Let it Snow Ornament

These sweet vintage ornaments are so cute and easy to assemble, you will want to make several.

Needed Supplies:

Small Vintage Album

Bits of Lace

Vintage Hymnal - Sheet Music

Buttons

Glue Gun

Glitter

Glitter Glue

Plastic Snowflakes

Exacto Knife

StazOn Black Ink

Tinsel Garland

Seam Binding

Vintage Mica Snowflakes

Cut album pages from vintage mini album.  (Save spine of album - pictured - for later use)

Trim sheet music to fit album page.

To make tinsel garland antique looking, ink up with Black StazOn ink pad.

Glue garland tinsel onto snowflake in a circle and add button in the center with hot glue gun.

Apply glitter glue to snowflake and add vintage mica snow (or extra glitter - as you can never have enough) to your snowflake.

To decorate album page add lace, buttons and snowflake.  Add hanger on back with seam binding and then glue sheet music into place on back to show through album page.

We all hope you are enjoying this Christmas Season.  We will be back this week with more tutorials for your holiday inspiration.

Glittered Pine Cones Tutorial

My daughters and I love making these sparkling, natural beauties.  

They make beautiful ornaments, package toppers, or bowl fillers.

Materials:

Clean, dry pine cones.  (There are directions for cleaning pine cones here.)

Waxed paper

Spray adhesive, such as Elmer's

Gallon-sized plastic zipper bag

Fine glitter in your choice of color

Clear spray sealant, such as Krylon Acrylic Crystal Clear (optional)

Instructions:

1.  This project should be done outdoors, in a well-ventilated area.  

Be sure to wear "play clothes" and disposable plastic gloves.  

It gets messy glittery!

2.  Place about 1/2 cup of fine glitter in the zipper bag.  Set aside.

3.  Hold a pine cone by the end and coat with spray adhesive, 

being careful not to miss any spots. 

Quickly place cone in bag of glitter, seal the bag, and shake to coat.

4.  Remove from bag and let dry on waxed paper. 

Repeat for other pine cones, adding more glitter to the bag if needed.

5.  If desired, use spray sealant to help the glitter stay in place.

Upcoming Holiday Inspiration & Merry Digi Download

Sarah, Heather and I along with a gathering of Guest Gardeners will be gifting you this holiday season with more inspirational tutorials, recipes and holiday goodness starting December 1st. 

We are pleased to announce that Traci and Leah will be returning again this month to share their beautiful work.  You won't want to miss out on their tutorials!

We also have invited some more friends to join us for the holidays:

Julie of A Vintage Chick will be there to share a creative tutorial. I just love her vintage style and her heartwarming stories of her family.

Miss Lynn of Create Breathe will be sharing some creativity that you don't want to miss. 

Ellen of  One Ripe Peach will also be here to share her inspiring holiday tutorial. 

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We hope you enjoy our holiday gathering of friends and inspiration.

Sheila

Creamy Christmas Trees

Do you want to add some creamy vintage goodness to your holiday decor this Christmas Season? 

With a few minutes and some vintage goodies, you can turn these small trees into creamy goodness with a little bleach and hot water.

 Supplies:

Small Christmas Trees

Bleach - approximate 1/4 cup to approximate 1 gallon of hot water

Vintage Pearls and Small Cream Vintage Buttons

(I used pearls from a broken vintage necklace)

Vintage Mica Snow

Spray Glitter

Hot Glue Gun

 Soak mini Christmas trees in a bath of approximately 1/4 cup of bleach to a gallon of hot water.  It took approximately 15 minutes to bleach these trees. 

 Once the trees are bleached, set aside to dry completely

 Once dry, decorate your trees with vintage cream pearls and small creamy buttons by using hot glue to adhere them to the tree.

Then spray trees with glue and roll in Vintage Mica Snow to give them a dusting of freshly fall snow.

You won't be able to stop with just one tree, you will want to make a forest of Creamy Christmas Trees to add to your Christmas decor.

As I made my forest of trees I found myself humming "I'm Dreamin' of a White Christmas"! 

How about you?  Are you dreamin' of a white Christmas?  I know I am!

Sheila

***Update - I have noticed that there are botttle brush trees that are made from different materials.  Some are easier to dye than others and unfortunately some will not dye hardly at all.  My suggestion is to buy just a few to try out initially before investing in a lot.  Once you know that they will dye, then purchase more to complete your project.***