Handmade Christmas

This year we wanted to renovate

our Christmas decor, but

we had so many Christmas

decorations already!

So, we decided to reuse some old

decorations, add a few Black Friday

finds, and a touch of vintage 

flare to make a handmade Christmas

that was in our holiday budget ~

Our creation tools:

Adding German Glass Glitter to

the ornament toppers and

music sheets to the ornaments

added vintage touches ~

We also made some Mercury Glass

ornaments ~

You can find the tutorial for

Mercury Glass here ~

After a day of creating we

had all new decorations 

for our handmade Christmas ~

Have fun this Christmas adding

your own handmade touches to 

your decor ~ Merry Christmas!

Farmhouse Enamelware for Christmas

We love the farmhouse look

of vintage enamelware ~

Since Christmas is right

around the corner, we

thought we would show you

an easy decorating idea

using enamelware for the holidays ~

All the fun things we found 

at the flea market ~

First, we drilled holes in the

bottom of a bucket ~

Then added soil from our garden ~

And planted holiday plants such

as rosemary which we can use in 

our Christmas cooking ~

The finished project is an easy,

colorful addition to your

vintage decorating ~

We have lots of enamelware

on sale here so you can create

your own farmhouse decor ~

12 Days of Christmas Bags Tutorial

We had fun today working

on a tutorial that is 

super easy ~ We have made

it even easier with kits 

available on our website :)

This project we are showing

early so that you have

plenty of time to work

on it before Christmas ~

These 12 days before 

Christmas bags can be hung

as we have shown or

you could put them on 

your Christmas tree ~

We thought it would be fun

for children to find the

number and open a little

gift for that day ~

You could fill the bags

with candy canes 

or a hand written fun

thing for the day ~

Use your imagination ~

1. We have tea dyed the

bags so the first

step is to use the citra

solv method to transfer

the numbers on the bags ~
You could also stencil
 numbers on ~ 

2. Glue strips of lace

across the top of the bag ~

3. Cut a piece of tea dyed

cheesecloth into a 

2 x 2.5 inch square ~

Scrunch it in the middle

and glue it on the lace ~

4. Glue on a button ~

Next just fill with

fun things that can 

be opened each of the 

12 days before Christmas ~

You can use string with 

clips to hang them

or you can hang them on

your tree ~

If you would like to 

purchase a kit to make

your own they are 

available here ~

Have fun!!

Tutorial Sneak Peek

I just wanted to give you

a sneak peek of a tutorial

we will be sharing in

the next couple of days 

on our blog ~

We will have some kits

available too!!