Christmas Countdown Day 6 & 7! Christmas Crafts

Christmas Countdown Day Six and Seven! I can't believe it is only 9/8 days until Christmas! I'm getting so excited. Christmas is by far my favorite time if you couldn't tell already. Anyways, it is day six so lets move onto Christmas crafts!

I found this first craft from American Crafts facebook, someone posted it and I just loved it. If I had found this wreath/bow before I would probably would have made enough for all my gifts! This is a really easy craft.

What you need.... 12 x 12 piece of scrapbooking paper, scissors/paper cutter, tape/adhesive, plain piece of heavy card stock, decorations of your choice.

Directions...

Start by cutting your 12 x 12 paper into 3 x 3 piece, then shape them into a cone. You can flatten the smaller end. Once you have all the cones made, cut a circle from the plain piece of card stock. Start by placing the cones at the 12, 3, 6 and 9 positions on the circles. Turn the circle and do the same until you have run out cones. Take your decoration(s) and place in the middle of wreath. Then you're done and you have this beauty of a bow for a present or you can add a string to the back and use it an ornament.

Gift Tags

I have been making my own gift tags for a couple of Christmas' now. I have a Circut so I can cut out my own tags but I think you can buy plain tags. You can make these as simple or complex as you want. I do a double tag with an embossed back. I also stamp my tags and distress the edges with white. Since I have pretty well stocked craft room it is easy for me. But you can go out and get what you need at any craft store or even Walmart.

Sorry for the double day today! I was having computer and Internet issues yesterday.

Hey That's Pin-tastic!

Again this week I'm linking up with the lovely Ashley Paige over at I Love You More Than Carrots for Hey That's Pin-tastic! I'm revisiting an old Pinterest project because I made new ones for my friends for Christmas so I wanted to share them with you all! If you follow my blog/Pinterest you know I have a thing for wreaths! I have made ribbon and yarn ones so far but I want to make many many more! Sadly there is only so many places to hang a wreath and yes I know make them for others (which I do) but I love them so much I don't like giving them away! haha

Anyways, lets move on to the crafts! These are two wired ribbon wreaths I have made! I made them for my friends Danielle and Tiana for Christmas presents! If you search wreaths on Pinterest you will get many many of these and they are really easy and not that time consuming!

For this you will need: foam wreath form, wired ribbon (I would say at least 3 different ones unless you're doing it in one all over pattern) and straight pins. All these things are found at your local craft store!

I should have taken pictures of the steps I did but I forgot so here are some directions! I first cover my wreath form in a solid ribbon so you don't see the white or green of the form, just a quick wrap around just using the straight pins to secure it. Then cut your wired ribbon into strips I normally make mine about 5 inches long but you can do shorter if you want or longer if you're making a bigger wreath. Then you just start looping your ribbons and attaching them with the straight pins!

When you're done you will have something like this!