Oh Christmas Tree

Christmas Is absolutely one of my favorite seasons to decorate for.  It is just built into me.  My Grandparents have an entire attic filled with Christmas decorations, my dad loves to decorate it is just a part of me.  If I had it my way we would light up the house like the Griswalds but my husband has politely said no to that, lol.  Each one of my children have their own Christmas tree to decorate and make special in their own way.  I just love it.  

I have seen many different interpretations of the wooden Christmas tree and I just loved it so much that I needed one for myself.

 I am not a tradition person when it comes to Christmas colors so I wanted to keep with the bright pinks and greens colors for this project. 

This was such an easy project to do and the it turned out exactly how i wanted it.

Ruffle Tree Skirt

This week I have a few projects that are inspired by some Pinterest finds.

The first one I is a no sew ruffle tree skirt

Source: anwjohnston.blogspot.com via Lisa on Pinterest

I made my ruffle sections a little bit larger than this one but like the finished look of it, and it was so easy.

I started out with this pre-made tree skirt for my base.

For my colors I decided to go bold, So I bought 4 yards of fabric 2 yards of each color. I cut them into 4" strips you can do it smaller too. 

Once I got all my strips cut I started to hot glue on the strips by ruffling it as I go and then continued with the next layer in white. 

The finished Result is much nice than my last tree skirt and goes with my Christmas colors alot better. 

I hope everyone is having a good weekend 

Christmas Wreath

Have I told you how much I love decorating for the Christmas Season.

Although I really do try to hold out until December I have put up a few things to get me in the spirit. 

I was searching through Pinterest one day for inspiration and came across a Christmas Wreath that I thought was perfect for my front door.  

If you want to learn how to do the ornament wreath you can pop over to Eddie Ross where she has the full tutorial. 

I added the greenery behind it to make it a little larger.

Hope everyone is having a great start to the week. 

Christmas Stockings Anyone

Oh yes the Christmas Season is upon us and I Love It.  

This year each one of the family members got a new over sized Christmas stocking.  I found this great bundle of polka dot fabric on Etsy from HB Fabrics.  I am not a conventional Red, Green & Gold Christmas kinda Girls so I thought these were pretty cool.  Each one of the boys got their pick of what color they wanted, I am not sure why nobody wanted the pink though.


I had some really great step by step photos of how I did this but lost them due to technical difficulties.


I made these with three layers per side.  Polka dot fabric, fleece fabric to give it some strength and an plain inter fabric.  

I liked the idea of doing a white top so that I could add our names to them.

I brought out my vinyl cutter and used this fabric vinyl to create each name.  With the heat press I applied each name.  I made sure to put the name on both sides so their were options when displaying them.  

Now just to fill them

Guest Post At Creative Carmella

I am so excited today to be over at Creative Carmella guest posting.  She has recently added another addition to her family and needed a little help while she was spending time getting in all the snuggles and mommy time she can.  So please stop on over and check out my newest Fall Sign and a little tutorial to go with it as well. 

Fall Fun

Another fabulous weekend has come and gone and fall is in the air. This weekend I took out the flowers and exchanged them for pumpkins with my new fall creation.  

This was such an easy project that I made with some Styrofoam pumpkins stacked on top of each other and hot glued together.  Some fall springs and acorns that my son helped me put in.  

Hope you all had a great weekend as well. 

Birch Log Ornament

Okay so for those that don't know me I am one of those people who has Christmas on the brain all year round.  I am a believer that you can never get your Christmas shopping done to early or be thinking of great Christmas decorating ideas in advance.  I believe that each child should have their own tree to decorate and show their own style.  

I Just Love Christmas

Ever since my oldest son was born I mad it a point to buy a new ornament every year but a few years ago I found this fantastic company Sassy Possum and they are right here in my hometown.  They create these custom Birch Log Ornaments. 

All you have to do is email them a picture and they create these images carved into a birch log, I love them so much I keep them out all year round and replace them with the new ones.  I just think this is such a great keepsake to have and I wanted to share it with you. 

Pumpkin Love

I hope that everyone had a great weekend, I know I sure did.  I was able to spend the weekend with some great friends having a BBQ and family time at the corn maze.  

Although my favorite time of year is fall I will admit it is the least decorated season in this house, but this year that is about to change.  

I finally finished up my 2x4 pumpkin project today.  I know there are a ton of them out there, but I just had to make them.

 These were so simple to make a stick of 2x4's cut to size I angled the two outside's and gave them a sanding.   I then used a 2x4 for the base and topped it off with some 1x2's for the top.  To cute and they look fabulous on the deck. 

Fall Wreath

It's my favorite time of year

And that means it is time to bring out the fabulous fall decor with all its pretty colors.  

I was loving all the ideas of a square or rectangular wreath that I have been seeing.  I took a 1x2 stick and cut it into a frame and then gave it a couple coats of paint.  

I love to use vinyl so added this vinyl Greetings in white

I used this raffia to wrap around the entire boarder of the frame and used a hot glue gun to attach the pieces on the back

I finished it off by adding some sprigs, little pumpkins and a acorn
. 

I cannot wait to add some more fall decor to the house. 

What do you all have planned for your fall decor.

Easter Wreath

I love this Easter Wreath and it only cost me $8.00 and a little bit of time.  I found the wreath at the local dollarstore it came in a gold color so I spray painted it a nice green color.  I found the the sprigs of easter eggs which also came with the nest.  I bought a variety of colors and took them apart and hot glued the pieces on.