11.12.2008

[handmade Christmas]

This year I am really going to try and focus on creating a handmade, DIY Christmas. I'm especially inspired by paper items and am excited to try a different number of things. I spent so much on decorations last year (for a holiday home tour) that are now all packed away in my parents barn in Colorado (they didn't make it out to Cali with us for the move). I don't want to purchase an entire slew of new Christmas decorations this year so I'm going to see what I can't create from what I have already. Of course the stuff I want to buy but, I'll post here so I can feel at least some degree of ownership. I love these bird ornaments. I've had the files around for a bit so I'm not sure of their original source. If anyone has ideas, let me know.
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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 12, 2008 at 7:18 PM

    i'm going to do the same thing! i really want to streamline (and update) my christmas decor this year but i want it all to be DIY or at least indie purchased. good luck!

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  2. Melissa de la FuenteNovember 13, 2008 at 12:35 AM

    These are so lovely! I wish I could have a whole tree of diy or indie....that would be sublime!
    xo
    Melissa

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  3. D-lynNovember 13, 2008 at 12:24 PM

    I bet you could make those brown ornaments with a rubber stamp brown paper and some hand sewing
    Sounds way FUN to me!

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  4. AnonymousNovember 14, 2008 at 5:21 AM

    For indie ornament inspiration you could do worse than check out the handmade ornaments currently being posted onto flickr from the third holiday ornament swap hosted by freshlyblended and cake&pie http://www.flickr.com/groups/holidayornamentswap08
    or last year's swapped ornaments
    http://www.flickr.com/groups/holidayswap07/

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