Happy holidays

Well life is great and I have been eagerly preparing for tonight which is OUR family Christmas party...so sad to say the 10 days of ornaments is on hold---I tried really hard and do have 2 more to share but haven't photographed them or posted but will do so soon.

Hope you have a splendid holiday and I'll see you next year!!!

Xo

10 days of Ornaments - Days 5,6,7,8

Oh wow - my intentions were totally good -but I have been preparing for the

holidays and baking like a crazy person.

I did get some quick ornaments made for my kids - like an heirloom of sorts.

They were quick...all you need are the following:

some alphabet blocks

wire

misc. beads or findings & some fun

vintage pieces

drill a hole through the blocks - I used letters to coordinate with

my kids names...for the girls I wired on some pearls & vintage

earring findings and for the boys I added a vintage Christmas goody

to the bottom of the block.

here they are:

sweet & simple can't wait for them to see them...

Here are a few more ideas that I wanted to share - that are all

handmade and very sweet.

Below is a Santa that is hand sewn and hand painted by a dear friend

LULU - she is a whiz with dolls and such ... she has a fabulous ETSY shop

Here is another fun Christmas ornament that is also hand sewn

and the cats head is made of paper clay & textured...

cute right?

Here is another version of the smaller version of jello molds

I made but this is about 5 inches tall and again uses a bunch of fun

vintage pieces...

O.k. 2 days left of ideas...I will see you again soon...

Hope you are getting some fun ideas...

xo

tina



Day 4 - christmas wall hanging

Ok we have made it to day 4 - of my 10 DAYS OF ORNAMENTS

however, today's ornament is more of a piece of holiday decor

it still hangs "like" an ornament but is more like a wall hanging but I guess

this would look pretty great on a large tree inside of a sewing room or

vintage inspired tree.

Here is the ornie:

the supplies you will need are a vintage (or new) embroidery hoop

some vintage (or new) square of fabric

and some felt for the backing

a strip of ball fringe and a hanger of sorts

You will enclose the fabric square in the hoop (cut off excess) then add your hanger to the top of the hoop then hot glue your ball fringe to the edges of the hoop

and your final step is to add your felt circle to the back and then hang er' up!

Easy and fun and you can really get vintage-y! with this.

You can fill your wall with a bunch of these hoops -

here is another example of another hoop I made.

Cute right?

well I sure am hoping someone out there is liking these ornaments

if you happen to get down to this part of my post - why not leave me a howdy hello there

I would love to come by and visit you too.

I am linking this up to the following parties:

a project at a time

mad in crafts

sweet peas & bumble bees

we did it wednesdays

too cute tuesdays

show me what you got tuesdays

Happy Monday ya'll.

tina



Day 3 - Jello Ornie

Jello what? I know, but I have a ton of these fun little jello molds - mini, small & large

of which can be used for the traditional jello molding or used for sorting

things in your studio or put them even better use - your art...

So here I have created even more fun ornaments...but even easier really..

All you need is:

mini jello molds

tinsel

mini Christmas pieces and & e6000

I am sure you can tell just by looking at these what you need to do;;;

But really just set them up as a diorama of sorts...use the glue and

layer and make the itty bitty small space work and create a

wonderful little wonderland in the oh so  small mold...

what do you think? I also punched a hole in the top of the mold
with my crop-o-dile to add a hange to to add to my tree.

Sweet right....and again as with the other ornaments these would look really great

on a Christmas gift - another 2fer...LOVE that

well I hope you are getting your ornaments together...and that tree decorated. have a great sunday!

I am linking this up to the following parties this week:

SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT
SATURDAY SEVEN
SUNDAY SHOWCASE
SUNDAE SCOOP

xo

tina

Day 2 - add-on Ornament

even though I couldn't get the in-links to work I am still keeping true

to my 10 DAYS OF ORNAMENTS - hopefully some of you will share some cool

ornaments with me too....if not and you are just stopping by COOL...

o.k. so I know sometimes coming up with ideas are NOT easy but how about if you take

an already made ornament and JAZZ'er up a bit...this is really easy - like crazy easy...

I bought a pack of 2 gold glittered ornaments from the dollar store

then made a rosette (using my tim holtz die) and then I just took a vintage

german scrap santa face and stuck it on...

and check this out...looks kind of ritzy right?

I think these ornaments would also look great attached to a gift wrapped in white shipping paper or even kraft shipping paper and then a nice gold bow & these ornies hanging from the bow...

lavish - right?

Well - easy and used up more scraps - I can't complain.

I am linking this up to the following parties:

strut your stuff thursday

a crafty soiree

free style friday

ta-da tuesdays

the shabby nest

ill be back tomorrow with a another Ornament idea.

have a great weekend

xo

tina

10 days of ornaments

O.k. I gotta admit that I am full of great ideas and I often even share those

ideas out loud here on this blog and then after opening my big mouth

I forget or don't find the time to act on those ideas...I am greatly known for

opening my big mouth at the worst times...by accident of course...

But this time I am making a commitment and sticking to it.

Today I am starting 10 DAYS OF ORNAMENTS

If I can figure out how to add the in-links so you can share too...

I would appreciate all the participation possible. I think it helps when we share ideas...

wish me luck --- ok so here is my first ornament:

O.k. now I know you have most of these items in your home...

what you need are:

buttons

felt

canning jar lids & stoppers

jute or string

some floral embellishments

batting

spray paint

 spray paint the lids & punch a hole into the lid

now you can sew all the buttons on (which is what I did with my 1st ornie) which

took a really long time...

or you can glue them onto a round piece of felt then add a layer of batting

to the back of the felt then place that on the stopper and put the ring

over the stopper & buttons add the jute for hanging

then finish of the back with more felt and embellish anyway you choose

wouldn't these look great attached to a gift  a 2fer

geesh...I can't get the code to work for in-links...darn it...

ok so if you want to play just leave me a comment and I will definitely come by and visit

If you have any ideas on how to get the link tools up - I'd love to hear about it...

xo

sleep

well

tina

Oh Christmas Tree

We ran late this year on decorating for the holidays but I finally got my tree up.

Do you love that glow....I gotta tell you the secret - I have a gold tree.

May sound a bit on the old fogie side but I love my tree & yes it is artificial.

I have to tell you another secret - I kind of pulled out only the ornaments I wanted

to use this year. Left the kids "special" ornaments in boxes...

Is that bad? but I just wanted the tree less "cluttered" - I LOVE it.

How is your decorating coming?

I am linking this up to

craft-o-maniac

mad in crafts

too cute tuesdays

have a fabulous tuesday

xo

tina

Burlap Beauty

O.k. I am beyond thrilled to share this Burlap Beauty I created.

For one of my Fall shows I decided totally last minute to make

some simple wreaths out of 1.00 styrofoam wreaths and left over burlap...

I added some simple bows to the tops and a hanger -

nothing much to them and of course they didn't sell - actually the

orange & black one did - not these 2 though...

So I decided to "SPRUCE" them up for CHristmas

and even better I went with a VINTAGE theme...

I added some funky & kitschy pieces---

some plastic ivy & the cool christmas Script sign...

What do you think?

Cute right?

How are your holiday ideas coming along?

I am linking this up to the following parties:

inspire me friday
the shabby nest
friday favorites
transformation thursday
sunday scoop
saturday seven
we did it wednesdays

xo
tina

Life....

Is it sad that this was one of my biggest accomplishments this week?

I used Panko japenese bread crumbs and boy oh boy did they make the chicken extra crispy.

Yumm...and I tried out my "new to me" fryer...that takes a little getting used to but overall not a bad meal. Tell me you have weeks that you don't do anything to great but take great pride

in the smallest accomplishments...

Hope you have a great and accomplished weekend.

I have a birthday weekend set up for my girl...

talk soon...

xo

tina