I’ve been buying chocolate advent calendars for years, however I never display them because they are tacky.  We usually hide them on top of the fridge and take them down each morning for the girls to open their special doors and then we place the calendars back in their hiding spot.  However, this year we decided to put and end to the chocolate advent calendars, instead… we created our very own Advent Calendar.  Oh and not just an advent calendar but a huge 4 feet wall mounted advent calendar. It’s really GORGEOUS!!  I wish I would have been able to [...]

No Sew Ribbon Christmas Tree Skirt created with decorative ribbon, fabric and a hot glue gun.  Easy and fast to create with absolutely no sewing. I’ve been seeing so many cute Christmas Tree Skirts everywhere, I even featured The Crafty Blog Stalker’s No Sew Ruffle Tree Skirt a few weeks ago on From Dream To Reality. Our Christmas tree is going to be very bright this year and so I figured it will need a new tree skirt that will fit the new colors. I was searching for fabric to make my own, however no luck finding what I wanted.  One [...]

Cute and simple!! Supplies:Foam BallsWoolRibbonButtonsHot Glue Gun Step 1:Cut a piece of ribbon (this is the piece that will hang your ornament on the tree), fold it in half and use your hot glue gun to put a dot of glue about 1/2” from the bottom. Step 2:Use hot glue to glue the ribbon unto the foam ball. Step 3:Put a dot of glue on the foam ball and glue a piece of wool. Start wrapping the wool around the ball.Don’t forget.. you can use glue at any time to make sure the wool stays tight on the ball. Step [...]

I made this wooden Noel centrepiece last year. Unfortunately, I do not have pictures of each step. Supplies: Wooden letters (I bought mine at Walmart) Scrapbook paper Wooden base (optional) Mod Podge Embellishments Gold Paint Sealer Glue gun Step 1: Trace your letters on scrapbook paper and cut them out.  (To trace my letters, I photocopied each letter with a photocopier and cut out the shapes and then I placed them on the scrapbook paper I had and cut them out.) Step 2: Paint your letters. (You can also put a little bit a paint on the edges of your [...]

My very first felt creations: I made the green one last week.. a test run to see if I could actually make something with felt. I think it turned out quite well if I can say so myself. :) They are quite simple to make.. no special skills required. :) Supplies: Felt Buttons Ribbon Stuffing Embroidery Thread Thread Needle Scissors Glue Gun Step 1: Fold your felt in half and cut out the desired shape.  (You can draw the shape unto the felt, however I just winged it).   Step 2:You have two options here.  You can immediately sew on [...]

Do you purchase pre-made holiday cards or do you create your own? I usually create my own cards.This is our card from last year: I used Mari Koegelenberg’s Jubilee kit and used Truly Blessed Design’s (Marsha) template. The year before that I made cards with buttons.  I made the buttons look like Christmas balls.  It was quite easy.  I glue the buttons on the card and used a black pen to make the hooks.  Unfortunately I do not have a photo of the cards. Here are a few Christmas cards made with buttons for some inspiration: Button Christmas Card by [...]

I have lots of Christmas ball ornaments with nothing on them so I decided to dazzle them up. I started off with a regular Christmas ball: Gathered all the dollar store jewels I had, along with some nice Christmas ribbon: And started applying the jewels to the balls.(What’s fun with the jewels I bought at the dollar store is that they already have glue on them.. no need to apply glue to stick them on the ball). Once I was done applying the jewels, I added a beautiful Christmas ribbon. I also dazzled some red ones with green jewels.  Silver [...]