DIY Book Page Ornaments

Happy Monday friends!  I hope you all had a great weekend.  Just a couple more days and Christmas will be here!  Are you excited like me?  This year, I have this week off of work so I am trying to get a ton of things done around the house.  BUT I wanted to share a DIY christmas project before Christmas is over!

I'm in love with ANYTHING that is crafted from book pages.  If you come to my house, you will see that in almost any room you are in.  Why would I not incorporate it into Christmas as well?

One year we didn't have an actual star for our tree, and I made a topper out of book pages....but....I broke down and bought a real star.  It just isn't the same without one.

And there you have it! DIY Book Page Ornaments :)  

I hope you all have a happy and safe Christmas!

Dear Santa…

I was thinking it might be a good idea to write Santa a Christmas list this year. Just in case he was wondering about all the cool things I reeeeally need want ;) Do any of you have a Christmas list?

{Source: Make Her Up}

haha…no that’s not my list. But I thought it was pretty cute. I’ve gone through the list in my head a few times…and all the stuff I reeeeally want is reeeeally expensive {for my budget anyhow}. Maybe that’s why the stuff is on the list…?? hmm…

I think everyone in our home would benefit from my having a sewing machine. No more holes in pants, no more pants that are six inches longer then everyone. We’d all be much comfier due to the large quantity of throw pillows lying around – not to mention blankets, scarves, and maybe even a slipcover for that ugly chair in the living room. Just saying :)

Oh yes…she is the one :) Have you ever seen such beauty? With a camera like this, all of my blogger friends would have such prettier pictures to look at when they read my blog. Isn’t that reason enough?

I’d like one of these car chargers for my phone that also plays music. I am sooo sick of constantly making CD’s and then trying to figure out what is what in my disk changer in the car. This would make my life waaay easier :)

I do need a glue gun. Serious. Mine has died and I have about six thousand projects in mind that require this one tool. I guess you get what you pay for right? At $6 and lasting what…3 years…I guess I got my moneys worth.    

What are some things you have on your list this year?

My Favorite Christmas Ideas {and Christmas Tree Reveal}

I wish I had the time to create all the wonderful Christmas ornaments and other decor I am seeing all over the blogosphere. Some of the ideas I’m seeing are amazing. While I was blog stalking the other day I thought I would gather up some of my favs and share them with all of you :) How lucky are you right?! Keep in mind that my main focus is DYI on the CHEAP. It doesn’t get any better than that right?

First up. I just HAD to show you these cute window hanging ornaments Connie @ Salvage Savvy whipped up.

Check it out here. Too cute and the cost is almost non existent if you already have the ornaments and ribbon.

I almost didn’t know what to do with myself when I came across Aimee’s knockoff Anthro Snow Globes.

One word….WOW. These really give me that warm Christmas feeling :) Now all I need is a nice hot cup of hot coco and A Christmas Story :)

And while Easter is out, that doesn’t mean we can’t use the eggs for Christmas. What a cute little idea Heather at DYI Kinda Girl. I LOVE anything made with book pages.

We can’t forget the wreath. And yes…a book page wreath melts my heart but this…holy smokes is it adorable!

Thanks to Kristen at My Covered Bridge for sharing her lovely wreath with us :)

Now when I first saw these little lolly ornies…I was confused because I didn’t think it was very Christmassy. Boy was I wrong. I would love to cover my entire Christmas tree with them! And thanks to Evie at Brown Paper Packages, I can do so if I please!

Last but not least…we can not forget the tree skirt –DYI style. I’ve seen a few different flavors 

but this one was eye pleasing to me.

 

Go ahead on over and check it out at Simply Chick Treasures for the full scoop. What do you think? Cute huh?

So I didn’t exactly decorate this year with plans on revealing to the world. But it wouldn’t be right not to! Here’s the tree…

It’s real :) And it smells good :) We had plans this year to trek out into the wilderness to find this tree. But the only day we cut out for getting it had nothing but rain in the forecast. It was not a nice day. We still wanted a real tree but didn’t want to be out in the rain cutting one. So we went to the local mall and picked this one that had already been cut.

It was a mess bringing into the house…all wet and a little muddy from the back of the truck. We had to get it set up and then let it sit for a couple hours to dry. I’m not going to lie, it smelled like really bad pee when it was wet. I was a little nervous it was going to continue to smell so bad. But once it dried it was all good.

We had a huge issue with our star. It was too heavy for this tree and kept falling over. So I made this tree topper using book pages. Cute and free :)

It fits perfect and sort of polishes the book page look off a bit more (read about the book page ornaments here.)

So there are my Christmas favs and my tree. I can’t wait until all the presents are under it :)

Pre-Christmas Tree Reveal {with book page ornaments}

I just can’t wait to do a complete reveal of my tree. Unfortunately my house has been a disaster and not quite picture ready. So this pre-reveal will have to do :)

My theme this year is the more vintage book page look. I didn’t go ALL out on the vintage part…but I was really busy last weekend making these cute ornaments….

Once I finished the first one…I was addicted. They look so professional {and vintage}. Not to mention they are super easy to do. I used pages from a small paperback dictionary I was forced had to buy the first year of college. I've been thinking about tossing it but I’m soooo glad I didn't!

I’m thinking about giving them as gifts {that’s how much I adore them!!}…I just need to figure out a {handmade} way of wrapping them to match their awesomeness :)

What do you think about them on the tree??

 

Love.Love.Love!!! OH…and here’s a sneak peak of the “others” I made…

I also ended up having to make my own tree topper. Our star we bought last year was a wee bit to heavy for this years tree. BUT the one I made looks better AND matches my book page ornaments! Can’t wait to show you :)

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Christmas Tree Ornaments {with book pages}

I’d like to start by saying that we do not have our Christmas tree as of yet. We are planning on taking the trek out into the wilderness {aka tree farm} this Saturday to find the perfect tree for our family :) I am suuppper excited because up until last year, I always had an artificial tree. Words cannot express the excitement I have built up right now for Saturday!!! I think I might be more excited then my daughter :)

Year after year I’ve always used the same ole rinky dink ornaments. But this year it’s getting an overhaul. My vision involves book page decorations of some sort {I want that vintage feel}. Last weekend I started in on a set of ornaments and I love how they turned out. What do you think?

I purchased a package of 12 clear ornaments from Hobby Lobby for $7.99. It was actually an impulse buy {I had went there for something completely different} but I’m glad I picked them up. I only needed a few pages out of a book and scissors to make these. So $7.99 was my final cost. Not bad.

They are so decorative looking, I almost don’t want to put them on the tree! Maybe I’ll have to buy more :)

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