Last Minute Inspirations

Do you find that at Christmas  . . .

it's hard to do a post because you're busy

making gifts that you don't want certain people

seeing before Christmas?

 So I decided to go into my archives 

and show you projects from 

Christmas' past.

Last Christmas my skates were 

hanging on the gate.

This wreath started by 

rolling and stapling song sheets,

that I printed from the computer. 

  

And gluing them to a cardboard

circle. 

I hung it over our fireplace.

This one was done in a similar fashion.

And this one was decoupaged

over a thrift store frame. 

This one I made as a surprise gift

for a secondhand book store

owner in our town. 

Then there was the cardboard 

top hat I made one year. 

I thought it looked very Dickens

Christmas Carolish :)

That same year I took a Styrofoam

store display that I found at a yard sale,

covered it in sheet music,

stuck it in a lamp base (another thrift store find).  

Then dressed it in ballet

fashion from a thrift store prom dress:)

It was my version of the 

Nutcracker Ballet.

My friend Shirley and I made these

from old windows removed from our 

home when we put the new ones in. 

This is mine . . .

This is hers.

I've put mine on the mantel 

for the last three Christmases, we love it:) 

 These were cut from plywood

and covered with fabric and buttons.

This was inspired from a 

small thrift store lamp shade

and dollar store ornaments.

 These little blocks were cut from

scrap wood and painted.

The snowmen I found at a yard sale.

These I made for my kitchen window.

2X4 blocks painted and decoupaged

from pictures printed on the computer.

If you have an ink jet printer be sure and

spray them with acrylic spray.

If you don't, the ink will run when you 

apply the decoupage glue.

Here they are in the kitchen window.

Here's a sign I painted 

last year for a gift.  

And this little fellow I made

last year from a pattern I found

on the internet.

 

Steve and I don't usually do gifts.

Instead we each plan a date night,

but he certainly deserves a special handmade card :)

I'll end this post with this photo 

from last year . . .

we just might not have a white Christmas 

this year . . . it's still too soon

to know:)

I hope that I inspired any of you

that are looking for ideas.

Keep Smiling!

Your blogging sister,

Connie :)