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. 
These are some of the new ornaments I was happy to acquire this year. I adore them all!
Crochet Snowflake Ornament from small packages
Full Moon Ornament from minouette
Fly Agaric Mushroom Ornaments from minouette
Set of 5 Miniature Mushrooms with wire stems from craftsty
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! 
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.
Mushroom Calendar from Nairamkitty. Cute, eh?
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
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!
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
This ornament was recently included in Ornament Thursday. Check out some of the other great submissions!
Cindy Gimbrone Puts Up Her Xmas Tree!
Fused Glass Xmas tree ornament sparkles from Cindy’s real Xmas tree.
Friendly Plastic Ornaments and Sew simple mittens
This week in the countdown to Christmas, Michelle shares her recipe for Friendly Plastic Ornaments and Helen sews another tree ornament
Gingham and beads and buttons, oh my
Counterchanges smocked gingham forms the foundation for this homespun ornament
HHH Enterprises
We are pleased to have this special guest join us this month!
New Beaded Ornament
See our special guest’s beautiful creation!
Secret Garden Christmas Tree Ornament
Michelle’s got a special tree from the Botanicabella collection!
Strands of Beads
Melissa shows off a simple winter rose bracelet project this week.
From November 24 until December 19, 2008, Dawanda will be running a promotion for the holidays.
Each day, one product category will be selected to feature an 11% discount in the following categories: Fashion, Accessories, Bags, Jewellery, Baby & Children, Home, Art and Supplies. The discount times will run daily and all day long and will feature one product category at a time. The discount will be applied to the products of participating DaWanda shop owners for the duration of the Advent Calender.
I am participating! I have item’s in Jewellery, of course, and my bottles are under Home> Home Accessories> Mini Storage. I also have some cards in Paper and Co. > Cards.
It’s coming up quick so be sure to get over there for your Christmas bargains! Try to order early to insure your items reach you (or the gift reciever) in time.
Happy shopping!
Upcycling has become very poplular recently. With all the concern over the environment and being “green”. I’ve always tried to repurpose things as opposed to throwing them out. I was just brought up that way, you weren’t to waste anything! I recycle, reuse, etc.
Anyway, I had hubby bring home a selection of washers from work and was immediately inspired by their shapes.
Those first ones seem to tarnish very easily, so those were out. The second ones I have used but they’re quite heavy – too heavy to be earrings I think, but might make a nice necklace pendant. The third one here I loved. It has great grooves in it. I have a lot of coloured craft wire laying around and beads, of course. So, I simply wrapped and beaded and made, what I think are pretty cute, little wreath like earrings.
The grooves in the washer make the beads sit perfectly into place. They were quite fun to make, actually. They remind me of Christmas and I think they’d be great for the upcoming holidays.
And as usual they are available to purchase in my Dawanda Shop.
