Show & Tell: Growth Charts

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I made some growth charts for our daycare providers children. Of course, I did this before I got my Silhouette, so everything was cut by hand. I was very happy with the way they turned out. I tried some new things with these growth charts. They are longer than normal (5 feet) and we made sure we routed them nicely around the corners. I did a night time scene for the first time. I used some paint that is reflective for the stars and moon. I also worked the names of the children into the tree. I hope they are a hit for years to come!

Night time scene. Names removed from the tree for privacy reasons.

Day time scene. Name removed from the tree for privacy reasons.

Show & Tell: Christmas Tree

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I finally got the one element I was waiting for: burlap garland. My husband isn't so sure if he likes it, but I love it. And other people must too, because it was sold out of all the Micheals in the area and their warehouse. I ended up getting it from a yard and garden place that my friend Jenny found.

I'm pretty happy with my rustic red and gold tree.

In even more exciting and pressing news, my husband and I opened our gifts early. (His was XM-Sirus Radio, and I knew he'd want to get that set up before we did any traveling for the holidays) and he surprised me with the one thing I've been dying to get for over a year: a Silhouette Cutting Machine. I super excited! I haven't done a project yet, but I'll have to find time to try it out!

My tree

My new Silhouette Cameo! It's a good thing that I didn't get this earlier this year. This is the updated one that accepts 12 inches wide paper and it just came out in October.

Bows, handmade ornaments and dollar store sleds.

More ornaments.

Tree all lit up and pretty.

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DIY Sunday: Christmas Decorations!

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I'm very excited to share the decorations I've been putting together. Years ago I bought a bunch of cheap ones. I have been slowly making and buying nicer decorations to replace the cheap ones. I got a new tree this year, so it was fitting I made a new tree skirt.

This tutorial is from HGTV and is a NO SEW SKIRT!!!! I know...can you believe the power of the mighty glue gun?

 

In addition the tree skirt, I made some ornaments. I saw an example of this in Better Homes & Gardens. Super easy. It's a small embroidery hoop with ribbon.

In my family, we had a tradition of getting a new ornament for Christmas every year from my aunt and grandma. I have around 25 of them. My brother started the tradition with my daughter. This is the ornament he got this year.

 This is one of my favorite part of our rustic tree. I have an antique ruler as the star on top of our tree. (after I add one more element, I'll post my tree)

Another Christmas tradition in our house is my mother-in-law gets each of the families one piece to a nativity set they picked out every year for Christmas. My set is almost complete!

I had these letters from a previous Christmas craft. I decided to wrap them in yarn this year and hang them with my metal chain. That looks like a paper garland but it's actually metal...one of my favorite finds at an outlet store a few years ago. Those wreaths cost me less than $.50 I estimate. Micheals had garland on sale for $3.00 for 16 feet. I did the front of my house and had plenty left over for wreaths.

One of my favorite crafts from a few years ago. I decided to hang it on the wooden ladder in our living room.

 

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