Merry Christmas!

Since I'm not at the store anymore, I've forgotten that it's getting close to Christmas! LOL I'm kinda sad that I'm not decorating the store for Christmas, having different Christmas events, and enjoying the Christmas rush! Even being there till late to help people find the perfect gift was fun.

We could play certain CD's all day long sometimes, like Clay Aiken's first Christmas CD. And I could play any of Amy Grant's Christmas CD's. I love the old standard Christmas songs done by Nat King Cole, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra (and yes, I have them on CD!) LOL.

I love listening to Jaci Velasquez and Avalon. I couldn't find a whole lot done by them on my music player, but there are a couple. And I'm not a big fan of Josh Groban, but I LOVE his Christmas CD.

I think when I make cookies next week I'll be listening to their songs!

Do you have a favorite Christmas song?

Cute Christmas Cola

While walking through WalMart the other day, we found these really cute Coca Cola bottles shaped like ornaments on a shelf in the soda section. They weren't in the correct spot, so of course i had to scour the store until I found them. OMG, they are just too dang cute!

I don't know if all WalMarts will have these, but look out for them. Yes, they're filled with Coca Cola too!! My dad thought they were ornaments until he realized that there was coke in them. :)

Tree Skirt Finished!

I finally finished!! Here is what the final tree skirt will look like. You can barely see the sequins, but they're there, trust me! LOL


I really like how it turned out, I think I have to scour the thrift stores to find more skirts to make tree skirts. What a great way to reuse old clothing. So scour your closets to see if you can find a skirt that will go with your tree. Especially if you were going to donate it in the first place.

I sewed a lot of this together, but you can really do this without sewing. You can glue to glue all the accents onto the skirt. And if the skirt has frayed edges, you really don't have to finish the side seams. And you can glue the ties onto the skirt too. Or if it doesn't matter, you can just leave them laying flat without tying them together.

I'm going to cut up a dress next and use that as the next tree skirt. I'll keep you posted.

Close up view of tree skirt

While going through some stuff today I found iridescent sequins and beads. I thought that would be a great accent to put in between the holly leaves. That way they wouldn't take away from the holly accents. So here's a close up of the beading. I've done about 1/3 of the skirt. I think I'll do more while I'm watching Grey's tonight. It looks kinda neat so far. :)

Tree skirt

This is the beginnings to the tree skirt. One of the trees we're going to do for the craft show is going to be in pink. So, what would be better than a tree skirt? This one is actually made from a reuse skirt.

I cut part of the top off, then sewed the top part so it was a bit more ruffly. Ok, I don't know all the technical sewing terms here, but I just lightly gathered the top and sewed a straight stitch. I also cut a straight cut up the side so that you can get it around the tree. I sewed ties to it as well, so that they can tie it together.

Where the light pink area is, I added the holly leaves cut from an old pair of green jeans. They matched the leaves in the calico print! And then I'm sewing on some pearls from a recycled necklace that my friend had in her stash.

I'll take another photo tomorrow so you can see my status. It's really fun putting together something new from reused items.

Mele Kalikimaka

My cousin, JrkJr, just posted this on his website www.jrkjr.com. I thought it would get us in the Christmas mood. LOL Now we have to all get crafting! Only 2 more months! YIKES. :)