60 Days and counting

Wow, this year has zoomed by and so I know Christmas will be here before we know it!

What are you doing to get ready? 

Lots of people are talking about getting organized and planners, so with us all on board to get ourselves organized so that we can have a joyous, carefree season, thought I would share some budget friendly decorating/crafting  ideas.

Dress Up your child’s toy barn

Turn even the most prosaic scene into a winter wonderland.
A couple of smart touches — mini wreaths, coconut-flake "snow" — bring Christmas cheer to a nostalgic toy barnyard. 

 

Spin yarn into a wreath with pop appeal. {I think this is so adorable}

To craft this door wreath, wrap Styrofoam balls (in various sizes) and a Styrofoam wreath form with colored yarn. Then use a glue gun to affix the balls onto the form. I also think this would be pretty as a table centerpiece with a hurricane lantern in the center nestled around a big chunky candle.

Create  your own Winter Wonderland

Transform a ready-made, unadorned card-stock village by customizing the buildings with wrapping paper. Finish off the scene with tinsel wreaths, tabletop trees, and toy deer, sprinkled under a soft blanket of snow.

Cindy

♫♪That's the jingle bell,♫♪
♫♫♪That's the jingle bell,♫♪
♫♪That's the jingle bell rock.♫♪

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Some holiday projects

that I will be working on this year.  Hopefully I will get them all accomplished before the holidays. 

You can get a tutorial to make this wreath by checking out Eddie Ross.  Although I love this one, I will be doing mine in more traditional colors that will compliment my decor.  I just think this is beautiful and very classy.

 

 

 

 

 

I will also be trying my hand at this wreath for outside.

You can get the tutorial on this wreath by visiting Rachel at Made with Love and Glue. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And I think these are adorable….gonna make these for me

 

Traci at Beneath My Heart has a wonderful tutorial on making these coasters.  So simple and easy and you could make them very expensively.  How cool is that?

 

One other little goodie, I think I might make is a decorated  altered clip board.  This project comes from Jill over at Controlling my Clutter.  You can also find another great tutorial at Candy Shoppe Designs.This is to cute for words.  I plan on making a holiday one to keep my notes attach too during the season.  Take a peek….

 

 

Now I think these are adorable too, and really easy to make, you can find a wonderful tutorial at Mama Thompson.  I think this is something you could even do with your children, and how proud they would be with the finished product.

 

 

 

Mandy over at Moody Girl Projects made these great Christmas Chalkboards, and we all know how much we love those.  I think having a bunch of small  ones throughout the house to write little messages on is a great idea. 

 

So now I have shown you a few things that I plan to make over the next few weeks. How bout you?

Christmas Blessings,

Me

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