DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

 This comes form  www.notmartha.org  .  This looks retro for someone who like a non traditional christmas tree. Christmas tree ornament mobile, how-to Here is how I made my  Christmas tree ornament mobile , it was easier than it looks, promise. The Supplies a 17″ steamer rack from a restaurant supply store about 5 feet of lightweight jack chain a small carabiner 100 basic ornament hooks one roll, 500 feet, monofilament jewelry string (not the stretchy sort) 200 jewelry crimp beads or tubes jewelry crimping tool 100 lanyard hooks 100 ornaments Note:  In the photo above I show earring wire instead of ornament hooks. I changed that later as I found ornament hooks made it far easier to move ornaments around after they’d been hung. Also, my supplies are based on a 4 foot tall mobile using almost 100 ornaments, you’ll need to adjust amounts if you make one larger or smaller. Creating the Mobile Frame Creating the frame for my ornament tree

 This diy comes from  www.acaseofthemundays.com  .  These look really cool and "old world".  Use them on your tree, in a wreath or hang them with some fancy ribbon in a window. DIY: mercury glass ornaments I am slightly obsessed w/ mercury glass this year!!! {lovely globes from  pb } {pretty pretty candlesticks - also from pb} which got me to thinking about mercury glass christmas ornaments. ... lovely, right? {and again pb} okay okay. so apparently - based on my googling - mercury glass was sort of the thing last christmas. but this is one bandwagon i don't mind jumping on late. the problem :  i'm cut off on decor this year. {okay not true. but we did just get married a little over 2 months ago ... i have plenty of new decorations around the house w/out going overboard for christmas.} the solution :  i decided to make my own! supplies: * clear glass ball ornaments. (hurry to michael's - they are 50% off!

   This recipe comes from www.sweetapolita.com .  This cake looks good as a birthday cake, but I think it would look good on any occasion! Neapolitan 5-Layer An Occascion Cake with Strawberry Frosting  Well, hello! What an exciting few days it’s been. Lots going on, and as usual, no two days have been the same. As I mentioned in my last post, I was thrilled when Ree (The Pioneer Woman) chose two of my cake photos for her Food Photo Assignment–another one of her wildly popular photo contests. It meant so much to me, considering I’m pretty new at all of this, and there were, as usual, so many amazing entries. My blue birthday cake photo ended up winning as a finalist in the competition, so I could not be more pleased! Coincidentally, most of what I learned about photography was from Ree. I find her photography tutorials to be particularly helpful, down-to-earth, and as always with The Pioneer Woman, charming. If you’d like to take a peek at my blue birthday cake photo and