Author: camilla
Creating With Clementine Crates
At this time of year, we go through a lot of clementines in our home – leaving us with a ton of left over crates. Here are a few projects you can try if you are finding yourself torn, like I am, between tossing these charming little crates and saving them…
Fortune Cookie Toast
When serving up the bubbly this New Year’s Eve, send along a positive message and perch a fortune cookie on the rim of each champagne flute. I did this with sparkling apple cider and my kids loved it…
Banister Tricks
For this project, I wrapped my banister with sisal rope, wired on some glass balls and tucked in fresh greenery…
Quick Chair Cover
Entertaining a large crowd can leave me short on seating. Here I have transformed a folding chair (picked up for $2.00 at a resale shop) into a more stylish seating option using muslin, yarn and rubber bands…
Yarn Candy Canes
Candy canes wrapped in yarn – my new favorite project. To make these I just tied yarn to end of candy cane – leaving about 2 inches of yarn hanging out. I wrapped yarn around candy cane going up and then back down again and tied the ends together to secure and trimmed excess yarn close to the knot…
Wrap Star
Wrap a can in yarn, tuck in a candy cane as you go and tie with a knot to secure. Fill with wood shavings or shredded paper. This one is great for a gift of jewelry – just wrap jewelry in tissue paper, place in can and top off with wood shavings…
Tiny Trees
Clippings from artificial garland are stuck into wine and champagne corks to make these tiny evergreen trees…
In The News
To be green this year we are wrapping all of our gifts in newspaper and twine. I have a jar of saved fortunes (from fortune cookies) on my desk. To add character to each gift and send an encouraging message…
Yarn & Rope Bubbles
To keep things interesting each year – I try new ways to interpret traditional Christmas decorations. Here’s a quick and easy way to style your home with a fresh approach using plain glass globes…
Sweater Wreath
This is so easy – your kids can help. Just cut a sweater into 3-inch wide strips and wrap them around a craft wreath – secure the ends with pins and you’re done. I’m hanging this one on my fake antlers…
Shooting Star Garland
Paper stars – cut from the pages of an old book – are strung onto quilting thread and suspended from our Christmas tree’s branches. My kids love this – the stars appear to float around the tree…
Quick Change Christmas Tree
A supermarket tree is given a green makeover using a shopping bag and paper from the recycling bin…
A Wreath So Easy To Make, You Can’t Beat It With A Stick
A recent walk through a local forest preserve provided me with a nice bundle of branches. I cut them down to about 4-inches in length and hot glued them to a grapevine wreath (available at craft stores)…
Cutting The Deck – To Deck The Halls
One thing I always see in resale shops are decks of old playing cards. They can usually be purchased for pennies and no one seems to be buying them. I like the way they look and thought up a few tricks for using them in my holiday decorating this year…
Scenes From A Mantel
Small Cypress Trees (picked up at The Home Depot for $19.99 each) are dropped into aged terracotta pots and perched on top of decorative gifts and surrounded by other small treasures…
Last Minute Tricks For Your Holiday Table
The clock is ticking down – Thanksgiving is quickly approaching. Feeling like you may have dropped the ball on some of the smaller details? Don’t fret – try using some everyday household items in a new way to add personality to your table…
Going Topless For The Holidays
Broke the top to a favorite teapot? Lost the lid to a sugar bowl? Don’t discount your topless pieces – bring them out and find new uses for holiday entertaining…
Easy & Green Holiday Styling
Homegrown wheat grass is dropped into a vintage champagne glass and surrounded by fresh cranberries – it doesn’t get easier (or cheaper) than this…
Yarn Garland
I’ve started working on a yarn garland for my Christmas tree. Yarns of the same color, but three different textures are linked together to create this wintry look…
Canvas Vases
A canvas cover in the shape of a vase gives a jelly jar a quick makeover. To make this vase cover – take a jar or bottle, lay in on top of a piece of canvas fabric and sketch out the vase shape you would like…