Homemade gifts are my favorite, you can always feel the love, kindness, thoughtfulness of people. Every year, I make something to share with friends, my husband’s co-workers, and family. This year I made hot cocoa on a stick and homemade marshmallows, and would love to share with you. Maybe you’ll be inspired to share the love of a homemade food gift, one that will cost very little but it will mean a lot for all your loved ones. You’ll need: 1/2 cup heavy cream 1 can sweetened condensed milk 2 cups semisweet chocolate chips + 1 cup milk chocolate chips One 4-oz bar unsweetened chocolate (broken or chopped into smaller…
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Pom Pom Wreath
Every other year I try to make a new wreath for our house. Do you remember our Yarn Wreath Tutorial from last year? Well, still having some yarn leftover, I decided to create a wreath full of pom-poms. You can find various online tutorials on how to make yarn pom-poms, my favorite tutorial is from the Craft, Interrupted blog. I used clover pom-pom maker, which are super easy to use and comes in 4 sizes. You’ll need: 10″ or 12″ styrofoam wreath 35-40 pom-poms (I made smaller ones to fill any gap) glue gun 2 glue sticks Directions: Start glueing the pom-poms from inside, arrange the pom poms closely together, filling in your…
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DIY: Nutcracker Napkin Rings
Lately, I’ve been obsessed with holiday nutcrackers and even after deciding on a candy cane themed Christmas in our house, I just can’t stop admiring the nutcrackers for sale at all the Home Goods stores in town (yes, I regularly go to more than one Home Goods store in the DC area, and YES, it is my other much more serious obsession). Being inspired by a nutcracker napkin ring set of 4, I found online at the World Market for $9.99, I decided to make my own version of the rings with a great dollar store find of nutcrackers ornaments for only $1 for a a set of 2. The…
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Yarn Wreath Tutorial
Materials: yarn styrofoam ring (at JoAnn for $4.99, minus my 40% off coupon) glue gun scissors felt for flowers and leaves optional: Christmas ornament or embellishment Total cost: $8 Hot glue the end of the yarn to the back of your ring. The first part of this project is the longest, but it’s easy: wrap the yarn around and around until it’s all covered. It took me about 45 minutes to cover the whole wreath. Now for the fun part; I decorated my wreath with peppermint candy ornaments and hot glued some felt flowers I made by following these flowers tutorials here and here. I also cut out some leaf shapes and…