Christmas Place Cards

Peppermint Candy Place Card --- What could be sweeter? Cut a 3 inch oval from colorful card stock. Using a hole punch make a hole at each end, and then neatly write your guests' names on the ovals with black ink. Thread ribbon scraps,each about 6 inches long and 1 1/2 inches wide, through the backs of the place cards. Notch the ribbon ends, and set a card at each place setting

Christmas Tree Place Card-- When you are chopping firewood, set aside branches that are too thin for logs,and too thick for kindling. Use them instead as the base for this festive holiday place card

Red Holly Leaf Place Card-- Cut yourself a template of a holly leaf. Cut and score down mid line with a bone folder. Fold in half, and write on the top leaf your guests' name

Easy Decorating with Pinecones

Decorative Mantle Pinecones on a fireplace mantle are a simple and elegant way to make you home feel warm and cozy. Start by draping a natural garland across the length of your mantle. Next,lay the pinecones on top of the garland,alternating setting them upright and on their sides. Finish by nestling fresh apples between the pinecones to create a stunning and whimsical display

Quick and Easy Holiday Crafts

Casual Dining Christmas Style -- Cute Christmas towels cheer up casual dining chairs, for the holiday season. Simply stitch the short ends of two towels together,and add slits to thread ribbon through for ties. Drape the stitched towel over a chair,thread the ribbons through the slits, and tie the ribbon into bows

Easy Christmas Candle Displays

Let it Snow -- Turn inexpensive glass cylinders into winter wonderlands. Place one cylinder inside a large one, sprinkle fake snow between the two, and add a sprig of cedar. Pop a votive or pillar candle into the inner cylinder

Seeing Red -- Place red roses into a metal flower frog. Adhere the frog ti the bottom of a glass cylinder with double sided florists tape. Pour water into the cylinder and float cranberries and a floating candle on top. Create a larger centerpiece by grouping cylinders in varying heights together.

Decked out for the holidays

Ok, ladies I am ready now for the holidays, I have my new look and have been going thu stacks of ideas for you .

Natural Beauty: Top the mantel with a weathered iron gate, and adorn the piece with a wreath of seeded eucalyptus and green hypericum berries.

Felt Ornaments

I thought these were cute felt decorations for your tree.

Very simple shapes can be done using a cookie cutter.

Different shapes and sizes. Could be used for package toppers also.

December's Thought of the Month

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams


Eleanor Roosevelt