Newborn ornament keepsake

What you'll need:

•big plastic or glass (I used plastic) ornament. This is not your standard size ornament it's a little bigger. I found these at walmart for .98.

 

•Paint Pen/Sharpie Marker

 

•Newborn hat, bracelet and a picture cut into a small square.

How to:

•on one side of ornament write babies name and birth info. Let dry.

 

•stuff the ornament with the hat first and then add the bracelet and picture to the opposite side from the baby's name and info. 

 

•Arrange the bracelet and photo how you'd like and hang on the tree.

 

I love this because otherwise these items would be hiding away in a box all year. Now, these items are on display once a year and adds a special touch to the tree.

Easy no sew DIY Christmas shirt

This is a cute easy cheap shirt idea I done a few years back. 

What you'll need:

•plain colored shirt. Mine was purchased for around $4 at walmart.

 

•2 brown, 1 black, 1 red, 1 white, & 1 green (or dark brown) felt sheet. These are really cheap and can be found at walmart.

 

•fabric glue/adhesive 

 

•scissors 

 

•piece of cardboard or something thick

How to:

•I used the initial idea so we done the letter B for Braxton and Broox. You may also do a normal reindeer head if you'd like.

 

•Cut out the letter or rein deer head and the ears out of brown. 

 

•Cut the antlers out of green or if you'd like you could do brown.

 

•Cut big circles for the whites of eye and smaller circles in black for the pupils.

 

•Also, with the black you want to cut smaller ears for the Inside of the brown part of ear and smaller mouth piece for the inside of the red lips.

 

•With the red cut out the nose and the mouth/lips.

 

•place cardboard or thicker material inside of shirt to avoid glue seeping and sticking to the back of shirt.

 

•After everything is cut and cardboard is inserted then position felt on shirt how you'd like to get an idea how it will look before you glue.

 

 •Antlers should be on the bottom so apply adhesive and glue those down first. 

 

•Then Glue the ear pieces and the head.

 

•After that glue on the eye whites, pupils, nose, red mouth/lips and the black center of mouth.

•Let dry

Snowflake picture ornaments

What you'll need:

•snowflake ornament (or any other ornament you'd like) I bought a pack of 6 from the dollar tree for $1.

 

•pictures

 

•Foam paper or something thicker to glue the picture on. I bought a pack of glitter foam paper from the dollar tree it was maybe 12 in a pack for $1.

 

•Glitter glue (optional) I wanted to add a little something to the edge of the circle

 

•Spraypaint (optional) if you'd like to change the color of your snow flake.

 

•Mod podge 

How to:

•cut your pictures out in a circle. as you see mine are not perfect.

 

•using your picture as a guide place it on the foam and cut just enough so it shows around the edges. You may cut 2 for each picture if you'd like one on the back to write the year.

 

•use the mod podge and glue the picture to the foam and let dry.

 

•if you want to change the color of your snowflake spray paint both sides and let dry.

 

•once dry use mod podge to glue the foam piece with picture onto the center of the snowflake. If you want to add one on the back glue it on as well and let dry.

 

•once dry apply mod podge to the snow flake and foam/picture. Let dry then do the opposite side. 

 

•Once completely dry tie on the string and hang on the tree.

I got this idea from http://thecraftingchicks.com/2013/12/snowflake-photo-ornaments.html