Christmas DIY List

It’s that time of year again, my favourite time to get my craft on with hand made Christmas goodness! I’ll be heating up my glue gun, getting sparkles on my face all while playing some sweet carols in the background.

Here is a sampling of some of the projects I’m planning on making. I’ve already picked up a few supplies at Michaels as they had crazy sales last week, (this week there is a 50% off coupon on one item) and I’ll be using what I have at home to get my festive DIY on! Who’s excited?

Click on the photos to link to the tutorials.

1. Paper Wreath – Last year I used some old sheet music to create a few pinwheels for our tree. This year I’ll be using the same lovely paper to craft this wreath for our door although I think I’ll find something different for the center.

2. Scrabble Ornaments – I love using scrabble pieces to create! When I saw this idea, I knew it would be on my list of DIY.

3. Gift Tags -  My mom has this owl punch from stampin’ up that can be used to make these two adorable Christmas creatures. I think I’ll use them as gift tags for my presents this year.

4. Hershey Kiss Mouse – “Not a creature was stirring” I thought these would be cute to pass out to co-workers to spread  a little tiny holiday cheer.

5. Glittery Ornaments – These bad boys have the glitter INSIDE of them, so maybe I won’t be getting a face full of sparkles. I can’t wait to make some of these pretties for our tree!

6. Holiday Subway Art – Now this one I’m really excited about. It’s actually just a file you download and print out on a 16 x 20 piece of paper. How cool is that? I’ll just need to get a frame and, BOOM, instant holiday art!

Well that’s all for now. These projects should keep me busy for a while. I also have some handmade Christmas presents that I need to make for just about 3 weeks from now. So I need to get on it!

Happy Crafting!

Mini Birthday Bunting

For my mother’s birthday I made this little mini cake bunting out of some thrifted vintage fabric. I cut out a double sided triangle and hot glued it together over the lacy ribbon. Cute, simple and reusable!

And one of the Tay man because he wanted to.

Weekend Project {Fabric Floral Necklace}

I completed one of  my “To Do” projects today. This pretty fabric floral necklace was as easy as the directions indicated. You can find it here @ Little Miss Momma

I used some of the thrifted fabric from a church sale a while back to make my flowers and added one piece of vintage lace in the middle.

Picked up this lovely bunch of delphiniums at the St. Lawrence market this morning. So beautiful!

Weekend Project Complete

This embroidery hoop project was on my list to do before the end of May.
It was fun pulling out fabric and finding other fun ways to customize the hoops and make them each unique yet all coordinate together.

I hot glued each piece of fabric to the inside of the hoop.

Amy Butler fabric::Vintage lace on blue::Hand stitched embroidery bird::

I made this organza flower with pearls a while back, it matched perfectly.

One project down, three to go.

What did you do this weekend?

We had a lovely time with family celebrating and remembering the death and life of Jesus and the grace we have been granted through His sacrifice.

I picked up some pretty flowers I had to share as well.

I just can’t resist my favorite flower {Ranunculus}

Spring Garland Inspiration

After making my cupcake garland, I was inspired to look for other cute ways to decorate for spring using garlands::

Source: If you have a Cricut or Sizzix this is a great option

Source: Doilies are super cheap and very pretty

Source: Love the idea of adding a white string of lights between, but is this safe?

Source: PAINT CHIPS! Who would have thought? Not me, but I love it.

Source: I have some of these foam eggs from Dollarama kicking around somewhere.
I like the thought of using them, but not all linked together. Maybe with something in between them…hmm, but what? Any thoughts?
*Loose pieces of lace bunched together
*Wooden spools
*Faux leaves

DIY Spring Cupcake Garland

I was browsing through the dollar store one evening and saw these small doilies and floral cupcake liners. I remembered seeing a few different versions of this adorable garland and wanted to give it a try. I think I’ll give it to my niece for her bedroom the next time I see her as it’s a pretty girly project.

It took no time to whip together by hole punching multiple doilies and liners at once and then stringing them on the twine.

Spring Tulip Bouquet

Flowers always make me happy.
They add that little bit of colour to your table and a pop to your room.
I just can’t wait for spring and had to buy a few bunches of bright tulips from the flower market.

If I had a spring wedding, I’d make a tulip bouquet and use every bulb plant and flower imaginable to decorate.

Happy Weekend!

 

DIY Mini Felt Stocking Ornament

I wanted to make a little something for my two nieces that could be
a tradition every year from their aunty. Ornaments are cute, fast
and easy to whip up! Of course I made one for my son as well. 

Supplies
* felt from craft store
*scissors
*cardboard
*glue gun
*thread and needle
*buttons
*ribbon

1. Draw a small stocking shape on a piece of cardboard and cut out.

2. Trace onto  a piece of coloured felt. Cut out two pieces for a back and front.
Also cut two long rectangles for the top part of each each stocking.

3. Choose buttons and stich only on one piece of the stocking.
Do not stitch them together. Start warming your glue gun.

4. Stitch real, but fake stitching on the front of the stocking.
Now I say real, but fake, because I didn’t actually stitch the two pieces of
felt together.

5. After the stitching is complete, start gluing. First, glue the two stocking
pieces together. Second, glue the back rectangle piece to the
back of the stocking. Add and glue a loop of ribbon between the back and front of the rectangle and glue together. Add pretty ribbon or lace to decorate the front.

DIY Sheet Music Pinwheel Ornaments

I was eager to get my craft on when I found these sweet sheet music books at Goodwill for 99cents each.

I’m not sure if these are called pinwheels, but it’s the best description I can find.

I followed a tutorial found here at Style Me Pretty.

 

Add buttons or any other kind of bling. Love!

DIY Christmas Arrangements

Christmas is the perfect time to experiment with a variety of floral designs.
Using out of the box containers is a great way to add a unique look and style to create something that is not typical for Christmas.

I made this for my mother in law using a white creamer.
I paid $1.50 for it on half price Friday at the local Goodwill.

I only bought the hypericum berries and spruce and used the other
accessories from my Christmas stash. The pinecones, small bulbs
and ribbon are wired and plucked in the arrangement.
(I know, I should have taken pictures, but was in a rush).

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This isn’t an arrangement per say, but it’s a super easy idea for
someone less adept in designing  with flowers.

Buy a fern type plant, or one of those mini Christmas trees,
ideally place it in a pretty pot. I didn’t have one, but at least the
original container is green, meh, it will do. I used the lid of a
take out container to hold the bells and small glass ornaments
and also any water that leaks.

The little fern was $4.99 and adds such a nice live touch to our place.
Easy Peasy!!