WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE CHRISTMAS SEASON....
that makes it impossible for me to get to even one of the projects I've been waiting all year to do?
I'm seriously thinking of starting in January, so I actually get some of my holiday crafts done - maybe do 1 or 2 a month. Could I? Would it make me sick of Christmas if I dabbled in it all year long? Could I ever be sick of Christmas?
For example, I collected ideas all year for paper crafts. I just think paper is so versatile. I love all the things you can do with a book page, or sheet music, or plain old . . paper! And how hard is it to get paper? I mean, anyone can make a craft with paper - right?
So I have these great ideas....
for paper trees
folded or pleated
plain or embellished
all adorable
polka dot, glittered or fringed
and I didn't make ONE...
And I had ideas for paper ornaments,
fancy accordion styles
some with tinsel, some with crystals
and this one, [please someone tell me how to make it] is from book pages
and this one from sheet music
and all with glitter
I have pinecones
and snowflakes
cones, and
paper embellished tart tins
ideas for decoupage
and ways to make stars from cereal boxes
and candy containers from toilet paper rolls
all adorable and ingenious, and surprisingly
easy
Even feathered friends, without feathers
and paper flowers
love these with the teasel centers!
and I haven't made ONE!
If I could have made just one, adorable, wee, glittering
cardboard house
I would have felt so - fulfilled!
or mastered the art of making one of these beautiful, intricate, curled, glued and glittered
quilled snowflakes
that would have been amazing!...
but, I failed... and
I have only 4 days left.....
(I'm definitely going to have to continue my Christmas crafting all year - I mean, seriously, these are only the PAPER ideas - you haven't seen the felt, fabric, wood, glass, button, wire, clay....)
I have 4 days left -
what one would you do?

































4 comments:
i did get some of that tiny silvery wired garland at shinoda that is seen in a lot of these...so i got the supplies!! oh, and i also have the antique sheet music...why cant we find the time to do this fun stuff...??
...So, here I am on the computer, catching up on your blog and all your wonderful talents and ideas. Love it! I love the Christmas crafts, too! Why is it we only think of these as the holiday approaches and there’s no time to actually make them? ... I think we should make those little paper houses, snowy and glittered, every year...! And I love the paper rose wreath!!! So gorgeous. I need some new decorations.
Loved all your stuff. Your house looks amazing, as usual.
Julia
Shawna,
My cache of supplies is growing, as well, and still no completed project.... I'm not kidding when I say I'm starting in January.... its the only way I will get anything done!
Julia,
I'm ready to start the little glitter houses in January - since I will need an entire village of them, I will need to start early!
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