Scraps of Five.

Day 12

Halfway there.

Today’s 25 Days of Christmas craft is for those of you who like to use power tools. I don’t. They kind of scare me a little and I think I am going to cut off a limb. For those of you who don’t mind using them, have a look at this glass brick Christmas decoration tutorial. These come to us via Jilly at Scrap’n'Beads blog.

Day 11

Wow, I am only just going to squeeze this in before midnight as we had to make a trip to the hospital. Yep, Steve again. His symptoms came on so quickly and severe it was really scary. He is feeling better, although still not well. The problem is we still don’t know the exact triggers for his reaction.

Onto something pretty and nice: here’s a link to a tutorial for some felt Christmas ornaments. These come courtesy of the Fantastic Toys blog. And believe me, they are fantastic!

Day 10

And still going strong.

Today is something made out of paper. For the papercrafters in us.

A snowflake. Pretty, huh?

Brought to you by Liz at Perspicacious. Her tutorial is through this link.

I am almost finished this wreath. Steve said to me, “you’re not going to put that on the front door, are you?” “Yes, why not?” I replied. He said “someone might set fire to it and burn the house down.” Hmmm. Do people really do things like that?!

Day 9

I must say, I really am enjoying researching and blog hopping. I have come across so many inspiring projects. It really is fun and I think my bookmark list is way longer than just 25 links.

I found this tutorial for the cutest little Gingerbread Man. All credits must go to Elsie Marley. He is cute, huh? Not that he would match my tree colours this year as I went with purple, pink, blue and silver. I must share a photo when I get a tree topper that matches.

Day 8

Yep, an early post as I was late for work last night due to a road closure for roadworks, which means I am going to have to leave early tonight. And you wanna know what else bugs me, when I go to buy yoghurt and every single pack of the flavour I want is out of date. How does that happen?!

Now, onto the good crafty stuff.

I probably wont ever make these, well, maybe I might, but certainly not with glass balls. Not in my house. It wouldn’t last one Christmas. But you know what? I really could imagine these on my buffet. Hmmm. I found these on the Better Homes and Gardens website and the link to the tutorial is through here.

Day 7

I have even shocked myself by keeping this up for a week straight. I am normally the flakey, but good intentions person. Although there are still 18 days to go. I haven’t made it just yet.

This one is for those of you out there who love the wrapping process. I found this quite sweet and I might even use the idea myself.

A pom-pom present topper. Eco-friendly, even. Credits go to Ez of Creature Comforts and you can see the tutorial by clicking on this little ol’ link.

Day 6

With the movie just released last week I thought this would be a cool little creature to make for your wild one, or for yourself. Either way. I am looking forward to seeing this movie with the kids. I loved the book and the movie previews have looked promising. If you have seen it, what are your thoughts?

Here is the cutest Max Christmas Stocking! He comes to us courtesy of Meet Me At Mikes and you can find the complete tutorial right through this link.

Meet Me At Mikes has inspired me to do a whole month on softies. Maybe February, or March, possibly April, hey, even May. Not sure, but I HAVE to do one!

Day 5

Today, it’s something I actually made! I know. It’s shocking to me too. I will take a better photo tomorrow when there is more natural light and in a better location than on my driveway. Ok, so it’s only a slightly better photo, but better nonetheless.

This year for Luke’s class I am making them little cookie bags so I made some tags for something different. I used Kaisercraft’s Christmas Carnival range.

And this is what they will look like when I package them all up. I couldn’t be bothered making sugar cookies, so I just bought a tin of the Danish Butter Cookies. They are one thing I love about Christmas.

Day 4

An advent calendar that’s so cute you cannot help saying “awww”, well, in your head at least. Or out loud, like me. Either way.

Created by Brooke Reynolds of Inchmark.

No tutorial, this time, just some gorgeous photos of a gorgeous project.

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