I just wanted to share some of my ideas for decorating for the season. I am not a huge crafty person. I love to create things and come up with ideas, but I don’t have a lot of time, so my ideas are few and far between. I did come up with a few ideas this year.
I created a showcase for my children’s home made Christmas ornaments last night. I just found an old bulletin board that no one wanted to use and painted the frame, covered it with trim and covered the bulletin board with gingham clothe and voila: I have a fun and cute way to show off all those sweet ornaments my sons have made over the years. I used a glue gun and scissors and that’s about it. I am not a real crafty person, so it’s not the best example, but you get the idea.
I will also down load a few more pictures of decorations around the house in a few days.
I put painting tape around the edges before painting the frame.
After painting the frame a cream color I put ribbon on the frame with a glue gun. I then used the glue gun to put the gingham fabric over the bulletin board. I cut out a tree and put the ornaments on with green and white tacks. I ran out of the trim for the frame on the bottom, so I will have to return to the store for some more. I also hot glued little green buttons on each corner of the frame.
Many years ago I made a card holder that I string across my kitchen. I have posted the photograph of it below. I just used jute and flannel. I cut out Christmas tree shapes along with other things like gingerbread boys and hearts. I cut out filled the trees and other items with a little batting and used a glue gun to sew two together. I used clothes pins to hang the cards. It’s very simple but looks quite festive!
I also posted a photo of my mantel and my cute little Christmas village below.
