Welcome Home Saturday

Hi friends! Can you believe it’s December already? Have you started Christmas shopping? I have only bought a few things so far. It’s harder when your kids get older and only want money or gift cards LOL! This month is whizzing by and I want it to slow down so I can savor the holiday season!

New Projects

This week I shared a couple fun holiday posts!

You only beed a few supplies to make these and they are so fun to create with your kids!

DIY Tissue Paper Holiday Trees

Aren’t these tissue paper trees so cute? And the best part is they cost only pennies to make and you can make them in ANY color!

Whimsical Cottage Holiday Home Tour

I also shared our front porch, back porch, dining room and kitchen all dressed up for Christmas! Along with a cute hot coca station and our annual gingerbread house party table!

More Holiday Ideas

Here are a few other holiday ideas that you might like!

DIY Ladder Christmas Card Display

Looking for a cute way to display your holiday cards? Make this ladder. I also use it as a blanket ladder during the rest of the year!

Embroidery Hoop Holiday Gift Toppers

Instead of using a regular tag, try making these adorable embroidery hoop holiday gift toppers! They can be used as ornaments for years to come!

Welcome Dabbling and Decorating

This week I am thrilled to welcome Anne from Dabbling and Decorating! Anne shares vintage finds and beautiful decorating ideas. She has houses in Maine and Vermont – two of my favorite places!! I love her farmhouse kitchen with so many beautiful vintage finds!

I love Anne’s tradition of Triple Christmas Wreaths! So pretty!! Be sure to follow Anne @dabbling_and_decorating on Instagram to see all of her awesome ideas!

Welcome Home Saturday

Noting Grace / Moody Copper Gray Christmas

The Tattered Pew / Christmas In Our New House Part 2

White Arrows Home / Tips for Taking Time To Savor The Christmas Season

Tatertots and Jello / DIY Tissue Paper Holiday Trees

Crisp Collective / Family Pajamas and Cozy Gifts for Christmas

Dabbling and Decorating / The Best Maine Stonewall Kitchen Gift Baskets

What are YOU loving this week?

Share it with us in the comments!

xoxo

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Use Scrabble Tiles as Letter Board Letters

I love letter boards. Last weekend I was organizing my craft supplies and I found my box of scrabble letters. I used to make necklaces out of them a long time ago. I thought it would be fun to use them as a letter board. So I created a really easy project. This is a letter board that you can use all year round. But I decorated it with a few simple things for the holidays!

Easy, Beautiful Projects to Make Your Home More Beautiful for the Holidays

I am super excited to be joining up with over 30 AMAZING creatives for the Seasonal Simplicity Christmas Series. We will be sharing the BEST holiday ideas each week! From decorating, to crafts, ornaments, mantels, all kinds of simple and beautiful ways to make your home beautiful for the holidays. I hope you will follow along. And be sure to click on the links to go directly to the tutorials!

How to Flock a Christmas Tree at The Happy Housie
DIY Asymmetrical Wreath at Rooms FOR Rent
DIY Christmas Countdown at Lolly Jane
Christmas Gingerbread Cookie Wreath at Sincerely Marie, Designs
Clock turned Holiday Shadow Box at Confessions of a Serial DIYer

How to Make a Fleece Cone Christmas Tree at Happy Happy Nester
How to Make a Holiday Scrabble Letter Board at Tatertots & Jello
Simple & Natural Wire Hanger Christmas Wreath at Jenna Kate at Home
Kringle’s Cookie Co Christmas Kitchen Sign at Tauni Everett
Easy Advent Countdown Calendar at Jamie Costiglio

French Country Christmas Wreath Printables at Designthusiasm
Copper And Gold Mason Jars DIY at Shabbyfufu
DIY Christmas Crackers at So Much Better With Age
Star Christmas Tree Garland at On Sutton Place
Easy Fringe Napkins for Your Holiday Table at Satori Design for Living

DIY Real Christmas Wreath at Clean and Scentsible
Birch Candle Holders at Finding Silver Pennies
Homemade Dry Holiday Potpourri at TIDBITS
Modern Traditional Christmas Countdown Calendar at Rambling Renovators
Embroidery Hoop Christmas Wreaths at Town and Country Living

Quick & Easy Floating Candles for Your Christmas Centerpiece at Home.Made.Lovely
Glass Filled Ornaments at My Uncommon Slice of Suburbia
Ombré Bottle Brush Tree DIY at Modern Glam
Modern Boho Christmas Wreath at Life is a Party
How To Easily Make A DIY Eucalyptus Wreath at Inspiration for Moms

String Art Christmas Stocking Holders at The Turquoise Home
DIY Holiday Pennant- Two Ways at Lemon Thistle
Vintage Christmas Bell Garland at Willow Street Interiors
DIY Modern Christmas Sign at Love Create Celebrate

Easy DriftWood Macrame Christmas Wreath at Place of My Taste
Table Top or Mantel Christmas Tree Made Using Boxes at In My Own Style
Natural Wood Plate Charger Wreath at Taryn Whiteaker

Make a DIY Holiday Scrabble Letter Board

Find a Frame

I had a sign that I didn’t need. If you don’t have a sign or frame to use, you can buy one at a craft store like Hobby Lobby or Michaels. You can also ask your friends if anyone has an old sign they don’t need. Another option is to put a listing on a free classified site or on a site like freecycle.com.

Paint the Inside of the Frame

I painted over the saying on my sign. If you have an empty frame, you will need to find a piece of plywood or mdf and fit it inside the frame, then paint it.

Wood Molding

Buy wood molding. I used thick, square 1 inch molding. Mine is from Hobby Lobby. But any craft or hardware store will have molding.

Cut the Molding

I wanted about 2 inches on both sides of my ledges. So I cut my molding to the size I needed. A tip — if you buy molding from the hardware store, you can have an associate at the hardware store cut it to the size you need and it’s free.

Stain or Paint the Molding

I stained my molding to the color of my frame.

Attach the Molding to the Back of the Sign

I hot glued my molding but you can also nail your molding onto the back of our frame. I scrabble tiles are small and don’t weigh much so hot gluing them should be fine.

Add the Scrabble Tiles

Now you can spell whatever saying you want. I also bought a little package of miniature bottle brush trees and added those on the ledges.

Where Can I Find Scrabble Letters

Where Can I Find a Frame?

You can buy a frame like the one I used at a craft store like Hobby Lobby or Michaels. You can also ask your friends if anyone has an old sign they don’t need. Another option is to put a listing on a free classified site or on a site like freecycle.com.

Be sure to follow along with Seasonal Simplicity for all the best holiday ideas this year! 

Have a festive day! 

xoxo

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I decided to take those clear ornaments and turn them into sparkly snow balls.

I’d love to share my Snowball Ornament tutorial with you.

You can make these in less than an hour (minus drying time). And by adding a little polymer clay you can turn your Snowball ornament into a Snowman ornament.

Here’s what you need:

• Clear glass ornaments. You can find these at any craft store.
• “Snow” medium. I used two different kinds. But you only need one for this project. I used Aleene’s True Snow and DecoArt’s Snow-Tex.
• Some sparkly glitter. I love Twinklets Diamond Dust. It’s kind of chunky and looks like ice.
• If you want to make your snow ball into a snowman – then you need some Polymer clay – orange for the nose and black for the eyes.
• Ribbon to loop at the top of the ornament so you can hang it on your tree or garland.

Here’s what I did:

• Paint the ornament with the “snow” medium using a paintbrush.
• While the “snow” is still wet, sprinkle the glitter over the whole ornament. Shake off the excess.
• Let it dry. I punched a hole in the top of a cardboard box and stuck the top in that so the ornament was upside down and could dry.
• If you want to make snowmen, shape your polymer clay into a nose, eyes and mouth. Bake the clay in your oven at 275 for 10-15 minutes.
• Once the ornament is dry, loop some ribbon through the cap on top and tie in a bow.
• If you are making snowmen, attach the eyes, nose and mouth clay bits with an adhesive like e-6000. Let dry.

So easy and festive. And they really do sparkle like ice. I love looking at them!! And here are a few of my favorite ornaments I have seen around the web lately. And these ornaments would be so pretty on a present. I am excited to make some of these this week while my kids are out of school!!

Fabric Fortune Cookie Ornaments — Keeping it Real

Baby’s First Christmas Hand Print Ornaments — A Sorta Fairytale

Snowglobe Ornaments — Craftberry Bush

Crafty Red and White Ornaments — Cottage Magpie

Jersey Pom Pom Ornaments — Skip to my Lou

Jolly elves — Parents.com

Pom Pom Snowman — Martha Stewart

Salt Dough Stamped Ornaments — Simply Savannah Events

Photo Ornaments — House of Smiths

Typography Ornaments — Burlap + Blue

Paper Straw Snowflakes — Centsational Girl

Pine Cone Place Card Ornaments — Positively Splendid

 Have a FABULOUS Friday!!!

PS — It’s Friday!! And you know what that means!!! It’s one of the last Weekend Wrap Up Parties of the year!! The party starts at 6 pm MST. I hope you can come by. It’s my favorite time of the week!!!

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