Christmas Tree Inspiration

I said I was going to put together a Christmas tree moodboard, but then I totally spaced. Wop, wop :( It's all good though because I've been working on a bigger project that I'll share soon. Hint:

It rhymes with mining boom and I put together a mood board for it over a year ago. I have time management issues people. I'm working on it.

Anyway, I knew what colors I wanted for this year and that I would incorporate a lot of the decor I've used in the past. Here's last year's tree:

 

That's landscaping burlap wrapped around the tree. Yep, ya gotta be resourceful when living in a small town.

Here's this year's inspiration:

The only thing new for this tree will be the blue and lime ornaments. I have a ton of gold (I've used gold in every tree we've had for the past 10 years). I like the look of the gold frame and the mirrored star, although I'm not sure yet how I'll use them. That's half the fun! (And why it takes a week to decorate my tree.) The tiny book page flag represents a garland I'm planning, and the furry blanket will be my tree skirt.

So that's that. Now I just need to get started! I do have the tree up with the lights on, so at least that much is out of the way! :)

Simple Fall Garland

As is my usual style, I have a fall craft just in time for Christmas. :) I actually started this super simple craft before Halloween and then finished it sometime right after Halloween. This isn't just a fall specific craft either. You could put together any color scheme, for any holiday or even as a cute accent in a kid's room.

This was so easy, I don't know why it took me so long to get it done. I already had all the felt left over from kid's school projects. All I did was trace and cut out 80 circles and it only took me about 45 minutes. I had one sheet of each color and I got 20 circles from each sheet. So you could end up with more or less depending on the size of whatever you're tracing. I don't even know what I was using. It was just a plastic circle off of a toy I think.

 

Then, the circles sat on my kitchen counter for two weeks. This step is not required or recommended. ;)

 

Finally, I set up the sewing machine, picked a stitch that would hold these puppies together and went to town. This was the fun part. And it was fast. I just fed the circles in one after the other, back stitching the ones on each end. I made two garlands and put one on my mantel and the other on the shelf over my coffee bar.

 

 

They're just thrown up there casually, just hanging on like it's no big deal. Because it's not. And that's why I like it.

 

I'm working on switching up my Christmas tree color scheme, so prepare yourself for a Christmas tree mood board. I don't want to scare anybody, but C-Day is only 40 days away!