Snow man Wreath

We are getting down to just a few more Christmas gifts.  Today is the snowman wreath.  I love books, I love vintage and I love anything resembling a misfit so that's why I really love these little guys! 

 I have several old vintage poetry books so I tore out some pages and cut a nice round circle.  On one circle, freehand an orange carrot nose for the snowman.

 Next, I took two rounds and zig zagged around the edges, leaving just about an inch open to add the stuffing.   Add just a small amount of stuffing to give it a little dimension, then sew up the opening with the same zig zag stitch. After all the sewing is done, glue two button eyes above the nose using a hot glue gun. I love to mismatch the buttons.

 Using a wire wreath and some burlap, weave the strips of burlap in and out of the wire form until it is covered. 

With your finished snowmen, glue them around the wreath and add a burlap bow.

These little snowman are so cute.  It was fun to see their personalities emerge when the button eyes went on.  I actually like these better as little ornaments rather than on a wreath.  If you don't have vintage books, you can use magazine or newspaper too!

Decorated Hand Towels- Christmas Gifts 7

I love bar mop towels!  I love them in the kitchen because when your dishcloths get dirty, you can bleach them and they always look as good as new.  For $2, you can get a set of two bar mop towels.  They are a great size for a hand towel.  I don't have a step by step for this gift but it's easy.  

I chose my favorite cotton fabric and decided how wide I wanted the ruffle.  For these towels, I did a double ruffle.  The top one is about 1 1/2" wide and the bottom ruffle is 3" wide.  Instead of cutting them, I simply tore them from salvage to salvage.  

Using a loose tension and a long stitch, I gathered them up on my machine then placed them on the bar mop towel towards the end and sewed them into place.  So easy!!  

They are going to look so nice hanging in the powder bath!

Bag clips- Christmas gifts 6

Christmas crafts seriously don't get any easier than this!  At first, you may think this is the lamest thing on earth to give as a gift but think again...they are so useful and would make a fun little stocking stuffer.  Seriously, bag clips are those things you just never think of to go out and buy but when you have them, you love them!

Start with a bag of clothes pins!  You get hundreds for next to nothing.

 Once again, choose your favorite scrapbook papers and cut two or each size.  You will end up with one piece longer than the other because you don't want to glue over the small wire piece.

 Modge Podge the pieces on and once they are dry, add a couple more layers of Modge Podge to the top.  Voila!!  The cutest bag clips ever!!