Christmas Craftiness

Made some little Christmas decorations from vintage materials.

So many fun vintage pieces to play with, so little time...

I started this grouping with the love and joy flags. They are made from

vintage napkins that had a lot of staining, so I repurposed them.

I taped the fabric to a piece of computer paper and ran it thru after 

creating the template for the words. Unfortunately, after getting it to work 

once, it kept getting caught in the printer. Watched a youtube video that

used freezer paper. Going to try that next time!

I cut out the fabric in a flag shape, attached each to wire stem, and twisted the 

paper leaf wire around. Put the stems into an old spool that I wound with tinsel

and glued to a vintage light reflector. Last, I attached some ribbon and bells.

The mercury glass tree is my favorite. I shaved some florist foam into 

a cone shape, glued loose balls all around, and stuck a wire into the bottom. 

Next I made a hole in the block, covered the top with mica flakes, 

added glue to the hole and stuck in the wire stem after placing 

the block into this little paper wreath.

This angel I made a few years back out of a vintage head, a spool, some gauzy 

fabric and pipe cleaners. I jazzed her up by redoing her wings, adding bells,

gluing her to a star light reflector and adding a bit of tinsel.

To give them height, I attached them all to stemmed glasses. 

These are all variations on decorations I have seen made here and there. 

I get a lot of inspiration from Stampington Publications, 

ME's Home Companion, and other blogs.

Hope yours is Merry and Bright!