Christmas 2016

This is how Christmas 2016 looked like in our home. I am very proud that every year, there are more and more hand made decorations. Christmas is traditionally gold and white for me, with a hint of red. Enjoy the collection.

Xmas trees in a pot

Christmas box - alternative of the wreath

This year, I fell in love with the new fashionable alternative of the Xmas wreath and prepared a box instead. And, to be really trendy, applied a fur cover on the outside.  Trendy and elegant :)

The new life of an old Xmas wreath

I made this Xmas wreath more than 15 years ago for my mom. She liked it so much that every year she dusted it, bought new candles and used it at Christmas. Now they're moving to a new house and we found this wreath, that was for sure ruined by the time. So for their new house, I've decided to renew the wreath for her.

Christmas with kids

In this post, I've collected some items that I made either for my kids or with them for the holidays. 

Xmas wreath from recycled materials

We received a challenge at my son's school to prepare items related to Christmas, all from rubbish. This is my nomination to the exhibition - a wreath made from platic bottles, empty pizza box, plastic wrappers and a lightbulb.

Christmas tree ornaments collection

Let me show you 3 different techniques to prepare unique ornaments to your Christmas tree - all of them natural looking and easy to prepare. You can prepare them alone or with your kids and design your own unique decorations.

Popcorn tree

In Hungary, popcorn was traditionally used to decorate Christmas trees, in the form of garlands. Now I show you a more sophisticated version of using popcorn as Christmas decoration - you can build a Christmas tree with them. The popcorn will give a warm and natural feeling to your tree, and you can add glossy and sparkling accessories to make it more elegant  and stylish.

Christmas is coming - wreaths

Since I was 18, I've always prepared the Christmas wreath myself. I think this is the first steps to get into Christmas mood. This is always the first piece of Christmas decoration in our house, and after the first Sunday, I start to decorate the rest of the house. Here I have collected my works from the past few years.

Xmas wreath from pistachio shells

Everyone in our family loves pistachios. The idea of using up the shells for a handycraft project came to my mind one day when I saw a bowl of empty shells, thinking they are too nice to be thrown away. They would serve well for natural autumn or Christmas decorations. This time, I prepared Xmas wreaths from them, decorated with red and gold ribbons - simple but elegant.

My cute little snowmen

Snowmen

These little snowman (and snowgirls) have become my obsession for this season. Originally, I started to create them for a school fair, but obviously had to keep some of them at home, and also decided to prepare some as Xmas gifts. So I have 15 and still counting...
They are so cute and easy to prepare - appr. 5 minutes each.