Christmas Tree Ornaments

  Christmas ornaments.  They are….well, some of my favorite things to do.  Great gifts.  Not too much time suckage.  Fun.  (BTW, I hate how fuzzy this picture is, but that is my problem to figure out)  You, dear reader, bask in the craftiness that is this ornament!

 I made these from the Better Homes & Gardens 2007 Christmas Ideas magazine.  You need to get some 12 x 12 inch scrapbook paper and some green floral wire.  Draw 3 circles of varying size on the scrapbook paper with a compass and cut out.  Trim the edges in a fun pattern with some special scissors (like that technical term?).  Cut 3 pieces of floral wire (the directions say 18″, but I used 12″) and twist a smaller piece of wire a little bit from the top to hold the 3 wires together.  Now it’s time to bust out your trusty glue gun.  Take your scrapbook circles and hot glue into cones.  From smallest to largest, thread each cone onto the wires and hot glue into place.  When all three cones are firmly in place, twist the bottom of the wires in 3 circles in opposite directions to form a base to the tree.  Do the same with the wire left at the top as an “adornment”.  Attach a gold thread hanger and voila!  You have one seriously cute ornament.  These are great to give away – very cheerful!  As my son said, “Mom, they look like they’re dancing!”

Testing, testing

I am officially entering the blog world.  For most of you, that’s no big deal.  For me, it’s like….transcending into the computer age of the future.  You see, I just got internet at home only a few months ago.  I kept resisting technology (yes, folks, I had it at work).  Didn’t get a cell phone until 2 years ago.  But my crafty buddy, Kristin, convinced me that I should give this a go and record my crafty pursuits and whatnot.  So, armed with her help, here I am.

Because of my “hectic” lifestyle (full time trust officer in a bank, husband, 2 children under the age of 8 AND an adorable dog),  I use the internet to try and find crafty inspiration (and stalk Etsy, but that’s for another time).  There are a lot of people who craft, knit, etc. – and they do it a whole lot better than me.  But I’ll feed off of that and try to incorporate it into my small creative world.

Below is a picture of some homemade bookmarks that my CB, Kristin, and I did one snow-and-wind-filled-night.  She had the idea and I just played along.  I love to read so this was fun for me. 

In the time it took me to crank out 3 collaged bookmarks, she had done all of the rest that you see. 

I’m….a…..litttle…….slower……than…………….her.

If I can figure out to upload pictures, my next post will to rhapsodize about the paper tree ornament (and others) I crafted up to give away at Christmas.  I love ornaments – they’re fun, they’re small, they’re easy to do.  And you can never have enough!

Ta ta,

Carolyn