JOY ...and Other Christmas Crafties

With the newest rage, Pinterest, there are so many wonderful craft ideas available to "borrow."

Below, are a few fun and easy Christmas Projects I'd like to share...

The first was a project I made for my Mother-in-law a couple of years ago.

The idea was hers, I just implemented!

She's a crafty lady, herself!

Three pillows were made from a glittery plastic (flannel-backed) inexpensive tablecloth.

{I can sew, but for this project, I hot-glued the seams of the pillows together.  They held very well!}

Used the Cricut Machine to make the self-adhesive vinyl letters.

And together they spell JOY!

The second project is a simple cookie decoration project.

Nutter Butter Cookies Santas

Melted white chocolate in the microwave to make each Santa's hat and beard.

Sprinkled top ("the hat") with red sugar immediately after dipping.

Added a white chocolate morsel for the fluffy white ball on the end of Santa's hat,

a Red Hot for his nose, and miniature chocolate morsels for eyes.

A little time-consuming, but super cute, huh???

And the last project,

Cotton Boll Poinsettias!

From this, below...

to an unique Poinsettia...

The hostess of a Christmas dinner party I attended this past week made these for each placesetting.

The cotton had long been picked and removed from the boll.

The hostess painted the discarded boll red, adding yellow in the center.

Painted one piece of a boll green and hot-glued it, a red ribbon, and stick to the red painted piece.

---I'm off to do a little more decorating, spreading some JOY and cheer!

I let my daughter convince me that our Christmas decorations looked "unfinished."

So today I am tweaking and adding to.  

And I said I was done -- ha!

Maybe, just maybe I'll be finished by Christmas! :)

"Somehow, not only for Christmas, but all the long year through, the JOY that you give to others, is the JOY that comes back to you!"  -John Greenleaf Whittier


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Linking post to:
Masterpiece Monday @ Boogieboard Cottage
Metamorphosis Monday @ Between Naps on the Porch
Nifty Thrifty Tuesday @ Coastal Charm