Snowman Container

I have a large version of this lil snowman that I placed a small tree in.

My sister-in-law admired him, so I made a mini version for her.

I used a cottage cheese container. 

Painted it a light tan color.

I used dark brown to give a grungy look to the top and bottom rims.

Then painted on his face. 

I used tea stained cheese cloth and stuffed in the inside.

Then added some prigs of greenery, a stuffed candy cane, 

some cinnamon sticks and a star. 

Pretty quick and easy.

Primitive "Peppermint" Sticks

I made these for myself. :) 

And as Christmas gifts.

I cut dowel rods down to about 4 inches long.

(Any size dowel rods would work.)

I cut my fabric about 6" x 1".

 

 

Used hot glue. (I LOVE HOT GLUE, if you haven't noticed by now)

Hot glued the strip of material on one end at a slight angle.

I wrapped the entire stick, and then hot glued the end, and cut off any excess material.

I printed a tag I found from a share site on Facebook onto a piece of fabric.

(Using freezer paper ironed to the back of most material allows it to go easily through the printer)

And attached it with twine. 

 

Voila, Peppermint Twists that will last me forever. :)

Snowman In A Jar

I've seen photos all over Facebook of crafters making their own lil snowman scenery jars. 

So I had to try it myself.

Ok, well the craft started out great.

And I even got out my REAL camera to take photos of it all.

Then it all fell apart from there. LOL

After a few pictures, I got a visitor.

And it threw me off my game. 

So when I finally got back to crafting,

The snowman I was working on would not go together right.

So I gave up on the photos. 

So instead of sewing, I got out my glue gun. LOL

My first step was to make 3 round shapes for a snowman using this tutorial...

HomeSpun from The Heart Tutorial

Well, that did NOT go so well for such a small snowman. 

Maybe if I would have hand sewn, but I DON'T hand sew.

 I finally just made three sloppy balls for my snowman.

Drew on a mouth, and attached a nose made from material shaped into a cone.

Wrapped a scarf around him.

Made a horrible hat using material and my glue gun.

No directions needed, as I just shaped and glued the best I could.

I placed him in a mason jar. Added a couple pieces of old garland that I cut down, 

hoping to make them look like tiny trees. 

And then I added some Bean Bag Fill to look like snow.

Maybe cotton would have looked better? Or even some fake snow bought at the store? 

But I used what I had on hand. :)
 

And here is my finished craft for the day.

Ya, nothing to be proud of for sure. But it is what it is. 

Wish me better luck on my next craft.

Projects like these are why my blog is called 

MAYBE I can make that.

Mini Christmas Tree

How did December 2nd get upon us already? 

Time is going by TOO Fast!

 

My first Christmas craft was a retake on the fabric tree's I have previously made.

Instead of tying all my material in knots and attaching to the tree, I did it in a different pattern.

I simply cut the fabric in about 3" x 1" strips, and looped them. 

Then attached with a glue gun. 

And each row I placed a little bit overlapping the previous row.

Simple, easy and quick.

Not sure if I like it, but at least it was something different. :)

Old Crib into Christmas Decoration

Driving down the road the other day, I noticed two old cribs sitting on the curb.

Not sure if they were for sale or what, I just passed them by. 

They were still there when I drove by that night.

And again the next day, with a FREE sign on them. 

Already  having an old crib sitting out back of my shed, (That I have NO idea what to do with)

I wasn't sure if I should grab these up, so I passed em by yet again.

 

Couldn't help myself when late that night, I saw they were still sitting there. So I loaded them up in the van and brought them home, certain I could come up with something to do with them. 

And I am happy with the one project I made with the headboard of the crib.

I painted the entire center of the board with a burgundy paint. No sanding, no priming, which made me happy.  I did two coats.

I cut words with my cricut. I intended to use them as a stencil, and peel them off. But I love the way they looked just at they were, so I left them on as stickers. 

And the best part, since I was originally using them as stencils, I used $2.00 shelf liner instead of vinyl.

I sealed it with 2 coats of Mod Podge, and I intend to do 2 more thin coats.

 

I used black paint on the edges,
I just used a rag to wipe it on, leaving some spots thicker and some spots lighter.

I love how it turned out. :)