~Spun Cotton Snow Folke~

I have ALWAYS wanted to make spun cotton ornaments!!  It took me years (over 10 to be exact) of off and on study, to finally gather enough information to feel comfortable in making them in the proper manner to truly call them "spun cotton" ornaments  It is believed that Spun Cotton ornaments began in 19th century Germany. All manner of  shapes were made from cotton batting that was hand-molded around wire forms to create Christmas ornaments, animals and the like.  I have always loved them and wanted to be able to make them in as close to the traditional way as possible. Unfortunately, finding out what, exactly, is the traditional way of making them was not an easy task. SO..I've taken what is known and mixed it with my own personal style and created these sweet little Snow-Folke. Each one is hand made, by me, with many, MANY layers of organic cotton roving over a traditional wire armature.  I then add a bit of paint (not much as I really like them as simple as possible) then add tiny