Ever since Aaron and I moved in together I have been ecstatic to have a front door to decorate. Even tho no one ever sees it unless they come visit us it's still fun to make the wreaths and display them on our front door.
This wreath cost me a whole maybe $15 to make. It helped that I already had some of the materials needed to make it. I bought the wreath itself at Hobby Lobby for half price and the little jingle bells in the center as well. The pine cones I actually found at Dollar General! They were only $4! They however must have been soaked in a cinnamon oil because boy did they stink! Halfway through making it I had to seal it in a trash bag and open our whole 1 window in our apartment cause I had such a bad headache from the smell. The ornaments I also purchased at Dollar General. It's my new favorite place to shop currently. They have a lot of decent stuff for super cheap. All the pine cones and ornaments are attached on the wreath with fishing line along with the wooden letter B that I also found at Hobby Lobby. I just painted over the fishing line so you don't really notice it unless you get close and I sprinkled the gold glitter on right after I painted. It took me a whole 2 days to make this wreath and I'm pretty impressed with how it looks considering how much it cost me.
My next project were the Christmas ornaments I made for the girls in my wedding. They ALL left their flowers at the reception so I decided to dry out all the flowers to give to them later. Well I figured I would get a little crafty with the flowers cause I figured none of the girls would really want a bunch of dead dried flowers around their place and bought clear ornaments at Hobby Lobby and used some left over stickers from the Bridesmaids gift and put their initials on the ornaments and grabbed some of the leftover ribbon from the wedding as well and ta da! A special ornament for them to hang on their tree to remind them of that special day.
My next project in December I actually found on Pinterest. I absolutely adore this site and all her DIY projects. Even though she is an event planner (I wish she was located closer, I would have used her for my wedding!) I loved looking through her whole site cause it is so girly and pretty and pink! Haha! Here's the link for the project: http://www.heygorg.com/2011/10/diy-tissue-covered-luminaries.html
Her's look a lot better than mine. The only color I could find was white. I really wanted the grey tissue paper though and might make this again down the road with grey for spring. I made this to have some decorations to help with the transition from Christmas to spring. I decided to add gold glitter to mine to add a little something to it. The containers I found at Hobby Lobby. They did have silver lids that screwed on but I figured I would hang out to the lids and come up with a different project for them later. The containers were only $6 and were half off as well. The paper cutter that I bought was the most expensive part. I believe it was over $10 but I of course used the 40% off coupon on their site for it. My goal is to NEVER pay full price for anything at Hobby Lobby and it usually isn't too hard to do. These were pretty simple to make and the only difficult part was cutting the tissue paper. I had one heck of a time. I don't know if I didn't fold it correctly for the right layering or my cutter was dull but hopefully the next time I try this it goes a little smoother. Also be careful on how thick you put on the glue/water mix on the container. I was using a little too much and it doesn't take much for the tissue to tear. I also mixed the gold glitter right in with the water/glue mixture. I figured this would be a less messy way to add the glitter.
This craft was not done in December but I wanted to share it. I have seen this type of jewelry holder all over Pinterst and I had to give it a go! It was ridiculously easy to make. I needed to make something bigger to hang all my necklaces on cause I was outgrowing my old one. I found the old frame out at Aaron's parents shed. It was just laying around collecting dirt and dust. I scrubbed it clean and got lucky cause it was already this gorgeous green color so I didn't have to paint it which saved a lot of time. The hooks I bought in various sizes at Wal Mart for a couple dollars and the wood was soft enough that all I had to do was screw in the hooks and add some hanging hooks on the back and it was ready to go. I did end up with some sore knuckles with this project. My knuckles would scrap against the screen while I was screwing in the hooks and made them raw for a few days. Nothing I couldn't live with though. The screen is very handy to hang earrings on to display my more prettier ones. (P.S. I have too many necklaces)
My last project of December were this lovely glittery clothes pins. I told you I have been obsessed with pink and gold glitter lately so this was a perfect way to end my December crafts. I saw a picture on Pinterest and knew i just had to make them. I had purchased clothes pins when Aaron and I moved in to our apartment and they are always handy to have around the house and I use them for everything but what they are intentionally for. I use them instead of potato chip clips and to seal various other foods in our kitchen and of course plenty of craft projects. I mixed red and white to get the perfect pink I wanted and just shook on all the gold glitter I could! I then sprayed on a sealant so the glitter wouldn't fall off too horribly. I was using it to display how many days I had left before Aaron came home but that kind of went out the window. (Sorry for the blurry photo, I am still currently using my iPhone because my lens crapped out on my camera and I need to buy a new one)
Isaiah 41:10: So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.
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