Goodbye Christmas, Hello New Year

 I took the above pic a couple of weeks ago,

we don't have quite this much snow now.

But we still had a white Christmas.

I never get tired of peeking out the window 

to look at the lights on our bushes!

 And sometimes when I go to peek

I spot a little visitor too.

Bye for 2012!

A Few More Christmas Crafts

 I was crafting away

right up until Christmas day,

so I'm just now getting these photos up.

I worked on some cute vintage felt santas,

but only finished one.

He looks perfect in my woodsy 

red and green tree!

Then I decided I had to make new stockings 

for my hubby and daughter.

My girl loves purple

and I had this great vintage yarn tie

so I came up with this!

 For my hubby I did red, gold and green.

I love how the poinsettia turned out!

Here they are hanging on the fireplace mantel.

The red and green boot below is a vintage one I 

found at the thirft.

That one is for Smoke.

And mine is the one on the left below,

a vintage find from the thrift also.

Bye for now!

I Wore Green and Red

 Green blazer, shirt, and skirt: thrift

Tights: Target

Shoes: Dansko

Purse: vintage

Coat: Steve and Barry

Red and green pin: Pretty Posh Posie pin made by me

Rhinestone tree pin: vintage

Bye for now!

Opening Presents

 Hope your Christmas was as great as ours!

We had lots of great presents to open,

especially the coveted LPS dachshund!

 Then is was time for a little fashion show.

Someone is going to have fun

dressing up for school after Christmas break! 

Bye for now!

Thrift Store Finds

 Here is more thrifted vintage

Christmas goodness!

Bye for now!

Repurposed Christmas Gift Bags

 I love to repurpose shopping and gift bags,

but sometimes they have a store name

or damage from bows or tape.

So I decided to use some scraps of wrapping 

paper that I saved and some double sided tape

and work some magic.

 Here I trimmed the edges with a decorative scissors

and cut strips to go along the side of the bag.

 And a wider piece for the front and back.

 I added some ric rac.

 And a Christmas tree cutout from a Christmas card

and ta da!

 Another great use for scraps of wrapping paper

is to layer it over coordinating solid color paper

when wrapping a gift.

Bye for now!

Vintage Sewing Trim Christmas Trees

 I decided to make some Christmas 

decorations for my bedroom this year,

using vintage sewing notions.

It was very easy and fast!

I just used a styrofoam cone,

some sewing trim,

pompoms, ric rac

and a milk glass candle holder 

for the base.

 I wrapped the trim round and round,

pinning as I went.

 Added some bits of lace trims 

and ric rac.

 Glued it to the candle holder

with a glue gun,

and added some vintage Christmas 

greenery.

 I did the same process on this next one,

except I used strips of fabric instead of trim.

 Then I added trim and pom poms 

to this vintage Santa that needed a face lift!!

 They all looks so cute on my dresser!

Bye for now!

Vintage Christmas Crafts

 These funny little Christmas decorations

were made by me

when I was a kid, at school.

 They were made using Christmas cards,

plastic can lids, aluminum foil,

and glitter.

 I'm amazed and happy that they've lasted all these years!

Bye for now!

What I Wore

 Skirt: handmade by me

Boots, tights: Target

Coat: H & M

Blouse, belt and cardi: Thrift

Purse: vintage

Cuckoo Pin: made by me

Christmas Crafting

 Here are some pix of the vintage craft kit 

that I finished,

in a place of honor over the fireplace mantel.

It looks great with all my vintage angels.

And I wanted to show better pix 

of the countdown calendar I made,

my girl is really having fun

adding the flower loom flowers it each day.

 And it was just too darn easy to make,

I love it!

Bye for now!