Sunday, November 28, 2010

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas.

I had a FANTASTIC weekend. I hope you did too. I'm currently working on making a granny square Christmas stocking for myself and Kimber. I might have to post this as tomorrow's D.I.Y. It's really cute. The Christmas decor around the house is coming together nicely. The only thing we have left to do is some wall art and Jason is supposed to put the Christmas lights on the house.



OH! And I have awesome news. We just ordered my birthday/Christmas present.

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I don't have to annoy you guys with anymore stupid mobile pictures!!! It's so pretty. I can't wait to hold it. I'm already thinking about doing a 365 project. Remember to enter my giveaway!

Friday, November 26, 2010

Black Friday Give-Away!!!

This is my very FIRST give-away on my blog!! Yay! Up for grabs is a Crochet Christmas Tree Garland handmade with love by yours truly. Value of this give-away is $25. This is JUST in time for Christmas decorating. It's perfect in an entry way or hung on your fireplace. Each tree is approximately 5 in. X 4 1/2 in. The whole garland is about 4 feet in length. All you have to do to get this darling garland is LEAVE A COMMENT and FOLLOW ME!! I will pick a random winner on Monday. Good luck!!



unedited picture with real color.

Monday, November 22, 2010

24 Before 25.

I will be turning 24 on December 4th. This is a goal list of 24 things I want to do before I turn 25.


inspiration found here

D.I.Y. Monday! Crochet Gingerbread House.

Happy Monday everyone! Today I'm doing a lot of catching up on my handmade Christmas gifts, so here is a tutorial I found on lionbrand.com that is now on my list of things I need to crochet before Christmas...along with 4 blankets, a tree skirt, garland and I haven't finished ONE of them yet. EEK! I'll be crocheting a blanket ALL day today until I run out of yarn. NOTE TO SELF: Buy A LOT more yarn this week.



tutorial found here

TIP: This OH so cute gingerbread house can be made into a really cute holiday garland or hang it on your tree as an ornament.

Sunday, November 21, 2010

D.I.Y. Magazine Christmas Trees.

This D.I.Y will save you money and help save paper. :)

MAGAZINE CHRISTMAS TREE:


These Christmas Trees made from magazines are great for a Christmas Dinner centerpiece or fantastic on a fireplace mantle. All you need for this is one old magazine (doesn't matter what size) and your hands. The more pages the magazine has the fuller the tree will look. You can also spray paint them and decorate them however you want. I'm going to be spray painting mine silver once I get home from work tonight.

Step One:
Break the magazine binding by bending it back and forth.


Step Two:
Starting with the front cover, fold the right corner of the page to the center (as shown in picture). Repeat process on every single page of the magazine.


Step Three:
Starting with the front cover again, fold in half from right to left. The fold will look kind of like a tie. Repeat process on every page until the end.


Step Four:
Starting with the front cover, yet again, fold the point of the "tie" and tuck inside. Repeat this process on every page until the end.


Step Five:(optional)
Spray paint any color you want. Make sure you're in a well ventilated area. After the spray paint dries you could spray it with adhesive and cover it in glitter, glue on cute buttons, felt balls, the options are endless. GO CRAZY!!

Saturday, November 20, 2010

My Christmas List.



1.) Any Cathrineholm Lotus Enamelware piece. I want to start collecting them.

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2.) This Singer Sewing machine.

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3.) Pow Wow Poncho Blythe. She's so pretty!!

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Buy here.

4.) Yarn, Yarn and more yarn. I can never have enough yarn.

Monday, November 15, 2010

I Apologize.

For not posting a D.I.Y tutorial today. I've been crazy busy with planning for the holidays, crocheting Christmas presents until my hands bleed, chasing down my two year old that is always going a hundred miles an hour and Mondays are usually pretty crazy at work...I just need to

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I promise to have a D.I.Y. post tomorrow. Love you guys.