I "heart" Peppermint

I love the look of peppermint against this blue Swiss dot fabric backdrop. :)

New tree

We are finishing our attic to be a master bedroom. This is our new little 4 ft tree we added to get it feeling more like Christmas up there. I love it! I stare at it all the time and pretend the rest if the room is finished and worthy of photographing. He he, Happy holidays!





(P.S. the tree + ornaments + candy canes all added up to 22$!!!!)

Wrapping things up

I have been wrapping up a storm these past few days and I just wanted to share some of my favorite ones.

How to make a pom pom garland

Today I an idea for making her a pom pom garland. I thought about making one by threading the pom poms with a needle but I foresaw the pom poms sliding around on the string, and I wanted them to stay put. Then I realized that by crocheting them onto a chain stitch I eliminated that problem. Here is a little tutorial for all of you since its so darn easy!

HOW TO CROCHET A POM POM GARLAND
USING THE CHAIN STITCH

All the tools you need for this project are:
crochet thread
1.25mm crochet hook
pom poms

1. To start, you just chain a few stitches .
2. To add a pom pom, you poke the hook right through the middle of the pom pom then grab the thread and pull it right through the pom pom and start chain stitching again. (It's basically the same principle for adding beads to your crochet projects.)
3. To space them apart be sure and do a lot of chain stitches between the pom poms. (I didn't count the stitches I just added a pom pom when I felt it needed another one.)
4. Just keep repeating chain stitching and adding pom poms for as long as you want depending how long you want your garland to be.

I love how it turned out! In fact I love it so much I made two!

One with a specific "Christmasy" color scheme and the other with random colors.

Hope you have as much fun making these as I did!

sugar plum fairy

This girl is so cute I think I'll have to do another fairy eventually. She was a custom order from my sister Daryllyn so she is already sold. Just wanted to share! :)

our cookie house

This year we had a really fun time making our graham cracker and candy houses! We usually have a "pot luck" party and have all the guests bring their two favorite candy's, but this year we were too lazy to invite anyone. It was still a lot of fun!

Matilda Jane

These clothes by Matilda Jane (found on Mer Mag) are so adorable! I love the bright colors and the mismatched patterns, I also love the photography.