December 1, 2009

Only 24 days to go now! I'm loving the hussle and bustle of the season. We put our tree up thanksgiving weekend. It's a 9ft tall Fraser Fir and it is beautiful!! I still have a bit of shopping to do and I think I will get out and do a little of that today.

Enjoy the season!!

Fall decor

It has been a beautiful Fall like day today and I have enjoyed it so much!! I worked on putting my Fall decor up some more today and I'll try and get some pics posted here in a day or so. After getting it up I've realized that I could use a lot more,lol. I didn't seem to have as much as I thought I had so maybe I will hit the stores again this week and see if I can find some Fall bargains.

Weekend Bargains

I found these Fall decor items over the weekend, the acorn placemats were 50 cents each! I only spent about 5 or 6 dollars for everything! It was such a pretty weekend that I didn't get around to doing any inside decorating so I will work on it a little each day this week and maybe finish up by the weekend.

It's almost time!!

I can hardly wait till the weekend so that I can put up my Fall decor!! I've have hit the Dollar Tree several times and picked up a lot of cute new stuff to add to my existing collection. I plan to finish my Fall cleaning by Friday so that I can decorate all day Saturday! I think once I get my Fall decor up and finished I will take pictures and create a slideshow to share with everyone.

Handmade ornaments for my Fall Tree

I finally finished my first set of ornaments for my Fall tree. We are huge Tennessee Vols fans so of course I had to make some Vols ornaments for my tree. I hope to get another set done this week.

Autumn decor

Here is a pic of some goodies I found at the Dollar Tree to decorate with for Fall! I can't wait to get started on my Fall decor! The kids go back to school Monday so next week I will start pulling my decorations out of the attic and going thru them.

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Fall

Fall and football season are right around the corner! Ol Smokey is ready for some Tennessee Football!!!

I've been busy today making some TN Vols ornaments for my Fall tree!

CIJ Sale finds..

I found these cute little bowls on the clearance isle at walmart the other day and bought 9 of them. They are fourth of July decor but with them being stars and red I thought they would make nice Christmas party decor or even Christmas gifts! If I decide to use them as gifts I think I will put homemade candies or cookies in them and maybe package 3 of them together with some cello wrap and a bow for a nice handmade gift.

Rudy Day Crafting

Here are some pics of my "rudy day" crafts.

I made little magnets for my frig out of wooden shapes by painting them and applying a magent to the back. I also made some ornament hooks for my Twilight themed Christmas tree that I am going to have this year. I also started on a Twilight ornament but haven't finished it yet.

Instructions for making the elves

what you'll need:

2 wooden beads 25 mm or 1 inch wooden balls with small holes in bottom
2 split peas for noses
2 small jingle bells
2 chenille stems 12"inches long
2 pieces of felt 2 1/2 x4" each in two colors cut into "fat triangles"
2 pieces of 1/8" wide ribbon in coordinating colors
acrylic paints : flesh color,red,white,black
hot glue gun
glue sticks
acrylic gloss sealer


Get Started:

glue nose to each wooden ball (heads) then paint the heads flesh color. Once that is dry paint on the eyes, cheeks, and mouth and let dry. Spray with sealer and let dry.

Cut the felt into 2 "fat triangle" shapes and wrap around the head to get a good fit and then glue the felt together after its dry glue the felt hats to the heads and bend the top down, apply a small amount of glue to keep it down and then glue the bell on the tip of the hat.

Wrap chenille stems around a 12 inch dowel rod or pencil to create the coils. straighten one end about a half inch and apply glue and then stick the stem in the hole in the wood ball (head). Tie a ribbon to each chenille stem.

If you want to hang them on the tree just tie a ribbon around the hat where it bends and whala!

handmade elf and snowmen ornies

Here are the cute little elf ornies I made today! They are so cute I think I will display them now instead of waiting till the holidays, lol!

I also made some cute little snowmen ornies out of popsickle sticks. They could also be used as embellishments on gifts as well.

how to make melted snowmen ornies

I had a comment asking how to make the melted snowmen ornies so I will share the info and you can make a few of your very own.

items needed:
aluminum foil
hot glue gun
glue sticks
black glass beads for eyes and mouth or wiggly eyes and a black chenille stem for mouth
orange chenille stem for nose
ribbon for hanger

instructions:
heat up your glue gun and lay your foil out on your work area, once the gun is good and hot insert a glue stick and start making a puddle of glue. Before the glue starts cooling add your eyes and nose and mouth. I added my ribbon before I put the eyes on and added a little more glue on top of where the ribbon is. Don't try to make a perfect circle of glue. The whole idea is a melting snowman so it will not be perfectly shaped.