Countdown Christmas!

I know, I can hear you...'CHRISTMAS!?!, but Jenni it isn't even Thanksgiving what are you talking about?'  It isn't as though I have already decorated anything, I have just been planning all of my home made gifts and planned store bought gifts (Black Friday rapidly approaches), that I will be doing this year.  I have purchased many supplies and also began to plan my Christmas Party; blog to follow, sometime in mid December, and I am making several home made decorations for that as well.  I also took complete advantage of all the Veterans Day sales for Christmas decorations, I won't decorate my house until the weekend after Thanksgiving, but I am almost completely ready to just do it in one really long day.

First I Had purchased some red and white yarn (when I bought yarn for the Halloween Yarn Spider Webs), planning on making smaller versions of those yarn balls in red and white for this party.  However, I am not yet ready to untangle that much yarn.  So inspired by a yarn wreath I saw for sale online (http://www.etsy.com/listing/84593359/15-christmas-candy-cane-wreath-with), I decided to make one.  Before I began wrapping my foam wreath form, I balled a bunch of yarn one softball sized ball for each color.  Then I began wrapping very precisely for each section in three layers.  Try as best as you can to spiral the yarn very neatly, this will give the wreath a much more uniform look.  I also happened to see these fake flowers at the craft store they are all glued to wires (though it would have been easier if they were longer wires, the back is definitely jerry-rigged with extra pieces of wire) and decided I could use them to accent my wreath.

Supplies:
Foam Wreath
Yarn
Accent flowers or ribbon
patience (this took 4 or 5 hours while catching up on my DVR'd shows)

Then I discovered this awesome and super easy DIY Glitter Coated (but on the inside) ornament project.

Full Tutorial here

http://thegreenbeanscrafterole.blogspot.com/2010/12/all-that-glittersminus-mess.html

Supplies:
Floor Polish (I used Pledge Floor Care Clean & Shine) ($3)
Clear Ornaments ($3 per box)
Fine Glitter ($3-$9)
Q-Tips
Funnel (you can use an envelope with a corner cut off if need be)

The red and silver are for the party, the purple that is just for me.  I love purple!

These took less than an hour, and I want to make more so badly.  Maybe I will hit up the Hobby Lobby tomorrow, because I am almost out of glitter, and I need more ornaments.  Plus, my sister has already requested some in purple, blue and silver.

I have so many projects between now and Christmas.  I will show you as many as I can before, and tell you all about everything after the Holidays.  I will do my best to stay more current with projects as they happen.