Rolling Pins

oops!  Things got crazy around here and I mailed these off before I could take a picture of them.  I made several altered rolling pins for my sisters - if I was to do this again I would probably paint the entire thing and shellac over the handles as well.

Here are some instructions if you are interested.  Click HERE

Reindeer Noses

Awwww.....neighbor gifts.  What to do?  What to do?  Every year it becomes more and more competitive and hard and harder to be original.  A couple years ago, I decided to simplify and do the same thing each year but with a twist.  I find a Christmas story that I like and then make sugar cookies that coordinate with it.
Like many others - this time of year can be absolutely crazy and I didn't get around to making them.  It came down to Dec 20 and I had to do something but it had to be easy.  I googled "neighbor gifts" and found Reindeer Noses.
They are simple - whoppers, sour cherry balls, and a label.  I started by making some in bowls and attaching a label to the top like this:

 And then made some simple ones like this for their teachers.  If I was to do it again, I would probably use a quart size bag for the neighbor gifts and a snack size for teachers. (forego the bowls)

 

P.S. I got the cute reindeer clipart from Just So Scrappy - love her stuff!!!

Pillowcase Gift

Just had to share this gift that my daughter made for her friend...I LOVE the fabric!

Gifts for Activity Day Girls

I wanted to give my Activity Day girls a Christmas gift - but with 14 girls - it had to be something small and inexpensive.  I made these a couple years ago for my young women and they are super easy.  I got the chapstick from Walmart - you can get 2 chapsticks for 88 cents - printed off the labels and used packing tape to apply.

I added a label that said "For beautiful lips, speak works of KINDNESS (and use chapstick)"  I hope the girls liked them.

Christmas Stockings

MAN!!  Our Christmas stockings are OLD and SCARY!!  Time for some new ones - but what to do?!?!  I bought some plain stockings from Dollar Tree and for Family Home Evening each one of us got to decorate one.  I was going be a control freak and decorate them myself - but then I wanted them to be original and personal for them.  And so - this is what we get - each one is individual to the owner and they look cute enough.  (do you like how Chance didn't want ANYTHING on his stocking?)

12 Ways of Christmas

This is a project that I did with my Activity Day girls for Christmas.  We made cardboard wreath and covered them with mod podge.  Then we mod podged paper onto 12 clothespins and hot glued them to the wreath.  Each clothespin holds an envelope that the girls open as they countdown to Christmas.