Still working on Christmas

Where did the time go? A New Year and so many resolutions. One resolution is to post more often! I have really neglected this blog, but it really could not be helped. I have a two year old who keeps me pretty busy. My creative time is very limited to the wee hours of the morning.

This is a pic of Lilly and I waiting for Santa to parachute on to the beach.

I know Christmas is over, but I am still working on some things. I made the tree top angel and am working on a few more for gifts and to add to my shop.You all know how much I love coffee filters and I continue to find new ways to use them.

Coffee Filter Poinsettias.

Coffee Filter Angels.


So even though the holidays are over I am still working on ornaments and I have a primitive Santa in the works. Another one of my resolutions is to work on Christmas all year. I have never been able to do that but I am really going to give it a try. I get side tracked and before I know it all my good intentions are out the window.

How to make!

You might be surprised that the little flower sprig all started with the leaves. It started out with just wanting a vine of leaves for the fairy house I am working on. One thing leads to another and this is the end result.

                                                                                                                                                                                          

Making my own flowers for fairy houses

What I am doing in the studio you ask. I know, you did not ask, but I will tell you anyway. I am so proud of myself because I was in the studio by five-thirty each morning this week. I am making little fairy houses and furniture. I needed some flowers to go on the little houses, so I decided to make them myself. I am having to be a little more thrifty these days. I try to stay out of the craft stores as much as possible, because I want every thing I see! I will go in for one thing and will come out with way more than I intended on buying.




My next post will be a tutorial on how I did it. I really like how it turned out, but the next one I would like to be a little more dainty, so in order to achieve that, smaller gauge wire for a smaller stem.