Holiday Rewind

So the place is getting decked, slowly but surely. The tree is up, the kitchen tree is up (yes, I am now that person) and I just have the buffet scenes to set up. I'll take pictures but it's going to be the same story as last year. I've been striving for this my whole life, a set of Christmas decorations that you use every year and that go in the same spot every year. Little traditions. So I'm not messing with them. I am working on a few new holiday craft projects to add to the mix but they're far from done so I thought I'd show one of my favorites from last year.

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did you know you can unroll cotton balls
originally posted 12/7/06

these awesome old pipe cleaners I found at the resale shop + theresa's post on cody foster and wondering how spun cotton ornaments are made + my current obsession with crazy vintage handmade ornaments = an oscar-free afternoon turning into a whirlwind of crazy ornament making activity! I unrolled cotton balls and used the strips of cotton to wrap up spools, wooden wheels, plastic eggs, anything I could find really and then glue gunned on little heads and buttons and birds, etc. so much fun! I could do this and only this for weeks and weeks but I have to force myself to put away the glue gun and get back to my christmas to-do's.

sheep spool

deer magnet (the little deer is glued to his side)

jingle face

santa button hat

glitter button face

cross bird lady with snowball head

red bird girl

button full of snowballs

sledding