Welcome to the third annual 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!

Stop by every day from December first through the twelfth for new ideas you can use to make your season brighter!

Meet Your Hosts

They have all been busy as Elves creating, decorating, cooking and crafting tons of new ideas for you to try this holiday season!

Shirley~Intelligent Domestications • Alli~An Alli Event • Michelle~Our Crafty Mom Marie~DIY Adulation • Erlene~My Pinterventures • Beverly~Across The Blvd.

Debra~Shoppe No. 5 • Victoria~Dazzle While Frazzled • Megan~C’mon Get Crafty Michelle~Michelle James Designs • Amanda~Domestically Creative

Deborah~Salvage Sister & Mister • Jeanie~Create & Babble • Sherry~Olives & Okra Jenny~Cookies Coffee & Crafts • Emily~Domestic Deadline • Bonbon~Farmhouse 40

Leanna~Of Faeries & Fauna • Kelly~North Country Nest • Lynne~My Family Thyme Pam Larmore~P.S. I Love You Crafts • Marie~The Inspiration Vault

Gail~Purple Hues and Me • Karen~Dragonfly and Lily Pads • Vanessa~DIY 180 Trisha~Blowing Away Out West • Kim~Everyday Parties •

Yami~The Latina Next Door • Lauren~Wonderfully Made • Valerie~Val Event Gal Terri~Christmas Tree Lane • Lorrin~Embrace The Perfect Mess

Dru~Polka Dot Poplars • Cyn~Creative Cynchronicity • Jeannee~Centsably Creative Tania~Little Vintage Cottage • Sam~Raggedy Bits • Kimberly~A Wonderful Thought

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We are winding down with just a few more days to go! I am actually really excited about today’s post because I get to show off an amazing DIY that you can easily replicate and love! I wanted to do a simple yet more upscale look for my formal dining table this Christmas. However, since I have been doing many rustic themed decorations throughout other areas of the house, I didn’t want to go too far off and do something that wouldn’t necessarily go with the rest of the house (even though my formal dining room is pretty much separated from everything else). 

That being said, I think I just found my perfect  balance of glam and farmhouse and I wanted to share with you my Rustic Glam Christmas Table Setting. 

I knew I wanted a beautiful elongated arrangement for the focal point, so naturally I headed to my local Dollar Tree.

I created this amazing white washed faux “wooden” box for my arrangement and this is how I did it.

Supplies:

• Foam Board (1)
• Floral Foam (3)
• 1 roll of Faux Wood Contact Paper ( I got this one)
• Acrylic Paint
• Hot Glue/Gun
• Foam Brush
• Box Cutter

First you are going to measure the foam board to fit the floral foam.

Then you mark both ends and draw a line from one end to the other.

Then score the foam board, bend and score from behind to make your cut.

You will need the bottom, 2 sides and 2 ends. I made my sides 4 inches tall and the ends were measured to fit the outside of the 3 other sides combined. I made them the length of 3 floral foams.

Hot glue the pieces together. Make sure the bottom is on the inside. 

Glue your end pieces on.

Add your contact paper all the way around. One roll will allow you to go all around seamlessly. Cut your corners and bring the contact paper in.

Fold the bottoms in and h0t glue them down to secure.

Then take foam brush with your acrylic white paint and apply a thin layer of paint (using long strokes) from end to end. Make sure the wood grain shows through.

Let dry.

Insert your floral foam and add your desired greenery. I used 3 bushes I got on sale from Michael’s and I just cut the stems out to create individual picks.

(Fore more Dollar Tree tutorials make sure to check out my YouTube channel as well. ?)

It looks sooooooo good! You can’t tell it’s not wood at first glance and you really have to get up close and personal to figure it out.

For the place settings can you guess what I used?

More Dollar Tree products of course!

The napkins rings were from Dollar Tree and they are 6 for $1. This plates are plastic disposable plates and they were 4 for $1!

Recognize that white pearlized charger? I used it in my Thanksgiving Table Setting and it is also from Dollar Tree!

The glasses are from Dollar Tree as well.

*DOLLAR TREE TIP! If you don’t see what you want at your Dollar Tree, you can order the items online and have them shipped to your local store for FREE!*

Seriously, that planter box looks so realistic! Oh and those silver tea light holders above were also from Dollar Tree.

Hope you liked how this turned out as much as I did! That burlap table runner is from BIG LOTS  – they have some amazing products for great prices as well I have recently found out.

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Be sure to visit our fellow 12 Days of Christmas Bloggers below for even more creative ornament ideas this holiday season!

*Some of the links below are affiliate links, please see full disclosure here.*

Welcome to the third annual 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!

Stop by every day from December first through the twelfth for new ideas you can use to make your season brighter!

Meet Your Hosts

They have all been busy as Elves creating, decorating, cooking and crafting tons of new ideas for you to try this holiday season!

Shirley~Intelligent Domestications • Alli~An Alli Event • Michelle~Our Crafty Mom Marie~DIY Adulation • Erlene~My Pinterventures • Beverly~Across The Blvd.

Debra~Shoppe No. 5 • Victoria~Dazzle While Frazzled • Megan~C’mon Get Crafty Michelle~Michelle James Designs • Amanda~Domestically Creative

Deborah~Salvage Sister & Mister • Jeanie~Create & Babble • Sherry~Olives & Okra Jenny~Cookies Coffee & Crafts • Emily~Domestic Deadline • Bonbon~Farmhouse 40

Leanna~Of Faeries & Fauna • Kelly~North Country Nest • Lynne~My Family Thyme Pam Larmore~P.S. I Love You Crafts • Marie~The Inspiration Vault

Gail~Purple Hues and Me • Karen~Dragonfly and Lily Pads • Vanessa~DIY 180 Trisha~Blowing Away Out West • Kim~Everyday Parties •

Yami~The Latina Next Door • Lauren~Wonderfully Made • Valerie~Val Event Gal Terri~Christmas Tree Lane • Lorrin~Embrace The Perfect Mess

Dru~Polka Dot Poplars • Cyn~Creative Cynchronicity • Jeannee~Centsably Creative Tania~Little Vintage Cottage • Sam~Raggedy Bits • Kimberly~A Wonderful Thought

Happy Saturday! Whew! I cannot believe I have made it to day 9! Today, we are giving you some great ideas for your Christmas wreaths! Since I decided to go rustic chic for my main tree and decided to add farmhouse touches to my white christmas with DIY wood ornaments, I thought I would keep this wreath neutral and simple so that it would fit with the the rest of my neutral decor. 

Yes, you can get all this at Dollar Tree! They had some amazing holiday products this year and if you saw my Dollar Tree Christmas Haul video, you would know I was totally stoked with what they had.

Supplies for your DIY Dollar Tree Christmas Wreath:

• Dollar Tree Wreaths
• Dollar Tree Christmas Bushes
• Floral Wire
• Hot Glue Gun/Glue
• Clear Ornament & Ribbon (optional)

As you can see the wreaths from Dollar Tree while they are almost 18 inches in diameter, they aren’t very full.

So I attached 2 together with floral wire that I had on hand and fluffed them to look like one.

Then I cut stems from the bushes and created my own “picks”.

Afterwards I placed them where I wanted them to go BEFORE I glue them on, this way I could make any adjustments necessary.

I kept everything in natural tones and tried to create a certain pattern as I went around to keep everything consistent.

Then I thought I would add an ornament to hang from the center. I DIYed this ornament as well with the same method that I used to decorate my Dollar Tree candleholders. 

I decided to hang it on my mirror in the foyer using my favorite suction cup wreath hanger for a clean look.

I think it looks perfect and it really does not look like it was made from Dollar store items.

I love the frosted pine cones and the flocked accents.

How about you? Would you guess this is from the Dollar Tree?

Related: Dollar Tree Candleholders

Related: Dollar Tree Decorations for your Mantle 

Be sure to visit our fellow 12 Days of Christmas Bloggers below for even more creative ornament ideas this holiday season!

Welcome to the third annual 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!

Stop by every day from December first through the twelfth for new ideas you can use to make your season brighter!

Meet Your Hosts

They have all been busy as Elves creating, decorating, cooking and crafting tons of new ideas for you to try this holiday season!

Shirley~Intelligent Domestications • Alli~An Alli Event • Michelle~Our Crafty Mom Marie~DIY Adulation • Erlene~My Pinterventures • Beverly~Across The Blvd.

Debra~Shoppe No. 5 • Victoria~Dazzle While Frazzled • Megan~C’mon Get Crafty Michelle~Michelle James Designs • Amanda~Domestically Creative

Deborah~Salvage Sister & Mister • Jeanie~Create & Babble • Sherry~Olives & Okra Jenny~Cookies Coffee & Crafts • Emily~Domestic Deadline • Bonbon~Farmhouse 40

Leanna~Of Faeries & Fauna • Kelly~North Country Nest • Lynne~My Family Thyme Pam Larmore~P.S. I Love You Crafts • Marie~The Inspiration Vault

Gail~Purple Hues and Me • Karen~Dragonfly and Lily Pads • Vanessa~DIY 180 Trisha~Blowing Away Out West • Kim~Everyday Parties •

Yami~The Latina Next Door • Lauren~Wonderfully Made • Valerie~Val Event Gal Terri~Christmas Tree Lane • Lorrin~Embrace The Perfect Mess

Dru~Polka Dot Poplars • Cyn~Creative Cynchronicity • Jeannee~Centsably Creative Tania~Little Vintage Cottage • Sam~Raggedy Bits • Kimberly~A Wonderful Thought

*some of the links below are affiliate links, please see full disclosure here*

Hello there! We are back at it today with Day 5 and for this day’s post we are sharing our Dollar Store crafts. You know love me some dollar stores, specifically Dollar Tree. I have already made several DIY decorations for Christmas and I decorated almost all of my Rustic Chic Christmas tree with their ornaments. Plus I just made the most ELEGANT candle holders EVER, you won’t believe! 

So this time I wanted to make a lighted shadow box that also acted as a Christmas countdown. Everything except the snow was bought at Dollar Tree and honestly it was because I had it leftover from my previous Dollar Tree project.

Okay, so here is how I made it…

Supplies for this Christmas Lighted DIY Shadow Box

• 2 5×7 frames
• Mini LED Light Set
• Fake Snow
• Stickers from Dollar Tree
• Gift Bag from Dollar Tree
• Single Hole Puncher
• E6000 Glue
• Clear Tape

First you want to remove everything from the frames. You are going to use one of the cardboard backs with the “standing tab” for this project. Cut out the gift bag the same size as the back so it fits inside the frame.

Adhere the gift bag art piece onto the back cardboard piece of the picture frame (you can use glue or double sided tape). 

Once you do this punch a hole at the top right corner and pull the LED lights through completely.

Then place the back into the frame (backwards) and adhere with E6000 glue. You want the tab to come out the nice side of the frame (how it was pictured in the first image above). 

Using both the frame tabs and tape secure the lights to the outer boarder of the frame. Pull the excess cord out.

Add your fake snow (this optional but I wanted it to seem like the car was driving through snow).

Then use the e6000 to glue the other frame onto this frame to seal in the snow and create the shadow box. You want to keep the mat board so that it covers the lights.

Then just glue the battery pack and tape the cord to the back.

You can definitely leave it like this. But since the art piece had a little moon (pointed out below), I thought I would use it as a countdown to Christmas. So I added some stickers and use the moon as my number placement.

The kids love changing the stickers for me and counting down!

And that’s it! This project cost me $5 and I love how it turned out. What do you think?

I have even more ideas to create my own shadow boxes now!

Create a Lighted Shadow Box for Christmas using Dollar Tree products

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A Very Sparkly Craft Blog Hop

On the first Monday of each month, a group of DIY and crafty bloggers join forces to bring you the #BlingontheCrafts blog hop. Each blogger creates a glittery, sparkly, shiny, shimmery, sequined, or “blingy” craft to share that goes with a monthly theme.

December’s theme is Holidays. Each blogger chooses their own craft to make as long as it shines and is holiday themed.

If you’d like to participate next month, you can request to join our Bling on the Crafts Facebook group.

So, I may have gone mad, but I think I joined ALL.THE.BLOG.HOPS!  Here I am with another Dollar Tree craft (you may recall this one) and this one is super sparkly and rather elegant I might add… plus it’s SUPER simple to make!

We are making candleholders that are so chic and elegant, your guests won’t believe it.

*Some of the following links are affiliate links for your convenience, for full disclosure go here*

Here is what you will need for these Dollar Tree Christmas Candleholders:

• Glass Cylinder Vase from Dollar Tree
• Silver Glitter Ribbon from Dollar Tree (or washi tape)
• Self Adhesive Wall (or window) Decor  – I got mine at Hobby Lobby
• Glue or tape

Simply remove the wall decor and place on the vase.

Add glittery ribbon at the bottom of the vase.

Related:  Dollar Tree Farmhouse Christmas Trees 

You can leave them like this or you can add height to them by gluing another candleholder (this one also from Dollar Tree) to the bottom (if you choose to do this, use E6000 as it has a strong hold). Then just add your candles!

The best part about these is that they aren’t permanent, you can totally change these up for any occasion!

Love this? Make sure to >>> pin this and share with your friends…

I also decorated a glass ornament for my DIY Dollar Tree neutral wreath using this method as well. You can see how it turned out here!

Dollar Tree Christmas Candleholders so elegant you won’t believe it! – CLICK TO TWEET

Are you ready to see all of the sparkly crafts our bloggers have made for this month’s #BlingontheCrafts hop!?

Welcome to the third annual 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!

Stop by every day from December first through the twelfth for new ideas you can use to make your season brighter!

Meet Your Hosts

They have all been busy as Elves creating, decorating, cooking and crafting tons of new ideas for you to try this holiday season!

Shirley~Intelligent Domestications • Alli~An Alli Event • Michelle~Our Crafty Mom Marie~DIY Adulation • Erlene~My Pinterventures • Beverly~Across The Blvd.

Debra~Shoppe No. 5 • Victoria~Dazzle While Frazzled • Megan~C’mon Get Crafty Michelle~Michelle James Designs • Amanda~Domestically Creative

Deborah~Salvage Sister & Mister • Jeanie~Create & Babble • Sherry~Olives & Okra Jenny~Cookies Coffee & Crafts • Emily~Domestic Deadline • Bonbon~Farmhouse 40

Leanna~Of Faeries & Fauna • Kelly~North Country Nest • Lynne~My Family Thyme Pam Larmore~P.S. I Love You Crafts • Marie~The Inspiration Vault

Gail~Purple Hues and Me • Karen~Dragonfly and Lily Pads • Vanessa~DIY 180 Trisha~Blowing Away Out West • Kim~Everyday Parties •

Yami~The Latina Next Door • Lauren~Wonderfully Made • Valerie~Val Event Gal Terri~Christmas Tree Lane • Lorrin~Embrace The Perfect Mess

Dru~Polka Dot Poplars • Cyn~Creative Cynchronicity • Jeannee~Centsably Creative Tania~Little Vintage Cottage • Sam~Raggedy Bits • Kimberly~A Wonderful Thought

So for today’s theme, we are supposed to share snowman crafts….. I will be honest, I am not and have never been a fan of snowman decor for the holidays… It’s just not my thang!

However, I felt that there have to be other awesome people in this very same predicament so I wanted to see what I could make that would make me like something… anything…. snowman related… and I think I made a little something that worked. 

Going along with my rustic farmhouse theme from my Treetopia Christmas tree and my DIY ornaments I thought I would try to do a snowman one as well. This is probably the MOST EASIEST ornament EVER! LOL!

Supplies for a Rustic Farmhouse Snowman Ornament:

• Unfinished Wood Ornament (I used this stain)
• White Rope Cord ( I got mine from Michael’s in the bins at the from of the store)
• Glue Gun

Once you have your wood ornament stained, begin creating a circle with the rope cord, hot-gluing it onto itself as you go… (it will get hot glue all over your fingers! Just try not to burn yourself…. ?)

Create 3 different circles –  small, medium and large in size. Then hot glue them onto your ornament.

And that’s basically it! It’s rustic, minimal, could even be considered abstract, BUT I think the fact that it’s so simple is what I like the most… plus it goes with any farmhouse themed Christmas and I’m good with that!

I hope you liked this take on snowman decor for the holidays! Have you made anything with rope? I want to try more things now!

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I am so excited because it’s finally December! I will be bringing you one post every day for the next 12 days for the annual 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop where I join 50 other talented ladies to bring you Christmas inspiration and cheer! Last year I made this ornament out of an old Easter egg, LOL! But today’s post is a tutorial on how to make an adorable DIY Farmhouse Christmas ornament wood sign. It will cost less than $1 to make because you will already have most of the supplies at home.

Related: If you want to see 4 more Farmhouse ornaments check out my latest video, where I share how to make them and they all cost $1 each! Check it out HERE

So let’s get to it! 

Supplies for your DIY farmhouse Christmas ornament:

• Wooden dowel – I got mine at Hobby Lobby and they are the same size I used in my Dollar Tree star tutorial
• Small miter saw & box
• Printer paper
• Thin cardboard (like from a cereal box)
• Ribbon
• Wood Stain ( I used Provincial)
• E6000 Glue & clear tape

You want to cut your dowels down to 3.75 inches, sand the edges (they won’t need much), then stain them with your wood stain of choice. Wipe off the excess stain and let dry overnight.

Glue your dowels together with the E6000 glue. This is how I did mine since I wanted a square shape and they were all the same length.

Print out what you want on your mini sign. You can find a lot of free printables on Pinterest or you can make your own.

Cut them out and glue them onto thin cardboard for a little more sturdiness. I used a combination of cereal boxes and an old calendar etc.

Use the E6000 to glue the paper adhered to the cardboard onto the wooden frame.

Then cut your ribbon and glue to the back of the sign.

Quick tip: I like to place clear tape across the back of the ribbon  to hold it down while it dries and then I just leave it there since it’s going to get covered anyway.

You can leave it like this, but I added another cardboard layer to make it cleaner on the back.

And that’s it! There you have it! An adorable mini farmhouse wood sign that you can hang on your Christmas tree and everyone will love!

DIY Farmhouse Christmas Ornament Wood Sign – CLICK TO TWEET

Let the Christmas Festivities Begin!

Welcome to the third annual 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!

Stop by every day from December first through the twelfth for new ideas you can use to make your season brighter!

Meet Your Hosts

They have all been busy as Elves creating, decorating, cooking and crafting tons of new ideas for you to try this holiday season!

Shirley~Intelligent Domestications I Alli~An Alli Event I Michelle~Our Crafty Mom I Marie~DIY Adulation 

Erlene~My Pinterventures I Beverly~Across The Blvd. I Debra~Shoppe No. 5 I Victoria~Dazzle While Frazzled

Megan~C’mon Get Crafty I Michelle~Michelle James Designs I Amanda~Domestically Creative

Deborah~Salvage Sister & Mister I Jeanie~Create & Babble I Sherry~Olives & Okra

Jenny~Cookies Coffee & Crafts I Emily~Domestic Deadline I Bonbon~Farmhouse 40 I Susanne~Pearl Street Designs 

Leanna~Of Faeries & Fauna I Pam Larmore~P.S. I Love You Crafts I Kelly~North Country Nest I Marie~The Inspiration Vault

Gail~Purple Hues and Me I Lynne~My Family Thyme I Karen~Dragonfly and Lily Pads I Trisha~Blowing Away Out West

Tomika~Life In Pumps I Rachee~ Lorrin~Embrace The Perfect Mess 

Jaime~Love Jaime I Serena~The Weekend Jaunts I Terri~Christmas Tree Lane I Jessica~A Southern Mother 

Sam~Raggedy Bits I Surya~The Busy Mom Club  I Cyn~Creative Cynchronicity

Valeria~Val Event Gal I Yami~The Latina Next Door I Jeannee~Centsably Creative I Tania~Little Vintage Cottage

 Lauren~Wonderfully Made I Vanessa~DIY 180 I Kimberly~A Wonderful Thought I Kim~Everyday Parties I Erica~Erica Ever After

Dru~Polka Dot Poplars

DIY Farmhouse Christmas Ornament

Be sure to visit our fellow 12 Days of Christmas Bloggers below for even more creative ideas this holiday season!

Hello! Can you believe we are just about halfway done with July already!? Time is flying, but that only means we are getting closer to the holidays! Ha! You know me & my little family. We love Christmas, so when Treetopia approached me to join the Christmas in July Blog Hop this month, it was a no-brainer!

Last year, I decorated a black (yes, BLACK!) Christmas tree for a wonderful Halloween theme and it was loads of fun.

This go-around we have an fun ice cream social theme perfect for any party in July! Included in this blog hop are these other talented ladies so make sure you check them out on their days and for even more fun decorating tips & ideas, check out Treetopia’s blog.

*This is a sponsored post. Tree and some decorations shown were provided by Treetopia, all opinions are my own, for my full disclosure please go here*

We even have a chance for TWO of you to win a $100 gift card to spend at Treetopia so make sure you head to the end of this blog post so you know exactly where you need to go to ENTER.

Much like last year’s post, I decided to get crafty and have my kids get involved in the tree’s creation. My inspiration for this tree was the strawberry sundae which is my favorite ice cream treat!

My favorite ice cream is vanilla so naturally I picked this pre-lit LED white tree. It was super easy to assemble and connect and the branches are super full which leave no gaps after fluffing!

I received these gorgeous large red ornaments to use throughout the tree which I thought would be perfect to emulate “a cherry on top” and strawberries chunks throughout.

The rest of the ornaments we DIYed… here’s what we came up with!

Using styrofoam balls, mint green party treat cups and felt sheets we created our own DIY ice cream sundaes. We assembled everything with hot glue.

The styrofoam balls were the ice cream and the felt is supposed to be the strawberry topping. My daughter likes sprinkles with her ice cream so we topped them off with mint green sparkly foam balls.

We made a garland out of the mint green sparkly foam balls and painted wooden spoons to look like they either had ice cream or strawberry sauce on them.

We made a little flag garland and decided to make ice cream cones as well.

All you do is cut a square, round off one corner and draw lines with a crayon or marker to make it look like a waffle cone. Then you  just hot glue the two ends to create a cone.

Finally, I cut a yard of light brown felt into a circle and used the excess fabric to sew a 2 inch ruffled edge for the tree skirt. I used knitting yarn to sew a pattern to make it look like a waffle cone as well! This was probably my favorite piece.

The decorations weren’t meant to be perfect, but rather a great activity  to get creative with the kiddos and have fun decorating a tree with ice cream ornaments, which my oldest thought was so fun. It’s hard to keep the decorations on the actual tree now, since all they want to do is play with the ice cream cones!

And here is the final product!

Later on that evening we watched a movie and had strawberry sundaes!

I hope you enjoyed this ice cream social idea for your Christmas tree and remember, it’s never too early to pull out your Christmas tree! Of course, I say that and my neighbors probably think I’m crazy right now. LOL!

Don’t FORGET!

Make sure to head on over to Treetopia’s Facebook page in order to enter the giveaway for $100, going on right now!

And don’t forget to head on over to Jennifer’s blog to see what she came up with!

Tell me! If you could decorate a Christmas tree with ice cream decorations, which sweet treat would be your inspiration?