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Yes, I have already starting decorating for Xmas. I don't know if it's because of the recent storm but I'm feeling very nostalgic and still relishing everything home and family. Santa always puts a smile on my face so I'm paying a bit of homage to him:

Trio of frames with various Santa images - one from The Graphics Fairy, one from Etsy and one from my own stock. These are replacing the sea creatures I had in our bathroom.

Santa travel candle.

Santa sacks.

Santa candleholders.

And tags.

Yes, indeed, I love Santa.

Jeanine

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My mom gave me a cute holiday book over the weekend: Deck the Halls from Country Living magazine. It has a ton of adorable holiday ideas and pages that you can rip out, cut and use for decorations. I spied a Santa and reindeer silhouette, and thought they'd look great in some of the glass ornament bulbs I got over the summer at a garage sale.

First, I scanned the tag images so I wouldn't have to cut the originals. I printed them out on regular white paper. Then I used my Cricut to cut them into an oval shape - to make them easier to add to each bulb.

I rolled them into a scroll to get them in, and then used splinter tweezers to un-curl them. Next, I added some faux snow to the bottom of each bulb. Tie on some tea-stained seam binding for a cute bow and then some baker's twine in red/white so they can be hung from the tree.

While I was at it, I used some miniature bottle brush trees for some simple ornaments too. I used Glue Dots to secure them to the bottoms of each bulb, the splinter tweezers to get them in, and then added some faux snow. I decided to skip the seam binding for these, and just added the baker's twine so we could hang them.

Super duper easy to make each of these!

Linking to Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.

Jeanine

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I finally got around to painting an old globe I picked up at a garage sale. I'm embarassed to say I bought it last summer and it got "lost" in the garage. I wanted to do a Pottery Barn knock-off with it for my 7 year old's room.

At first I was going to take it apart to paint just the globe part but I admit it, I was lazy. Instead, I painted it from top to bottom with spray chalk paint.

I couldn't think of anything clever to say other than: the world is your oyster. I'm sure he'll add his own personal touches in a few days.

Jeanine

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I whipped up this quick holiday banner the other night. It's super simple. All you need is some sheet music, paper, glue, twine and clothes pins.

Using the same NOEL template I used on my Ikea stars (carnival style from Dafont.com), I printed out each letter onto white paper. I cut each letter a bit smaller than my sheet music. Glue them onto each piece of your sheet music.

Once they are dry, you might want to flatten under a book. Mine curled a little. I used a zigzag scissor to cut the bottoms just to give a bit of a pattern but you can leave them straight or cut however you might like them. I used some of my Christmas clothes pins to attach them to the twine. I was not in the mood for hot glue and the pins hold them just fine.

Two thumb tacks are ready and waiting to hang it up over the next couple of weeks. See, told you - see easy!

Jeanine

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I've been wanting to make these Anthropologie knock-off mason jars since last year! You've probably seen them all around Pinterest. While we were without power, I decided to make some - by flashlight. =)

They are super easy to make. You just need some mason jars, faux snow and mini bottle brush trees. I fixed my trees to the bottoms of the jar lids using Glue Dots.

I added my faux snow to the jar itself. Then I turned it upside down and screwed in the top (the trees will be upside down). Then turn it rightside up for the snow to fall and done! Can't wait to put these out for Xmas.

Meanwhile, this is the tree that narrowly missed our house during the storm. It was a mere 8 feet from the house. It brought the utility pole down with it which was terrifying. The wires were in front of our house for almost 2 weeks. My father-in-law's house sadly got flooded. I salvaged some of my husband's mom's religious statues.

I knew she'd want them to be saved. Hard to believe we are back to normal - thankfully!

Jeanine

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Woo hoo! Guess who got their internet back last night? I'm so happy as I've missed the blogosphere and keeping up with all of your projects. Here's some that I did while we were without power and climbing the walls:

I took two mason jars and spray painted one red and one green. Once they were dry, I printed these sweet holiday images from the Graphics Fairy and Mod Podged them on. Then I added a thin layer of Mod Podge over the images and sprinkled on some German glass glitter.

I finished each off with some white tea-stained seam binding. I'm going to use these as candleholders during the holidays.

My boys destroyed our Scrabble game so I'm left with some random letters. Lucky enough, I had the ones I needed to spell out "noel." And they fit perfectly in this little Goodwill frame that I painted black months ago.

I added a burlap backdrop. Loving the rustic look!

Two super simple projects to keep my mind occupied post-hurricane. It feels good to be back and I can't wait to pop on over to see all of your posts that I've missed.

Linking to The Graphics Fairy: Brag Monday and Between Naps on the Porch: Met Monday.

Jeanine