Christmas Crafting.... Retro Inspired Advent Calendar

So.....yesterday was Halloween, is it too soon to talk about Christmas?  ;)
I don't think so,... especially if your looking for a craft or two to do.

For my Whisker Graphics Design Team project I got to play
around with some of their Colored Tags. Love the color and
quality of these tags.

I gathered up some Christmas themed craft supplies
and set to work on creating an Advent Calendar.

Measure an inch and a half up from the bottom of the tag.
Fold the bottom of the tag upward, creating a pocket.
Staple the pocket closed.

Once you have your pile of 24 cards it's time to cover up the
staples and make everything pretty.

I glued bits of ribbon, rickrack and other trims
to cover the staples.

Then added papers and vintage millinery
flowers, mushroom and leaves to make the
cards festive.

Here are some examples of edge trims.

I busted out my stash of kitschy Christmas Holiday craft supplies.
Every thing from retro inspired Christmas paper to vintage and
new Holiday cupcake toppers.
Trim, ribbon, and tinsel, oh my!

Once all 24 cards were made I laid them out
making sure they looked good next to each other.
Then stamped them with their numbers.

I heart vintage windows!!!!!!!! ADDICTED....!!!!!!!!!!!!!  ;)

So, a vintage window was perfect and a must for using in this project.

I pinned some ribbon across the window frame. This helped to
place the tags. As the tags were added the ribbon need a little
tweaking, so the tags hung nicely. The pins helped make that
part easy. I could raise and lower the rows as needed.

I tied the Advent Calendar tags onto the ribbon using
Whisker Graphics Holiday Divine Twine.

Once all the tags were secure and I liked the
way the were hanging, I camouflaged the
pushpins by hot glueing poinsettia cupcake
toppers onto them.

Here are a few detail shots.

The tags are the perfect size for holding just a
little something special. Two of everything in
our house, one for each of my boys.   ;)

I love the color of these tags, so fresh.

Excuse the faux candy canes...... it seems to be
a bit too early to find the real deal in my local
drug store.  ;)

These envelope tags will hold tiny Lego pieces,
small candies, money, gift cards, and small toys.
I also plan on placing strips of paper in the tags
with clues written on them. To indicate where
toys will be hidden around the house.  Something
like, "Look for me I'm in the tree." OR, "Look under
your bed I'm wrapped in red." You get the idea....!  ;)

I'm super excited about this Christmas Advent Calendar
craft project and loved making it.

Is it too early to wish you a Merry Christmas?


























;)   Happy Holidays!

Supplies:

Large colored tags
Holiday Divine Twine
Ruler
Pencil
Stapler and staples
Glue gun
Glue sticks
Scissors
Pushpins
Vintage window
Medium width ribbon
Various thin trim, ribbon, and tinsel
Various Holiday themed decorations
Wrapping paper
Rubber number stamps
Ink



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Edible Halloween "S'mores" Craft.... With Peeps

Aren't these super cute?!?
I am so happy my boys love to craft with me.

These are our take on Halloween S'mores.
Made with Halloween candy, Peeps, sprinkles, melted chocolate
and graham crackers.

We used graham crackers as canvases and created spooky
scenes on them.

We spread the crackers with melted chocolate and added sprinkles.

Then created our S'more scenes with Peeps and Halloween candy.

This little edible craft was super fun to do on a chilly afternoon.

My boys really got into it..... having to use every different piece
of candy and every color sprinkles we had.  ;)

I love these. Super fun.

It was hard to stop making these......

Super addictive.......!

Can you tell which ones my littlest made? Isn't it funny how kids
like to stack stuff....?

These were pretty tasty. Though, the taste of the moon shape
was a bit much (for me) with the chocolate.

Super fun edible Halloween kids craft!

Here's hopping your Halloween is filled with spooky treats.

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Babble.....!

Yesterday morning while checking my blog stats
I noticed a lot of traffic from Babble.
My curiosity was peeked.
So, I popped on over to find that they have
featured *MY* Twine Halloween Wreath.
OMG!!!!!
My wreath is in a line up of 12 really clever
and super festive Halloween themed wreaths.
I am supper surprised and giddy to be featured
in the lineup!

I would also like to give a shout-out to all of
you that have Pinned the wreath and featured
or made mention of it on your blogs.

Just wanted to let you all know,
I appreciate the appreciation.

Thanks,
Kerstie

Come check out all of the featured wreaths
over at Babble.

Here is a link to my original post Baker's Twine Halloween Wreath.

Autumn Wreath and Table Decorations

Welcome Fall and all your rich glorious color.
Welcome all the NEW colors of Divine Twine too.

I an in love with the new solid yellow bakers twine
Whiskergraphics is now offering. It is perfect for Fall crafting.

I'm so happy about the new wreath I made.
I found this old frame in a free pile at a tag sale.
It's chippy and has seen better day. PERFECT...

I stapled chicken wire the the back side of the frame.
Added a cornucopia I found at a thrift store.
(already in the prefect color)
Added a black painted canvas embellished with
vintage buttons and bakers twine. Written with the
word welcome in gold pen.

I am in love with how the horn of plenty
double as a vase for fresh flowers.

I also started on my table decor for Thanksgiving.
I made these votive candle place card holders.

I stumbled upon these bags of fall leaves at the Dollar Store.
(I love using things from the dollar store to craft with)
Using white craft glue I pasted the leaves onto a glass pot.

Once the glue was dry I used solid yellow Divine Twine
to attached some vintage buttons and an admission ticket
for the place card portion of the votive.

Using a glass pot or jar for this project allows
for such a pretty glow.

Supplies for the wreath:
Vintage frame
Chicken wire
Wire cutters
Staple gun and staples
Container for holding flowers
Glue gun and glue sticks
Canvas
Black paint
Paint brush
Vintage buttons
Gold pen
Scissors
New solid yellow divine twine

Supplies for the votive place card:

Glass jar
White craft glue
Paint brush
Fabric leaves
Vintage buttons
Vintage admission ticket
Scissors
Solid yellow Divine Twine

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Halloween Trick or Treat Goodie Bags

Hi Everyone,

Hope you all had a lovely summer.
With the cool nights and crisp mornings...
and the kids back in school my head is just
swimming with Halloween!

So... for my Whisker Graphics Design Team project

I choose to make a few Halloween themed treat bags.

First up is this super sweet ghost.

I used a Honeycomb Middy Bag in black along with a Glassine

Middy Bag.

First sketch or trace out a ghost shape that fits with in the 

edges of the bags.

Slip a cutting board or piece of card board into the bag so the 

craft knife does not go threw the back side of the bag and cut out 

the ghost shape. 

Slip the glassine bag into the honeycomb bag. Glue the edge of

the honey comb and press it to the glassine bag, so the edge

lays flat. Add a pair of googly eyes and a cheeky smile.

Fold the top edge of he bags down and trim with decorative scissors.

Fill with your favorite holiday candy. Using Halloween Divine Twine

stitch the bags closed.

Add a mulberry flower and a small orange tag

stamped with a frightful little note and that's it.

Super simple and darn cute too.

I am in love with this little Jack O'lantern friend!

These Little Chevron Bitty Bags in orange were just

screaming to be turned into Little Jack O'lanterns.

Fold the bottom of the bag back and fourth at the

bottom seam and tuck the corners in to help create a flat

bottom. This will help the bag to stand up. Fill the bag

with you favorite Halloween candy. Twist the top of the

bag to make a steam.

Finish with a millinery leaf and brown grosgrain

ribbon. These are adorable as just plain old pumpkins

but,...... I couldn't resist carving this pumpkin into

a Jack O'lantern.

His little face is just bits of scrap paper glued onto

the bag.

Next up is this cookie gobbling ghost.

Trace out a ghost shape onto a Glassine Bigger 

Bag. Making sure the ghost is small enough to

fit with in the seam lines. Sew along the tracing lines.

I chose to add a sugar cookie Jack O'lantern to the

belly of my ghost but, candy corn would be equally

as cute. After filling your ghost's belly stitch it closed

and trim off the excess bag.

Add googly eyes and a playful smile. These

would be perfect for Halloween party favors.

Supplies for the Halloween goodie bag above are,

Honeycomb Middy Bitty Bag in black

Glassine Middy Bag

Halloween Divine Twine

Small Colored Tags in orange

Googly eyes

Mulberry flower

Cfaft glue

Black pen

Scissors

Craft knife

Needle

Ink

Letter stamps

Supplies for the little Jack O'lantern are,

Chevron Little Bitty Bags in orange

Black craft paper

Grosgrain ribbon

Millinery leaf

Craft knife

Craft glue

Supplies for the goofy little ghost above are,

Glassine Bigger Bag

Googly eyes

Black pen

Craft glue

Scissors

Sewing machine and thread

Hop you all have a SpOOOOktacular Halloween!

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