Christmas Subway Art

I found a great 16x20 Christmas Subway Art for free on Pinterest.  The majority of the free subway art out there is for 8x10 and smaller but I felt a 16x20 would make a larger impact and love it.  I had an old 16x20 frame in our basement that I spray painted red.  I then downloaded the subway art file unto my thumb drive and took it over to Staples to be printed.  It cost around $15.  You can find the blog post and free download here. 

Christmas Yarn Wreath

I made a wreath a while ago at a MOPS craft night. I really liked it but it had been hanging up for a while and we were in need of a more festive wreath. I searched Pinterest and Etsy and found one that I liked for around $40. I knew that I could not afford to spend that and I knew I could make it so that is what I did. I assumed it would be easy and didn't search for a Yarn Wreath Tutorial which I do regret. Instead of using a smooth wreath I used a Styrofoam one that you couldn't push the yarn around. Live and learn sometimes, right!

This is the book wreath I made at MOPS.

  

The Yarn Christmas Wreath I just made.

Close up of the wreath.

 

My daughter was using the old wreath to be a "lion".

Gingerbread House

On Tuesday I took a break from crafting and made a gingerbread house with my family.  This is the first time I had attempted to make my own gingerbread house and needed to find a recipe.  I luckily found this one while searching on Google.  I loved her tutorial and all her pictures.  Here are a few of our pictures from our time making the gingerbread house.

Cutting out the pieces.

Baking.

After all the pieces were cooled.

Using the cans to prop up the pieces while the frosting dries.

Using the cans to hold up the roof while the frosting dries.

My husband, daughters and our niece and nephews.

After it was all decorated.

Before my daughter took a "few" pieces.

The "after" photo!

 Please note the candy canes extending from the roof. My nephew informed me that  those were guns. Really, what gingerbread house is complete without two gun turrets extending from the roof?

Christmas Wish List

There are so many things I wished I had time to make this year.  I will be putting the following items on my to-do list for next Christmas!

I am loving the circle garland. The tutorial she has for this is great!

I put this big sign on my mother's to-do list. 

I really love it and I know she could make it for me!

I found this on Pinterest but was unable to find the correct link for it.

 

We have wrapped a book a day for Ellie and now Josie for the last two years instead of an advent calendar.  I would like to do a better job at wrapping them and displaying them and I love how she did it!

Click here to go to her blog post.

 These are just a few things I am hoping to do for next year!