I will walk you through how to print that road towards the end of the video.
Christmas Village Quick Tip # 3 ruclips.net/video/6vmyTLZ3sFE/видео.html
Love it!!! So pretty!
Thanks so much Julie! 😁
I love your channel!!!
Aw, thanks so much! I’m glad you enjoy it! ☺️
This was FABULOUS! Thank you so much. Merry Christmas!
Thank you so much and you are very welcome! Merry Christmas! 😃