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Our Christmas Pinterest Party with Cutie Printables!

12
Dec 2012

Don’t you love Christmas parties??

I mean – regular parties are pretty awesome. But Christmas parties are the best. Cuter decorations, cuter food, cuter outfits, you name it.

I’ve posted before about the Pinterest Party group I’m a part of - we trade off hosting the party every time.
Well this month it was my turn – I got to host the Christmas party! Woot!

We usually have lots of food and time to craft – everyone brings a treat to share.
And something super fun this time – I used adorable Christmas printables from the Hostess with the Mostess to decorate the treat table with!

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I made Triple Chocolate Peppermint Brownies – from A Pumpkin and a Princess’ recipe. YUMMMM.  I decorated them with these sweet little treat flags from the set. They were super easy – you just print and cut them out – then fold them in half. We used double-sided tape to stick them around toothpicks.

I will confess that I love printables like this. When I’m doing all the planning and cleaning and stressing and everything else that goes into party prep – it’s soooo nice to be able to print out sweet little things for the party - it’s definitely one less thing to worry about!

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The set came with some little tent cards – for labeling all the goodies on the table.
(Seriously – how cute is that little Santa!!)

I also used the full paper designs to make plate liners. I just printed them out and cut them in a circle for the center of the plate!

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We always do crafting – as well as eating. :) This time we made gorgeous Glittered Pear ornaments  – also by A Pumpkin and a Princess (she’s awesome!!)

We had a few colors of glitter and ribbon so everyone’s pear looked a little different. Here’s mine:

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Shocking that mine is turquoise and pink right?

And here’s a little shot of our group in action. We had a blast!

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(Our group photo is courtesy of Andrea from The Train to Crazy)

Doesn’t it look fun! And guess what – you can download and use those same super cute printables for your parties! They are free!

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Are you planning any Christmas parties? Have you used any printables for your parties?

This holiday season, let loved ones know how much you care.  Use your favorite photos to create something personalized and unique for everyone on your list.  Make it memorable.  Make it meaningful.  Make it matter.  Go to hp.com/holiday for inspiration and ideas.

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Disclosure: Compensation was provided by HP via Glam Media.  The opinions expressed herein are those of the author and are not indicative of the opinions or positions of HP.

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Winter Wonderland Mantel

09
Dec 2012

I am so excited to share with you all this year’s Christmas Mantel!

I’ve been working hard getting it all together and I love how it has come out!

It has a Winter Wonderland theme – all pine trees and snow and sweet little deers snuggled in!
Ready to see?

Isn’t it pretty?

It’s a leeeetle hard to see though – so let’s take a closer look!

I will confess that this Mantel is Anthro inspired. Shocker right? I was in Anthro a few weeks ago and they had a little shelf all decorated with pine trees and moss and crystal dishes - I just loved it and knew something similar would be so fun to do for my mantel this year!

So I scoured the thrift shops for crystal bowls and dishes – then I did a little faux mercury glass treatment on them.

I used the fail-safe method that Michele used – you can check out her tutorial for super details! The only thing I did differently is that I did my spray painting on the inside of the pieces.

I also glittered up some little deers and set up some winter scenes for them to hang out it.
Warning: Glittering tiny deers can be highly addicting. I am not responsible if you try these, then decide to glitter everything else in your house. You’ll have to decide for yourself if you have the self-control to attempt it.

I found my garland that runs along the mantel at Michaels – 60% off! I wound it through the dishes and then added in some little bunches of moss, and lots of snow!

I love the little scenes set up along the mantel!

One of my other favorite parts is the cedar garland - I found that at Lowe’s for only 11.99! And it was a long enough strand that I cut it up and used it in three places around the house.

So I’d love to know what you think!

Linking up at Sunday Scoop, Today’s Creative Blog, Met Monday, Tutorials & Tips Tuesday, Quilt Story, Shabby Creek Cottage, My Repurposed Life, 504 Main, Positively Splendid, and the other fabulous parties on the party page – make sure you check them out!

 

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Dressing Up A Real Pine Wreath

06
Dec 2012

So every year I put a fresh pine wreath on my front door. It’s kind of become a tradition.

I am always tempted every year by all the wreath cuteness – yarn wreaths, ornament wreaths, burlap wreaths – they’re all so fun. But I just love the way the fresh pine smells every time I walk through the door!

Well this year, I decided to have the best of both worlds and add some fun decorations to my real pine wreath!

Wanna see?

 

I am soooo in love!

I actually had this deer stuck in the center of my wreath for the last week and a half – and I had been thinking of doing some rosettes in the curve of the wreath, kind of like my Ombre Fall Wreath. But then I saw the felt flowers on the wreaths we featured in last Friday’s Pinterest Feature Friday  and I knew that was it!

So I got busy and made a ton of felt flowers. You can find the Rolled Flowers tutorial on my How to do That – Flowers page – and I’ll be adding the Felt Fringe flower tutorial there later today!

You can see that the fringy flower has a bit of glitter on it. That was a happy little accident! (to channel some Bob Ross for ya) I dropped the flower in some glitter on the table – and realized how cute it looked! So I brushed the tops of the felt with glue and dipped them in glitter. Instant bling!

I found my little glitter deer at HomeGoods, and the white trees are 99 centers from Rite Aid! Wooohooo for cheap decorations!

I had wedged the deer and the trees in the branches of the wreath, they were pretty stable since the wreath was so dense. To hold the flowers in place, I stuck a pearl stick pin through the center, then stuck that through the branches. Since the wreath is so dense, it works well, but you could also glue them in. I wanted to be able to remove and reuse them after this Christmas so that’s why I used the pins.

I love the way the pearl looks in the center of the flowers.

I just placed the flowers in an arch, to follow the curve of the wreath and moved them around until I liked the way it looked.

So easy right?

The glitter flowers look so sweet too! And I think our snazzy deer things they’re sweet too.

Can you tell I’m a little in love? :)

So what do you think?
Have you ever dressed up a fresh pine wreath? I’d love to know what you did!

Linking up at Sunday Scoop, Today’s Creative Blog, Met Monday, Tutorials & Tips Tuesday,  Shabby Creek Cottage, My Repurposed Life, 504 Main, Positively Splendid, and the other fabulous parties on the party page – make sure you check them out!

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