Re: Unusual and creative Xmas decorations

Mominohio · ‎08-08-2010

@Irshgrl31201 wrote:
The first year my daughter moved out and lived on her own for Christmas, she was a little bummed she didn't have a fireplace and mantle in her tiny little apt. She took chalkboard paint and painted one wall with it. This is what she did for Christmas. I am looking for the other pictures she took for the way she dressed it up for other holidays. This was the only one I could find so far and there is a better picture she took after this where she drew a fire in the fireplace. I thought it was very cute.

Love this! I admire people who take what they have and make it great!

Pook · ‎03-20-2010

I taught kids crafts at a local Y years ago and we made picture ornaments for the kids to give their parents and grandparents. We used the plastic lids like from coffee cans, nuts, etc and glued the picture in the middle and then glued beads around the around the inside rim and punched a hole at the top to hang. We also used old Christmas card pictures.

Poodlepet2 · ‎03-09-2010

We are of the Jewish faith but we put up a tree for our staff. Every year, somebody brings us ornaments made from safety pins and beads and they are incredibly intricate!

Every morning I look at my used k-cups and think about what I could do with them: they kind of remind me of bells. Next year, I want to spray them with metallic paint and decorate them....I've also thought they might be cute bird feeders. Here is Florida it's illegal to feed birds, but up North, it's quite common.

My idea is to stick some sort of wire through it so it could be hung on a branch. Coat the coup with on or press some suet on it, roll in seeds and hang.

Poodlepet2

Allegheny · ‎03-19-2010

I get a daily email from a site called Hometalk. Amazing how crafty and creative people are. Many ideas of people turning everyday recycled items into beautiful decor.

As for myself, I cut the dried flowers off my hydrangea tree, placed them in a large planter, it sits on my covered front porch. When I was decorating I found some large glittered burgundy colored poinsettias picks I had stashed, so I added them.