Yes, Virginia, you CAN have a mid-century Christmas tree, and Atomic Addiction shows you how. "A good place to get yourself a few cool ornaments is Tin Toy Arcade.com. Besides carrying the robot, space ship and ray gun ornaments that we have covered earlier...
Check out their collection here.
Serious Eats has found the perfect holiday cookie: tasty gingerbread done up in early 1960's flair, perfect to hold you over until Mad Men Season 4 starts in the summer. "Shaped to resemble man-about-town Don Draper, his repressed housewife Betty, and voluptuous secretary Joan, these spicy cookies have a depth of flavor as rich as the depth of these television characters. While this take on gingerbread did the trick, I'm sure any recipe… Continue Reading
This year, try creating some new holiday decor from stuff you already own, without buying ANYTHING.
Go!
Can't think of anything? Then give this Christmas Ball boquet a try. Simply take of the hooky hardware, insert some fallen sticks from your backyard or the park, and hot glue them in.
Get the full how-to from Jen at Indie Fixx!
Dateline: Monroe United Methodist Church, Early December, 1986-1992. Tiny Chris is bent over a folding table in the Fellowship Hall, making beaded snowflake ornaments. And they looked NOTHING like this.
From FashioningTechnology: "I'm unusually enthusiastic about this holiday season. I've already started making gifts and holiday decorations. I made a few handmade LED snowflake ornaments that I would like to share with the community. They are… Continue Reading
Julie from UpUp Creative is celebrating the one-year anniversary of her excellent Etsy shop UpUp.
And to celebrate? Why, this free, printable pillow gift box in a delightful Etsy orange. Just in time for the holidays, it looks as if it would add a little handcrafted touch to those not as personal gifts, like gift cards or that rolled twenty bones.
Today I was going to buy a bouquet of Christmas-y flowers to use as a centerpiece for my kitchen table, but I've changed my mind. I'm going to make one of these curly Christmas trees instead. Why? Because it'll last longer than the flowers and I'm pretty sure I already have everything on hand to make one. Here's what I'll need to scrounge… Continue Reading
Get your festive on by whipping up a fringe fleece winter scarf. Because it's made of fleece, there's no need to do any fancy edge-stitchin' (fleece doesn't fray). Just a center seam holds it all together--and that, by the way, could be done by hand!
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The lone, sparse tree adopted and well loved by Charlie Brown will never get old, never lose its meaning, and never cease to remind everyone that sometimes, we all feel a little less than, and we keep on keeping on, because it's what we do, and because it's Christmas.
Make your own, and I guarantee you'll smile everytime you see it.
Materials:
-A cedar/pine branch
-Pruners
-Piece of wood
-Red ball ornament and ornament hook
-Electric drill
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Try translating all those MCM tricks you learned from the new Curby MCM e-book into something a little more seasonal. Originally from December 2007:
I came across these charming ceramic ornaments a few weeks ago, and I instantly fell in love with there playful spacey-ness and simple elegance. $35 for the pair isn't prohibitively expensive, but as usual, I reckoned a DIY attempt was worth a shot.
Total cost: $0.73, plus a bit of spray paint.
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I don't about you, but I don't think I can settle for traditional greenery ever again.
And, I won't have to, because the wonderful folks at Pickle.no have offered a tutorial to create one of these felted ball wreathes. And thankfully, they provide a link so you can grab a heap of pre-made felted balls so you can finish it before December is over.
On Friday, I'm headed to the infamous Dyker Heights Light Display in Brooklyn, and will be taking my new Nikon D90 in tow.
But, no matter how carried away these holidaysters get - one Clark Griswold-disciple reportedly pays more than $5,000 in electricity each season - there's still a whole lotta black, and very little light, making for some tough shutterbugging.
Thankfully, plenty of master photographers have already thought through… Continue Reading
Make gift boxes from your trash! Take advantage of your brightly colored recyclables, and they'll be no need for gift wrap.
Materials
1. Find the glued joint of your box and use the knife to open it, so that the box lies flat as one piece… Continue Reading
Nope, no fancy DJ gear required...apparently, you can simply strip the wires from your Christmas lights, and plug them into the speaker wire terminals on your stereo reciever. Don't be afraid if electricity makes you feel uncomfortable: the amount of current running through this setup is nothing to… Continue Reading
Centsational Girl was inspired to try her hand at making felt poinsettia pillows this holiday season. The outcome is gorgeous! And although they might not look like it, Centsational Girl assures us that they are quite easy to make. Supplies to make one 14" to 18" pillow include the following:
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This month, Sears came to the folks at Curbly headquarters and challenged us to find gifts for everyone on our gift list for $200 or less. My first thought was, "Crafty goods at Sears. Huh?"
But I love a good challenge, and after doing a little searching, it turns out that Sears has everything. EVERYTHING! Shopping there on-line was a breeze, and I was able to find something for… Continue Reading
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