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Reindeer Embroidery Pattern

It can’t be Christmas with out a few key things, Christmas tree, lights and reindeer! I just enjoy decorating with reindeer. I really want to add them to my decor this year for the holidays. I see reindeer at target in every form. I’ve purchased a snow globe of a reindeer in October. I do believe I can have that globe out all year around on my nightstand. They even had a reindeer head with gold tip antlers but I did not get it which I am regretting a little bit. However, I did find a fun an easy way to add reindeer to my Christmas tree with this little hoop ornament. You can also place them on your wall in all sizes!

I first went and got my wooden hoop which I got at my local craft store and placed some felt in the hoop. I then got my silhouette and purchased a a baby reindeer pattern which I cut the head off. I made a couple of different sizes to fit my hoop.

I then used glossy accents glue and traced the patterned with it. The glue stays wet for a little bit you have some wiggle room to work the entire pattern before you have to sprinkle the glitter. I used a dark brown glitter for the reindeer.

I then got myself some red embroidery thread to add the red nose.

You are almost done! I decided to painted the wooden hoop with a red sharpie. You can also stain the hoop. Now you can either hang them on the Christmas tree or on your wall. You have now a beautiful reindeer embroidery pattern than you can use glitter if you can’t really embroider.

Happy Holidays!

Loren

Arm Knitting Blanket Tutorial

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I was browsing through YouTube and I found a video on arm knitting a blanket tutorial. I was a little confuse because how can you arm knit a blanket? I watched the video and I was so happy to see that you can actually do it in less than an hour! Usually I crochet and it take forever to finish anything. I have to little kiddos that I have to take care of and by the end of the night all I want to do is go to be and crocheting it the last thing on my mind. I was excited to start arm knitting especially for the video I was watching was the same pattern over and over again.

Well let me just tell you that it took me more than one hour to finish my first arm knitting blanket. Let me tell you it actually took me three days to finish my blanket. First I did not have the right kind of yarn. Then I kept dropping stitches, followed by running out of yarn! I just sat there with an arm full of yarn wondering how I was going to remove it from my arm and loosing a stitch. I did figure it out and just got a pool I had from a craft I never got around in doing.

I wont lie to you it got pretty frustrating at times and still the blanket did not come out the way I wanted it to. Because I removed it from my arm and I did not r ember which way it was originally on my arm. I changed the stitch direction. Its not supper noticeable but it much more difficult than I thought.

Here the video I did my arm knitting blanket tutorial. She is a very good teacher for sure.

Stay Crafty,

Loren

Heart Crochet Christmas Ornament Tutorial

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I have another Christmas Ornament but this time I am trying out my crochet skills. I am a beginner at crochet and I love watching YouTube videos when trying to figure out how to do a specific stitch. So when looking for project to do I always look for something that is simple to understand and to do. Guess what I found?! A simple crochet star tutorial which I turned into a crochet Christmas heart Ornament.

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I use the tutorial over at Little Golden Nook which I applied to my fire heart. Instead of using a round bracelets I found cute heart bracelet over at wal-mart and used the same pattern she provided. I added a cute picture of my little man to remind me of how big he is getting.

To take a look at the pattern click here.
Happy Holidays!

Christmas Crafts Decor Round up!

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Thanksgiving has come and gone and now its time to decorate your home for the Christmas Holiday season! I love decorating for Christmas so much that I started a whole month early! I love the warm colors and the hoping to see snow fall out of my window. However, living in California I won’t get to see any snow but I do love to decorate with snowflakes. I have a wonderful Christmas crafts tutorial and decor round up that I did last month just in case you missed it!

I redid my stocking holder this year for Christmas.

Christmas Wreath are always fun to make and super simple.

Chalk paint chandelier turned into a antique winter wonderland.

Christmas topiary tree its something you don’t want to miss.

If you have a little ninja turtle fan at home then you need to check out these Felt Ornaments

Your cabinets can also be a great place to add a little touch of Christmas with ribbon covered cabinets

Window garland can make your Christmas decorating complete.

Burlap and Felt Christmas Pillow to add that Christmas spirit to you coach.

Entertainment system slipcover just in time for the holidays.

Happy Holidays

Felt Ninja Turtle Christmas Ornaments

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I have kid’s craft idea for you, with felt of course! My son loves Ninja Turtles and apparently every boy goes through this stage in their life. My hubby was the same as a child and my little brother too. Its funny to think that no matter what generation you are Ninja Turtles was part of it. My mother in law sent me my hubby felt dinoours Christmas Ornaments that he did as a child and I thought I would continue the tradition with making some felt character Christmas ornament.

My son was so excited to make Ninja Turtle felt Christmas Ornaments for this holiday season. My little boy was so excited to find out that we where going to do Ninja Turtles that he wanted to leave right there and then and go out to the store to get all the colors of felt at the store. If your son is as excited about it as mine was, then here are a few thing you will need…

1. Felt in green, purple, red, black, orange, blue, white

2. Needle and thread or yarn

3. glue

4. batting

The first thing I did was free hand a shape of a Ninja Turtle head. You can also get a picture online of a Ninja turtle and print it out and trace it on the felt.

Once I free handed it with marker I cut the felt shape heads. I did the same with the mask, the eyes and mouth. It does not have to be perfect my son was so excited he did not care what color it was or shape. Make sure to also cut a back piece of the head of you felt Christmas ornaments.

My son wanted the Ninja Turtles to have their tongues sticking out so I just cut a small piece of red felt to make it look like it. He had a blast gluing everything together but the problem was that he wanted to rip it apart once he was done to do it all over again, silly boy. The glue won’t hold forever so once he had his fun you can sew the piece of the green felt.

Once all pieces are glued on you will need to make sure you have made an extra piece of the head of the ninja turtle ornament for the back to be able to stuff it with batting. I used yarn to sew the two pieces together. You can also use a sewing machine while they sleep.

I left a little opening to stuff the batting.

Once you get your felt ninja turtle Christmas ornament stuffed with batting just finish sewing it and its all done.

Now you have your every own Ninja Turtle Ornaments and the best part if you get to do all four!

I learned with my son that I need to have everything prepared a head of time because he is not very patient while I cut everything for him, so you might need to get the little elf to cut them a few days in advance or the night before like me.

Happy Holidays

Loren

DIY mini crate stocking holder tutorial

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My favorite thing to do this Holiday season is my Christmas Stockings, especially since I am making and extra one for my little baby girl. I decided to make a little vintage crate stocking holders instead of my wooden letters I did a previous year. In each box I added a key element which made it especially for that one person I love so much in my life.

I got the small crates at Hobby lobby but you can find different one at any craft store. I stained them dark wood.

I used Minwax which is my favorite stain ever! One small can has lasted me over a year.

I added a stain with a brush across the front part of the mini crate.

I waited about 30 seconds and wiped off any extra stain left on the top of the wood. I used gloves and a old rag for this part. If not your hands will smell like stain for a couple of days.

Once it was all stained, I let it dry over night.

I got some foliage and filled each mini crate for my stockings with a different theme. I wanted each mini crate to represent one member of my family. My son picked out a reindeer.

I made of my special bundle of joy that join us this past week. She got a present because she was much of surprise for us and got lucky enough to come before Christmas.

Its tradition every year to get a couple hand picked ornament for our Christmas tree. It has become tradition now that my hubby picks out the ugliest ornament he can find, well at least to me they are a little ugly.

My mini crate Christmas stocking holder have mini frames with each of our names on it. I place the wooden crate on top of the weight stocking holder and you are ready to hang your stocking this holiday season.
What will you be putting your stocking holder?
Happy Holidays

FloraCraft® Make It: Fun® Foam Christmas Wreath Tutorial

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One of the first things I always love to do every holiday is my Christmas wreath. They are super easy and fast to do if you have something in mind. I wanted to make a small Christmas wreath to be put in front of my window. Wreath no longer need to be for the front door but can be place any where in the home. My wreath took less than 15 minutes and now I want to make couple more for my other windows.

We always start with a base and this time I used FloraCraft Make it: Fun Foam.

I went to target and found this silver and green garland for $6 perfect for my wreath!

I just took the garland and wrapped it around the FloraCraft Make it: Fun Foam. I did not have to use any glue or anything to keep it place. So no mess here.

Now my favorite part begins, placing all the decoration on it. I just went to it without a plan and did what seem natural to me. I love the way the silver played with other decor in my home and that is the reason I use it on my wreath.

I hope you liked it!
Happy Holidays
This was a payed sponsor post, however all opinion and craft are 100% mine.

Christmas topiary tree red nose reindeer tutorial

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I decided that holiday decor does not have to be so serious all the time and since I have a silly little boy at home. I wanted to make a Christmas topiary tree that look like a the red nose reindeer! My hubby has been having a laugh at my reindeer all week. My son just loves it and makes him smile.

The project is super easy and it takes almost no time at all. My little man helped out with making our little red nose reindeer. I got most of my material from Michael’s which I just love because they are having an awesome sale on Christmas decor going on now.

No glue required just started plugging in all the pieces into the topiary ball.

Almost looking like a reindeer! I love the big glitter nose.

The eye are made of small foam balls and I just added black paint in the center. Now to get started with the body.

All you will need is garland, a stick and a pot.

I just wrapped the inside of the pot with the garland from one end and then did the same thing with the stick.

After all that just attach the topiary ball on top and you are done! Now you have your very own puppet red nose reindeer Christmas topiary tree!

I added a cute little bow to my reindeer to add a little bit more personality.
Happy Holiday’s Loren

Using garland and ornaments to decorate your windows this Christmas

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I have a small apartment and every space is real estate! I looked at my plain old windows which I have to still buy curtains for and they needed a little help with adding holiday cheer to my home. As I do every holiday season I take everything out from its bins and try to figure out what I have to work with! I found these garland beauties I had purchased last year and thought hey would look fantastic over my windows this Christmas.

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I have to say it was the simplest thing to do. I just used a long dowel and wrapped the garland around it.

After wrapping the garland around the dowel I still had a little extra room at the end, so I added snowflakes. I also added hanging snowflakes from the garland to make it look like its snowing. I place a single ornament mix in with the ornaments.

I used command strips hooks to hold the dowels in place. Now to find some curtains!

I hope you are all enjoying my holiday decor!

Happy Holiday season,

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Category Archives: Christmas decor

Reindeer Embroidery Pattern

Arm Knitting Blanket Tutorial

Heart Crochet Christmas Ornament Tutorial

Christmas Crafts Decor Round up!

Felt Ninja Turtle Christmas Ornaments

DIY mini crate stocking holder tutorial

FloraCraft® Make It: Fun® Foam Christmas Wreath Tutorial

Christmas topiary tree red nose reindeer tutorial

Using garland and ornaments to decorate your windows this Christmas