HoneyBear Lane: Peppermint Cupcake Tower. Twig & Thistle & DIY Pine Cone Garland. My mother in law, Marilyn, had this idea last year but I never had the time to make one. I had completely forgotten about it until last week when I saw (and smelled) those cinnamon scented pine cones that pop up this time of year. Well I bought a bag of them and the rest of the materials on the spot and I’m just thrilled with how it turned out! It was so easy to do and now the house smells like cinnamon! See below for instructions on how to make your own! Also, I spotted this door decoration that uses the same materials that would make a lovely companion to the garland. Instead of stringing the pine cones to the ribbon simply tie a ribbon to each hook then tie all the ribbons at the top and hang!
What You’ll Need:Pine Cones Ribbon Screw Hooks Hole Punch Scissors Instructions: 1. 2. 3. Centsational Girl & Blog Archive & A Dash of Panache: Poinsettia... When I first got married ten years ago, I started collecting Christmas decorations. Christmas is my favorite time of year, and I’d always dreamed of having my own home filled with the sights, sounds, and scents of the season. Every year, I like to add something new to my growing collection. This year I was inspired to create some decorative pillows with felt. The nice thing about felt is that it is inexpensive, it doesn’t fray, and it adds just the right amount of coziness for those upcoming winter months. I wanted to create something bold, something stylish, but nothing too busy.
Poinsettias were my inspiration. Here’s what I came up with: Red version, up close: If you want to create your own version of these simple sew poinsettia pillows, here’s the step-by-step. Simple Sew Poinsettia Pillows Step One: Cut a single petal out of felt, then use it as your template to create 12 large petals. Step Four: Use your button kit to create a felt covered button for the center of your flower. DIY 5 Minute Tinsel Garland&Wreath - Home - Creature Comforts - daily...
A few Winters ago I was staring at a bland paper bag full of old embroidery hoops that I had picked up at the thrift store months before for a few quarters, when it occurred to me that they would make perfect wreath frames. I quickly nixed the idea of wiring greenery to them (too lengthy of a project and they would only last for a short while) and then thought of the tinsel garland I had wound up the stair banister the previous day.
Perfect! What I didn’t know then, was just how simple this project would turn out to be. With literally just a few minutes of your day and two supplies (tinsel garland and an old embroidery hoop or wreath frame) you can have your entire home hung with merry wreaths in no time (and you’ll get to bring them out to enjoy again year after year). Have fun! Xo Ez 1. 2. 3. 4. And finally, here are a few additional images of some of the original 5-minute Tinsel Garland Wreaths I made a few years ago: Prairie Paper &Ink: How to Make a Glitter &Re-Inker Ornament. I showed this to my Stampin' Up! Club ladies and promised I would post the instructions (w/ pictures) on here for them and my other customers - I hope y'all will try these out - they're SO easy and the results are so fab!!
Clear Glass Ornament Dye Re-inker (Stampin' Up! Ink used for these - I do not know how other types of ink will work with this as I've only used SU Classic re-inkers) Water (optional) Paper Towel Rubber/Latex Gloves Fine Glitter (I use SU! Dazzling Diamonds Glitter for these) Small Powder Pal OR scrap paper shaped into a funnel Small container (to drain the ink into - I used an empty plastic film container) Remove the top and hanger of the ornament (be careful as you're doing it as the glass is very thin and the hanger pops open as it's pulled out) Put on your gloves before moving to the next step. STEP 2: (optional) ***If you skipped step 2 and want to use just re-inker - add approx 20 drops to your ornament Pour the ink mixture into the ornament. STEP 7: (optional) Fill Er Up. Fill ‘Er Up We’re so caught up in the Christmas spirit that we decided to try our hand at creating a few custom ornaments this year.
Ornament decorating can be as complicated as you make it, but of course we wanted to tackle something easy and super cheap so we headed over to Michael’s and grabbed a six pack of empty glass ornaments ($2.49), some white glitter ($1.30), and a bag of feathers ($2.49). Then we pulled out our craft glue and got down to business. It was really more of a trial and error process. We originally planned to stuff some of the ornaments chock full of feathers but realized less is more once we saw how sweet and simple one fluffy feather looked inside the glass orb (the silver top slips off for easy ornament filling).
The result is delicate and delightful. The finishing touch was to use some thin white ribbon that we already had around the house to create classy little loops to hang each ornament from the tree with style.