Wine Cork Ornaments

Last week,  I started making new Christmas ornaments.  These cute little snowmen are made from wine corks. It is not my  original idea, I want to credit Shade Tree Carvings on Etsy, her idea  inspired me to make these. 

  

 I painted the corks with a light coat of white paint.  The hats are made from paper and I attached the heads to the bodies with a toothpick, leaving space to tie on a scarf.  

To hang them on the tree I glued a small clothespin to the back of the body. 

 

This is how they started.  I have been saving corks for a few years now and I have my friends saving  them for me as well.  There are a lot of creative ideas out there for using corks.  I really like this one.

 

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Veterans Day 2011

Veterans Day  November 11, 2011

 Thank you to all the veterans who served our country. 

God bless you!

Thumbprint Art

Last year my daughter introduced me to the art of thumb prints.  Why hadn't I heard of this before?  I think it is a kids craft,  but I really like it!   The ideas are endless!  I stumbled across this cute idea on Sunday.
  

Oh, I found it Pinterest. It was  originally posted on flicka by Cathy Gauburt. I always like to give credit!

I thought I would put  it in my "must make for Christmas" file.  But after I made a few  thumb prints I knew I had to make something.  This is my something,  a Christmas gift tag.  I will be making more  gift cards later  this week.

Just for fun I came up with this zany owl.   He needs some work, but that's alright, my daughter thought he was cute.

 Try this with your kids and grand kids it is fun!

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Christmas Tags

 I felt like crafting yesterday!  It all started with this and that. I really need to find more sheet music. 

 I ended up making eight Christmas tags.  

All I need are the gifts!  I bought  paper after Christmas last year, I have enough for the next two years.
 I want to have all my Christmas crafts finished  by December 1st. Let's see if that happens.

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Ornament

  A wedding invitation  made into a Christmas ornament, a very neat idea! 

I knew when I saw the idea on Pinterest (www.ChristyRobbins.blogspot.com) I had to make one.  Fortunately, we are invited to a wedding in November so I had an invitation!  
I love how it turned out. 

 I would probably save the invitation for a few months and then throw it away.  This is a better idea.

I hope they like it.

Cut the invitation into strips and then roll them around a pen so they curl.  Put the strips into a glass ball and you have a cute ornament. 

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Serving Tray

 I made/refurbished  this serving tray  a few weeks ago, actually I made two.  I am thinking that I might give them away for Christmas presents.  I could fill the tray with napkins, plates and all sorts of things.

 I found a crate at a local antique store and painted it my new favorite color gray,  with a little white over it to distress it a bit.  I sewed a white piece of fabric to fit on the bottom.
  

 I also sewed a small piece of fabric to go over the top of that.  There is no real reason for it, I just liked the way it looks.

This is how the crate looked before I painted it.  All the brown spots are actually  bleach spots.  I cleaned the box  with bleach, then cleaned it with bleach and cleaned it again!  I bought the crate for $2.00 and had all the fabric leftover from other projects.   I like the way it went from trash to treasure.  Now, I just need to find a few more.  

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Fall, I could like it.

This morning, I was sitting down having my first cup of coffee, when I looked out the window I saw this image.    I love the shadows and  warm glow that a fall morning sun can bring to everything. I am a summer weather girl, but you won't find this kind of look in the summer.  

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