Yarn Pops

This is my favorite - because it is all my own! All the other crafts I have made I have used other projects as the base, and then added some of my own to it. But this was created by my own genius! (Or lack of genius.)

I saw some clay lollipops that were adorable, and I really wanted to make them. But I didn't have clay, and buying clay when I only have one project in mind is not the most appealing idea. And considering I've got sweater fever, I decided to cancel that project.

But I still wanted some lollipops. And I came up with these.

In order to cut down on the amount of photos I use (See the pom pom post if you want an overload.) I made sort of a tutorial photo. Sorry about the pink, I see now it is not so easy to read.
I will give you a bit more detail about this. You want to start wrapping it, and leave the ends on the backside, don't wrap those. Also, twist and wrap, then glue. If your "rope" has unwind-ed, twisting before you glue it will help keep the shape and look of the lollipop. What I do when I get to the end is pull the end to the back and glue it on, and then add the stick. To keep the lollipop from loosing its shape, put some hot glue all over the back. You could also add a circle of fabric too.

Here are some other options, other than using these as a tree decoration or gift topper....
Have fun with it!

Brown paper packages tied up with string

A little late to begin shopping and wrapping presents? Never! To be honest, I have not done ANY shopping this year. I get sort of scared when I go Christmas shopping. My family's lists are not so easy to cross off because....ahem...they have no lists. Dad says he likes " gadgets" Mom never says, and KJ says he doesn't want to ask for any of the stuff he wants because its all so expensive!

So what does that leave me with? Not a whole lot.

But! I (or mom) have something for KJ already! I decided to make the wrapping simple but sweet. Not of course, that he would care (or even notice!) But I wanted it to be a little homemade wrapping that made at least me happy.

So here is what I came up with....

Now, I don't know about you, but I think this is pretty stinkin' cute. Yarn is so versatile! I was shaving the pom pom all through grammar. Creighton says if I keep it up, the thing will be bald by Christmas! And he's probably right too.

And look, Christian left KJ a special message on the bottom! I'm guessing he won't even notice, so good thing I photographed it.
And there it is under our still undecorated tree. I actually like it undecorated. Maybe a few would be nice, but it makes the tree so much more of a focal point without all that junk on it.

How are you wrapping your presents this year? Are you trying anything new? Let me know, I would love to see!

Xoxo, have a wonderful and fabulous Thursday!

Pom-Pom Garland

Pom Pom's always make me laugh. Because it was Pom-poms that made mom hate girl scouts and want to be a cub scout....

Moving on! I usually put up a sweet little tree in my room every year. However it is green. Not that I am anti tradition, but green is not my thing. I really wanted a white one. But since I
wasn't about to fork over the money, and one never fell out of the sky, I just decided to use the green normal, not my color tree and dress it up.

And that is just what I did.I made this sweet little garland with pom poms and bows. It makes my green tree look way cute.

First, the pom poms. I didn't know how to make these until a little while ago, so I will first show you how to make them and then the garland.Start by wrapping your embroidery floss (or thin yarn) around your pointer and middle finger. (These are small pom poms, if you want bigger ones, wrap it around another finger.)Wrap it around until you have about this much. If you want a bit fuller of a pom pom, wrap some more. Cut the string.

Now cut a piece of thread about 8 inches long. (Okay, you should have done this before.) This is sort of tricky. The thread needs to come through your 2 fingers. To get it through, I usually push it with scissors It really is the most effective way, even though it sounds sort of weird. If you don't want to use those, try a pen.

So it should look like this. Then pull it all the way through.
And now your thread should be in between both fingers.Slide it down and pull it so it wraps around the back of the wrapped thread.
Tie a knot. Make sure it is loose enough that you can slip it of your fingers....which is the next step.Once it is off your fingers, tie it in another knot. Then you will have a sweet little bow. I used a few bows on my garland, so for a few of these you could stop at this point.
To make your fluffy lovely pom pom, snip ALL the loops on each end of the bow/cornucopia/lookin' thing.Then trim the ends so it is even. Sort of flatten it before you do this, it will help make everything look a bit more even.
And then you should (hopefully) have a cute fluffy little pom pom!

Now for the garland. I'm not posting a step by step, Because I'm guessing you will figure out what I mean when I say "All I did was glue the pom poms onto string."

And here is the finished product looking lovely on my green/sort of my color tree.

PC SP

What is PC SP, you ask? Pink Christmas Sneak peek!

I'm of to piano and then AHG, so I don't want have time to do a full PC post, but I wanted to show you what it will be....It is one of my favorites so far.

See you tomorrow for the full post!

Pages Changes

• This months celebrations has been updated.
• The Newvember page has been embedded back in the boonies of my November posts.
  
• Pink Christmas Page is up.

Christmas is 2 weeks away. I am in total shock.

Tissue Paper Christmas Trees

I've started decorating my room. Our family is not really into decorations. It's just not their thing. Which is totally fine - but I love decorating for Christmas. This year I am going to make my beautiful bedroom as Christmasy as possible. Then I can enjoy Christmas decorations and everyone else wont have to bother with putting as many up. It works out.

Enough Jibberish. Today's Pink Christmas Craft?

Tissue Paper Christmas trees of course!

First, gather these things: Tissue Paper, A Styrofoam cup, one piece of printer paper, scissors and you'll need a TON of hot glue (I used almost 3 sticks for this.)
Roll the paper into sort of a tepee looking' thing. Glue it so it wont come un done. Then glue it on to the cup - the cup should come about halfway up the cone.
Cut All your tissue paper into pieces this size. They do not need to be exact (and clearly mine is not) but just around this size.
Grab the center of the paper and gather it.
And twist the ends like this.
Then flatten it so you have a cute little flowery thing.
And then glue it on to the cup/paper. Repeat this about 1000 times. (Have to point out the foil bokeh!)

I will tell you that this does take a bit of time. It is not hard at all, but it takes quite alot of tissue to cover the whole thing. This would be a great thing to do while watching TV - this craft does not require serious concentration.It takes a little while...(Look at the bokeh!)
But eventually victory will be yours!I put mine on a cute little shelf my by door. I love the texture of the tree - it is so poofy!

Enjoy! xoxo

Why letters are lovely

You've already seen The Circle Garland, which was made from old cards.

These are my typewriter flowers! They are darling.

I used a letter my friend wrote on her typewriter. I love the color variation between each letter. It's so unique and vintage.

And I hated the thought of throwing all its typewriter loveliness away. So I made a few simple rolled paper flowers out of it.
The result was wonderful.

PS: I know this does not really go along with the Pink Christmas theme, but I just decided to include it anyway. I shot these with a pink background! That makes it all better.

The big reveal!

The first Pink Christmas Craft, woot woot. It has to do with that pink rick rack I've shown you....

It's my stocking for the year! At first, everyone thought it would not be Christmasy in the least. But now that it is finished, it is the perfect mix of pink and Christmas.
First, lay out your rick rack on the stocking. I mixed a few different shades of pink to make it a little more fun, but it can be done with any color. (You could also sew the rick rack on with clear thread, but I was feeling kind of lazy so I went with a hot glue gun.)


Press it down.

Then, trim the end at the bottom of the stocking and put a tiny bit of hot glue on the end of the rick rack to keep it from fraying.

Then add the other 2 (or as many as you want!)

I added some rick rack flowers to the top with the leftover rick rack. I would love to show you how to make these, but I can't really even get them right.

This project was really fun and added a little pizzazz to a regular stocking. Rick rack is $1.00 a yard. I used 4 yards for this (You do the math), and it turns out to be pretty inexpensive.

If you make this a launching pad for another project or try this out, let me know! I would love to see what you create.