Sunday, November 21, 2010

Quick Christmas decor

Other then my pilgrims and some pumpkins and mums outside....I haven't done much Fall decorating. Like I said in this post I have umpteen million projects going on.  And even though I wanted to do more  decorating I had to prioritize and other things were at the top of the list.  I have been busy working on my quilt (progress post this week!) and my tutorial for Haul Out the Holly.  I have also been planning Natalie's 5th birthday party, working on hallway decorations for Natalie's preschool, and decided that I should make this as well!  Ambitious or stupid?  I'm still on the fence. :-)  And I don't even want to think about all the homemade Christmas gifts waiting in the wings!

I have had a very productive last two days.  I made some huge progress on my quilt...which is turning out great so far I am happy to report!  I also got some domestic type stuff taken care of, you know...laundry, bathrooms, dishes, etc.  And I also finally answered some emails, responded to some comments, and caught up on some blog reading.  And now I feel not only less overwhelmed but even more motivated to finish those projects AND I was even inspired to make a couple quick Christmas decorations!

Remember this post about my rub on Halloween subway art?  Well I mentioned there that I found the rub ons at the Target dollar spot.  At our Target right now they have put out all the Christmas dollar goodies and of course I had to see what they had!

Well no rub ons but they had some cute paper...



and theses foam candy canes...



I didn't know what I was going to do with them but I knew I had to have them!

Well today I came up with this...



Super cute, super quick, and super easy!  Cut paper, stick on candy cane, put in frame. DONE.

I also had the little black frame that I used for another one of my Halloween decorations using the same rub ons.

Here's what it looked like then:



And here is what it looks like now:



I just used some white felt for the background and cut out some holly leaves out of dark green felt and then hand stitched  on the holly and 3 red buttons with some embroidery floss.  And that's it!

I love how something as simple as felt and some buttons can make such a pretty and unique Christmas decoration!  If I have time I want to make some more of these using other Christmas icons.

Well I'm off to work on my quilt!  We'll talk soon.


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5 comments:

  1. the little candy cane is so darn cute! love what you did with it!

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  2. I love the holly berry buttons!! So simple but so cute!

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  3. Love the candy cane, and love that little frame! Did you paint the frame, or did you buy it like that? Love the striped background against the candy cane, too.

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  4. very cute! i think i know what im going to do with all my empty pic frames that are sitting out ;-) i love that you just took out the halloween stuff and put in xmas. great for those of us who are trying to pair down!

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  5. This is an AMAZING idea! I saw those two items just yesterday and thought "What can I do with this magic?!?" Thanks for sharing!

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