Temporarily Repurposing A Picture Frame

Hope you all are having a great week and enjoying the Christmas season.

I'm nearly done with the Christmas decorating. Then on to the baking : )

 

note to self: start decorating the week of Thanksgiving next year

 

Seriously, this is taking longer than expected, but I'm nearly finished with the main floor. Since Mr. and Daughter Fanatic both worked last weekend, I thought it would be better to go this Saturday to get our live tree. We have a pre lit artificial tree in our living room, but our daughter keeps guilting me into getting a live tree, as well. (something about she only has a few more  Christmases living at home)

How did I get on that rabbit trail?

 

Back to the project at hand...

I needed  a backdrop for our nativity scene in the Foyer.

I really wanted a large fancy gold picture frame, which I was going to paint the center part with black chalkboard paint and write O Holy Night on it. Was going to use this mirror that we had in the Powder Room(it's painted oil rubbed bronze and would have to return it to it's original finish), and went to HomeGoods for a replacement mirror for the bathroom.

No Luck.

 

So, I used what I had and improvised.  This framed sunflower artwork was already perfect for the chest in the foyer. 

 

 

I took some wrapping paper, cut it to fit inside the frame, then hot glued 4 small dots in the corner on the glass. Hopefully, it will be easy to get off after Christmas.

 

Then I glued some 4 ply jute string (that I already had) to the wrapping paper.

It's a great backdrop to the nativity scene.

Will show you the nativity scene another time, since we haven't had sun in 2 days.

Another project done.

What projects are you working on?

 

Pam

Easy Christmas Wreaths

I love the little Boxwood wreaths you see everywhere. They are classic and look great and are perfect for Christmas.  I could definitely use several around the house, but the problem is they are expensive.

As luck laziness low energy would have it, I never got around to trimming our Japanese Holly shrubs in early Fall as I usually do. Every time I'd go outside, I'd beat myself up for not getting it done...

...that is until a few days ago...

...when it dawned on me that those lovely little shoots could be used to make some wreaths since Japanese Holly looks like Boxwood.

I also had a box full of plain little wreaths  up in my office/craft room and didn't have to go out and buy anything.

No trip to Hobby Lobby needed!

If you need a little wreath, look at the evergreen shrubs and trees outside in your yard to see what you can bring inside. I went out and clipped off some shoots and just stuck them into the wreath.

No glue or wire needed.

So simple.

I just clipped them to the length I thought would look good and stuck them in the wreath. If the stems were too long, I just cut them shorter.

I kept putting more stems until I liked the way it looked.

So far I've made 3 little wreaths and this one ended up on my mantel. I plan on making 3 more for various vignettes around the house.
Guess I won't be trimming back the shrubs until after Christmas next year, as well.

Still waiting on a large wreath I ordered for the mantel. I'll show you the whole Christmas mantel when it arrives...oh, and after I make one more burlap and lace stocking...

There's always something more that needs to be done...

Is your Christmas "to do" list getting shorter or are you like me and feeling overwhelmed?

Pam

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