Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Seven Weeks of Christmas Crafts!

Pinterest has become oh so inspiring to me!  I go in spurts of loving some sort of hobby. Whether it is sewing, baking, cake decorating, blogging, I just like to try new things to see if I can do them and as an addition to the daily routine that can sometimes feel like the movie Groundhog Day. 

There are so many fun ideas I've been pinning that I have decided that for the seven weeks until Christmas I will tackle one Christmas Craft a week.  This is going to be fun.  It will probably also be funny, because I am not a professional crafter.  Crafting is work for me!  It is fun, but it is not easy.  I have a variety of difficulties on my craft selection so we will see how it goes! 

Here is my crafting lineup:
Week 1 (this week): Stockings
Week 2: Wreath
Week 3: Addy's First Christmas Ornament
Week 4: Advent Calendar/System
Week 5: Tree Skirt (this is my most ambitious task)
Week 6: Creative Gift Wraping
Week 7: Felt Decorative Trees

I will be posting my progress on these projects!  Anyone want to join me??

4 comments:

  1. That's awesome!! Geoff and I made stockings a few years ago and are making a wreath this year. Like the tree skirt idea! And what do you mean yOu are not crafty? We made some pretty great quilts in high school :)

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  2. Well I try to be crafty but I'm not like super crafty like you :) and yes our quilts were magnificent. Lets see if I have to rip my stocking apart several times so they are perfect. :)

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  3. Two things. First, what tree skirt do you have in mind? I have one I am dying to make too. I have been talking about doing a tree skirt for years.

    Second, when it comes time for your creative wrapping, take a look at Pretty Handy Girl's blog from last December (http://www.prettyhandygirl.com/2010/12)
    She did a great series on some incredible wrapping ideas; and her husband contributed one post of his own that was hilarious!

    Happy crafting!

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  4. I'm planning on attempting amy butlers design (it's on my Christmas board. Sheesh I think i'm losing my mind with that attempt since I'm quite a novice.

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