Day 02: DIY Snowflake Garland

Today, I bring you a super easy DIY snowflake garland using snowflake felt stickers and pretty ombre yarn!

I found these glittery felt stickers when I was wandering the aisles of Michael's for an hour. They were already super cheap, but were on sale too! I got a pack of 21 snowflakes and made about 6 feet of garland...

This process: super simple. Basically, you're sandwiching yarn between two of the stickers.

I found that it was easiest to remove the sticker-back across the center of the first snowflake, stick down the yarn, then remove the sticker-back across the center of the second snowflake, make a yarn sandwich, then remove the rest of the sticker-back to fully attach the snowflakes to each other! Repeat a few inches down the yarn {to your taste, of course} until you're out of snowflakes!

 And voila!

You can hang it like a garland... I thought this looked a little sad with just the one strand though, so I'll be adding more garlands soon. :) Enjoy, beautiful people!

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Day 01: Christmas Tree Card DIY

So here's my idea: 25 days of Christmas! Of course, I had this idea a little late in the game, so it may turn into something more like 12 days of Christmas... We'll see, hah. BUT FOR DAY 01: An adorable DIY Christmas tree card to really get you in the Christmas spirit!

This was one of the ideas I had while I was supposed to be writing down other ideas... Actually, I wasn't supposed to be writing ideas either, I was supposed to be going to bed. Oops! Sometimes craftiness gets the best of me...

But here we go: A cute little tree with cork for the trunk, felt for the branches, and brads for the ornaments!

Supplies: A card + envelope (or make your own), some very thin cork (like the kind that comes in a roll!), felt (sticky-back if possible), star-shaped brads, colorful round brads, pretty paper, scissors, and glue. *Not pictured: a needle, preferably a thick tapestry or upholstery needle.

This card is super easy, and could easily be mass-produced for those of you who send out dozens of cards {over-achievers...;)}. 

1. Cut a strip out of your cork about 2 inches or so shorter than your card {you know I eyeball-ed it}.
2. Cut your felt into 4 pieces of various lengths {I did ~3", 2.5", 2", & 1.5"}, and one little triangle. 
3. Glue your cork strip in the center of your card's front. I used tacky glue {because it was closest to me!}, but whatever works.
4. Peel the back off your sticky-back felt {best invention ever} and stick the strips down from longest at the bottom to shortest at the top, pressing well on either side of the cork strip. 
5. Poke holes into your felt & through the front of the card where you want your brads to go {both ornaments & the star}. Try to wiggle the needle around a little to make the hole wider... I actually put my star brad through the card-only, just above the felt triangle. 
6. Carefully {but forcefully} shove the brads through the felt & card. I tried to use these cute glittery brads, but they were too thick & bendy to go through the card cleanly, so I switched to regular shiny-type brads. Close the brads on the underside of the card {you know, like how you use a brad ;)}
7. Cut your pretty paper to fit the inside of the card {both sides}, and glue it down! Now you can add a personal message, stamp a greeting, or print out something cheery for the inside! 

Happy Holidays, and stay tuned for the rest of the {25} Days series!

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Creative Flow

Beautiful "Thank You" Flowers // Thanksgiving Smiles // Dove-Love // Pine Boards for Building // Breakfast in Bed // 2-year Present // Collage for Boyfriend // Crafty Anniversary // Leftover Stuffing, mmm...

You know what the coolest thing about getting crafty is? The craftier you get, the more crafty ideas you have! I have been having oodles of ideas lately; I just wish I had more time to execute them all! I love grabbing my notebook to jot down a sudden brainstorm, only to find that as I start writing, a dozen more ides pop into my head! 

Scotty and I just celebrated our 2-year anniversary {awww} this past weekend. It was a wonderful day. :) We saw that super cute animated holiday movie Rise of the Guardians, browsed funky shops in downtown Royal Oak, painted a pottery piece together {amazing, really}, grabbed dinner at one of our favorite places, and had drinks at a dueling piano bar. I made him two collages (one of our first year and one of our second), and he gave me this hand-stamped ring from Etsy. ♥ It was a rocky year for us, but we're in such a good place right now, and I just love this fella so much. {awwww x2!}

As for me, I'm trying to find the time to make all the crafts I'm dreaming up, and hoping to pull off a holiday craft series this coming month. Fingers crossed that that works out... I'm planning to launch the pilot tomorrow. ;) I'm also considering my FINAL change of major in college, so that I can graduate with my sanity in a couple semesters, and brainstorming business-y ideas all my own! More on that later...

I've been getting a lot of surprisingly positive feedback on this little bloggity-blog lately. Not surprising because I think it sucks or anything; surprising because I didn't realize how many people actually read it! Regardless, it's super encouraging, and I appreciate the compliments more than I can say.

How is your life lately?
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Now Available: Crochet Ornament Patterns!

Well, it's only taken me months and months to set aside the time to finish laying out these beautiful patterns, but they are FINALLY HERE! For all you crocheters out there looking for a new challenge... These patterns are for you. :)

There are more patterns to come, but for now, our crochet santa and crochet penguin ornament patterns are available in our Etsy shop. I promise, they are not as difficult as they look. I imagine the most difficult part is adjusting to crocheting with thread rather than yarn {but I basically learned on thread}.

We've tried to include as many process photos as possible, particularly on the santa ornament.

Give these crochet Christmas ornaments a try this holiday season -- I promise that your loved ones will be impressed with how delicate and lovely they are!

♥  ♥  ♥

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Black Friday SALE!

Support handmade this holiday season! Shop Etsy!

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