Sydney's getting slightly better. She has been constantly whining and I'm about to pull my hair out. Thankfully, I'm going to get a break and run to craft store in just a minute. She still has a bad cough and a runny nose. Matt and I were talking and saying that this is the first time she's ever really had a bad cold. For 2.5 years, that's pretty impressive. She must have Matt's immune system - definitely not mine!
Anyway, for today's craft came because I needed something big and Christmas-y for our mantle. It was just a big blank wall and I didn't want to spend any money. So I found an old frame (minus the glass), fake garland, and big red beads. I wrapped the garland around the frame and used clear thread to keep it in place and hot glued the beads to the garland. So after Christmas, I can still use the frame if I want. Perfect!
I wish I had another length of garland so I could make it "thicker" but I used what I had. If you don't have beads, use small glass ornaments. You can even hang things down in the frame if you want. I added little birds to the bottom. No worries, I've changed the pictures in the frames so they fit into the holiday theme. 
There are a lot of other that you can do with this. You could just even decorate a frame with your family's Christmas picture in it. Alright, I'll stop now.
Oh, just one more thing. Matt cut down our Christmas tree this year! There is a huge Air Force preservation in our back yard. You can go back there and hunt, cut down fire wood and various other things, permits required. Matt bought a Christmas tree permit for $1 and "Viola!" - a dollar Christmas tree! It's not a Charlie Brown tree either. I'll take pictures and show you this week.
4 comments:
I just saw the mini felt pie on your etsy ... it is the cutest thing EVER!!!! :)
That's very cute! I've got tons of old frames lying around...hmm.
We went to a tree farm today and cut down our tree too! I've always wanted to do that. The one Christmas we lived in Washington State, we were planning on going with some friends of ours. My friend ending up having her baby that weekend, though, so no tree farm for us!
that is so cool that you cut your own tree for $1! My friend here paid $75 to cut down her own tree
Christmas tree permit, that is pretty funny. We were excited to find a place to cut our own tree north of Orlando!
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