Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts

March 15, 2012

Paper Flower Ornament

I was asked how I did this ornament from this post .



How to:

1. Cut one piece of 8 1/2" x 11" paper into 1" strips (oriented landscape so you end up with 11 strips).

2. Stack them and staple them once in the center, then fold the stack in half to form a little book. (If the strips are too long for your stapler to reach the center, either trim them a bit shorter or swing your stapler open and staple the stack on a magazine or cutting mat. Then bend the staple closed.)



3. Put a little piece of double-stick tape at the tip of the first "page." Then bend it inward toward the center and stick it down. Repeat for every "page" until you have a circular flower shape.

4. Hang with invisible thread. (Yeah, there is such a thing! You can buy clear thread at a fabric store.)  or you can use clear fishing line.

November 5, 2011

Christmas Round up Part 3 {Christmas Decor}

Every year, after I get out the Christmas decoration I am amazed at how little I have. So I am going to do a project a year until I feel this 'problem' is resolved.

I have found some good ideas on pinterest.


   Are you Christmas Decoration impared or overloaded?

November 4, 2011

Christmas Round up Part 2 {Christmas Sewing}

Usually each year I get all excited about sewing something for the littles...and then reality happens and the sewing doesn't.
I am starting earlier than normal and hopeing to actually get it done this year.  Wish me luck!

Here are a few ideas I've found:




Source: etsy.com via Krymsen on Pinterest




I could really use a foolproof nightgown pattern!  If you have one PLEASE share :)

November 3, 2011

Christmas Round up Part 1 {Christmas Ornaments}

I have the goal of making an ornament for my kids each year.  That way when the leave home and start their own families they will have a bunch of ornaments from me to start with.

Here are the contenders for this year:

December 20, 2010

Holiday Note-to-Self

Here is what always happens in the month of December.  I start out having a great list of projects, cleaning jobs, and stuff to organize, BUT...
due to my already chaotic existence the possibility of getting anything done other than the very necessary is brought about purely by divine intervention.
SO I stay up until Dave the Rooster starts saluting the sunrise just to feel like a good mom/wife.
After years of operating this way I have come up with my very own AH HA moment!

December 12, 2010

Fun Christmas Tree Ornaments {Paper Ornaments}

The girls and I made some fun ornaments from Christmas Scrapbooking paper I had hanging around from last year.  Here are the results: