As a Blogger one's mind is torn in all directions at the inspirational DIY ideas on the web. Today I want to share some holiday diy inspiration and some free printables. I have placed links to the tutorials or downloads beneath the images.
Showing posts with label christmas diy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas diy. Show all posts
Wednesday, 17 December 2014
Friday, 12 December 2014
DIY Holiday Candle Holders - Surprise Your Guests With These Little Cuties
I made these little candle holders to go on my Christmas table, I wanted one for each guest so they could take them home. They were very simple to make and took only a few minutes.
Monday, 23 December 2013
Last Minute Christmas Inspiration Round up - Recipes, DIY & More
A request last month to return the popular weekly inspiration post had me gathering some lovely ideas this week. Some last minute simple sweet treats, table decor and some cute little peanut tree hangings I thought were delightful.
Visit Cake Time, a lovely Polish blog....Recipe in English here - The recipe calls for honey instead of golden syrup so I have convinced myself these sweet little houses are good for you. They certainly brought a smile to my face
Peppermint bark in a silicone mold, idea spotted at Once Upon A Plate... recipe can be found here.
Visit Lia Griffith for instructions then download and print these cute and colourful bows to add to your presents
Simple but original, gift tags seen over at Picklee
Create this lovely gold leafed garland from pine cones, step by step tutorial over at The Sweetest Occasion
What a lovely idea for a children's table, inspiration comes from Sweet Little Peanut where you can also find the recipe for these cute reindeer cookies.
Rustic simplicity, this year I will be using ribbon to tie around my napkins, inspiration was spotted on Pinterest via Indulgy
Hope you have enjoyed these last minute ideas, I am still running around doing final shopping and making rocky road bark and mini Christmas fruit mince pies to package into gifts.
Lee oxo
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Monday, 9 December 2013
Christmas Holiday Inspiration - Marshmallows, free printable gift tags & more
I used to have a weekly feature of home ideas I discovered as I surfed the net. recipes, interior decor, gifts etc but one day this weekly event seemed to disappear and I am still at a loss why. However, there has never been a more appropriate time to re-introduce it and share some recently discovered Christmas inspiration.
Starting with these cute free printable gift tags from Creature Comforts...
Visit Creature Comforts for the correct size download. Creature Comforts also has a shop where she sells delightful and quirky animal prints, you can visit her store here.
Above: Sania Pell is a professional stylist and author of The Homemade Home: 50 Thrifty and Chic Handmade Projects, and The Homemade Home for Children. Sania recently completed a project for Liberty, creating some unique Christmas stockings... You can find instructions and more wonderful images here.
Above: A newly discovered food & lifestyle photography blog 'Mowielicious'. These Raspberry swirl marshmallows looked so divine and instructions so simple, I had to share... You can find the recipe and instructions here.
Above: I love this idea, a cup garland, you could use white cups and draw stars or reindeer with a fine black pen, or simply leave them plain. For the tutorial with step by step images, please visit Hey Gorgeous Events
And ending with some beautiful Christmas inspired Pinterest images...
I like the simple decor of this setting
Back to nature
A unique wooden tree
love these snowflakes made from craft sticks. They would also look great hanging from a mantelpiece. For tutorial visit BHG.
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Lee x
Saturday, 22 December 2012
Christmas Crackers - Re-inventing cheap crackers to luxurious ones
Each Christmas I make my own Christmas crackers/bon bons, this year, however, I was fast running out of time so decided to re-invent some cheap ones from the $2 shop.
What you will need:
- Cheap Christmas crackers (I got 6 for $2 total)
- 1 sheet of wrapping paper of your own choice (I chose cream with gold cherubs) (1 metre sheet does 6 crackers easily).
- Scissors
- Narrow double sided tape
- Ribbon of your choice (I used some black organza)
- Embellishments (ideas here), this year I used old broken vintage jewellery and some faux pearls.
- Hot glue gun if using embellishments.
- Token fillings such as chocolates (Hershey's kisses are good en mass, or they hold around 3 Ferrero Rocher chocolates). Little key rings, earrings, pens whatever you can find that will fit in. Usually they contain a folded paper hat, joke and token gift. Often you can find little things in the $2 shop at the same time.
1. Snip off the original ties and open the cracker to empty the contents if you are replacing with your own little tokens or chocolates. I prefer to use my own contents.
2. Cut your paper to fit you want it to go around the cylnder but overlap around 3/4" as when you pull it in with ribbon it will shrink slightly and you want the outer paper slightly longer or the same as the inner card.
3. Place a strip of double sided tape along one side about 1" from each end
4. Roll the paper around the cylnder allowing it to stick to the double sided tape
5. Cut two pieces of ribbon per cracker to tie at each end, allow enough to tie a decent little bow
6. Place the ribbon exactly where the original cracker has its indent and tie tightly, turn the cracker over to make sure the ribbon is pulled in tightly all the way around. Then tie your bow and snip off the excess.
7. Repeat at the other end.
8. Add your embellishment - I added another strip of ribbon which I hot glued in place (be careful with gauzy ribbon). I then glued a single large pearl on the top for a simple look.
How pretty they look on a plate.
If you want to know how to make crackers from start to finish without using existing ones, I made some lovely purple ones last year, DIY instructions can be found "here".
Have fun!
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