Happy New Year!!

It came fast and went fast! The holidays are  over and now it's time to pack it all away. We celebrated, we partied, we gave gifts, and now is time to clean it all up! But where do you store your fragile ornaments? I found a great ornament storage solution at Costco and it was free! 

Good Morning Friends! Let me just start out by letting you know that I've done this project before... ten years ago!  
I made recycled boiled wool Christmas trees and sold a ton of them at the local craft fairs.  
Those green wool trees with their clothespin trunks were very popular! 
This year I inherited new recycled wool fabric and I'm making more stuffed Christmas trees this with a little twist!
Take a look...

I save a lot of jars, bottles, and thrift store salt shakers throughout the year just so I can make these amazingly easy and adorable Christmas snow globe ornaments.


Some are made with recycled jars my favorite being the Trader Joes Everything But a Bagel jar. 
Salt shakers are another favorite and I hit the mother load one day at the thrift store when I found 8 of them all the same. 

I'm always looking for a way to repurpose so this  recycled project was easy!

When I saw it, I loved it and just had to make it myself! 
The chunkiness, the color, and the embellishments! My favorite was the mushroom but today I made the candy cane embellishment because it was easier! 
If you're a fan of Anthropologie you're gonna love this! I had the perfect recycled sweater so I got to work! 
Take a look, it took no time at all...

Funny things about gnomes, you either love them or hate them.  I wasn't sure how I felt about them for a long time but then when I started making them myself I fell in love...

My inspiration today came from 
Cottage & Bungalows Magazine

The Christmas cards will start rolling in at any time! Are you ready for them? Where do you keep them?  Do you display your Christmas cards? 

When I saw this idea online I couldn't believe the price they were asking! I could make this for pennies, in 10 minutes, and I'm going to show you how! 

When my clock died I saved the parts.  I knew they'd be good for something some day and for some of those  lucky parts, that day is today! 

This was a quick and easy project and I love the final look of these vintage inspired Christmas tree ornaments.  
I had all the supplies at home and the ones I didn't came from the dollar store. 
These ornaments would be great sellers at a craft fair, to make with the kids, or to make yourself to fill your tree! 
Take a look...

You may know how much I love recycling fabric. Actually, clothing fabric from the donation pile. 
I have 4 daughters and forever they've been getting rid of perfectly good clothes and I've been picking through the pile. 
Sometimes I even find something to wear! 
All of my children have left the nest as of this month but the pile is still here and you won't believe what I found this time to use for a Christmas project! 
Take a look --->>

This project is a teaching lesson for all of us. If you've got kids or grandchildren you probably use a lot of these plastic lids! 

I've done a few posts about the things I've made for our dog in the past and you can read about them below.  Today I'm creating a container for her dry dog food by recycling a large popcorn tin leftover from Christmas. 
The dog has a little corner of our kitchen with a DIY dog fence designating her area.  The sketch is one my daughter did of our dog Kody that is sadly no longer with us. 
The dry food used to be sitting out on the table but not now that we have this cute and easy to make dog food storage tin.  I spray painted the popcorn tin white with a spray chalky paint. A couple of coats was all it needed.



When the paint dried I cut out paw prints and the words DOG FOOD with my Silhouette Machine. It didn't take long to get good at this machine and now I want to add words and…

Here is a fun and easy way to create a Christmas pillow using a plain pillow cover and scrap fabric.  You probably have most of the materials for this project at home already...

This is one of the quickest, easiest and most cost effective  recycled projects yet. 

Who's ready to get cozy? Do you live where it's cold and snowy? Here on Long Island we get all the weather! Right now we are expecting snow and after taking down Christmas, I'm ready to get cozy!

Another labor of love project for me today! 
I'm creating velvet mushroom ornaments to hang on a small Christmas tree. 
They make great gifts or package decorations and can be sewn or not sewn and decorated in several different ways. 
Take a look...

Today I'm creating the cutest large pallet wood Christmas tree for you! 
Well actually not pallet wood, it was leftover wood that secured a large box for furniture, I guess you could call it pallet wood. Wood from an actual pallet will do the same. 
Anyway, I created as I went with not much of a plan here and was pleasantly surprised in the end when I had a large sturdy, rustic wooden Christmas tree that I loved! 
Take a look...