How To Make a NO-SEW Christmas Tree Skirt

A distich days ago, when I shared this year's Christmas Tree, the tree skirt totally stole the spotlight. I'm non mad at it though, because it's totally my favorite purpose of the tree, too.  So, equally promised, hither is the total tutorial almost how I made it. It was super piece of cake to brand in addition to required absolutely cipher sewing. 
You KNOW how I experience almost sewing. 

 I actually wanted an ivory tree skirt this year, and beingness totally unwilling to pass my entire Christmas budget on a skirt for my tree, I bought a yard of ivory felt for $10 instead.

A distich hours later, I was covered inwards fuzz in addition to hot glue, but this trivial fella had been created. 

So, here's how I made it.

Please pardon my nighttime photos. I sometimes forget that I should accept dainty photos in addition to pretend similar I alive within a magazine. Actually, I forget that all the time. Who are nosotros kidding? 

The jig is up, Virginia.

Okay! Moving on! So, offset things first, accept a giant slice of felt in addition to flexure it inwards two. Then cutting it into a one-half circle in addition to cutting a smaller circle out of the middle. This is where the tree base of operations goes. You'll also cutting along the seam on 1 one-half thus that y'all tin instruct it some your tree.

This is what it should expect similar when y'all unfold it. You tin encounter the cutting seam upward at the top.

You tin hem that seam if y'all want, or add together a push closure, but I merely left it unfinished because my tree is upward against the wall in addition to no 1 volition always encounter the dorsum of it.

Next, cutting petals. So many petals. I merely cutting 1 petal that I liked in addition to and thus used it equally a designing to cutting the rest. I intend I likely cutting 100+. This was the most tardily purpose in addition to my miserable trivial fingers paid the price. Still, totally worth it. 

Also, if y'all invest inwards pair of scissors that cost to a greater extent than than $3, y'all likely won't endure similar I did. :)

Then, using hot glue, adapt the petals to brand a flower. I used vi petals to brand each flower. I set downwardly the offset 4 in addition to and thus arranged ii on the top.

Once y'all receive got all your flowers made, start hot gluing them some the border of the skirt. I glued on 1 whole row in addition to and thus did a minute row, layering them slightly underneath the offset row.

I intend the fox is definitely to layer them slightly thus that they bunch upward a trivial bit. You tin nation inwards the below motion painting that in that place are ii rows of flowers. You tin practise equally many rows equally y'all want, or fifty-fifty create total upward the whole skirt. 

I merely totally striking my trammel after ii rows.

Blistered fingers = AND I intend it's done!! 

I absolutely dear the agency it turned out though, particularly for merely beingness a slice of felt in addition to some hotglue. I tin definitely encounter myself using this adjacent year. And the adjacent year. 

To infinity in addition to beyond.

And that's all for today, ya'll!

Thanks thus much for stopping by! If y'all missed whatever of my other vacation projects thus far, y'all tin grab upward here or cheque out my favorite affair always here.

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20+ DIY Christmas Ornament Wreath Ideas

You guys. Never bring I always been thence amazed in addition to surprised past times something. After sharing this year's decoration wreath on the blog, tons of you lot emailed me photos of wreaths you lot had created inspired past times that post. 

In only 2 weeks, I had an inbox bursting at the seams alongside pictures of decoration wreaths.
Imagine my inbox equally Chris Farley inwards a niggling coat. And don't EVEN human activity similar you lot don't know in addition to dear Tommy Boy.

When I sat downward to write this post today, I had over 75 decoration wreaths to select from, all created past times you. 

And every unmarried 1 was amazing. 

It was totally impossible to narrow it down, thence I made Jesse blindfold me in addition to spin me around in addition to thence I threw darts at miniature pictures of the wreaths.

 20 lucky wreaths got striking past times a dart.

We're only going to pretend similar that's a existent story, okay? 

Anyways, I'm thence honored that thence many of you lot sent me pictures. There are times when I only can't observe the correct words to tell you lot what I feel, in addition to this is definitely 1 of those times. So, piece thank you will only bring to suffice, delight know that it's soooo much to a greater extent than than that. 

If I could pose a gratis auto nether your seat, I totally would. 

Will you lot settle for a Tonka toy?

So, let's larn this crazy political party started.

Here are twenty or thence of my favorite reader wreaths.

We'll showtime alongside Aimee. Because Aimee made 5 wreaths.

I experience similar that's justification enough.

Here are 3 of Aimee's creations.

A gorgeous light-green + gilded version...

A beautiful red, brown, in addition to gilded version...

And some other 1 alongside red, silver, brown, in addition to blue. 

Aren't those all thence cuuute? I dear the bows on top, too. Nice job, Aimee!

This side past times side 1 was created by Amy. Amy's stood out to me because it was 1 of the few I received that was all 1 color.

Super cute idea.

I loved Katelyn's decoration wreath. It kinda reminded me of my wreath terminal year, but fifty-fifty improve alongside that cute reddish bow. I dear the see of switching things upward alongside a bow on the bottom, too!

Ariel made an all-red version, too. 

Ariel's wreath is awesome, in addition to thence is she. 

I mean, obviously. 

Heather is 1 of my friends from highschool (who has an awesome fitness blog that volition inspire you lot to climb mountains or at to the lowest degree lookout adult man her exercise it), in addition to has been a supporter of my weblog since solar daytime one. We haven't seen each other inwards over 10 years, thence to say that agency a lot would live quite the understatement. 

Plus, let's live honest. Girlfriend makes a hateful wreath. 

I dear Chrissi's decoration wreath. The colors remind me of all the gift wrap from my childhood. 

Every fourth dimension I bring a bad day, someone should brand me article of apparel footie pajamas in addition to pretend similar it's Christmas morning, historic menstruum 6. Actually, redact that. I only desire to alive inwards footie pajamas. Ideally, these.

Lorri's decoration wreath is absolutely incredible. 

So colorful in addition to fun. 

And what's happening on the mantel below = awesomeness.

Lorri fifty-fifty made matching trees using sequins in addition to glitter.

I know, it's non an decoration wreath, but those tiny sequins deserve to live seen. 

I mean, C'MON.

Tess was also inspired to larn the extra mile, in addition to non exclusively did she brand a beautiful light-green in addition to gilded wreath, but she also made a matching tree.....

and some decoration garland for her stairs! 

Tess, you lot read my mind.

Victoria made a beautiful decoration wreath alongside the classic colors of light-green in addition to reddish in addition to gold.

I only dear how whatever color combination looks great! 

You seriously can't larn wrong.

 Judy in addition to Rhonda made a beautiful green, brown, in addition to silvery version. I loved the electronic mail they sent me. They're sisters in addition to they arts and crafts together. 

I request a sis who crafts. 

If only Mathias would come upward dwelling solid from the Navy in addition to hotglue materials alongside me. Dangit.

Emily made a stunning version using all unlike sizes in addition to metallic element colors. So pretty!

I LOVE the blue, green, gold, in addition to silvery version created past times Blusherine. She fifty-fifty hung it on a mirror, which ya'll know I love.

Linda created a gorgeous glittery version using gold, silver, in addition to white ornaments.

And Linda also created this side past times side one, combining pink, green, gold, in addition to silver!

Oh, how it speaks to me.

Autumn's wreath actually stood out to me, too. 

It's thence unique, alongside strands of gilded beads, a pretty bow, in addition to a jingle bell wreath hanger. I dear it.

It's kinda similar my wreath this year, but alongside jazz hands.

And last, but definitely non to the lowest degree is the photograph I received from Rachel. 

In a nutshell, these are six non bad friends in addition to their ornament-wreath-making-party. 

That was 1 of my favorite emails every received. Thanks, girls! 

Ya'll are awesome in addition to ridiculously cute. 

And those are my favorite decoration wreaths from this year!

To run into my ain decoration wreath creations, larn here in addition to here.

Thank you lot thence much to every unmarried somebody who sent me a motion-picture exhibit of their wreath. 

It agency thence much that ya'll read my blog. 

Now, tell me. How on public exercise I pose my decoration wreath away inwards January? I experience similar he needs a niggling throne in addition to bejewled septor. We'll brand him purpose a actually ugly tiny thrift shop chair equally his throne though, only to popular off along him humble. :)

Thanks again, ya'll!

'Til side past times side time!

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DIY Christmas Gift Ideas Under $10

It's almost here! Christmas is exclusively a calendar week away!

And I soundless accept some gifts to find. 
Okay fine, all of them. I accept to abide by all of them.

Somehow every yr my to-do listing grows similar a freaky beanstalk housing a hungry giant, in addition to I'm e'er left scrambling concluding infinitesimal for tissue newspaper in addition to gift cards in addition to some weird Nerf contraption for my footling brother. 

Luckily, our solid unit of measurement prefers thoughtful/funny gifts to expensive gifts anyday, thence I commonly terminate upwardly making a lot of stuff. 

So, I stance I would percentage some handmade gift ideas from the past times duo years inwards instance yous ask whatever concluding infinitesimal ideas.

 All of these are tardily to brand in addition to terms nether $10. 

Oh, in addition to they're all for women. You're on your ain when it comes to the fellas.

Obviously, since I commonly give them yoyos in addition to Nerf darts. Sorry, menfolk.

So, hither are a few of my fave handmade Christmas gift ideas! Enjoy!

DIY Striped Jewelry Tray

This striped jewelry tray is tardily to brand amongst merely a footling paint, tape, in addition to a basic wooden tray. I constitute my tray at a thrift shop in addition to thence painted it (tutorial here), but yous tin dismiss also abide by similar wooden trays at Hobby Lobby in addition to JoAnn's for nether $5.

DIY Bead Magnets

These DIY bead magnets brand dandy gifts. They were merely virtually the easiest affair I've ever made, too. 

You tin dismiss come across the tutorial here.

DIY Gold Leaf Art

I'm variety of obsessed amongst leafing lately. I intend it would live thence cute to create gift tags amongst a golden leafage initial, or fifty-fifty merely some uncomplicated fine art inwards a pretty frame similar I created here.

DIY gum pillows

Obviously, I'm obsessed amongst pillows. 

Especially since figuring this out. 

These brand dandy gifts, particularly since yous tin dismiss customize them yet yous want. You tin dismiss come across some examples here, here, and here.

DIY Monogram Knifeblock

I honey the stance of putting an initial on merely virtually anything, in addition to fifty-fifty did it to my knifeblock. For an cheap gift idea, yous tin dismiss monogram merely virtually anything amongst a stencil in addition to a permanent marking (You tin dismiss fifty-fifty purpose a metallic element marker!). Try mugs, canisters, serving platters, trays, or anything else you'd like. Then, add together some homemade cookies or baked goods in addition to you've got a dandy gift! 

DIY Mod Podge Hangers

These Mod Podge hangers make for an amazing gift, in addition to are e'er well-received. Plus, they terms virtually $5 for 5 hangers, in addition to yous tin dismiss personalize them whatever agency yous want.

I recommend monograming them amongst someone else's initial. That agency there's no going dorsum when yous offset thinking virtually how cute they would await inwards your ain closet. 

And concluding but non least, a dandy agency to brand whatever gift extra special is past times wrapping it beautifully. You tin dismiss come across how I create my bows inwards merely a few tardily steps here.

 Sidenote: See all those awesome blush in addition to pinkish vintage drinking glass ornaments? I constitute virtually xx of those at the thrift shop yesterday for $1! Luckily, I accept an entire yr to figure out how to accept a pinkish Christmas in addition to non completely terrify Jesse. :)

And that's all for today, ya'll!

Thanks thence much for stopping by!

I promise yous all accept a very, rattling Merry Christmas!

I'll live dorsum afterward the holidays to percentage a few novel projects I've been working on.

'Til then!

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