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My tag book arrived, and here are the photos I've been dying to show you:
Here's how it was wrapped -- Karla wrapped the little "Drink Me" bottle separately so it wouldn't break, and both packages in the pages of a vintage Alice in Wonderland book!
Dang i never wait long enough to go through the word verification thingie- Anyway, what I said was that these are all very cool! AND that I hope your head banged up boy is OK now- Hope your holiday was a good one in spite of banged up boy... LOVE
Here's a tutorial to make sweet baby Jesus ornaments: Materials: 3/4" round wooden balls blue felt like-sized small wooden stars flesh-colored acrylic paint yellow acrylic paint black permanent marker small button as star decor raffia natural excelsior "moss" silver thread or coordinating yarn candy cane You'll also need glue or a hot glue gun, paint brush and scissors Begin by painting the wooden balls with flesh-colored paint and the stars with yellow paint. When dry, draw two sleeping eyes on the ball. Meanwhile, cut small pieces of felt and make little rolls to represent the baby's body; tie with a tiny piece of raffia. Next, glue the wooden ball onto the top of the body roll of felt; if you wish, you can also cut a small wedge of felt to glue over like a little swaddled hood on the baby's head, but I think it looks cute without it as well. Glue the l
Earlier in the season Rebecca and I went to a craft fair at a local high school, and there was one booth with the CUTEST little jeweled, framed Christmas trees! The gal was nice enough to let me photograph them. Sorry it's kind of blurry, but it was dark in that high school gym! I know it's an older kind of craft (from the '60s and '70s) but she made them sweet -- not gaudy at all. We were both SO inspired. So, last week we made it happen. I brought a bunch of my old, broken vintage jewelry, some velvet, glue, old frames, and we sat in her dining room and made a forest of little trees! It was so simple: first, we took a vintage frame and covered the backing with velvet. We just glued it on. Then, we took our time arranging bits and pieces of jewels into a Christmas tree shape. When we were happy with the arrangement, we committed and glued the jewels down! I love this avocado green velvet! And then we did it again. We had so much fun playing
For the first time in many, many years, I had a booth at a craft fair! It was a large show at a local high school, and I signed up to do it at the last minute. Rebecca crafted some wonderful gifts for the booth, but couldn't be there on the day of the sale. Dennis helped me -- and he was a huge help! It was fun! We set the tables up the night before; they were very simple, but pretty with lots of white, and lights. Besides the handmade stuff, I sold some of my vintage Christmas items -- like the angels and caroler statues. This photo was taken late in the day, after we'd sold quite a bit! Some friends stopped by, including Jeanelle -- who is looking so fabulous after regaining her health/surviving breast cancer! 'Makes me so happy! Rebecca did the canvases with deers (this one says, Sparkle), and we painted the stars and our husbands cut and put them together for us! In the afternoon the sun came through those large windows and it wa
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