Glitter Pink Christmas!

Shabby Chic and all glittery and pink Christmas Treasury featuring hand crafted and vintage treasures from Etsy!

Felt Rose Christmas Tree Ornament

Ok, here is one last frugal (cheap) Christmas craft for this year!  This time I branched out and found my inspiration and supplies in the $1.00 section of Michaels. 

Supplies:

Christmas tree shapes $1.00 for ring of 5

         cardboard shapes and measure 6"

         tall.

Striped contact paper $1.00

Felt - already had on hand, but only cost

         29. for each sheet

Glitter

Glue

Ribbon

This ornament is so easy and quick, a perfect rainy day holiday craft project with your kiddos.  First step, remove Christmas trees from ring, then remove enough of the back off the contact paper to cover your tree shape, both back and front.

Now that super duper easy step is done it's time to decorate.  I decided to cut scalloped shaped strips of the bright green felt and glued down on the tree. 

Then I started creating my three little felt roses, by first cutting felt circles, which you then cut into spirals.  Next you simply start rolling the spirals into a rose shape.  Now cut little leaf shapes.  Attach your roses and leaves to your little trees and once they are nice and dry start applying glue for your glitter!

Happy Holidays and Happy Crafting!

Beth

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Creating Christmas with Lulu Lang

Hello! I am Tracy from Lulu Lang. I am so excited to be Alyssabeth's guest blogger today and share this holiday craft tutorial with you! The craft I am sharing is very special to me and has been part of my family for many years. When my grandfather was alive, he used to make tons of ornaments, decorations and beautiful wreaths out of pinecones which are always proudly displayed around my families' houses especially at Christmas time.

One of the things he loved to create were pinecone angels; his is the gold one. Recreating these angels has been on my list of things to do for a few years now, and now I have finally accomplished my version of Grandpa Lang's pinecone angel. You can collect these items on a nice fall day and save them for when you're ready to make your ornament. It's so easy and very inexpensive to make.

You will need:

• Pinecones at least 3" tall
• Acorns with the tops on
• Dried milkweed pods - If you don't have any of these in your area you can find them online
• Pipe cleaners
• Golf tee
• Ribbon
• Silver or gold spray paint
• Black permanent marker
• Hot glue gun
• Craft glue
• Glitter (optional)

Collect all of your outdoor supplies and make sure they are free from any dirt and bugs. If the milkweed pods are still closed, split them open and clean the seeds and fluff out of them. Leave them to dry for a few days or longer if needed.

Spread out your pinecones, acorns, dried milkweed pods and golf tee on some newspaper and spray with spray paint. You will need to do several coats to make sure you've covered all of the areas.

Once your items have dried (at least 24 hours) you are now ready to start gluing. Using a hot glue gun, glue the acorn to the top of the pinecone. You might need to remove the tip of the pinecone in order to position the head properly.

Cut a pipe cleaner about 6" long, bend it into a 'V' shape and glue it to the core of the pinecone about 3/4 of the way up.

Attach the milkweed pods to the back of the angel for the wings. You will need to be very generous with your glue, especially with the milkweed pods, to make sure everything is secure.

Wrap the ends of the pipe cleaner around your golf tee. I glued my tee to the tip of the pinecone closest to the top so it wouldn't move. Cut another piece of pipe cleaner about 2" long and make a circle for the halo, leaving a little excess length to glue it to the back of the head.

I added a bit of glue and then glittered the top of the acorn and the flat end of the golf tee. You could also add some to the tips of the pinecone or inside the milkweed pods. Draw the eyes onto the acorn using a black permanent marker.

Cut your ribbon to the desired length and using the hot glue gun attach it to the back of your ornament just below where the acorn sits.

What's great about this craft is that it barely costs any money to make. Most of the supplies you can find outdoors and the others you may have lying around your house already. It's easy enough for the kids to help make, and makes a great keepsake for years to come. I have had mine for over 20 years! I know this is one tradition I will be passing on to my children.

You can find my over at my Etsy shop, blog, on Facebook or Twitter.
Thanks so much for letting me join you today, and happy holiday crafting!

Creating Christmas Glitter Chic Vintage Cookie Cutter Ornaments

This is probably my cheapest, quickest and one of my favorite Christmas Crafts this year!  I used items that I already had around the house:

Vintage metal cookie cutters

Sheet Music Scrapbook Paper

Glitter

Ribbon

Decorative items vintage and/or new

   I used a vintage fur earrings, a tiny
   bottle brush Christmas tree and a
   vintage Santa graphic encased in resin
   and antique lace




So how easy is this, well trace your cookie cutter out on the paper, cut out and glue into the cookie cutter.  One this is dry paint glue around the inside and outside of cutter and glitter away!  Once this is dry decorate the inside with your little decorations.

To hang tie a pretty ribbon around the handle on the back of the cutter.  As you can see I've hung mine from a precious vintage tinsel tree that I found at an antique store this season.  This craft is simple and quick enough to create with your kiddos!

As always Happy Holidays and Happy Crafting My Friends!

Beth

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Creating Christmas with Jen at I Can't Stop Crafting

Hello AlyssaBeths readers!  My name is Jen, and I am the gal behind I Can't Stop Crafting.   I am pleased as can be to be sharing here today, it's always such a treat to be invited for a visit at another blog.  Feel free to swing by my home turf to see what I've been up to lately, to link up to my weekly Head to Head Showdown link party, or just to say "hi". 

I've been watching in amazement as it seems all of blog world has gone mad for burlap and jute crafting.  The creative ideas people come up with, to jazz up humble burlap absolutely floors me.  Who'd have thought there would be so many possibilities?  Well, now it's my turn.  I bought a roll of burlap the other day, and I put together this simple little wreath in a matter of minutes.

I started with the aluminum screw band from an old jar.  I cut a long strip of burlap, 3-4 inches wide and using hot glue, adhered the strip of burlap to the screw band.  

I then wound the burlap around the band, feeding it through the middle and wrapping it around until I'd worked by way around the entire band.

 
I secured the burlap in place with another dot of hot glue and trimmed any wayward strands from the burlap.

To spruce my little burlap wreath up, I added a few sprigs from a wired berry garland I bought years ago.  I just wrapped the little sprigs around and hot glued the ends in place.

As for where you need such a tiny wreath?  Well, perhaps you have a small shelf that needs adorning, like this:

Or wouldn't a handful of these wreaths tucked among the boughs of your Christmas tree be charming?

  I think a set of these mini wreaths would make charming napkin rings as well. 

Thank you so much for having me here today, AlyssaBeths!  I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas, and enjoy each moment of the season!

Be blessed,

Holly Jolly Etsy Christmas Gift Guide

Here is my Christmas Gift Guide #2!  If you love handmade, creative and one of a kind gifts and holiday decor I know that you have found Etsy by now.  I found Etsy quite by accident years ago and fell in love with the concept, and that I could purchase such creative, handcrafted items all year round, I didn't have to wait for a craft show and .... I could purchase online and it's delivered directly to my home! 

Hope you take a look at my little Holly Holly Christmas Gift Guide, it's very bright and cheery.

A Shabby Chic Glittered Christmas!

I love glitter and I love Christmas, so of course my favorite thing to do is to adorne as much as Ic an for Christmas in glitter!!! Here are a few of my latest glitterd adorned Christmas items in my Etsy store.

Shabby Chic Pink Toile Peace Dove Ornaments Set of Two

http://www.etsy.com/listing/60744270/shabby-chic-pink-toile-peace-dove

Shabby Chic White Snow Glitter Cross Ornaments with Vintage Ivory Pearl Earrings Decoration Set of Two

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62304559/shabby-chic-white-snow-glitter-cross

Shabby Chic Christmas Wreath Wrapped in Pink Ribbon Gift Tags Set of 6

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62287324/shabby-chic-christmas-wreath-wrapped-in?ref=v1_other_2

French Chic Glass Glitter Fleur de Lis Rosette Ornament Decoration

http://www.etsy.com/listing/58709762/french-chic-glass-glitter-fleur-de-lis



Elegant Angel with Golden Accents Hand Stamped Muslin Ribbon 3 Yards

http://www.etsy.com/listing/62435969/elegant-angel-with-golden-accents-hand

Pink Chic Christmas Puppy Gift Tags Set of 6

http://www.etsy.com/listing/52804068/pink-chic-christmas-puppy-gift-tags-set

Sweet Pink Christmas Collage using Vintage Christmas Images. The centerpiece of course is the precious Christmas Puppy sitting in front of the fire all cozy and warm waiting for Christmas morning! . I’ve set this on a background of vintage pink retro wallpaper, added a little pink tinseled ornaments and Christmas Greetings! With highlights of hand applied pink and snow glitter.

These would be wonderful gift tags, bookmarks, invitations, cards, ornaments, or used in your Christmas Décor.

Set of 6 tags, each measures 3 ½ x 2 ¾ inches and are printed on heavy 110 card stock.

Please feel free to contact me if you would like to request an order for a larger # of tags/cards, of if you would like to purchase without holes and ribbons.

Each order will come packaged in a cellophane bag tied with a ribbon.

Take a look around at my other Paper Art as well as my Resin Collage Jewelry, Vintage & Antique Décor at http://www.etsy.com/shop/Alyssabeths