For The Young At Heart!!!

Christmas is for Kid’s right? Well, then I am a BIG kid!!!

I do have three wonderful, beautiful, perfect, talented, smart, grandchildren, so I am always on the outlook for fun things to do with and for them during the Christmas season.

The ideas I am about to show you are not just for kids, but they have a fun whimsical look to them so they remind me of children.

This is one of the cuter ideas I have seen in a long time. I am going to try and make these with Grammy’s Christmas children. That is what I call my grandchildren at Christmas time.

You can go here to find out how to make these adorable little houses. I love the name of her blog, Not Martha. I am not a Martha either so we have a lot in common.

I  have a sleep over with Grammy's Christmas Children so the Moms and Dads can go Santa shopping. I love doing this for my family and especially for this Grammy!!!  You can never get enough of our Grandchildren!!!!

Simple, Easy and a gift on the outside!!

Yum Candy!!

How about writing out their name with sparkly pipe cleaners instead of a boring name tag.

 

Cupcake holders aren’t just for cupcakes anymore!!!

More candy please!!

Even their bedroom dresser can look like a pretty Christmas package.

Christmas mice! The only mice that are acceptable in our house!!

I saw this idea on Designs by Gollum last year and made them for my grandkids. They are so easy to do. A chocolate dipped cherry for the body and a kiss for the head. Tubes of icing for eyes and little red nose. Slivered almonds make perfect ears.

Over at the blog  A Thoughtful place I found this darling idea. This is a new blog to me and I must say I looooove this blog for ideas!!! Be sure and go by and see what you have been missing if you are not familiar with this wonderful blog. Tell her Kathysue sent you !!! I promise you will not be disappointed!!



There you have it! A few ideas for the young or in my case the young at heart!

“Enjoy the Process” Of

Bringing out the Kid in yourself and others!!

Kathysue

Sunburst For Christmas????

I know, I know it is the Christmas season!!! So why am I showing you sunburst mirrors?  Just follow along you will see why in a few seconds!!!

Chestnuts roasting by an open fire!!!

Oh so pretty! Star of wonder star of light star………

Star of royal, beauty bright!!

I am about to tell you why I am showing you sunburst mirrors at Christmas time!!!!!

I got an email from a website that I love called Max and Chloe and this is what caught my eye! It is definitely  something I am putting on my Christmas list(if anyone is listening out there!)

I love this necklace!! The price is unbelievable for such a pretty piece.

I can see wearing this with a winter white outfit for Christmas!!

I told you it would be worth the wait and there was a reason I was showing you Sunburst mirrors afterall!!!!

Be sure and take a visit to Max and Chloe as they have some great gifts for under $50 and under $100.

Here are a couple  more pieces that caught my eye……

This initial necklace by Diane Yang comes in different colors, but these are the two that I loved and these are under $50. What a great gift this would make for someone!! (me,me,me!)

I hope this gives you a couple of ideas for gifts and maybe a new resource for some fun and unusual designs in jewelry.

“Enjoy the Process” Of:

Making your own Christmas wish list!

Remember.....

.......Keep humming

Tis’ the season to be jolly Fa-la-la-la-la  hmm, hmm, hmmm, hmm ♪♫♪♫♪♫♪

KATHYSUE

Oh No! They Don’t Carry Anymore Of My Ribbon!!

What do you do when the ribbon you planned on using for your tree is no longer available? I purchased enough of the black and white striped ribbon to use in one area of my home, and then decided I needed more for my tree!!

They did not have any more of this…….

 

After thinking about it, I  decided I needed something a little bolder  than this particular stripe. I have so many ornaments on my tree this stripe would just disappear, so I put on my thinking cap!

The store did have some of this…….

Bridesmaid! What does that have to do with Christmas?!!

So I turned it over and did this……..

I just used some fusible webbing and now I have a nice sharp contrasting ribbon to make my bows for my tree. I used 3in. double faced white satin and an 1in. black grosgrain ribbon fused together to make my loosely tied bows.

If you read my last post,"To Bow or Not To Bow?!" you know I love a nice soft looking bow over a wired ribbon contrived looking bow.

Here is a little sneak peek of my tree! I promise I will show you more when it is all done. Only a few more bows to make!!

Yay!!! my plan worked perfectly. You can not defeat a die hard decorator at Christmas time!!

“Deck the Halls with hmmm, hmm, hmm ♪♫♪♫ Fa-la-la-la hmm,hmm♪♫♪♫

Merry Christmas!!

Kathysue