Christmas leftovers and Christmas Alley

So a few nights ago I saw these reindeer ornaments on Martha Stewart .com and decided they were cute enough to make a whirl at. She actually has santa clause and snowmen too but went to Walmart to find some buttons and they had an assorted pack of brown for $1.50 which one can't beat that price on buttons. So that is why I just did the reindeer. These are INCREDIBLY easy to make so I might try the other characters. You can find the directions on her page but its pretty self explanatory. I think they are in the kids craft ideas and would definitely concur. No hot glue, minimal scissor. EASY EASY EASY ! The next is a project I threw together with some leftovers I had--a santa garland. I ordered the clip art from ArtChix and thought I'd use it on my advent calendar and they were just too large for that. (Advice: when you order stuff online to save on shipping order extra or order for future projects or to inspire future projects). Then I had all these pipe cleaners and so I strung them together with hot glue. Another easy project. (opinion: Craft projects add up quickly in cost. However, rarely will one project use up all the material you bought and thus the leftovers can be used for future projects.

Klimt, The Weepies, Stars

Oh Chritsmas Tree

So I showed you my tree and I thought Id share a link to some different takes on the traditional christmas tree, there's more click away. (link)

Oh so Pretty

So it is a lazy Sunday and thought I'd check out whats out there in the WORLD WIDE WEB. So I came across Teresa McFayden's My Minutia blog. I have here a few samples of her work just in case one does not believe it is worth the click to view her fabulousness. Her Blog is sensory overload with lovelies and I'll have to rampage into it over the next week or so. I'll also link to her paper bella page. Talent envy here.

Wikihow!!!

What is this ! I love Wikipedia, the idea of a culture group creating and writing history. Now WikiHow!

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How creative. Some ideas I saw are a miniskirt made out of duck tape and dealing with bad kissers. I found the site looking at this though:


Cute winter snowflake . Instructions anyone?

Blueprint

Here's the item I wanted to blog about from the Blueprint magazine. These are just regular candles coated in MS glitter. The only concerns I had about these is A) that glitter is expensive so how much would you need? and B) is this a fire hazard? What happens to the glitter when the candle starts burning?.. I would recommend using a candle with a similar color to the glitter and only coat the sides with glitter. P.S. check out Blueprint. I'm not sure the concept but its a MS magazine and appears to be geared towards a younger audience. Though this is speculation. Magazine subscription was $9.00 on one of the fliers and I was hooked!

Last of the O Winter ideas

I would honestly have this deer in my room all year! I think it is that cute. I'm sure this is something one either thinks its TACKY or adorable. The deer is actually a gun target for hunters that has been painted this whimsical ice blue. I dont have the the starch white walls and staircase or the chandelier with match ornaments to pull this look off but OH WHAT FUN! On the mantel I wanted to point out the garland its made with silver baker's cups, beads, silver construction paper, etc. There aren't any instructions so how you would go about making this I do not know but very neat.