A Prickly Tale ~ Double D Challenge

Hello there!  Welcome back to another episode of Double D Challenge!

Diane has chosen a festive challenge for you with the theme of "Christmas Ornaments".

 

I took this challenge quite literally when I discovered that I had made these Christmas ornaments last year from an old children's book that was falling apart and had never posted them.

 

The book, "A Prickly Tale" was cast away and due for the trash, but I swooped in and saved it, and gave new life for a precious little babes first Christmas.  

 

 

I used the book covers to create the box to hold the ornaments. 

 

 

It's super cute how you can see the images from the inside cover inside the box. 

 

 

I cut the images from the pages and glued them onto wooden ornaments that I picked up from the Dollar Tree, using Mod-Podge. I also cut the story line into word strips and attached them to the ornaments.  The words on each ornament tell their own story.  

 

 

 Once the ornaments were dry, I added fuzzy gold trim that also came from the Dollar Tree, using hot glue to attach it around the outside edge. 

 

  

I covered both sides of the ornaments the same, using the darling graphics so that no matter which side shows, there's something fun to look at for sweet baby Isaiah.

 

 

I made a greeting card for gifting...

 

 

And packaged it all up nicely in a pretty cello bag.

 

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Vintage Coby Vignette

Hello to all you creative crafters!  

 

Just thought I'd pop in with another vintage remake using an old ornament box from Coby.

 

 

 Over the years, I've amassed a small collection of vintage ornaments in their original boxes that I enjoy putting out at Christmas time.

 

 

I had this Coby box but no ornaments to put inside, so I decided to make a little winter vignette like some that I've seen on Pinterest.  I started by removing the ripped cellophane that went over the window, covering the inside of the box with a piece of snowflake scrapbook paper and then carefully attaching tiny battery operated fairy lights around the inside edge of the box using hot glue. 

  I added white batting to the bottom of the box and a healthy dose of German Glass Glitter.  I glued in some snow capped trees and this vintage deer that I think is from the 60's.  You know, the old plastic ones that were the rage back then?

I attached this large red & gold bow to the top corner of the box to finish it off.  I was happy to see that the colors of the bow matched the graphic colors on the box. This sweet winter scene casts a warm glow when the lights are turned on and this was such an easy and fun project to make.

 I'll be entering this project into the following challenges:

 Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge ~ Christmas

Polkadoodles Card Making and Craft Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Love To Craft #83 ~ Anything Goes

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Christmas Craft ~ Something Different

Good morning my friends!  Christmas is fast approaching and I've made some fun crafts in my crafty space this past year that I've never gotten around to sharing.

Let's turn back the calendar to 2023 and I'll show you how I repurposed an old Little Golden Book of Frosty The Snowman. 

 

 

 I cut cute Frosty out of the front cover with some heavy duty scissors and created a box using the back cover of the book to create the box.  I covered the box with wintery snowflake paper, adding the title page to the front of the box.

 Next, I cut some of the images from the pages of the book to make into greeting cards.  I cut word slips from the pages to add sentiment to the cards.

 

I picked up these wood slices last year at the Dollar Tree and mod-podged some of the leftover images from the book pages onto each side of the wood slices to make ornaments.

 

They turned out so cute!

I put some paper shred from the Dollar Tree into the bottom of the box, added the ornaments and tucked the cards and envelopes into the back and packaged everything up to sell at a local apple orchard this year.   They stay open until Christmas selling Christmas trees, apple cider and home made baked goodies.  Hubby and I buy our Christmas tree from them every year and I've always loved browsing through their little shop with all the hand made goodies.  I'm glad to have a part in it this year.

 

I'll be adding this project to the following challenges:

Word Art Wednesday ~ Anything Goes

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge ~ Christmas Present

Polkadoodles Card Making and Craft Challenge ~ Anything Goes

Love To Craft Challenge ~ Anything Goes

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