Merry Christmas

From our family to yours

Merry Christmas!

Hope your day is happy, festive

and full of love :)

Make your own fabric napkins

Why waste money on paper napkins when you 

can set a pretty color coordinated table using

fabric napkins that you have made yourself?  

This is another project you can use your 

fabric scraps on . . . even old clothing.  

Use your imagination!  Patchwork fabric

napkins are awesome :)

Click here for the tutorial from

 Robie Kaye Dodson at So Sew Something!

With the money you have saved . . . 

buy some pretty tableware :)

Junk Christmas Tree

What an awesome idea!

Everything on this tree came from Lindsay's junk drawer.  

Check out her tutorial . . . you will be amazed at 

what it looked like before she spray painted it.  

I'd love to make one with just mismatched and broken jewelry.

Ruffled Christmas Tree

One of the most treasured items in my Christmas

collection is a festively colored fabric Christmas

tree with matching place mats and napkins that

my mom made many years ago.

The featured fabric Christmas tree is very much

different than the one in my collection, but could

also serve as a table centerpiece . . . make

some coordinating place mats and napkins to

complete the tablescape.  It looks like a

quick and easy project too!

I found this tutorial at an awesome website that

is new to me . . . love web discoveries!  It will

be listed on my favorite blogs page . . . 

Click here for the tutorial

Dramatic eye makeup

Wow I love the dramatic eye look!

My favorite is the high contrast of silver and black.

One of the things I love to do is experiment with makeup when I'm home alone and have nowhere to go.  Great makeup application takes practice practice practice.  Don't be afraid of bold colors, black eyeliner or false lashes . . . go for it, but by all means, practice.

Here are some past blog posts that include tutorials on makeup techniques:

How To Make Your Eyes Beautiful

Put Your Best Face Forward