Christmas Sticks

Please excuse the night time iPhone snaps!

I had grand plans for making a Christmas Tree this year, and as commonly happens, I was too busy and just never got around to it.

Lastnight I'd finally gotten to the point where all of my orders had been completed, and I'd cleaned up the hovel house.... so I thought, why not get everything out and make a huge mess again!

I grabbed some sticks from the garden, some scrappy fabric strips from the stash, and made some watered down PVA.

Thank goodness I had enough sense to lay down a huge plastic sheet... this was M.E.S.S.Y.

But, I absolutely love how it turned out.... I only wish that I'd had a few more sticks

 

It's going to make a fantastic table centrepiece.

Merry Kitschmas!

Christmas Gift Tag Printables

I've been doing a lot of fencespotting lately, and I've used the inspiration to create some patterns.

So, just in time for christmas gift wrapping (or maybe a little bit late).... I decided to make some printable gift tags.

CurlyPops Gift Tags - Green and Red (PDF)

These two are set up to print nine tags on an A4 page. Just right click and save, or alternatively download the PDF versions.

CurlyPops Gift Tags - Pink and Orange (PDF)

Simply print, cut out, punch a hole punch where indicated and add some string. Easy peasy!

Have fun!

A Merry Kitschmas Challenge

Hey I know it's only November, but I have plans to be organised this Christmas.... or as organised as one can be when a middle of the night phonecall could change everything.

So, I've decided that I'm starting really really early.

There's always too much pressure for the perfect gift, the perfect tree, the perfect decoration. It's time to embrace the imperfect.


I want to have fun with it, so I've decided that this Christmas, it's all about the kitsch.

I have to blame Vic for planting the Kitschmas seed in my brain at craft retreat. I've seriously been dreaming about it ever since.

If you'd like to enjoy a Merry Kitschmas, it's really simple. Grab the button and sign up to play along. There's no pressure and you don't even need to have a blog.

Make something kitschy, find something kitschy, op shop something kitschy. Blog it, tweet it, or share photos on Instagram - tag them with #MerryKitschmas so we can all find them, laugh along together, and get into the Christmas spirit.

Code: 200 px

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Code: 250 px

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Code: 600 px

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