From one holiday to the next! It seems we only get a short break after Christmas, just enough time to get ready to ring in the new year. What's New Year's Eve without a little bubbly and confetti? Here's a super easy way to re-use materials to make pretty little confetti poppers.
You will need:
-Tissue paper (I had some left from gift opening!)
-Cardboard tube (toilet paper or paper towel roll cut in half)
-Snipped paper confetti of your choice (old Christmas cards work great for this!)
-Ribbon
To make your own confetti, cut decorative paper into 1/4 inch strips and then snip, snip, snip! Make enough to put handfuls in each popper.
Roll a single sheet of tissue paper around your cardboard tube, leaving about two inches of excess tissue on either end.
Tie one end of your popper closed and fill the open end with a handful of confetti. Tie the second end closed.
To pop, pull hard on both ends until the tissue tears!
Happy New Year!!
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To those of you that celebrate, I wish you a wonderful Christmas. I'm going to sign off with a few images of final preparations ...my Grandma is here, a rare treat to have her "south" with us for Christmas Eve. We spent the day, just us ladies, decorating her cookies and getting things ready for a true smorgasbord meal/ Christmas Eve celebration tomorrow....
Merry Christmas! Xo
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Welcome to my little craft room! I have always put off fully sharing this little space here because it's never as clean and organized as I'd like. It pales in comparison to the cheery Pinterest images of perfect craft corners that we all love, but I realized that doesn't matter. It's my space, organized in a way that works for me, and I think it may have spots of pretty if you look close. So here goes!
Of course I have my trusty assistant at my feet, always. The shelves may be cluttered, the ribbon dowels kind of saggy, and things piled a little high but it works. I love that I have my own little space,I always appreciate that Nick doesn't mind letting me to use this little room for "me" .
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My needles have been click-clicking constantly around here lately...knitting little tiny festives and some Christmas surprises...
Most have already been sent off to live in their new homes. The little birdie ornaments are currently for sale at A Bushel and A Peck , in-store only so if you happen to be Scarsdale, NY pop in and say hello!
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When I was little I used to sneak into my parents' basement to stare at the shelves holding my father's antique chandelier crystals. He use to collect unique light fixtures and had jars filled with all different shapes and sizes of crystals and prisms...skinny drops and pears, each one caught the light when you held it up. To my little self, these were like treasure.
Fast forward twenty-something years, I have one of those jars from my father, gifted from the basement collection. They still feel really magical to me, and the other day I thought what lovely "ornaments" they would make...
I've seen these sold in a few thrift shops and antique stores, they are also sold online. I just love how romantic they feel when they're hanging, don't you?
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One of my favorite things about the holidays is thinking up new and unique ways to wrap our gifts! A key component to a beautiful package is a beautiful tag. I like to reuse and re-purpose materials and ribbon as well. I've also been really into using brown paper the past few years and this year is no exception. Here are 3 easy ways to make unique little tags focused on initials!
#1 : BIG Initials!
Use a stencil or trace giant letters onto paper. Cut out and attach ribbon. I like my mini craft stapler for ribbon attachment.
#2: Vintage Postcards!
Great for guys! Reuse old postcards, keep them whole or cut into strips and stick initials onto the front. Attach ribbon!
#3: Sewn Circles
Cut or punch circles from your favorite paper, stitch with thread (on machine or by hand). Stitch your ribbon loop in as you go around. Stick a letter on and you're done!
The possibilities are endless here, there are all kinds of fun ways to do this, these are just a few! I really enjoy the process of wrapping, and making each package special for our friends and family.
Have you started wrapping yet?
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We finally went to pick our tree this weekend! It was a lovely afternoon with part of the family, and although it didn't snow at all, we had a great time.
All in all, it was a really wonderful and festive weekend. Friday night we met my family at a gorgeous old church in Cold Spring, NY for a reading of A Christmas Carol in the sanctuary. They had done such a lovely job of decorating the church and the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival members read the classic in a wonderful way. Saturday we went to pick our tree and had a great time later that night at our town's holiday light parade. There was a huge turnout, and since it was our first time attending in our new town, we were thoroughly impressed with everyone's efforts and cheery floats.
I hope you all had a nice weekend as well!
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