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Paper craft Christmas table decorations

20 Sunday Dec 2015

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Hello!

Today I want to show you some crafts I’ve been making ready to decorate the table on Christmas Day.  This is the first year I’ve hosted Christmas at my house, so wanted to make the table look nice.

I have made laminated and stamped Christmas placemats, Santa hat place setting cards and Santa napkin rings for each guest.

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Laminated and stamped Christmas placemat

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Stamped Christmas place mat

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Punch art Santa hat place cards

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Punch art Santa belt napkin holders

These are all things I’ve featured in my blog in the past.  If you’d like to know how to make them, please check out the older posts for detailed instructions:

  • Laminated and stamped Christmas Placemats click here.
  • Punch art Santa place setting cards – and making the punch art Santa hat – click here.
  • Santa napkin rings – and making a punch art Santa belt – click here.

I’ll try and remember to post a picture of the decorated Christmas table!

Wishing you all the best for a happy Christmas and a safe and fun festive season.

Caro x

 

Homemade advent calendar

28 Saturday Nov 2015

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I am ridiculously excited to show you what I’ve been working on over the past few days – an advent calendar!

  
I’ve just hung it on my wall after extracting solemn promises from Mr 6 that it will not be touched before 1 December! 

This is made with match boxes, a baking tray, magnets and glitter Washi tape to cover the boxes.  I also grabbed a few Christmas decorations to stick on the edge.  (And nothing but super glue worked to stick those suckers onto the metal!)

Here are some photos of how I put it all together:

   
    
    
    

    

  
  
The Washi tape is a Selley’s pack I bought at Costco. 
The numbers are a free download from http://justsomethingimade.com/2009/10/simple-spool-advent-calendars/.  

They work with a 1 inch circle punch.   I also used Stampin’ Up!’s glitter sheets and my  1 1/4 inch circle and star punches as backgrounds for the numbers. 

I stuck magnets on the back of each box so they would stick to the baking tray. 

I also used sticky strip to run sequins along the side edges of the tray and some Washi tape and glitter glue for the top and bottom. 

I stuck it to the wall using 3M removable hanging strips. 

So there you have it – my glittery, sparkly home made advent calendar.  Anyone got any ideas for what to do with hundreds of spare matches? 😉 

Thanks for reading. 

Caro

Covered notebooks

16 Monday Nov 2015

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I play the piano, and have lots of music in those cheap plastic insert display/sleeve folders.   Each time I play, I think they are very ugly and definitely could do with some “prettying up”. 

A quick trip to office works and raiding my paper stash later, and look at the collection of pretty music books I now have! 

   
    
 
Most of the papers come from The Sweet Stack paper stack I bought at Big W (I think!). 

They were just very cheap notebooks, but ended up looking rather lovely! 

  
  
Thanks for reading. 

Caro 

Simple covered notebook

03 Tuesday Nov 2015

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See this cute little notebook?

  
Five minutes ago it looked like this:

  
I was making some notes on a boring old regular, cheap, plain writing pad then decided to pretty it up. 

Five minutes with some scrap paper, a ruler, a paper cutter and some glue and my boring note pad was magically transformed into a cute notebook for my desk. 

 

Just measure the width of the writing pad and cut the paper to size, then fold and glue excess paper at the back. It works better if you score the fold line and score another half cm further along for where it needs to create a spine, but a simple fold works fine too.   This picture hopefully explains what I mean about the two scores half a can apart helping to create a “spine”

  
Now I can get back to work!  (The joys of working from home!)
Thanks for reading

Caro

Washi tape tissue box holder 

29 Thursday Oct 2015

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Today I want to show you a “blinged up” tissue box holder I covered in Washi tape (Sellotape glitter tape to be precise!) 

   
   
I have had a very boring wood tissue box holder sitting on my desk waiting for inspiration for a few months.   Today I was stuck on a work document and looked up as was hit by the glitter urge!

Quite the contrast!

   
 
I’d love to say that this is for the upcoming festive season, but I have a feeling this may end up in my kitchen year round.  We’ll see! 

UPDATE: Now I’ve seen it in my kitchen I don’t think it’s moving anytime soon!

  
(I have a mostly white-walled house with splashes of red in accessories here and there, with stainless steel appliances in the kitchen.  I’m loving the red/silver sparkly combo! This is the only touch of “bling” in the house, and a tissue box is small enough I think the bling can stay!) 

Thanks for reading

Caro 

Decorating the everyday

02 Wednesday Sep 2015

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I was well enough to get back to work yesterday and after being in such a crafty zone the last few days I looked at a notepad on my desk and had to do something about it before I could possibly start work 😉

   
 
There, that’s better!

Yet another piece of paper from my stash has found a good home 🙂 

Caro

Washi tea lights 

21 Thursday May 2015

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Ok at some point I will find some time to do some card making and stop writing about washi tape, but I’m on w bit of a roll at present (ha ha ….) 

I have had a few tea light candles sitting on my bench for a few weeks and looking at them just then I decided they could do with some prettying up. 

  
Much better! 

I’m thinking a bunch of these scattered around at my next BBQ/dinner party would look awesome! 

Caro x

Custom furniture 

19 Tuesday May 2015

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Hello!

I have to say I am a little bit happy about what I’m going to show you today!

Until recently, I have been using an IKEA wooden stool (Frosta $14.99) as a bedside table in my son’s room. I recently bought him a new fancy bedside table so the stool has been sitting around while I figure out what to do with it.  

It’s about 6-7 years old, and while I have definitely gotten my 15 bucks worth, it’s really not that inspiring! 

But then this afternoon inspiration struck – washi tape!!!  Twenty minutes and a few rolls of washi tape later and voila! 

   

  

  

Now I have a fancy new side table / stool / plant stand / piece of art!  

Is there nothing you can’t do with washi tape?!!

Hmmm.  I can sense a trip to IKEA in my future …… 

Thanks for reading. 

Caro x 

Washi-up your wardrobe

16 Saturday May 2015

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As you know, I was recently given a gift of lots of rolls of Washi tape. Normally I’d make cards with them, but I’ve also been looking for creative ways to use washi tape around my house. 

Today’s idea is from something I saw on Pinterest – washi tape on wood coat hangers for your wardrobe.  

   
    
It takes a little practice to stick the tape down smoothly with no wrinkles, but that is the beauty of washi tape – you can pull it off and start again and it is still your friend! 

A group of these would make a cute little house warming gift! 

Thanks for reading 🙂

Caro