craftyness.

this week i had the urge to be crafty. christmas does that to me sometimes. i had a christmas party at my house on friday and realized i did not have as many decorations as i thought i did. so, i made some. first up was the yarn wreath previously mentioned. here's how it turned out.



project cost:
wreath-2.49
yarn-3.29
felt-.87

total-6.65

i rather like it. and you could keep it up all year round.


and second was my advent tree. idea came from paige + modern that i saw on another megan's blog. i had a lot of fun with this one. although thinking of 25 things to write on the cards was harder than anticipated. sharpie came through and helped me out though. and the calendar.



mine does not look nearly as good as hers, but it works. i did a lot of things different. i don't have a great printer, so i used stickers that i got at michaels. i also walked around for quite awhile trying to find those envelopes she had, but my michaels didn't have them and the only other ones i could find were too big. so, i improvised and got gift tags instead. i used them upside down, hole punched them, and tied them on the branches with red string. i got the branches from my parents yard cause i liked them better than the ones that were in mine :) and then spray painted them white. my neighbors must think i'm nuts for the amount of spray painting i do. but, then again, they are pretty nutty themselves. my neighborhood has an infinity for those overly large holiday inflatables.

project cost:
spray paint-3.99
branches-free
tags (sold in packs of 10)-5.37
string-already in my craft supplies
stickers-2.67
vase-7.79

total-19.82


today we were finally able to go and cut down our christmas tree. it even started to snow for a few minutes which was lovely. we actually settled upon the first one we liked...i guess it works out like that sometimes not only for wedding dresses but trees too. but, now that we have it home, it's a little more crooked and sparse than we thought. oh well. hopefully it'll be a little warmer for chlo next year. she gave me this pained look the whole time.



and now for day 3 of the advent calendar...decorate the tree while matt watches...