White Rose Valentine Heart Wreath

January 9, 2018 By Linda 3 Comments

White Rose Valentine Heart Wreath – Grapevine Heart Wreath with Roses.

The house feels … well … naked.

And not naked because it’s clutter free. Quite the contrary; clutter and errant pine needles abound.

No. The house feels naked because the trees are down …

and with them goes the twinkle light warmth.

Ah well.

Time to move on.

Time to move forward.

Time to finally fully embrace 2018.

I mean, if twinkle lights were year-round they would lose their magic. 🙂

So instead of tackling the clutter and pine needles, I decided to look forward to Valentine’s Day. And make a white rose Valentine heart wreath …

How To Make A White Rose Valentine Heart Wreath

Materials*

Grapevine Heart Wreath

White Faux Roses (I used 4 bunches found at The Dollar Tree)

Wire Cutters

Length of Twine

*some affiliate links included

Start with your materials – grapevine heart wreath from Michaels and four bunches of roses from The Dollar Tree.

Cut roses from stems leaving a short length of stem.

Push that short length of stem through the grapevine to secure.

You could hot glue gun to attach the roses for a more permanent solution.

Continue adding roses.

I used 4 bunches of The Dollar Tree stems and a total of 18 roses.

Then I just added a bit of twine (tied through the grapevine on the back and hung it in my entry.

The white rose Valentine heart wreath …

… and the entry …

are setting the tone for my home in 2018.

De-saturated.

Neutral.

Simple.

And … hopefully … clutter (and pine needle) free. 🙂

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Yarn Wrapped Hearts

January 4, 2018 By Linda 15 Comments

Yarn Wrapped Hearts – Neutral Valentine’s Day Craft & Decor Idea.

I was toying with putting together a top 5 or top 10 posts of the year post.

But then I looked up from my computer screen at Kelly & Ryan on my television screen. And they were doing a show showing their top moments (or maybe it was favorite moments) from the past year. And it hit me …

the only people who enjoy a show featuring the show’s top moments from the past year are the people working on the show.

Hmmm.

And that put a kibosh on a top 5 or top 10 posts of 2017 post.

Instead, let’s look forward and open our (yarn wrapped) hearts to 2018. 😉

But seriously, I don’t want to make any resolutions. Per se. Because then I’m destined for failure.

Instead I’ll call them minor improvements. And minor adjustments. Things I want to improve upon — and adjust — in the coming year.

Let’s start with health. Eating better. Exercising more. And, most importantly, trying to get on a real and sustainable eating-better-and-exercising-more schedule.

Then there’s the rabbit hole that is social media. In particular, a Twitter feed I used to keep apprised of current events. I hop on first thing in the morning and …

well ….

fall head first down that hole, only emerging for tea refreshes and bathroom breaks and sustenance.

To put it in perspective, over the past 12 months I’ve tweeted and re-tweeted 11.6K times. In my defense, 95% are re-tweets …

but, yeah, this Twitter habit needs to be cut back. Waaaaaaaaaay back.

Even as I type this post I keep jumping back on Twitter to peak at my feed.

Sigh.

Next up is blogging.

Last year was, quite frankly, lackluster. Weeks would go by with no posts. No projects. No motivation. There was even a time my blog was hacked and I didn’t realize it for days. Or maybe weeks?

Yeah. I was inattentive.

I hope to remedy that this year. I actually spent the past weekend putting together a list of projects. With deadlines. And creating an editorial calendar for January.

Fingers crossed I can keep to the schedule. Though this post was supposed to go up yesterday.

Oops.

Finally (because I think it may be too ambitious to focus on more than four “improvements” when I’m already failing on “improvement” #2 on this 4th day of the New Year) there’s my heart.

I need to open it up more. Wider.

Okay, I truly do have an open heart. In theory. Now I need to take that open heart and put it into action.

In my community.

In my city.

In my state.

In my nation.

I started small yesterday. With a donation to a group in Chicago helping the homeless stay warm with clothes, blankets, and meals.

And I will continue to look for opportunities for open-heart-driven improvements. And adjustments. 🙂

In the meanwhile, I’ll be wrapping up my heart with yarn …

How to Make Yarn Wrapped Hearts

Materials*

Cardboard

Yarn (I used this Lion’s Brand chunky yarn in Wheat)

Heart Shape (you can download & print at this link)

Pen & Scissors

Masking Tape

*some affiliate links included.

Print out and cut out heart shape (you can download at this link); trace onto cardboard (I used an old box that was originally destined for the recycle bin)

Cut out cardboard hearts.

Use a piece of masking tape to tape end of yard to cardboard heart.

Wrap yarn randomly around the cardboard heart. Continue until cardboard is completely covered.

When covered, cut off yarn and then loop the end through another piece of yarn and knot.

Cut off excess length.

And you’re done.

And you know what the best thing about this project is? I used what I had.

Hey, that’s going to be my improvement/adjustment number five in 2018. Craft with what I have …

because I’ve accumulated a lot of crafting materials over the past 6 years of this blog. 🙂

What improvements and adjustments do you have planned for the coming year?

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Free Calendar Page Printable for January 2018

December 31, 2017 By Linda 1 Comment

Free Calendar Page Printable for January 2018 – Craft Room Calendar Page.

Hi there!

Surprised to see me? Here? On a Sunday …

and not just any old Sunday. But the last Sunday of the year?

I wanted to pop in and wish you a Happy New Year!

And I wanted to pop in and say thank you for coming here all year and hanging out with me …

and I wanted to thank you for laughing and joking and (sometimes) crying right along with me. You have become such a dear friend to me!

I don’t know how I could have survived 2017 without you. And looking ahead, I’m not sure how I’ll get through 2018 without you too!

So … again … thank you for your support and friendship!

I’m also popping in to see if you remember that time last December when I decided to create free printable calendar pages for the year.

Remember?

And do you remember how I made a single month and …

then …

nothing.

Nada. Nunca. No February calendar page. No March calendar page. And by April I knew it was a lost cause.

So sorry.

In hindsight, I mistakenly thought calendar page printables would kick start my blogging. You know, force me to keep a regular schedule. Because I was lagging behind. And at a loss inspiration.

Um, yeah, that didn’t work out too well. 😉

The calendar pages also didn’t have a real purpose. Or place.

But this year I’m going to try again. This time with craft room (or office) space themed pages …

playing off paint.

You know, because of the blog name and all. 😉

To download & print this free calendar page printable for January 2018, click here

I also made a mason jar calendar page for January 2018 as well that I shared on my other blog, Mason Jar Crafts Love (which, by the by, I’ve been making mason jar calendar page printabless for the past two years; this is year three’s design) …

Click here for the link to download & print the mason jar calendar page printable.

Happy New Year!

The Saddest Day of The Year

December 27, 2017 By Linda 25 Comments

You know what the saddest day of the year is?

The day the Christmas tree comes down.

Or, in my case, trees plural. As in three.

And, yes, I know I’m still clinging to Christmas. And, yes, I know I need to move on …

but it’s so hard to do when all I see for the next three months is a vast, cold, windy, overcast winter.

With nary a twinkle light in sight. 😉

And this Christmas was an especially merry one. As I’ve shared before.

Oh, and the make this Christmas even more magical was the snow. On Christmas Eve day! Blanketing the city in white …

and making Christmas morning just that much more magical.

This is Christmas tree #3.

This the last tree to go up. Waited for someone to return from college.

This was the last tree to get decorated. I added the red balls and ribbon … and waited on college student and high school junior to add the assorted decorations. This happened the eve before Christmas eve.

This tree has no rhyme or reason. No theme. No color story. Just a mishmash of ornaments accumulated over the years. Some I bought early on before kids. Some the kids buy during their annual pilgrimage to the Kristkindlemarket with their aunt. Some given as stocking stuffers from Santa over the years.

And I’m not even counting all the ornaments that did not make their way onto the tree.

We all clearly have our favorites.

Molly has a strong kinship with this lady. And always reserves a branch so she will hang front and center.

Sam likes non-traditional ornaments. Non-traditional colors. Non-traditional Christmas themed …

like what is that?

He even loaded one side of the tree with his favorites so he that he can see them as he sits on his usual perch on the couch.

This one is my favorite.

I’m not yet ready for the saddest day of the year. So I’m holding out until 2018.

Because who wants to ring in the New Year without twinkle lights? 🙂

Happy Christmas & Merry Holidays

December 25, 2017 By Linda 2 Comments

Merry merry Christmas to those of you who celebrate Christmas!

And happy happy holidays to those of you who don’t!

Celebrate Christmas, that is.

Or perhaps we should mix things up with a Happy Christmas and a Merry Holiday cheer this year? 🙂

Either way, I hope you are having a lovely holiday season filled with friends and family and love and joy.

And I write this as I await my now-grown-young-adult children to awake.

I love that they still want presents to open under the tree.

I love that they still want a coordinated time to wake and come down to open said presents.

I love that they still get excited about the prospect of Christmas morning.

I love that they still want to hold onto the magic of the day.

Ten o’clock AM Central Time is official present opening time here at casa Braden …

so I better run off and get things ready.

So, again, Happy Christmas! Or Merry Christmas! And Merry Holidays! Or Happy Holidays!

Just pick the one that sums you up best. 🙂

But no matter how you say it, I hope you all have a wonderful-love-filled-day!

Peppermint Bath Salts

December 22, 2017 By Linda 2 Comments

Peppermint Bath Salts – Homemade Holiday Gift Ideas.

Once upon a time, I watched a lot of House Hunters on HGTV.

A. Lot. Of. House. Hunters.

Because, once upon a (long) time (ago), it seemed like House Hunters made up 90% of programming on HGTV. Well, at least during the daytime hours …

hours and hours of House Hunters reruns.

This was a time before all the House Hunters spin-offs. Before Tiny House Hunters. And Beach House Hunters. And Log Cabin House Hunters. And Lake House House Hunters. And expanded hour-long House Hunters Renovations. And International House Hunters (which, by the by, I still tune in to when they are hunting in Europe).

But regardless of location or size or beach front views (back then and now) there always seems to be similar “demands” or “must haves” or “deal breakers.”

Whether it’s hardwood floors or granite (or no granite) or stainless steel appliances or man caves, the bathroom/bathrooms is/are always a sticking point.

The number of bathrooms. The double vanity. The master en suite. And …

drum roll please …

the bathtub.

Admittedly, I’m not a huge bathtub fan. Sure, they’re important if you have little kids (have you ever tried to give a toddler a shower? Trust me, not fun). But the whole soaking in a hot tub with a book and glass of wine scenario eludes me …

Not sure why? But somehow water and books and wine stresses me out. The whole juggling the book and wine and trying not to drop either in the hot tub of bubble-filled water causes me anxiety.

The clear opposite of relaxing.

But my daughter is a bath fan.

A huge bath fan.

And in her future house hunting, I’m pretty sure a bathtub will be on her “deal breaker” list. 🙂

So today’s post and project is in celebration of my bath-loving daughter …

How To Make Peppermint Bath Salts*

Materials**

Epsom Salt (4 cups)

Baking Soda (1 cup)

Peppermint Essential Oil (15-20 drops)

Red Food Coloring (5-10 drops)

Mason Jars (I used regular mouth pint sized Ball jars)

*Makes enough to fill two full pints & one 1/2 pint mason jar – or five 1/2 pint mason jars.

**Some affiliate links included.

Instructions

In a large bowl, mix together Epsom salt and Baking Soda. Add 15-20 drops of Peppermint Essential Oil. Mix well. Split mixture in half. In one half, add 5-10 drops of food coloring. Mix well. Layer mixture into mason jars.

And if you’re looking for a last minute gift idea, this is a perfect handmade homemade gift that is sure to thrill …

… the bath lover in your life! 🙂

P.S. My bath-loving daughter has given this Peppermint bath salts recipe a thumbs up!

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Duck Tape Candle Holiday Centerpiece

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Duck Tape Candle Holiday Centerpiece

December 19, 2017 By Linda 2 Comments

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Duck Brand® for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

Duck Tape Candle Holiday Table Centerpiece – Silver & Gold Christmas Table.

I’m feeling extra merry this holiday season.

Super duper with an extra side of duper merry merry.

And it’s not forced merriment (which I’ve been guilty of in the past). Or self-induced merriment brought on with a huge diet of Christmas movies and music. Nope. This year it’s my heart-is-full-of-merriment merry.

I’ve been trying to put my finger on why this year is so extra merry for me?

Honestly, 2017 wasn’t exactly a merry year. (And, honestly, it’s not my unmerry story to tell). All I can say is the year started off troubled. Six months in things were headed for a very dark place. It wasn’t until the fall that things started to turn around.

So maybe it’s the fall turnaround that’s contributed to my extra merry this year?

Or maybe I’m extra merry because I didn’t put together a holiday home tour this year (spoiler alert: there won’t be one). And, as such, I didn’t participate in a blog hop holiday home tour this year.

Which took a huge-looming-pressure-filled deadline off my head …

and allowed me to decorate the house at my leisure.

Which I did. And which I truly enjoyed. With an extra side of merry.

To be honest, I skipped the whole holiday home tour because this year’s decorations look very much like last year. With a few exceptions. Like the dining room table …

dressed up in silver and gold.

The extra merry in me this year was hankering (and yes, I used the word hankering) for some glam. Some glitz. Some sparkle. And some bling.

Remember, you can take the girl out of Jersey but you can’t take the Jersey out of the girl. 🙂

So when a box filled with Duck Mirror® and Duck Texture® was delivered to my front door, I knew exactly what to do …

… to create a glitzy-glammy-sparkly-glimmery-blingy silver and gold Duck Tape Candle Holiday Centerpiece.

How To Make Duck Tape Candle Holiday Centerpiece

Start with Duck Tape Mirror and Duck Tape Texture. They come in fun and festive (and glam) colors of silver and gold and iridescent hues of blues and pinks too. Duck Tape Mirror is shiny and bright. And Duck Tape Texture added some much-needed bling to my holiday table.

Just roll it onto the candle ..

… like so …

… and so.

The best part? The Duck tape is sticky but not too sticky, so you can just unroll and adjust as needed.

For the tapers, I alternated Duck Tape Texture in gold bling …

with Duck Tape Mirror in silver that come in smaller rolls.

And just like that, I added some glam to my holiday table. And it only took a few minutes of my time!

Which makes me even merrier than before! 🙂

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Drop Cloth Ruffle Christmas Tree Skirt

December 14, 2017 By Linda 4 Comments

Drop Cloth Ruffle Christmas Tree Skirt – How To Make a Ruffle Tree Skirt.

O Christmas tree (skirt), o Christmas tree(skirt)
How lovely are thy ruffles
O Christmas tree (skirt), o Christmas tree (skirt)
How lovely are thy ruffles

Your canvas so natural in summertime
Stay bravely natural in wintertime
O tannenbaum, o Christmas tree (skirt)

How lovely are thy ruffles

Drop Cloth Ruffle Christmas Tree Skirt - How To Mae

Last year I made a drop cloth ruffle Christmas tree skirt. I didn’t follow a pattern. I didn’t follow a tutorial (per say). I just picked up a few tips here and there from other Christmas tree skirts.

I knew I wanted to use drop cloth. Because drop cloth is frugal.

I mean, where else can you find 4′ x 15′ piece of fabric for a less than $1 a yard?

I also knew I wanted a ruffle. A single ruffle. Not ruffles, plural.

And when I Google’d it (like I Google so many other things) all I found were Christmas tree skirt ideas with ruffles. Plural.

That’s when I knew for my single ruffle Christmas tree skirt, I was on my own(ish). So I winged it.

Or is it wung it?

Or wunged it?

Either way, I was flying solo(ish)

All I knew is I wanted it to be simple. And inexpensive. And (relatively) easy to make.

And, if you ignore all the cumbersome ironing, it did turn out to be (relatively) easy.

I had no idea how it would turn out as I unfolded and unfolded and unfolded a 4′ x 15′ drop cloth …

How To Make A Drop Cloth Ruffle Christmas Tree Skirt

Materials*

4′ x 15′ Drop Cloth

5/8″ Jute Ribbon

Pins & Thread

Pencil & String

*affiliate links included.

I had no idea of how it would turn out as I folded that unfolded 4′ x 15′ drop cloth in half. And then folded it again … folding the top over 20 inches.

I had no idea how it would turn out as I tied a length of string to a pencil and then measured out 18″ along the drop cloth. I had no idea as I drew a semi circle by holding the length of string at the corner of the fabric and moved the pencil from 18″ to draw that perfect semi circle.

I had no idea how it would turn out when I cut out that semi circle shape.

I had no idea how it would turn out as I used that length of string and pencil to draw and cut out a small semi circle at the top (2″ length).

I had no idea how it would turn out as I cut that semi circle from end to center. And then ironed it.

I had no idea how it would turn out when I folded down and pinned and sewed a seam along that inner circle.

I had no idea how it would turn out when I cut two 11″ strips from the remaining 13′ of drop cloth canvas fabric. And then ironed and ironed and ironed those two 11″ x 13′ strips of drop cloth canvas.

And I had no idea how it would turn out when I baste stitched 1/2″ along the two lengths of those 13′ strips.

I had not idea how it would turn out when I pulled on those baste stitch strings to create ruffles along those two 13′ strips of fabric.

I had no idea how it would turn out when I took those two lengths of 13′ now ruffled strips and spaced them out (and adjusted the ruffles) to fit on the outside edges of the circle base.

I had no idea how it would turn out when I pinned and stitched those two 13′ now-ruffled strips together to make one.

I had no idea how it would turn out when I pinned (right sides together) the ruffle to the circle base …

… and then cut off the excess before stitching the ruffle to the base circle.

I had now idea how it would turn out when I folded and pinned the seams where the skirt would come together. And cut lengths of 5/8″ jute ribbon which I pinned along the seam and sewed on to serve as ties …

like so …

and so …

I had no idea how it would turn out as I gave it one final pressing ….

before laying it out under the tree.

And you know what?

I don’t like how it turned out.

I love it!

So much so, that I made a third drop cloth ruffle Christmas tree skirt for my third tree in the dining room. 🙂

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Epsom Salt Mason Jar Snow Votives

December 8, 2017 By Linda 5 Comments

Epsom Salt mason Jar Snow Votives – Christmas Mason Jar.

I’ve been having cheesy Hallmark/Lifetime/Netflix Christmas-movie-filled days this month.

It started innocently enough. As a backdrop as I decorated the house …

you know, to keep my holiday spirits up as I wish and hope and pray for snow.

And now? Well, now it’s devolved into something much more … um … sinister?

I must admit that, as the Hallmark/Lifetime/Netflix Christmas-movie-filled days stacked up, I started to take a small bit of pleasure in watching my teen daughter squirm with discomfort as the cheese factor is turned up.

Like during the awkward kisses.

And (bonus points) when the lead male actor serenades the lead female actor.

And, yes, that happened. And, yes, my daughter fled the room in horror. 😉

Honestly, it all started out as a silly experiment. Just background noise …

but now?

Now it’s become a ‘thing.’ My thing. MY. THING. Ack!

And now I’m not sure what I’ll do with myself once the 25 days of Christmas TV movies ends!

🙂

How To Make Epsom Salt Mason Jar Snow Votives

Materials*

Regular Mouth Pint Mason Jars

Regular Mouth Quart Mason Jars

Mod Podge

Epsom Salt

Foam Brush

Jingle Bells & Baker’s Twine (Optional)

*includes affiliate links

Start with a coat of Mod Podge.

Generously sprinkle on Epsom Salt.

Let dry overnight.

I didn’t seal. Not sure what that would do to the Epsom salt? Admittedly, they are a bit messy …

but then again, aren’t most holiday decorations messy? 🙂

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P.S. I’m going to share a list of my favorite super cheesy Hallmark/Lifetime Christmas movies (so far) this December. I mean, there is still 17 days to go in the 25 days of Christmas after all so this list just might grow … 🙂

1 – Angry Angel – a new, original Lifetime movie and my daughter begrudgingly agreed this is a winner (okay, winner among the Christmas cheese). Oh, and it was serenade-free.

2 – Holiday in Handcuffs – who can beat the combo of Melissa Joan Hart & Marion Lopez? The premise is ridiculous but they have great chemistry.

3 – Santa Baby – Santa Baby the original. Not Santa Baby 2 with Tori Spelling’s cheater husband.

4 – 12 Dates of Christmas – It stars now grown-up Zack of Saved by the Bell. Need I say more? Okay, Amy Smart as the female lead is charming too.

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Free Printable Holiday Gift Tags

December 5, 2017 By Linda 3 Comments

Free Printable Holiday Gift Tags – Snowflake Gift Tags.

Do you remember the day …

the week …

the moment …

when you were hit by the holiday spirit this year?

Or maybe it wasn’t an all-at-once kind of thing. Maybe it’s been a slow roll. A gradual growing.

Or (gasp) maybe it hasn’t hit you yet?

Luckily there’s still 25 days left to get your merry on! 🙂

For me, it was a moment. A moment at Mendards (a regional hardware chain).

It was a mid-November morning. It was cold. Very cold. And snowing. Lightly snowing …

but snowing nonetheless.

The first snowfall of the season.

After dropping my daughter at school, I swung by Menards to pick up some paint rollers …

and discovered Christmas.

Oh happy day!

And as I strolled through aisle after aisle of lights and faux trees and faux wreaths and plastic Santas and candy canes and bright red bows, I was overwhelmed with unbridled joy. And merriment.

My heart was filled with Christmas.

I can’t recall the last time I felt quite so excited for the holidays. And not just excited, but stress-free excited.

Maybe it’s because I’ve shed any pre-Christmas commitments this year. No looming deadlines for a blogger holiday home tour. No looming deadlines for sponsored posts.

I’m a free agent.

And this freedom has emboldened me.

For the first time in like … ever … I started decorating for Christmas on the day after Thanksgiving.

And for the first time in like … ever … I tried my hand at creating free printable holiday gift tags. 🙂

Free Printable Holiday Gift Tags

Click here to download the blue and gold snowflakes.

Click here to download gold snowflakes.

Click here to download pink and gold snowflakes.

And for those of you still struggling to embrace the season, here’s hoping my unbridled merriment and stress-free Christmas spirit is contagious …

🙂

P.S. I found that amazing natural and white snowflake wrapping paper at Target. I need to make another trip to scoop up more rolls!

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Vintage Truck in Mason Jar Snow Globe

November 30, 2017 By Linda 8 Comments

Vintage Truck in Mason Jar Snow Globe – Mason Jar Snow Globe Ideas.

Sometimes when I’m feeling a little blue … like after days and days of cold and rainy weather … I like to go to my Etsy shop to read customer reviews.

They (almost) always cheer me up. Well, the five star reviews do. Which there are many. Which makes me happy. But the four stars? Well, those make me a bit sad.

You see, I’m a pleaser. And an over achiever. And I realize four stars are great ….

right?

Fabulous. Wonderful. Worthy of a standing ovation.

And I realize that some people can never, ever give five stars. They feel there is no such thing as perfection and there is always room for improvement. I blame Nadia Comaneci’s perfect 10’s at the 1976 Montreal Olympics opening up the discussion about if there really is a perfect 10.

I get it. Kinda.

And I realize in some reviewer’s minds the missing one star is somehow suppose to motivate me to do better. Give more. Reach for perfection …

Sigh.

But it still hurts. Just a little.

And, depending on my mood and psyche, this seeking out of approval backfires.

Perhaps it should. Because this exercise of ego-stroking is not really a good look on me.

Sigh.

But at least a four star review is always better than 3 stars. And 2 …

😉

And speaking of my Etsy shop, it’s time for some self-promotion to go along with this self-congratulations post. This year’s car and trucks in jars are up for sale. But, being the magnanimous person I am, I’ll share a little tutorial on how I made them here as well …

How To Make Vintage Truck in Mason Jar Snow Globe

Materials*

1/64 Red Ford Pick Up Truck (you can find a selection at this link)

Ball Elite Wide Mouth Pint Mason Jars (click here for Amazon sellers)

20mm Red Jingle Bells (click here)

Red & White Baker’s Twine (click here)

Mini Bottle Brush Trees (click here)

Faux Snow (click here)

Start by wrapping baker’s twiner around mason jar three times and tie a knot.

Hook twine through tops of jingle bells. Knot and cut away excess twine.

Cut base off bottle brush Christmas tree.

Feed backer’s twine through window.

Place tree in flat bed of truck. Wrap baker’s twine around tree and knot off.

Knot and cut off excess twine.

Add faux snow to bottom of mason jar.

Insert cart. Twist on lid and band.

And you’re done!

Now I’m currently selling this vintage truck in mason jar snow globe on my Etsy shop (click here).

I also have a vintage Jeep Wrangler at my Etsy shop (click here).

Along with a vintage VW bus snow globe (click here).

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Thanksgiving Printable Table Place Cards

November 22, 2017 By Linda 2 Comments

Thanksgiving Printable Table Place Cards – Free Printables for Thanksgiving.

November.

Ugh.

With the exception of a single day in this short month where we stuff our collective faces with turkey and stuffing and mashed potatoes and apple pie, November might be my most hated month …

Well, come to think of it, February is no picnic either. Or January. Or March.

Okay, maybe November isn’t my most hated month. But it’s definitely up there in the top 3. 🙂

Perhaps my ire against November has to do with it being the first full month to usher in the cold. And winter. Where I have to trade in my cute Sperry sneakers for Uggs. And cardigans for winter coats.

Or perhaps my ire against November is the mud.

All. The. Mud.

The air temperatures are chill. But not chill enough to freeze the ground. Top it off with one rainy day after another and …

you get it …

mud. Everywhere.

Muddy paws. Muddy boots. Muddy paw and boot prints on the rugs.

Ugh.

Click here to download and print these free Thanksgiving printable table place cards.

But I’ll muster through this month …

with a mop in hand …

all in the name of the Thanksgiving feast.

That one day of glory that keeps November from the #1 most hated spot.

Click here to download and print these free Thanksgiving printable table place cards.

And to help you set the table for your Thanksgiving feast, I’ve created some cute free Thanksgiving printable table place cards. Just click the link to download and print.

Click here to download and print these free Thanksgiving printable table place cards.

Wishing you a (hopefully mud-free) fabulous Thanksgiving! 🙂

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