Day 74 - Alternative to cards on a string

Today I made an alternative way to display Christmas cards, using pegs, cardboard and glitter glue. I also used some scrap strips of pleather for decoration. Hopefully this will stop the constant picking up cards game.

Day 73 - DIY wrapping paper

Every year I think long and hard about wrapping, last year I went for the brown wrap with gold stampings and twirly strips of paper. This time I started off with some blank white sheets of paper and a load of ideas. I wanted something simple and effective, that could be easily repeated but didn't take forever. This design is ridiculously simple, I used gold and silver glitter glue to draw quick swirly trees at random, I then used a snowflake stamp with gold ink for some depth and a Merry Christmas train stamp to sit under the tree. The last step was using an eraser on the end of a pencil, dipped in blue ink and dotted around the tree 'branches' for the suggestion of baubles. Now I have wrapping paper, little tags made from the handmade paper I produced a few weeks back and a vague idea for presentation, but that will be another day. :)

Day 72 - Home is where the Christmas Chaos is...

So this is where I see all of the things I have made over the last few days. The Man got excited and put hats on all the Game of Thrones people, which is pretty fun and the Cat is rediscovering his love for shiny Christmas trees...

 

Day 68 - DIY homemade wreath

I've had a lot of fun working on this the last few days, I started the base on Tuesday evening, made simply of lollipop sticks. I covered the base with plaited string to give it depth and something I could sew onto. Then I ruffled strips of green tule and wrapped it around the centre of my star focusing on one quarter to build it up more. I stitched it in place in a few places adding some gold bells as I went. I cut the leaves from some scrap pleather donated from Natalie :) (Thanks Nat) and stitched them on too. After that it was a matter of foraging for pine cones, tying bows and adding a few fimo candy canes found in my studio, oh and some more bells :)

I've never actually had a wreath before so this is my first and I totally love it. Can't wait to see what Taz makes with hers.

Day 67 - DIY wreath, part 1

I began the wreath creation by making a star base out of lollipop sticks. I used woodglue to stick it together and pegs to hold the sections together while they dried. Later I will collect some wintery foliage and other things to decorate my wreath. I think lollipops have so many uses, and have a lot of potential for unique decorations. It doesn't look like much at the moment but I have a plan in my brain. The man really wants me to make a mario star, but...no.

Day 66 - Felt garland in Christmas colours

Using the offcuts of felt from the previous projects this week I made a number of felt circles and strung them together with beads for spacing. It's pretty cute I might make a few and put them in the windows...it's going to be pretty christmassy up in this house! :)

Day 63 - Christmas tree decoration, hearts

I've been stitching these for days, I actually cut them at the same time as the trees which is almost a week ago. It's been a busy week making presents, decorations, working and school but I think I've finally caught up with myself. Which means I have a bit of time to catch up on a few missed days recently...hopefully. Anyway, to go with my mini trees I've made these hearts too, they still need a ribbon for hanging but I'm waiting for it to arrive.