Last year I wanted a teddy bear angel for our angel tree. This seemed impossible for me to find. So I decided to make one. I found this teddy bear ornament at a craft store for $.97. I bought a sheet of felt for less than a dollar & cut out what I though look like wings. I stitched around the wings easily because I wasn’t going for a “perfect look”. I used the end of the embroidery thread to sew the wings to a bear. So for less than $2 & 10 minutes, I had the perfect angel ornament. These would be great gifts for teachers, or used as a package topper, or as a gift all by itself.
I think next year I am going to try to make a Yo Yo Angel Craft, it would be perfect for the angel tree.
Tags: christmas, holidays, presents, gifts, diy, crafts, ornaments
HGTV apparently has never heard the phrase “beating a dead horse”. Their new show “Design Match” seems pretty promising at first. Two different teams compete to recreate a designer room at a tenth of the cost. The problem, it’s been done before. The bigger problem, it’s been done before by “HGTV”. The biggest problem, they’ve already done this show twice. “Sensible Chic” & “Double Take” already try to recreate designer rooms for next to nothing. Granted, the team element is a bit different, but not different enough for my tastes. Maybe if it was like a team cage death match, or the winners got to throw bowling balls at the losers, or even if the winners got to redecorate the losers house as ugly as they could imagine, that would distinguish it. I really should get a job at HGTV, I’m a natural at this. I would expect that the people who made this program, or the ones who pitched the idea, or whoever listened to the idea, & certainly the people who scheduled the show would watch their own channel. Apparently not. It’s a fine show, it’s just embarrassing to me how often they have done this. It’s the television equivalent of having toilet paper stuck to your shoe. They will be embarrassed when they realize it.
I love it when holiday decor fits in with the rest of the house. Since I put up the decorations at Thanksgiving & take them down on New Years, that’s a month & a half of living with the decor, so it better fit my style. Find out Your Holiday Decorating Style by taking my new quiz. The results contain great products & ideas. My result was contemporary. This usually isn’t how I decorate, but around the holidays, I think less is more. What was your result? Leave a comment & let me know.
Our Christmas tree is a hodge podge of ornaments collected over the years & made at school. I love this because every ornament has a story & means something to us. Sometimes, I start to get envious of the glittery matching ornaments & ribbon wrapped trees. However, I still wanted to keep all the ornaments & memories. So we just tied bows out of raffia & it works great with my mom’s country house. This is a really inexpensive way (mere pennies) to fill in the holes or gaps in the tree, plus it lends continuity & you get to keep all your cute ornaments.
