tree art

Here's the pottery barn version

and here is mine:

Okay--so it's a little funky and out of proportion, but overall...not bad, eh? Canvas, paper, and modge podge....and $150 cheaper! I'll take it.

tiny snow-laden villages and such

How sweet is this? It took Brianna and I forever to put together, but it was worth it:)

and check out her dresser! Aaron completely refinished and painted it. It is so awesome to have a husband who can take something ugly and make it beautiful.

The pink knobs were, of course, my idea:)

Day 6 and 7

A newspaper Christmas tree! here's the link to the instructions...

This is how beautiful things begin... haha!

I told Brianna to go make some Christmas art and she came back with this. She's good.

Day 3

Snow Wreath

Okay-I totally love this. It took me and the kiddos 20 minutes to make. I got a foam wreath and glued cotton balls to it. I think it looks so cute on our office door. I also think I am a genius because I googled the idea and can't find anyone else who has done it. So finally--an original idea from me! And if you are someone who has happened to have done this before... just let me live in my glory for a sec, okay?

Day 2

Letter to Santa Old sweater chair cushion covers

I took some old sweaters, cut them to size, and stapled them around the existing fabric. So easy!

24 Days of Christmas

I have the high aspiration of doing something Christmas-y every day. I want to give my family some fun memories of cookie making, decorating, crafting and gift-giving this season as well as preserve those memories. Therefore I blog what we have done. This idea is, in retrospect, insane. However, pretty much everything I do is copy-cat anyway (with a bit-o flare from me), so it's just a matter of my following instructions:)

So let's begin:

Day 1
Our advent calendar. Some socks strung up on a rope with a small present and scripture/lyric/song/silly reindeer dance inside. I stuck some scrapbook sticker numbers on for the day. Luckily I adore socks, so I had some fun ones already on hand. Thank you for the idea Martha.

I LOVE wreaths. I'll be be making a ton of different ones. This is one where we just gathered some sticks and pine cones from the woods and twined them together (okay--just kidding--it's all Michael's, baby) and then I glammed it up with some ornaments. You were about to feel totally and completely inept as a crafty mother, weren't you? No no--don't worry. I'm not THAT good.

and hung some of the same ornaments with fishing string to the chandelier. It's all bright and sparkly. I love it.

I love edible decorations. I put some cloves in some oranges, put them on a cake plate with some leaves and berries and voila! It smells so good.