Yes, it's heading towards Christmas time my dears. The time of year where you spend too much money on stuff you really don't need - and lets face it, a lot of its a little tacky these days - to make your house look pretty! This is my first year away from home and friends and family, so I have to buy a tree - oh, God!
Since making the big move I'm a little strapped for cash this yuletide season. So I put my thinking cap on and decided to d.i.y this year. That's right ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to toss my tiara into the ring and make things!
I've found a great recipe for salt dough, which will become tree ornaments and possibly some room ornaments, which will be painted in festive colours (watch this space...). I've delved into my craft and home decoration magazine piles to find some simple, yet inexpensive and quite fabulous looking projects that I hope to complete before my visitors arrive to spend the Christmas with me.
Looking into my remnants bag, I've got some festive coloured material, so it's bunting for me, baby. I'm thinking of making some NOEL cushions (just red and white fabric), perhaps a Joyeux as well. Some paper cut/lace decorations. I found a great one for a fancy reindeer... a gift tag perhaps?
As I make these fabulous wonders, I'll blog about them - even if they sucked and were a complete failure. Perhaps someone else can learn from my mistakes :-P
Wish me luck, and fingers crossed that it turns out okay....
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