12 Days of Holiday Cards and Crafts: Day 9 – Poinsettia Wreath

December 12, 2014 by Leave a Comment

day9_poinsetta_wreath1Good evening and welcome to day nine of my 12 Days of Holiday Cards and Crafts! Well the internet problems from earlier this week have been resolved but today, I couldn’t post from my machine. Hence the late post. I apologize.

day9_poinsetta_wreath2Today is a holiday craft I made using my Silhouette.  If you know anything about me is I love me some flowers.  I was thrilled to see all the different paper flower files that are on the Silhouette store. I found these poinsettia flower files and just had to have them. In the first photo I showed you the flowers looked like before I assembled them. The funny thing is that I have a really nice flower curling set I bought over a year ago and of course today when I am actually making flowers, I can’t find the tools. So I used a pencil and a paint brush and improvised. It was actually relaxing shaping and curling the petals.

day9_poinsetta_wreath4I cut out six flowers but I liked the look of 5 on this wreath I picked up at Michael’s for $2.50 on sale. The stamen came with the cut file and I used yellow paper and then put some Wink of Stella on them for added sparkle.

day9_poinsetta_wreath3I adhered them to the wreath with glue dots instead of my hot gun so that if I want to change them, it will be easy.

I like how it looks in my craft room.

I hope you all had a blessed day and I will be back with day ten tomorrow.

Belinda

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Home Decor: Miniature Winter Village

December 11, 2013 by 3 Comments
I put them on one of my display shelves in my craft room.

I put them on one of my display shelves in my craft room.

Hello Everyone! I am so excited to share my latest little project.  I bought these 3D cut files during Silhouette’s big sale last week. It is a little winter village and they are sized to fit on to small ledges, windowsills or shelves. When I saw them,  I just fell for the simple white theme and I knew exactly where I would  put them. I placed them on my display shelf in my craft room where I usually display cards, pictures or my boy’s art work. But I decided I want to fill the shelves with winter decorations.  So I am looking for more cute projects to display on the shelves.

I apologize now for all the pictures but I wanted to capture the different angles.

They fit so nice on the shelf.

They fit so nice on the shelf.

The  houses came with fences and trees. I debated whether to put another tree on the other end of the shelf.  But as you can see below on the other end the cutest little bench that came with it as well.

Look at the cute little park bench.

Look at the cute little park bench.

These shelves are right at the top of the stairs and now I smile every time I pass this little village.

This is the view from the front.

This is the view from the front.

I kept the houses white and I added little wreath embellishments that I also found on sale at the Silhouette store.

I will be sure to post pictures of some of the other projects I am working on once I complete them.

Have a blessed day!

Belinda

 

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Home Decor: 30 Days of Gratitude

November 8, 2013 by 3 Comments
I displayed them on the wall behind my desk so that I can see it every day.

I displayed them on the wall behind my desk so that I can see it every day.

Hello Everyone! Happy Friday! I have been away pretty much the whole week.  My youngest caught the stomach bug so I have been doing a whole lot of laundry and cleaning up things.  It hasn’t left much time for crafting and now I am truly behind on my Confessions work.  But then this time of year always lends itself to sick days, extra errands and more doctors appointments right?

So I am not going to complain instead I am going to share my latest crafty home decor that I bought off of Jessica Sprague’s website. It is called, ’30 Days of Gratitude’. I printed up and cut out the files then assembled these cute little envelopes. The instructions came with different ideas for displaying these envelopes and I knew on the wall behind my desk would be the perfect place.

A close up of the envelopes.

A close up of the envelopes.

It fits so nicely on this wall I love looking at it.  Apollo has taken a liking to it too and each day he pulls out a card to read the encouraging words.

Apollo reading a card.

Apollo reading a card.

Before bed, I ask each of my boys and my husband to list 3 things they are grateful for and they have to be different from days prior. Then I write them on a piece of paper.  I think I might have to make a little mini scrapbook of our days of gratitude.  Perhaps I can make it an on-going album so I can get the boys to truly establish a more grateful life.

Each card has a unique quote on them.

Each card has a unique quote on them.

I hope you too can find more moments to pause and reflect on the many blessings big and small in your lives.

Have a blessed day!

Belinda

 

 

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Valentine Home Decor Project

February 15, 2013 by Leave a Comment
L-O-V-E wooden decor

L-O-V-E wooden decor

I bought these wooden hearts a while back with the intention of decorating them for my craft room.

I used the beautiful True Love paper from Basic Grey and some foam letters and flowers.  Love the final look.

On my desk before I decided where to put them.

On my desk before I decided where to put them.

I had some satin butterflies I bought months ago and finally got to use one. So cute.

I love this butterfly.

I love this butterfly.

 

 

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