Crosstitch was my first love, so I don’t need much of an excuse to pull it out, but it’s also such a nice way of bringing in a different medium, a little different look, a little contrast to the tree…
Clay Popcorn and Cranberry Garland
The first step in decorating a Christmas tree is adding the garland. Well, the first step on a pre-lit tree anyway. And for a tree focused on the traditional treats of Christmas, a popcorn and cranberry garland seemed a natural…
Announcements!
Oh have I got some great stuff coming up for you. I have been crafting and glittering up a storm making this year’s Christmas tree, and it is going to be a great one. Most of the projects can be…
12 Days of Christmas crosstitch
When last I shared this project, over a year ago, I’d gotten less than half way through and still had hopes of finishing before Christmas. Silly Tresa, when will you ever learn. Seven Swans a Swimming Six Geese a Laying…
I’m already hearing jingle bells….
As soon as I glimpse the end of summer, it’s pretty much a dead sprint to Christmas. It’s the time of year I find the most inspiring, and my head is always stuffed full of way too many ideas to…
Santa
Atti’s first Christmas. And he’s not so sure about all this. Paper: Scenic Route, Making MemoriesRub Ons: Scenic Route, American CraftsSticker: American CraftsMetal: American Crafts, Go WestButtons: EK SuccessStamp: Scenic Route
2010 Christmas Cards
When you go as ridiculously overboard as I do every Christmas, you can’t do it all in a month. It takes a lot of careful planning. So every year around this time, I make my Christmas cards for the Christmas…
Snowfall Tree Skirt
Before I put Christmas away for good, I thought I’d share one last project I finished off this month that didn’t fit it with all the Woodland tree stuff. Last year’s new tree was my snowfall tree, and like always…
Woodland Tree
I raced to snap some pictures in between present making and present wrapping, so they’re not exactly magazine worthy, but I think you’ll get the idea anyway. Since this is my fourth full sized tree, I had to go a…
Glittered Ornaments
My last ornament post! Phew! This one should really barely even count as an ornament post since it’s hardly a tutorial. But I figure that Martha has done demonstration after demonstration on how to glitter something, so maybe I should…