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A Blogger Christmas – Craft Edition

By Cards, Craftroom Storage, Planner Stationary & Accessories, Room Decor

Hey Everyone!

I’m back from a long and needed holiday hiatus! I know you may have already taken down your Christmas trees and forgotten that the holidays were only 3 weeks ago, however, I am still basking in the holiday decor at home and dreading taking all of it down in the upcoming week. For my “I’m back” post, I thought it would be fun to share a few awesome gifts I received during my hiatus. I was blessed to receive several gifts, but I wanted to share a few items that relate directly to my blog (or blog-post creating process). I filmed a quick video so you could see them.

Here’s a video of 6 items I received that are super helpful when you’re a crafty blogger.

Thanks so much for watching and stopping by and wishing you a happy new year!

 

Craft Fair – Configuration Box

By Room Decor

Hi all,

It’s been a busy few weeks in the craft room as I am in full swing of  preparation for the holiday season. This is the first year that I will be selling Christmas themed items. It is also the first year that I will be participating in a craft fair with a friend. Planning for the fair has been fun and overwhelming all at the same time. Fortunately I feel that I have lots of ideas and just need to start cranking them out. Currently, I have several projects on the table and am working away at each of them. I can’t wait to share them all!

Here is today’s finished product. It is a Christmas reconfiguration box.  This box is  fun in that it has a little ‘puzzle’ element to it. Each of the little boxes can be rearranged into a different design. Pictured here is one version.

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Here is the same box just slightly reconfigured (you can entirely rearrange them if you’d like). There are numerous configurations that work for this box.

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These projects are almost too nice to give away. Thanks for stopping by! =)

– Jolie

Fan-Fold Valentine’s Day Garland

By Cards, Room Decor

Hi All,

I am a person who likes change. I embrace it. I like having seasonal weather (although I could do with a little less snow), I like swapping beauty products in and out, and I especially like changing up our house when it comes to decor.

Christmas is definitely my most favorite holiday. I actually get a little sad when we have to take our tree down and put away all of the wreaths. So to brighten up a few corners of the house I created some quick decor.

Here’s a quick look at a garland I made around valentine’s day.

Each Circle was created using good crate paper fourteen collection (notice how it’s covered in x’s and o’s).
I used my silhouette cutting machine to create a scalloped circle and the inner flower shape as well.
The hearts are stitched embellishments that I added for a little extra pizzazz.

Then, I just strung them up on some bakers twine and made a few more to create a garland.

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I created 2 different designs. One with a lighter pink embellishment and one with a darker pink embellishment. I also switched the pattern papers on the backgrounds. Notice how they are reversed depending on the type of embellishment? …it’s the little things.

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Here’s a close up of those x’s and o’s

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And here it is all hung up on the craft room door.  I probably could have done a better job on spacing when it came to putting them on the twine, but I didn’t really care considering it was just for my own personal enjoyment. haha – I put way more effort into stuff I giveaway! =)

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Anyway, I hope you enjoyed and feel free to leave comments =)

Have a great day all ~JS

 

Ice Skate Ornament

By Cards, Planner Stationary & Accessories, Room Decor

Hi All,

For today’s project I wanted to do an altered project. Altered projects in the craft world mean you take an item that is otherwise ordinary and…well.. alter it. =)

This project involved some large size paperclips that attached to the bottom of these stockings to create ice skates. I then inked the edges and stamped a vintage tree image. For additional dimension I hand stitched some laces with red floss and embossed a ‘noel’ sentiment to the cuff. I think these would look absolutely darling off a christmas tree or attached to  a little wreath.

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