The Holidays are coming up and we are going to be decorating
our homes with great looking handmade items. Here are a few ideas for some very
easy ornaments.
1 – Paper cones. These are very Victorian and look great on
a tree. All you have to do is find a great antique holiday image and print it
out on card stock paper of your choice. After you print it out cut around the
image in a long triangle form. Now take the shape you just cut out and place it
on top of another piece of card stock. Sew the two together leaving the top
open. Cut the back piece to match the front. You now have a paper cone. Take a
bit of fiberfill and place it in the bottom to hold it open slightly. Now place
holiday greens in the cone. Use a piece of
wire or pretty ribbon for handle by gluing it into the inside sides. I use
white glue; you could also use your glue gun. It takes minutes to make these
and they look so wonderful on the tree or hung in the panes of you window.
2 – Very Prim Candy Canes. These are so easy, yet really
look Prim. All you have to do is purchase a pack of red pipe cleaners and one
of white. You can get them for very
little at your local craft store. Take one white and one red and now twist them
together. You will see right away how they start to look like a candy
cane. Make a strong cup of instant
coffee and run your twisted red and white pipe cleaner through it. Now take
your fingers and run them down the pipe cleaner squeezing the extra liquid out.
This also leaves it looking like it has been around for years. Now set it aside
on a paper towel to dry. When it is dry cut the pipe cleaner twist in half. Now
just bend the top into candy cane shape. These look great on a small tree or in
the hand of a prim snowman. If you want
to make a long one do not cut it in half and use 4 pipe cleaners, 2 of each
color so it is thicker.
3 – An easy window decoration is as follows. Take a few
clippings from your Christmas tree, or from any extra greens you may have. They
should be about 6” long. Bundle 3 of these together and tie it with matching
green sewing thread. Now add one of the candy canes you just made with a bit of
red thread. This will give you a branch
bundle with an antique looking candy cane on it. Make a few and hang them in
the panes of your window. Do not place them in every section; just do maybe 3
per window. These are so simple, yet look so good. You can use tiny suction
cups to hang them.
If you have any questions please give me a shout. Have a great day.
Faith
