Crafty Lassie Tuesday, Link Party #20

Welcome to the Crafty Lassie Tuesday # 20.

We had a fantastic turnout last week.  Thank you to all those who came and linked up.

Here are the features.

DIY Damask Wall Art

Goal Setting And Resolutions Printable

DIY No Power Tools Shelf

Now lets look over the rules and get onto the PARTY!

#1: We would love for you to follow our blog. Not required though. We love all our followers! The more the merrier. :)

#2: Link up your crafts, recipes, home decor, an about you....anything you like. Make it family friendly though.

#4: Please make it a {specific} post on your blog and not a link to your main page.

#5: Link back here by grabbing the link party button on sidebar and posting it either in your post or somewhere on your blog to let others know were you party.
#6: If you see something you like, leave them a comment. Everyone loves comments, We sure do!
#7: By posting a link to our blog you give us the right to use your picture and a link back to your blog in a feature on our blog, should we feature you. :

Christmas Angel Ornament Tutorial

I hope you like this tutorial.  It is easy and fun. I think the angels are just beautiful and would make a nice babies first Christmas ornament.

You need:

Yarn,

Scissors;

Cardboard 6x4 inches or larger if you want a bigger angel,

Christmas ribbon.

1: start to wrap the yarn around the cardboard. (don't wrap to tight or it will be hard to tie off the yarn)

2: wrap the yarn about 20 times, give or take a few depending on the thickness of the yarn you are using

3: take a piece of yarn about 6 inches long and slide under all the yarn one one side of the cardboard, pull it to the top and tie it tight. This will be the top of the head.

5: cut the bottom of the yarn

6: this is what it will look like after you cut the bottom of the yarn

7: tie a piece of yarn round the tassel about one inch down from the top. This is the head

8: start on the wings, wrap the yarn around the shorter side of the cardboard

9: once you are done slide the yarn off the cardboard and cut another piece of yarn to tie around the middle of the wings

10: set the wings aside for now

11: Part the body of the angel in half

12: grab the wings

13: place them in between the two pieces and slide the wings close to the head

14:  tie the ribbon around the angel under the wings

The last step is to heng the angle on your tree.

DIY Christmas Tree, Tomato Cage

It's another Pinterest idea I found, Geez Pinterest why are you so addicting? I find myself on there watching what others are pinning. It's pure craziness!

Here is my tomato cage Christmas Tree.

My lovely tree! Thanks Rose for letting me use your camera.... I could have gone nuts with taking the pictures. That is one fun gadget that I need to have one day. (can you see some of our headbands on the left side... :) most of them will be in our etsy store at the first of the new year)

Here is the Tutorial...

Supplies:

Tomato Cage (Home Depot actually had some left!)

5 to 6 Pine Garland strands (mine were from the dollar store)

Lights

Ornaments & Garland

or anything you want on your tree

Take the tomato cage and turn it upside down. 

(Little Colten in the background. His mom, Kayla, has a blog, CHECK IT OUT!)

Take your garland and twist it around the bottom.

Then you will just continue to go around the whole cage. Each time I came to the wire that's in a circle I did the wrap around. (if that doesn't make sense let me know :))

What I did was each time I came to the wire going up I would do a loop around the bar.

Here is what it looks like as I was going around and up. I did not pack it tight, it's actually pretty loose.

As I get to the top I took a little piece of garland and hot glue and brought the three wires to the middle for to form the top of the tree. 

Here is a closer picture for you.

All done! 

(Maizy can't seem to stay out of the way whenever I am making something.)

Now just start decorating it how you'd like it. 

I put lights on mine, then the garland beads. I secured the beads with little pieces of pine garland. The holly was just stuck into the tree and the holly beads were bent around the garland or the strand of lights. Have fun with it! I was originally going to put this outside by our front door. But its very tight and wouldn't work. 

So I ended putting it on our landing.

Here is how the stair railing is decorated.

I just love the tree. I would love to make more and just put them outside on either side of the garage.

Georgia kept climbing the stairs... So Rose put her here, it's her time out chair now. 

The HaHa mommy come and get me face!

There she goes, love little Georgia, never a dull moment with her around. But, you can see my peppermint garland I made. So simple too! Just hot glued a bunch of peppermints together. I actually made it all last year and it survived through the summer months in the garage. The snowflakes were from the dollar store, last year. Then I made little stockings last year too.

Here is a close up.. So simple too! Just find a small stocking pattern or if you can draw one. (all done with fabric) Glue two together, I left the top of mine open, that way I could put things in them if I wanted to. I then just hot glued vintage rhinestones to them. I have 5 of these and love the little sparkle on them. 

Just a close up.

LOVE THIS TREE!

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed and that you make yourself one!

XOXO

Kids Craft, DIY Christmas Gift Bows

Once I found out that you can make your own gift bows I knew it was something to try.  I really enjoy making things with my kids and these are easy and simple.  Christmas Crafts are so fun and full of cheer.  Plus it gives you something to do as a family.

Lets get started. 

First you'll need to cut out strips of paper any type will do.  We used wrapping paper.

cut all the strips in the same shape and size.  To make a bow that is about 4 inches across you will need your strips of paper to be 12 inches long and 1 inch wide.

for one bow you need around 6 strips. But it is up to you on how many you want to add to your bow.

Once your strips are cut glue them in a figure 8 shape. Like shown below.

We used Elmer's glue but you can use any kind you like.

Lay one of you figure 8 papers down and glue anether on top in to make a cross.

Continue to add the paper strips on top of one another in a staggered pattern.

One your bow looks full you are dun just let it dry in a safe place.  The kids will love adding their bows to the gifts they wrap.