Santa Banner.....Too Early?!

Poor ol' Thanksgiving....I always feel so sorry for this holiday when 

I see Christmas trees sparkling in the stores

before all the Halloween candy is even finished!

What about you, Glitterinas?

I love Thanksgiving!

I enjoy planning our family's 

big meal and a fun game or two....

I like to shop for all the yummy 

food we'll eat....

I love preparing all the food....I make a 

chart for the week of what I'll make on which day.

Please don't judge.....I love a good list!

I also LOVE Christmas!

Everything about it, basically.

Even more so since I've retired and 

have a much more flexible schedule.

A friend gave me a wonderful 

Mary Engelbreit Santa picture that she 

had, knowing I'd want it.....she's a 

keeper, that one!

I put it upstairs on my arts & crafts desk 

and promptly forgot about it.

Well, there it sat for a while....

.....and then one day I decided what I wanted to make out 

of dear ol' Santa's cute face......

.....a hanging sign.

Even though it's not 

Thanksgiving yet, I'm going to share my 

sign with you....

....it's Christmas-y and I love it!

So please forgive me, if you can,

Glitterinas, for getting a bit 

ahead of the calendar!

Here we go....

How cute is he?!

I trimmed up the picture and decided to mount 

it on red foam and then again on black foam.

I used some small, clear sticky 

squares to mount the paper on 

the first layer of foam.

These little squares stick like crazy.....and hold 

on tight!

Place them on.....and then peel off the 

square of paper on them....

.....position them carefully because there is 

NO moving the paper after they have touched 

what your fastening them to.

After attaching the picture to the red foam, I 

attached the red foam to a piece of black foam.

Now for a hanger....

a piece of black ribbon will work.

I chose some other ribbons to simply tie onto 

one side of the black hanging ribbon.

Snip, snip, snip.....clip some pieces of each 

ribbon choice.

Simple so far.....don't you think?!

I want to add some "littles" to 

hang on the side of my sign.

How about using some jingle bells?

I tied them on a short piece of ribbon....

......and added them to the bow.

I have a box of small doodads....so I 

checked my stash.

Oh.....look at these!

I liked these two little ornaments.....

so they each got a piece of ribbon and the gold 

ornament needed a bow.

Very festive!

I added two bows above the bells.

This sign is done!

So I hung it up to take a picture

and it was hanging all

lopsided......boo hiss!

Too much weight on the left side......

so.....

some weight needed to be added to the right side.

Hmmmmm, what to do?

Come on brain, don't fail me now.

Ah ha.....

Good ol' pennies to the rescue!

These were glued to the back.

Tah Dah!

Cute little Santa face sign ready 

to help decorate our house!

It will probably hang on a grapevine wreath

on the mantel for the holidays!

Something like this....

Now, I'll get back to the real time of the year 

that my calendar is showing me!

Thanks for letting me share this 

Christmas project with you, Glitterinas!

I bet you have a seasonal picture that you 

could use to make a holiday pretty 

to use when you decorate this year!

Please share a picture or a comment with me....

I love it when you do!

Until next time,

Tammy

Again, With the Crafts......

One set of Halloween picks just 

wasn't enough this year!

I also found these circles of 

Halloween cuteness and decided they needed to 

hang out at our house!

I printed and trimmed them.....then chose some black and white
ribbon to add onto the picks.

Four picks, four bows.....

I decided to add a hit of Halloween color with buttons.....

......a quick dig through my button stash yielded these!

The biggest button needed the loop on the back

trimmed off......snip!

My needle nosed pliers are 

crazy handy.

Here are the black and white Halloween 

picks all put together.  

Circle picture,

pick,

bow,

button,

seasonal paper on back.....

These turned out nicely.....

do you agree, Glitterinas?

Here's where they are parked for the season.

Witchy Poo flew off for the 

hall bathroom.....I guess she's the 

independent one!

If you are looking for a quick touch of 

Halloween to add to your seasonal decor

give picks a try.....

Please leave me a comment so I'll know you stopped by!

Thanks so much for letting me share 

these fun, simple craft ideas with you, Glitterinas!

You are the best,

Tammy

Halloween Crafts!

Hello Glitterinas!

As I glance at the calendar I'm seeing the days until

Halloween getting fewer and fewer.

My sweet grandmother, MeeMee, used to tell me that as one gets 

older time goes by faster.

I used to tell her that sounded silly.....well, MeeMee,

you were right!

Wasn't it just the 4th of July?!

Good grief.....

This year I have really scaled back on my Halloween

decorations.  Not exactly sure why, I just have!

I have Fall things out in the house and I simple added 

a Halloween touch here and a little bit there.....

Something new this year is these cute 

pumpkin face guys.

They make me smile.....I love those big,

toothy grins and their vintage look.

I have never been a fan of scary Halloween....I'm too big a chicken 

to go in for that.

Silly Halloween, 

funny Halloween, 

and cute Halloween 

have always been my jam at this time of year.

(Do people still say "my jam"?) 

I downloaded these cute guys and printed them off.

I cut them out and glued seasonal paper to the top of 

the back of each pumpkin.....not sure where the pictures of these steps went!?

I left the bottom of the backing paper unglued.....

I needed to add some items....

.....like curly ribbon,

Here you can see how the bottom of the back paper wasn't glued.

First, I glued on the curly ribbon....

......then the long, bamboo pick.

Next, I cut some crepe paper.....

(I used my Martha Stewart fringing scissors.)

.....and rolled it into small sections.

Each pumpkin guy got some crepe paper, too!

Lastly, the front paper and back paper got glued together

at the bottom.

Until the crepe paper gets fluffed it looks like he has a goatee!

Tah Dah!!

Lather, rinse, repeat.....

I made four of these cute, little guys!

They are adding to our Halloween spirit around the house.....

Kinda cute, don't you think, Glitterinas?

I think older children could make these, don't you?

What Halloween touches, if any, do you add to your 

decor?

Leave me a note and let me know, please.

I really enjoy reading your thoughts about 

my posts!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Boo to you, Glitterinas,

Tammy

Plain Ol' Fireplace

The fireplace in the living room is made of 

white stone that was hand chiseled in 1930

when our house was built.

It matches the stone that covers the entire outside of the house.

It's one of my favorite things about 

the house.

I keep the black wrought iron candle holder 

there most of the year......with the tall 

shabby chic candlestick and the large mule shoe

on the sides.  There's also a barbed wire cross in the mix.

As seasonal items come and go during the year these 

items sometimes get shuffled around a bit.

With my fingers crossed for some cooler weather, I 

decided to spruce up the fireplace a bit and add some 

fall touches.

Fall is on it's way, isn't it, Glitterinas?!

Please, please, be shaking your heads yes!

These little, short scarecrows are a good starting point.....

.....they just fit right in!  Their denim overalls and cute smiles 

are a happy addition, don't you think?

I love using this old frame that I saved from 

the deep recesses of Papaw Jack's barn......

......and remembering of Papaw Jack always makes me smile!

I added one more scarecrow to the mix.....

.......he's a happy fellow, too!

Against that dark background my wire strand 

of white metal stars should show up nicely.

Let's see how they look.

What do you think, Glitterinas?

I love bittersweet vine, but it does not grow 

here.  

I read about people tearing it out of their yards 

because it's crazy invasive and just takes over.....well, 

there's some room down by the barn where I would welcome a 

vine or two......you know, just to have some to use in the fall.

Oh well, that's not going to happen, so.....I just bought some 

little wired berries to use.

I think I like this frame and the other 

touches here in the fireplace.....

how do you think it looks, Glitterinas?

I found a cute string of lantern lights at 

Target (marked down and marked down, my favorite 

find of the day) that I thought would 

add a fun touch to the fireplace, too!

The string was plenty long with enough lanterns to go all the way 

across the fireplace.....yay!

Aren't these lanterns pretty?

These lanterns hang just above a burlap banner ......

......that I made several years ago.

I like the neutrals this time of year as I 

transition into fall decor.

The vintage chair that is holding court next to the 

fireplace got a touch of fall, too......

......now everyone is included in this 

sprucing up project!

Plain ol' fireplace no more.....

now it's a lovely focal point in the room!

It will be getting so much attention that the dining room table 

just might get jealous!

Oh no, 

if the dining room table gets jealous, it could complain 

to the kitchen island.....

good grief.....I better get

busy deciding how I'm going to decorate the rest of 

the house for fall.....

....before I have a full fledged revolt on my hands!

Gotta run, Glitterinas.......I have some planning to do!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Please leave me a note so I'll know you were here.

I enjoy reading each and every comment you are 

kind enough to leave!

Blessed beyond belief,

Tammy