Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Christmas Decorating

Mom's 10 ft ceilings deserved a 9 ft tree and all of the trimmings. I will post more picture of the rest of the house when the decorations are complete. I should post pictures of the entire house without the Christmas Decor. Her house was my biggest project (besides my own). And like my own, it is never really complete - an interior ALWAYS evolves.

Mom's Project

Also at "Christmas Made in the South," they had adorable simple A-line dresses and pant suits (at $50+ each). Mom took on the project of copying them. We found the pattern and all of the fabric (50% off) at Hancock Fabrics. She also took the time to make the dresses reversable (double duty - gotta love it!) I did however ruin the reversable feature when I took two of the dresses to a local gift shop and had them monogramed (on a buy one-get one free day). I think one of the two dresses might still be reversable - I only put an A on it and it still looks decent when I reverse it.

Annagrace's tree

I found the cutest ornaments at "Christmas Made in the South." They were pieces of candy in bright vivid colors (the color scheme for Annagrace's tree). However they were $10 a piece - out of my budget for her small tree, plus they were a little too big and out of scale . I took a gander at them and realized they were just thin wood circles, painted with swirls, glittered, with ribbon attached to the back to give the appearance of the wrapper ends. So I headed to the handy-dandy Michael's and bought 8 wood circles at 25 cents a piece the three larger ones at 79 cents each. My kitchen table was consumed with paint and glitter for a few days but the results are not too shabby! While I was at it - I also painted some for the outside, at the end of our driveway. (I picked up the wood yard stakes at the after Halloween sale for 1.99 at Michael's.)

I found this cute little gem at a local boutique. But I think this could easily be replicated!

First

Well, I've decided I want a separate blog for my crafty projects and redecorating adventures. Most of my crafts I steal from other people, but hey . . . they posted 'em, so I'm takin' em