Let’s wrap up this snowfall tree, shall we? So earlier this year I showed you the garland for this tree, we’ve covered fancying up existing ornaments, I shared the quilled snowflake, the polymer clay ornament, and the beaded snowflake, and now it’s time to share a few last simple ornaments and bring it on home. […]
[Continue reading...]Beaded Snowflake Ornament
December 11, 2008
These were some of the original ornaments I made nearly ten years ago for our first Christmas tree. Like most of my best ideas, they needed to be cheap, easy to make in quantity and make a big impact on the tree. These snowflakes use what I always happen to have around, and they have […]
[Continue reading...]The Humble Polymer Clay Ornament
December 11, 2008
I think there are two types of ornaments. The stunners that look beautiful on a hanger, and the workhorses that look beautiful on a tree. Today’s ornament is a definite workhorse. When I was contemplating a snow themed tree, I knew that a lot of the ornaments were going to be roughly the same shape. […]
[Continue reading...]Quilled Snowflake Ornament
December 10, 2008
Today I have a big fat tutorial to share with you. It looks really really scary and detailed, but it’s not so bad. Trust me. I’ll hold your hand through the whole thing. I’ve made a ton of these over the years and they never fail to elicit oohs and aahs. This is a perfect […]
[Continue reading...]Make it Wonderful
December 9, 2008
My mother-in-law Sally is not what you would call a crafter. Even after ten years of sharing a family, she still counsels me to buy something I could make just to save myself the trouble. The closest she gets to crafting is what she calls, “Making it Wonderful.” Sally’s methods are simple. Buy something from […]
[Continue reading...]Presenting….the new tree for 2008
December 7, 2008
This is the view from the bottom of my stairs. Since I caught the Christmas bug, I’ve dreamed of having a little indoor Christmas tree farm. And slowly, slowly, I’m working towards that goal. I’ve been working on this tree from the moment I finished the work on the house, and I’m still working on […]
[Continue reading...]Snowflake Gift Tag
December 6, 2008
By now it should come as no surprise that my over-the-top-ness extends to every insignificant detail of Christmas, so I couldn’t think about leaving out the gift tags. Each year I pick my wrapping paper early and buy enough to wrap all my presents in matching paper that coordinates with the tree. And then I, […]
[Continue reading...]An Assortment of Wreaths
December 6, 2008
Wreaths seem to be my new obsession. Last year I made some Halloween wreaths, which I still have to share with you, of course, and that kind of launched me into a wreath making frenzy. Just like my garland experience, I had made a couple of wreaths in the past and didn’t love them, and […]
[Continue reading...]Christmas draped all over the place
December 4, 2008
Floral design was one of those things that intimidated me for a long time. I’m a self taught crafter, and somehow I thought that there was some mysterious trick to floral design that I just wouldn’t be able to crack. A few years ago when I was working at a Michaels running the classroom department, […]
[Continue reading...]Need a family night activity? I’ve got you covered.
December 3, 2008
So this post isn’t strictly Christmasy, but if you stick around for the next couple of weeks, it will come back around. Honest. I’m sure most of you have probably seen that cool new site wordle.net It’s a nifty little application that can make word art out of whatever text you submit, using the frequency […]
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