DECK THE HOLIDAY'S

   This great diy comes from  www.greylustergirl.blogspot.com .  Put some of these on your Christmas tree or anywhere around the house that needs a little decoration. 3-D Cardboard Star I have one thing from my Fourth of July mantel done, wahoo! I better get cracken cause the 4th is just  around the corner! If you are in a Independence Day mode too, why not make one of these fun 3-D cardboard stars! Here is what I did: Grab an empty box of cereal. Trace and cut out two stars. Score both stars from their tips to the indented parts (5 times each star). Push the stars out on the score lines by the tips and push in by the indented parts. If that doesn't make sense to you, head over and follow  this tutorial . Glue the stars together. I used hot glue. Once dry, spray paint them your color of choice. Distress with ink if desired.

  This comes from  www.larkandlola.blogspot.com  .  I thought these were really neat and very inventive. Enjoy making a few of these to go on that special tree or even give them to friends and family.  They will enjoy them on their three for years to come. Today I made these decorative rosettes! They're ornaments. They are fairly easy to make and super charming. Here's how I did it... I picked up some scrapbooking embellishments at Joann's. Michael's also carries this brand, K & Co. And grabbed one of the old music books I buy on eBay all the time for $1 or so. Tore out some pages. {No, I don't feel bad doing this at all. It's not worth anything and no one is going to sit down and play music from the 50s. I'm giving it new life!} Trimmed each page down to a 4" x 8" piece. Like so. {Don't mind my weathered self-healing mat. It's been with me through a million & one craft projects. Christmas gift hin...

   Some of the celebrations we associate with Christmas today began way before Christianity developed, so that by medieval times traditions of mid-winter feasting were long established. Later the Puritans banned some festivities, but other 'holyday' pleasures still survived. It was not until the reign of Queen Victoria that many of today's customs - such as decorating fir trees - really took off. Medieval Fire, light and evergreens    Pre-Christian, northern societies used to enliven the dark days of the winter solstice with a celebration of fire, light and jollity, to create relief in the season of nature's dormancy and to hurry along the renewal of springtime. Christmas, as the celebration of the birth of Christ, was also a winter festival which gradually incorporated many pagan traditions, one of which was the burning of fires to ward away dark and evil spirits.    The tradition of decorating the home with native evergreens is a truly anc...