Mermaids & Monograms: diy

December 1, 2014

12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop ~ Day 8

Welcome to the 12 days of Christmas blog hop hosted by Lisa from Honey Bearz Designs! This hop will run from 11/24-12/5 and will be full of fun Christmas ideas and inspiration to get you ready for the holiday season! Such an awesome way to get you inspired to make some holiday cards or finish up some layouts, maybe even some Christmas decor! Sit back and join us for all 12 days and be inspired! There will be a new project each day from all of us with a guest designer helping us out too!

Thanksgiving is over and its time to pull out the Christmas decorations! We normally don't do much since we always travel up to NY for the holidays, but we are staying home this year! Not sure how I'm going to feel seeing palm trees and wearing flip flops on Christmas morning, but we shall see!

I love our Christmas stockings! They are just so beachy/Florida-y and I love them! We just recently adopted 2 amazing little puppies, Nova & Neptune. They are 4 months old, Weimaraner/Lab mix. I needed stockings for them too of course and decided to make theirs.

Jayce, Logan, Aiden, Mom, Dad, Nova & Neptune

Went to Walmart, grabbed 2 stockings (1 red, 1 green) and came home and went to work. WELL! I don't do much HTV and tonight was definitely a DUH kind of moment with it! I was so excited that I was finally remembering to do everything right, until I turned their stocking the right way and realized their names were upside down! HAHA!!!

Upside down!

Thank goodness I had 2 extra stockings at home and I was able to use them. I didn't get to use my green one but thats ok ;)

They were so easy to do (after I realized to do them upside down when turned inside out!). I used green glitter HTV I purchased at Expressions Vinyl.

Up next is Heather!

Here is the total lineup incase you get lost along the way

1. Lisa ~ http://honeybearzdesigns2011.blogspot.com/

GUEST DESINGER ~ Theresa www.thescrapbookingqueen.com

2. Scrappin Madge ~ www.thescrappinlounge.com

3. Beth McGee ~ http://thecraftyscrapyard.blogspot.com

4. Amy E. ~ http://www.scrapthissavethat.com/

5. Denise ~ www.craftconfectionery.com

7. Cely ~ http://hawaiipaperparty.blogspot.com

8. Pam - http://lovebugcreations3.blogspot.com/

9. Alicia ~ http://goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com/

10. Anna- http://www.stampanna.com

11. An'Jenic- http://anjenicgibson.blogspot.com/

12. Angela- http://www.crazy3monkeys.blogspot.com/

13. Heather- www.paper-junkie.blogspot.com

14. Jessica -http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com/

15. Miranda - www.nanasscrapspot.com

16. La-Vie Borde-Perry ~ http://www.cestla-viedesigns.blogspot.com/

17. Sandy- http://www.scrapbookblessings.blogspot.com

18. Carla ~ http://racincrafts.blogspot.com

19. Lori ~ http://scrappinmystressaway.blogspot.com

20. Ashley W ~ http://marinewifesscrappinlife.blogspot.com

21. Robin L. ~ http://create-a-latte.blogspot.com/

November 30, 2014

12 Days Of Christmas Blog Hop ~day 7

A friend of mine had posted on FB a picture of DIY ornaments. They looked so much fun! So, I googled it and found this blog Hello Homebody where she listed directions on how to make them. It seemed simple enough, and like a fun project to do with my kids. Well, was I wrong! HAHA! I think I need to stick to paper crafting instead ;)

My boys were bored after finally unwrapping the mints! They helped me fill a few and then bailed. I put them in the oven and the directions said 5-10 minutes but keep an eye on them. I checked after 3 and my oven was full of smoke! They still werent ready so I dealt with it and left them in for another 2-3 minutes. When I took them out, I had to poke a hole in the top for the string. Let them cool a bit and then took them out of the cookie cutters to finish hardening back up. The hole started to get a mint layer back over it sadly :(

The concept is cute, but I'm not sure I'll ever try this one again! If you have better luck, please share with me! Maybe I did something wrong! But, I wanted to share anyway because like I said, it is a fun project to do with your kids (mine just had other plans in mind!). And while your looking at the directions on that website, check the rest out! She has some really great recipes and posts.