Merry Christmas

I hope your weekend was filled with waffles and sliced strawberries to top just like mine was! Merry Christmas weekend everyone.

Our Tree

I love our tree. It smells so wonderfully and it makes me smile every time I glance in its direction. I spent a long time thinking about what to do about making our own ornaments and finally I went with hubby's plan: origami. I am no origamist, but hubby spent countless hours keeping himself busy in church as a boy folding and making these little creations.

For the tree we decided on cranes and a star for the top which hubby came up with his own special design. In our front window we also made ninja stars to hang from ribbon.

Christmas is a magical time for me. I hope you all can enjoy peace at this time of year and are able to spread it to those around you as well. Have a wonderful Christmas.

Magazine Christmas Tree

I had another craft night at my church and this time we made a Christmas decoration. Martha Stewart has a video tutorial of how to do this and I love how instead of spray paint, she covered hers with spray adhesive and glitter.

I made this miniature magazine tree out of an old National Geographic magazine and it is done simply by folding in every single page and then spray painting it if you want.

Martha Stewart's version is a little more complicated than what we came up with at craft night. Here's how we switched it up a bit:

 First, fold your page all the way into the center fold of the magazine.

 Do this a second time.

Then either fold the remaining flap up so that the bottom is now flat or fold it under so it is tucked in nice and tightly.

I just folded all of mine up and I didn't have any problems with it looking too sloppy.

Also I found that it makes a great picture/card holder and I am thinking it would be cute with a red pom pom on top... oh the possibilities!