Posts tagged: holiday
How To: Organize Your Thanksgiving.
By Chrisjob
AOL's DomestoBlog ShelterPop has created a very helpful Countdown to Thanksgiving checklist to help you spread the amount of work over the next few days and to guarantee you won't forget anything! So, sure, they presumed you started three weeks ago, and you may have - but whether you've already got your placecards set or are headed to the grocery store this weekend to plan your menu, take these tips from Judy Ketteler with you.
For Example:
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Holiday How-To: Twine Snowmen.
By Chrisjob
Creating the body of these rustic, yet surprisingly contemporary twine snowpeople is simple...Just stack up 3 spools of twine. But the fun and whimsy comes in with this cool trick: wrap some single ply twine around floral wire for some flexible details. The combo of the 2D and 3D elements is unique and somehow quite festive.
"Cut a few feet of twine and unravel it slightly. Squeeze a line of hot glue along an inch or so of the wire and wrap the twine around tightly so the wire is covered completely. Repeat along length of the wire. If you need a longer length, connect lengths of wire by overlapping the ends and wrapping the twine around them as if they were one."
How To Deep Fry a Delicious Bird
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Photo Image: Instructables
Now here's how you should deep fry your turkey next week! I wouldn't wish our turkey frying fiasco on anyone. Just think shrunken head and D-R-Y. The reason for our turkey day flop » READ MORE
Fresh Christmas Decorating Ideas
By DIY Maven
If you've reached your limit with Santa, reindeers and poinsettias, do not fret. There is a way to decorate for Christmas that doesn't conflict with your modern decor sensibilities. Canadian House and Home has assembled a jam-packed slideshow that will provide you with just about al » READ MORE
Holiday Shipping Deadlines for Christmas 2009
By DIY Maven
Our helpful backpacker, the Coupon Sherpa, has amassed a list of merchants and their shipping deadlines for Christmas 2009 in an effort to make our holiday shopping a bit easier. Sherp suggests that, although he has done his due diligence in relaying 100 » READ MORE
How To Host a Mod Christmas Party.
By ChrisjobLove the sound of the jingle bells and the vibraphone playing bossa nova Christmas carols? Love swanky retro decor in colors other than red and green? Perhaps a tiki mug full of a candy cane martini?
Then, my friend, you're primed to host a mod Christmas party.
Holiday How-To: Paper Wreath.
By Chrisjob
A one-of-a-kind seasonal masterpiece? A great way to bring your room colors into your home decor? A perfect use for leftover wrapping paper? Awesome?
Yep.
How To: Felt Circle Ornament
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This festive felt ornament is of the best kind of crafty projects: the final product seems intricate and complex, but the actual design simply incorporates a few felt circles and a basic stitch.
Free Papercraft: Mid-Century Christmas Village.
By Chrisjob
The popularity of Christmas village decorama hit the big time during the mid-century modern craze of the post-war United States, but largely, their motifs didn't explore the sharp geometricism of their contemporary era, but harkened back to a more quaint holiday aesthetic of the Dickens era.
Message-in-a-Cookie Holiday Cookie Cutters
By DIY Maven
New from Williams-Sonoma are these Message-in-a-Cookie cookie cutters. The set ($20) includes 3 different cookie shapes (gingerbread man, ornament and snowflake shapes) AND letters and pre-made words, like Happy, Holidays, Seasons & Greetings, that you slip into the underside of the cutters. » READ MORE
A Very Modern Nativity Set.
By Chrisjob'Member all those times you've been curled up under a blanket, fire a-rolling with a warm mug of egg nog in your hand, and you look at your mantle, and remark... "I think the Holy Family could use more Helvetica."
Both beautiful and hilarious, these sets are handmade in Germany by Oliver Fabel. Nothing says Merry Christmas like minimalism.
Holiday How-To: Paper Baubles.
By Chrisjob
These paper baubles are easy to make, versatile in use, and decidely modern. With some cardstock, a compass, and one of my faves - double sided tape - you're ready for some instant seasonal joy.
Lovely.
Let the Holiday Posts Begin!
By ChrisjobFriends, it is November 2nd, Halloween is over, and it's time to begin the wintertide holiday festivities.
Half of you reading this will say, "Duh, Chris, my tree's/menorah's been up for weeks, and my shopping was done months ago, and Bing's on the old hi-fi right now!" And the other half will say, "Are you kidding me?! Just because the corporations say its time to start selling doesn't mean it's December already...Quit being a slave to commerci » READ MORE
Haunted Halloween Decor
By DIY Maven
Good Housekeeping offers some charming Halloween decor ideas. From outside the house to inside the house, they cover all the important points. There's even an easy Martha-esque spooky dessert suggestion.
DIY Thanksgiving: 15 Early House Prep Tips
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Don't get caught like this--table centerpiece is ready and the wall is still being painted--Yikes!
We're not even to Halloween and, from past experience, it's time get my Thanksgiving (House Projects) To Do list in order. Every year I'm caught at the last minute trying to spruce up the joint and make the most outstanding tablescapes (in the words of Sandra Lee) the world has ever seen.
We're five weeks out. There's plenty of time, if well planned, to whip the house into an entertaining mecca that will meet even your highest expectations. » READ MORE
Pumpkin Carver's Panoply
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Individual photo credits here
How are you going to carve it? The question I always put to my brother as he plunged the knife into the top of the pumpkin, releasing the pent up aroma of pumpkin guts. Pumpkin carving has gone gourmet, so don't wait until the last minute to come up with your own inspired design. Flickr member Sound's Goods scoured Flickr in 2007 to come up with these designs and t » READ MORE
How-To: Sugar Fireworks for July 4!!!
By Chrisjob
These are the best kinds of fireworks: no day long waits, no crummy doo wop cover bands, no traffic jams, and...
they're made of sugar.
Make a 3D Bunny Cake
By ModHomeEcTeacher
Why opt for a flat, sheet cake when you can go 3D and put the bunny to work as the centerpiece?
How to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Style
By DIY Maven
Even if you're not one drop Irish, all you have to do is don a little green and you'll be Erin-go-Braughin'* in no time. To help get your Irish on, you might want to try a few of these ideas.
Love Letter Generator, Love Coupons and Valentines
By DIY Maven
Expressing love costs nothing, except at this time of year. Instead of going the store bought-route to express our love, we just might want to take a tip from my old friend Will and write a poem to our sweeties this Valentine's Day » READ MORE
