Oscar and I had so much fun making these ornaments for gifts and for our tree. Oscar loved picking the trims and using the hot glue gun. I love how vintage glitz they are.

I love ornaments. And most all of our favorites are made by Seasons of Cannon Falls. You see them at shops but they are near impossible to find online. I saw this very sparkly, very 50s, repro ornament at the shops the other day. I nearly bought but realized I had all the stuff on hand. So a bad of mini balls, some super stiff felt, spangly trim and glue gun later, ta da…

Isn’t she a beaut?!

Hope you’re in an ornament mood because I might have made 2 or 3 more. Two things came together… 1 – last year I remembered to collect a bag of Christmas crafty supplies and packed them away with the decorations to be discovered this year and 2 – I found glue sticks for my glue gun! Game on!

Phew! Party’s over. I’ll share some project pics later. Once again, I was over ambitious. I think my parent helpers wanted to strangle me. One of these days I’ll figure out age and time appropriate party activities!

Phoebe and I crafted it up this morning while the boys were at Tron. Lots to share. First, this crazy gal…

I hot glued some ruffled trim to floral wire and then glued to a wood ball for the head. I didn’t have the right size styrofoam ball so had to go with wood. I stuck a tack in her head to hang the string. Here’s the inspiration. Cute huh! I love these old 50s Christmas magazines.

The handmade tree got a new skirt this week. I love this alexander henry yuletide 2d zoo fabric so much. So festive and cute. I cut out some animals from the scraps and make them into ornaments for the tree. This tree should see a lot of action next week when O’s done with school. I’ve got a stack of ideas waiting for him.