Christmas Village Display Tutorial

[@pattimurphy6536]

I am so glad I found your channel. You are a great teacher with some stinkin awesome ideas and techniques. ❤️❤️

[@MiriamsManner]

Thanks so much! 😁

[@veronicag81]

love this quick demo .

[@MiriamsManner]

Thanks! 😃

[@leesautomotive1737]

Keep up the great vid's please and thank you

[@MiriamsManner]

Thanks so much! Will do! 😀

[@michellerobinson1371]

Beautiful work Thank you so much for showing everyone how to do these steps. God bless your family.

[@MiriamsManner]

Thanks Michelle! 😃

[@juliahelland6488]

Thanks again for sharing ❣

[@MiriamsManner]

Thanks!

[@valeriefernandez3608]

Thank you very much for your encouragement through the livestreams and tutorials. Really look forward to seeing your creations.

[@MiriamsManner]

You are very welcome! 😃

[@robinwright7858]

Thank you, Professor! I like the Hot wire tool to create stairs, great tutorial!

[@MiriamsManner]

Thanks so much! 😀

[@mariesmith9507]

Thank you 🙏🏻 very much teacher Miriam that was easy.

[@MiriamsManner]

😀

[@learfamularcano]

Nice and simple tutorial! Great instructions!

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you!

[@chantebrown9720]

Definitely getting the hot wire sculpting tool for next year. As usual Miriam, fabulous!

[@MiriamsManner]

Thanks Chante’. You are going to love it!

[@fayetahgoggins2821]

WOW! Enjoyed this new demonstration with these new tools. I could tell timed saved with these tools. Your traditional way is still great due to affordability. It's your practical way of creating landscapes that helps beginners, like me feel inspired without being overwhelmed just pure fun! The tools are cool though (next level) lol

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you so much! I will continue to come up with creative, affordable and helpful ways to create new things. That’s how I started and it’s important to me to keep that foundation. Otherwise I will go broke villaging. 😄😂🤣

[@LeniceAlves.]

I loved!!! I'm doing it here now, as you taught in the video! and it's getting the prettiest thing thanks for sharing your videos with us! kisses from Brazil🇧🇷🤗🥰

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you very much! Im so happy you enjoyed the tutorials.

[@nm9412]

Thank you for your video!

[@MiriamsManner]

You are very welcome, my pleasure! 😀

[@eugeneward900]

Great video ! Thank U.

[@MiriamsManner]

Thanks so much and you are welcome! 😁

[@mariesmith9507]

Thank you 🙏🏻 very much teacher that was easy.

[@MiriamsManner]

😂🤣😂. You are very welcome!

[@luiscovarrubias1471]

Thank you soooo much I love all you make! Great ideas! Bendiciones abundantes ❤️🎅🏽🤶🏻

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you so much! 😀

[@dmanthei]

Great video. What is your preference using hot wire or plaster to make your platforms. I recently using a hotwire for my platforms and i loved how they turned out. could you do a video making brown mountains platforms?

[@MiriamsManner]

Thank you so much. I’m not sure if I have a preference, I love the look of both for platforms. I usually lean more towards the plaster to have bulky rocks for a mountain. Here is a video link below for a brown mountain I did a month ago. Christmas Village Mountain Tutorial

[@twinkeyg.6353]

Hi Miriam. How are you? I hope you had a great Thanksgiving. Thanks for the tips in this video. I really like how you created the steps. I'm gonna take your advice on the foam cutting that you always recommend. I bought a different kind from Amazon and it melted on me right in the middle of creating my rock formation 😫. I'm so not taking that route again. Thanks for everything and I'm looking forward to seeing your next video.😘👍💕💕

[@MiriamsManner]

ThNk you so much! I had a wonderful thanksgiving, thank you. I cooked way too much food though. 😂 I have replaced 4 hot knives at this point and I’m done buying cheap hot knives too. I wasted so much money.

[@user-qz5dq8kn4p]

Hello Miriam I would love to wish you and your family a belated happy thanksgiving from my family to yours I just wanted to say thank you so very much for making these wonderful vids I get a lot of ideas from watching them and I appreciate you doing this it’s funny I was telling my mother how it would be wonderful if we were neighbors she laughed and said that we would have to start collecting styrofoam now and we can share with her as well since we would be right next door lol 😂 I told her we’re not moving it’s to hot out her way lol 😂 hope you had a fabulous day and say hello to your family as well and fyi thank you so much 😊

[@MiriamsManner]

Hey B, Thank you very much, that is very sweet of you! I had a relaxing birthday which is exactly what I needed. Yes, if we were neighbors we would all be collecting styrofoam together. 😂🤣😂. And yes, it does get very hit here. What state are you in?

[@user-qz5dq8kn4p]

@@MiriamsManner omg lol I’m in Pennsylvania it’s really could here right now ugh I’m glad you had a relaxing dirty day mine was yesterday and I put my Christmas decorations up lol 😂 so I was busy I relaxed today tho lol 😂

[@user-qz5dq8kn4p]

@@MiriamsManner also wanted to say thank you so much for replying that was most kind of you thanks again 🥰

[@juliejr]

Hi Miriam another fab demo thankyou 😊..last year you demonstrated how to make ground cover using leaves will you be using them this year in your Christmas Village..? 🎄

[@MiriamsManner]

I cruelly used the ground cover on some of the platforms I built earlier this year.

[@juliejr]

@@MiriamsManner I must have missed that 😔...thankyou anyway I'm sure I'll be able to incorporate it in my display 😊 thankyou again for all the tips and tricks 😊

[@MiriamsManner]

You are very welcome! 😃

[@anitakerr3836]

Miriam what brand of Plaster of Paris stopes do you use.

[@MiriamsManner]

I have used so many different types of plaster strips. So far, Michaels has a brand with a yellow on the package that has the best plaster strips.

[@valeriefernandez3608]

Hi Miriam, This is my first village build The Dept 56 pieces I purchased use 120v but in Malaysia we use 230v. Help 🙏🏽 I can’t plug my pieces directly into the wall as my buildings maybe damaged. Can you please advise what I should do. Thank you very much and God Bless.

[@MiriamsManner]

Hello Valerie, you can buy an outlet converter that plugs directly into your outlet and then plug the dept 56 piece into that. If you go to your hardware store, just tell them you need an outlet converter for US 120v plug.

[@ringnc]

Hi Miriam! I am having so much fun playing with my HWFF tools - I sent you an email with photos and questions, but perhaps you didn’t get it? I’m wondering how you remove the thin plastic film from these large foam boards? I thought it would peel off easily, but it’s coming off in tiny strips and pieces and it’s driving me crazy. It’s going to be my Snow Village base, so mostly covered with “snow”, but there are a few spots where I want to glue on some landscape formations and I don’t think they’ll adhere to plastic. Maybe I’ll anchor them with toothpicks instead. Thanks in advance!

[@MiriamsManner]

Hey Ring, I am so happy to hear you are having so much fun with your tools. I did respond to your email last Thursday. Maybe it went to your spam folder. I just forwarded the original email I sent you. If you peel the paper off slowly, it comes off in larger sections. Someone also told me they used a hair dryer and peel it off and that worked great for them. You are right, the pieces will stick better long term if glued styrofoam to styrofoam so you really want to take off the liner.

[@ringnc]

@@MiriamsManner The hair dryer sounds like a great tip - thanks! And your email reply WAS in spam, so thanks for that as well. Back to creating after this week at the beach with my brother and sister. 😃

[@susanwebber8053]

What kind of foam are you using?

[@MiriamsManner]

It is insulation foam board. You can buy it from lowes or Home Depot. I buy the one that is 4’x8’x1.5”.

[@sulloreda]

Hi there! Miriam, sorry to bother u this way but I don't know any other way to get to u. Last month I bought on line the HFWW free hand router since I did liked it very much at your demos. No way to get anything similar here in Spain so as I said I ordered it on line (preeeety expensive shipping costs) The thing is that it doesn't work at all, not even the green light would appears. I know for sure it is not because of the voltage because I've had many times US electrical items working properly over here. Running out of time and I'm wondering if you could help with your HWFF rep. Thanks a lot.

[@MiriamsManner]

Hello Susana, I will reach out to her and let her know. Did you order it directly from the HWFF website?

[@sulloreda]

@@MiriamsManner Hi Miriam! Yip, I did. It was some days before you posted your rep mail. Thanks a lot! I appreciate it

[@MiriamsManner]

Okay, I just text my rep and I will let you know what she says.

[@MiriamsManner]

In the meantime, can you give me your email address just in case she would like to contact you? You can email it to me if you don’t want to leave it on KZbin. Email me at [e-mail]

[@sulloreda]

@@MiriamsManner Done! I do appreciate u taking care! Huge thanks!