Category Archives: Christmas

Handmade Christmas ornaments

Christmas in July Handmade Christmas ornaments? Yes, once again it is “Christmas in July.” It’s me, Ralphie the Bunny, to share with you the Christmas ornaments that Christine recently created. Go figure that a pink bunny would be talking about … Continue reading

Posted in Christmas, Lilly Bug Studio | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Handmade Holidays in 2011

This year was a Christmas filled with handmade gifts, which happens to be my favorite kind of gift. I made a lot of gifts to give this year as well as received plenty of fantastic handmade gifts. Before the year … Continue reading

Posted in Childhood artwork, Christmas, Family and Friends, Holidays, ornaments | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Sparkly Sequined Ornaments

I love sparkly things and crafts and sharing my love of crafting with my nieces and nephew. What better project to create together than these delightful sequined ornaments that I bought as a kit from a local craft store. Each … Continue reading

Posted in Christmas, Family and Friends, Holidays, ornaments | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Glitter Snowflake Ornament Project

Rescue those ugly ornaments from the clearance bins! I found these rather “blah” snowflake ornaments at the dollar store. They seemed to be saying, “please cover me in glitter and make me pretty!” Ironically they look better photographed than they … Continue reading

Posted in Art Glitter Articles, Christmas, Holidays, ornaments, Tutorial | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Handmade Christmas Gift tags and Greeting Cards

I enjoy visiting a local scrapbooking store, The Scrapbook Cottage. Each month they offer free make n’ take events. In November they had two make n’ takes and fortunately I was able to attend both of them. At the first … Continue reading

Posted in Christmas, Holidays, Paper Crafts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Handmade Angel & Gingerbread Boy Christmas Cards

This year I made some angel ornaments and while taking pics of them, I thought about using some of the photographs of the angels to use as images on some handmade Christmas cards. It was a delight to take pics … Continue reading

Posted in Christmas, Paper Crafts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Handmade Christmas Cards

My previous blog post was about the ornaments that I made while in a class at the Scrapbook Cottage. In this article I’d like to share with you some cards that I made in another class that I took there. … Continue reading

Posted in Christmas, Paper Crafts | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Pretty Paper Ornaments

There’s a local scrapbooking & stamping store, Scrapbook Cottage, where I love to take classes. They not only offer scrapbook and card making classes, they offer classes where you can learn how to make paper sculptures, such as shoes and … Continue reading

Posted in Christmas, Paper Crafts | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Handmade Gingerbread Boy Ornament

Here’s a fun project just in time for Christmas. I made this gingerbread boy Christmas ornament with a Styrofoam gingerbread shape. The items I used for this project are: #D29 Dazzlers Confection Glitter Designer Dries Clear Adhesive Puffy Pens Spice … Continue reading

Posted in Art Glitter Articles, Christmas | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Handmade Angel Ornaments

Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly…. –G.K. Chesterton There have been angel sightings in my work area the last couple of weeks. They have flown onto my counter top to be fitted with their golden halos and metallic … Continue reading

Posted in Christmas | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments