Free Printable Christmas Gift Tags

Who doesn't love Christmas & free printable?

I have seen some awesome free printables out there and I was super excited to try to create my own. When I first sat down to create my own printables I had a hard time coming up with something to make.

With Christmas fast approaching I knew that I wanted them to be Christmas themed. After going shopping for some presents, I knew that I had to make my own gift tags!

After working on them for seem to be like forever I finally created something I was proud of. Now that I know how to make my own printables I have so many ideas of things that I want to create. Making printables is so addicting!

So here is my very first set of free printables! I hope that you enjoy them to. If you would like to print them out then just click here! 

Do you like making free printables too? Have any great advice for a newbe? I would love to hear it!

DIY Clay Christmas Tree Ornaments

The Christmas season has officially started!

Even though my husband and I bought our Christmas tree a week before Thanksgiving I was not allowed to decorate it until 12 am Thanksgiving night. So instead of decorating the tree, I made decorations for the tree!

Me and my crafty neighbors were at it again. My friend Kara, over at Happy Go Lucky, gave me the inspiration behind making these clay ornaments! All of our ornaments came out great! These didn't take much time at all and they would be great to make with kids.

To make these ornaments all you need is:

1. Clay
2. Christmas cookie cutter ( to make the monogram snow flakes)
3. Foam letters ( to make the monogram snow flakes)
4. A beer glass & shot glass ( to make the owls)
5. Buttons (to make the owls)
6. Skewer or anything with a pointed end ( to make the owls) 
7. Glue gun
8. Mod podge & paint

Once you have all your supplies, roll out your clay. To make the monogram snow flakes cut out your shape and use the foam letters to make an indent of the letter you want. Also poke a small hole at the top of your ornament for the string.Bake at 275* for 15 mins. Oh and make sure that you don't bake the ornament with the foam letter on. The foam letter will shrink. Let cool and then paint with glitter mod podge. Once dry place your foam letter in the indent.

To make the owl ornaments use a beer glass and cut a circle in the clay. Use a shot glass to make the wing indents. Poke holes with the skewer in between the wings. Then place half of the shot glass on the top and cut a half circle. Bake at 275* for 15 mins. Once cool paint your owls. Wait until it drys and then apply the glitter mod podge. The button eyes go on last once everything is dry.

These were so much fun to make. I do think next time I will make them a little thicker. I originally made six but one of my snow flakes was too thin and broke at the top after I baked it. Making these ornaments are going to become a family tradition for me and my little girl once she is old enough to know better then to put the clay in her mouth.

What fun holiday ornaments are you making this year?

Burlap Christmas Wreath

I do have a crafty side!

My neighbors and I love to craft together! We always have fun Saturday night Pinterest parties!  We create a Pinterest party board that we all pin our ideas on. We each pin a project and something yummy to eat to bring to our party. There is always a delicious cocktail or two pinned on the board too! Crafting, food, and drinks. What better way to spend a Saturday night!

We seriously have our Pinterest parties once or twice a month! We have a secret weapon at our Pinterest parties and her name is Crafty Kara. She always helps inspire us to make awesome, creative crafts, and helps us to get going again when we have a brain freeze! ( you should check out her blog! Happy Go Lucky! She has some amazing crafts on there) I have made glitter pumpkins, wine cork magnets, a Halloween wreath, etc... but my Christmas wreath turned out the best by far. 

I am so proud of my wreath! It was so easy to create. Everything on this wreath is attached with crafting pins. The straw wreath I used made it so simple to pin. I was able to pin something and then readjust it to my liking. The wreath took two rolls of burlap. One roll to wrap the wreath and another to make the poofs. When I saw the deer burlap I knew that I had to use it. It was the whole inspiration behind my wreath. The second I saw the deer burlap I was brought back to the rustic style of my dad's house at Christmas. The bow was hand-made too! I had to watch a video on YouTube to figure it out and have another one of my awesome neighbors help, but after watching the video a few times we got it! What I enjoy about making this wreath was the trial and error process. I was constantly repining until it was perfect. The only downside to this wreath is waiting until after Thanksgiving to hang it!

Oh wait! Before you go. Tell me what awesome project or yummy treat would you bring to the Pinterest party!