Happy Holidays!

For me, the Christmas season doesn't officially start until after Thanksgiving Day. I don't care how soon they have the trees and decorations up in the stores. After posting a few Thanksgiving ideas I thought I would let everyone have a head start and get busy creating your Christmas decorations. Here are a few of my fav. Hopefully I'll have some spare time to finish them.

Don't want the fuss of putting up a Christmas Tree?
Here's a great alternative. Tomato Cage Christmas Tree

Hang up some cute crochet candy canes. Find Doni's free
pattern on her Whiskers & Wool Blog under Candy Cane Crochet Pattern

Just BEAUTIFUL!
I already have some bottles saved just for this.
Check out Cleverly Inspired's Wine Bottle Christmas Display

Very cute and inexpensive!
Bliss Images and Beyond's $2 Frosted Centerpiece

Praying Angel from FreePatterns.com

Custom wrapping paper! Use family names and circle the name of the recipient.
This is very similar to my custom birthday wrapping paper from my October blog, It's Chilly Bring Out the Yarn.
Found on dornob.com

Elegant! Floating candles with submerged ornaments.

She's has a number of Christmas wreaths but this is my fav.
Check out the others at Things That Sparkle

Pretzel Treats - Recipes at Family Fun

Several budget friendly Christmas decorations
on Finding Beauty @ Home's blog

Another one from Finding Beauty @ Home

It's Chilly - Bring out the Yarn!

Geez! 2 months since my last post. That's just terrible. The end of summer and the start of fall have kept me pretty busy though.

Recently I traded in my paintbrush for a crochet hook. With about 5 friends popping out cute little babies between July and September I thought I'd get busy with the yarn and make a few booties, hats and blankets. I also took some time to get a little creative with other projects.

Baby Owl hat for my nephew. He recently became a big brother!

Baby Bear hat for my newest nephew! I placed some ties in the back of the hat so it can grow with him.

I found myself with a present for boyfriend's birthday but no time to run to the store for wrapping paper. So I created my own custom wrapping paper and paper flowers instead of a bow.

Halloween Wreath

Black and dead roses and a RIP tombstone

And of course a creepy spider with his webs draped about!

Baby Hat - soooo cute!

Part of my Halloween costume... more of that to come