Holiday Vignettes Around the House

 It's been several years since I put up my village, 
so it was really fun for me to see it again.

The two wood ATC blocks  I received in a swap work nicely with the old wooden skiers that I have left over from when I was a kid.  There was one for each one of us kids. Unfortunately, I only found 3 of them.


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More Coffee Sleeve Bird Ornaments

I've been working on more bird ornaments using up the coffee sleeves I still have.  The top right one is a coffee sleeve as well as the bottom natural colored one.  The other two I adhered music paper to some Christmas themed paper and cut the birds out.


Click HERE to view my previous 
coffee sleeve bird ornament post


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Crafty Blogger Blurbs

About Family Crafts 
For your amusement, Sherri shares a fun spin on the classic 12 Days of Christmas song with gifts to go along with each verse!

Carmi's Art/Life World 
Carmi celebrates the 50th Anniversary of a British soap opera with a new set of fridge magnets.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world 
This week at Craftside we have a mega giveaway of tons of Westcott Scissors and books, tutorials on sewing recycled book page ornaments, stamping and sewing die cut fabric coasters, 9 techniques for working with pastels and a honey, banana, nut snack recipe.

Crafty Princess Diaries 
Tammy is very pleased with how her new college crafting club is moving along! 

Cross Stitch at About.com 
Need some quick and easy ornaments or gift tags? Stitch up back stitch motifs in white floss on red fabric - simple and holiday-rific. 

Eileen - The Artful Crafter 
Not all projects run smoothly from start to finish. Read about Eileen-s experience with a tote bag made from a kit

Margot Potter The Impatient Crafter 
Margot's daughter Avalon whips up another FAB project for ILoveToCreate teen crafts! Check out her Blue Christmas card!

Mixed Media Artist 
have you heard of kirigami? Come and see how much fun this paper-cutting technique is! 

The Crochet Dude 
Drew takes a walk down memory lane and shares why crochet and the holidays are forever fused together for him. 

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Holiday Greetings

Happy Holidays!
Feel free to download and send the 
above postcard to a friend :-)

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Great Mail Days!

Whoohoo, its been a great couple 
of mail days! I participated in a 
chunky wood Christmas ATC block 
exchange with two of my friends, and 
my blocks arrived

Side 1

Side 2

Side 2

Side1

You can click HERE to view my wood ATCs I created for this exchange.  I have to say that mine are not really chunky and I can see how much fun using the thicker pieces of wood would be to work with!

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Winter Wonderland without the snow...

I finished getting up my big Christmas tree...without help 

I might add...what is up with that!

Here's a few of my winter wonderland banners hanging up.  I am so excited to finally get to hang them after hanging on to them for a whole year.
Last year I participated in a winter wonderland banner swap and they arrived around January.  
Click HERE to see pics of the banners that I received.
You can also click HERE to view my 
banners I created for the swap.




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Tags, Tags, Tags!

Here's another repost to inspire you 
to create your own altered Christmas 
tags using old Christmas cards and other 
embellishments you have left over.
Click HERE to view mini tutorial


Also here's an idea for making an 
ornament or gift tag using metal 
brackets

Click HERE to view

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Crafty Blogger Blurbs

About Family Crafts 
If you are in search of a special gift for a crafter or a wannabe crafter, check this collection of ideas and resources. 

Carmi's Art/Life World 
Carmi downloads a cute Christmas graphic to make this fabric ornament.

Craftside-A behind-the-scenes peek at a crafty world 
This week at Craftside there are tutorials on how to make a pop up gift card holding greeting card, a Steampunk style mixed media bracelet, tips on creating art everyday, and a bunch of cute pastry decorating ideas.

Crafty Princess Diaries 
Ta da! The 10 inch squares crocheted baby afghan is done! 

Eileen - The Artful Crafter 
Calling clay and gourd crafters: do you have any suggestions to help Kathy with a cracking problem on her wonderful her clay Santas

Mixed Media Artist 
The Bead Journal Project is starting up again for its fourth year! Registration ends soon... 

Stefanie Girard's Sweater Surgery 
See how to make recycled sweater and zipper Christmas trees (or hats) 

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Christmas & Free Vintage Images

I started decorating today and it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.
I have my nostalgia tree up. Its a small tree that has ornaments the kids have picked out when they were little.  Hubby's peanuts ornaments and my favorite is the topper my oldest son made when he was little.


Click HERE to download Freebie Vintage images.


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McHenry Mansion

If your ever in the Modesto, CA area check out our local McHenry Mansion especially at Christmas time! It's really gorgeous inside! At Christmas time each room is decorated in Victorian Christmas.
McHenry Mansion


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Christmas Wreath

It was a good mail day!
I'm in an ornament exchange with my art peeps and instead of an ornament this beautiful fabric wrapped wreath arrived in my mailbox
It's my first holiday decoration hung up :-)


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Recycled Christmas Card Banner Replay

Need an idea for those old Christmas cards you've saved? How about going green and making a Christmas banner with those extra cards you have.
Click HERE to see my Recycled Christmas Card Banner tutorial from last year.




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