Handmade Holidays – Pinecone Ornaments

I have sort of a woodland thing going on with my tree this year and I was inspired to make some new ornaments with things I had on hand.

I used…

- some clay (I used DAS, but any air drying clay would do)

- a cookie/pastry cutter of choice

- a small dowel

- some small pinecones

- some string/ribbon for hanging

- paint (optional)

To make one of your own

1. roll out a bit of  clay and cut your shape from the clay with your cookie/pastry cutter

2. press the pinecones into the shape(s)

3. use the dowel to pierce a hole in the top for hanging

4. let it dry

5. file down any rough edges, an emery board will work

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6. once dry, string your ribbon/twine through the hole you made earlier and secure with a simple knot

7. (optional)  I think these look pretty rad already, but I opted to paint the recesses a darker colour and then painted them all over in white)

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8. be proud and admire your lovely new ornament!

I would love to know if you make some!!

Handmade Christmas

Christmas in our house involves a lot of handmade items. So, when the husband asked if he could use some of our plain glass ornaments to make some super special  colour changing LED ornaments, I said, “hells yeah!”.

It’s not easy to get a photo of something that changes colour.

Well, I suppose we could have just videotaped it. But, we didn’t.

My husband is cooler than yours. :)

Christmas Ornaments

These are some of the new ornaments I was happy to acquire this year. :) I adore them all!

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Crochet Snowflake Ornament from small packages

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Full Moon Ornament from minouette

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Fly Agaric Mushroom Ornaments from minouette

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Set of 5 Miniature Mushrooms with wire stems from craftsty

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Herbie the Hedgehog ornament from BeeLoveLee

I would have loved to have  photos of them on the tree for this post, but it’s 4pm already and completely dark. I can assure you though, they look fantastic on my tree! :D

Whew! Christmas is over!

I didn’t realize it had been so long since I’ve posted here. Been pretty busy I guess and I must admit, I am extremely relieved that Christmas is over. Hope you all had a nice one at any rate. :)

One of the best things that I received was a voucher for Dawanda from my lovely husband. He did good.

I spent most of it (yes, I’ve spent the whole thing already) on supplies, but I also picked up this cute little item for my desk in my newly created “craft room”. Check it out.

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Mushroom Calendar from Nairamkitty. Cute, eh?

Indie Fixx Holiday Card Giveaway

In case you haven’t heard, Indie Fixx is having yet another fabulous giveaway! This time it involves creating a crafty Christmas card. Head over to the original post for all the rules and requirements.

Like all their giveaways, they have a fantastic prize up for grabs.

*image property of IndieFixx.com

*image property of IndieFixx.com

The competition deadline is December 20th and on December 31st one lucky, random winner will be drawn!

I, of course, have entered this competition too. Here is my submission.

So… don’t delay! Go get your craft on! Good luck everyone!

New Beaded Ornament

This is my first beaded ornament this Christmas. I did a ton of these  a few Christmas’ ago and gave them as gifts. I really like the theme of this one though.

Forest Fern Ornament

Forest Fern Ornament

This ornament was recently included in Ornament Thursday. Check out some of the other great submissions!

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