Christmas martini anyone?

I was drawing some fun sketches of holiday drinks when I thought about giving them a try on the ornaments that I have been painting.

Here is one of them, a Christmas martini:

I drew my image on, painting a silver background around it.

I then painted in the details of the Christmas martini.

Last, I added red and white polka dots.

It turned out to be quite a festive ornament!

Sock Monkey Ornament

Sock monkeys are cute and make great decorations for anytime of year...

so why not have one on your tree, as a Christmas ornament?!

Here is one that I have hand-painted with acrylics on a glass ball ornament:

I think it turned out adorable!

I kept with the traditional sock monkey colors so that it would be easily recognizable, but you could also change up the color scheme to personalize it.

Chevron Craze

I have been working on painting ornaments.

They are glass ornaments that I have been painting with acrylics and then sealing with a gloss clear coat.

I decided to try a chevron pattern since it is so popular.

I used a green and white to make the chevron pattern.

On top of the chevron pattern I drew a silhouette of a reindeer and painted it in with red.

The result is a fun, modern Christmas ornament!

Stashing through the Snow

I know it is only September, but I have started working on Christmas presents!

Those of ya'll who are crafty and make your own gifts know that starting early is key!

This year I have decided to try my hand and painting glass ornaments.

Here is my first one:

This mustache inspired ornament is for my best friend.

I started with a clear glass ornament and painted it white.

I then painted a black mustache on it and painted the quote on.

Ta da, a cute ornament for her tree!

I can't wait to give this to her!!

If you like this, make sure to subscribe, because I have many more ornaments and hand painted and handmade gift postings coming up!

Christmas Baking

Sunday, I spent the day baking.

Our house was filled with smells of chocolate fudge and sugar cookies.

I think I may have added on a few pounds just from the smell!

Better than any candle!

Fudge getting ready to go into the fridge to chill.

One of many, many batches of sugar cookies!

As much as I wish that I could buy everyone a gift for Christmas, I just cannot.

So instead, I make coworkers, neighbors, and such homemade goodies!

I will be packaging these up soon and passing them out!

What Christmas goodies have you been making?

Beautiful Commercial Photography

I have a friend I met through Etsy.

Her name is Marcie and she is a sweetheart!

I am glad to say she is not only a customer, but a friend as well!

She has some beautiful photographs in her Etsy shop that I want to share with you!

Since it is December, I want to stick with the Christmas theme!

These are a few of my favorite Christmas ones from her shop!
She has sooo many more beautiful images!
Please go check out her shop, I promise you will not be disappointed!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/LEXIBAGS

Christmas Cards with a Winter Chill

These pretty Christmas cards were created with a Winter chill in mind.

I had a Christmas paper pad that I had ordered from Oriental Trading several years ago.

I flipped through that, finding paper that would fit my Wintery theme.

Pretty papers of blues and purples did the trick!

Each card has blue ribbon with snowflakes running across it.

A tag was then adhered. Each tag has a white glittery brad.

Each card has either a snowman with rhinestone buttons or a Christmas ornament with a rhinestone and a "Christmas Wishes" sentiment.

Some of the cards are embellished with chipboard snowflakes with bling or with bows.

Cards, such as the ones above, can be found in my Etsy store

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Vintage Inspired Christmas Cards

I got some really cute chipboard Christmas reindeer, ornaments, snowmen, and doves from Michael's.

These embellishments inspired me to create some vintage inspired Christmas cards.

I had a Christmas paper pad that I had ordered from Oriental Trading several years ago.

I flipped through that, finding paper that would fit my vintage theme.

I had some country Christmas ribbon that worked well with the look I wanted.

I ran the ribbon across each of my cards.

I then used vintage like tags and tied a bow on them with twine.

I then adhered the chipboard embellishments to the tags.

Pretty red Christmas flowers with gold brads add a little extra "pop".

Each card features a Christmas sentiment that are puffy stickers.

I added in a few rhinestones on each card for a little extra bling.

Cards, such as the ones above, can be found in my Etsy store

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Christmas Wine Charms

A hobby that I have picked up recently is creating wine charms. 

Have you seen the price of those in stores?! Why not save a little and make your own? 

Or, if you do not feel like making them, buy handmade! :-)

These are some Christmas themed wine charms that I have had a lot of fun creating.

They were very easy and fun to create.

• I started out with a thicker gauge wire, 20 gauge in this case.
• I took that wire and cut them into matching lengths.
• I then picked a set of charms that I liked and picked several beads to accent each charm.
• I strung those onto the wire.
• I then formed the wire into a circle.
• One end I made a loop on and the other bent slightly so that it would hook into the loop.

Some of these I made as gifts and some I made for purchase in my Etsy shop

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Secret Sister Day 6

I am participating in a Secret Sister/Secret Santa swap over at Scraptastical Kreations, among the design team ladies. We sent a box of 25 small gifts to our Secret Sister and we open one gift each day.

Day 6 of Secret Santa

Halloween glitter bling images and birthday tokens!

Halloween is my favorite holiday and I make a lot of birthday cards!

Rob said they hit the nail on the head with that one when I opened them!

Christmas Gift Tags

I decided to try something new.. making Christmas gift tags! Why not? I already make Christmas cards and presents, so why not make the tags to go along with it?! 

Here is my first set

I like they way they turned out!

This set is available for purchase at my Etsy store

http://www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Secret Sister Day 3

I am participating in a Secret Sister/Secret Santa swap over at Scraptastical Kreations, among the design team ladies. We sent a box of 25 small gifts to our Secret Sister and we open one gift each day.

Day 3 of Secret Santa.

Got an awesome sticky note book! Perfect for schoolwork!

A cute cupcake magnet that holds a picture

 And some bling!

Thank you SS!

Christmas Poinsettia Cards

Christmas is right around the corner! It is hard to believe it is December already. Time sure flies by!

I have been working on a lot of Christmas projects lately - between trying to get presents made for Christmas, participating in events online, and trying to create stock for my Etsy shop.

The following is a set of Christmas poinsettia cards that I made.

Each card has a Christmas themed decorative background with a ribbon running across the length of the card. The card is then decorated with a reddish burgundy flower that has gold glitter. The flower is accented with a gold brad.

This set of cards is available for purchase in my Etsy shop

www.CreationsByKT.etsy.com

Secret Sister Day 1

I am participating in a Secret Sister/Secret Santa swap over at Scraptastical Kreations, among the design team ladies. We sent a box of 25 small gifts to our Secret Sister and we open one gift each day.

Day 1 of Secret Santa, got some yummy smelling lotion and a bottle of Christmas cabin card scents! Pretty excited to try that out, I've never used any before! And the lotion is perfect because I use lotion on my hands A LOT in the winter time!

A Home Spun Christmas Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the A Homespun Christmas Blog Hop. Thank you so much for hopping with us, we hope this hop provides lots of inspiration on gifts to make for the holiday season. We have 2 sponsors for this blog hop.

The first sponsor is Scraptastical Kreations.

She is offering a $20 Gift Certificate to her store: http://www.scraptasticalkreations.com/ To be eligible to win the Gift Certificate you must go to her Facebook fanpage https://www.facebook.com/pages/Scraptastical-Kreations/120204111343309?fref=ts and like the page (if you’re not a fan already) and you must also leave a comment on the fan page.

The second sponsor is Hot Berry Designs.

She is also offering a $20 Gift Certificate to her store: http://www.hotberrydesigns.net/ To be eligible to win the Gift Certificate you must go to her Facebook fanpage https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hot-Berry-Designs/288054737891436?fref=ts and like the page (if you’re not a fan already) and you must also leave a comment on the fan page.

You should have came from Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com. If you started at my blog please go back to the beginning http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/ so you don’t miss any inspiring gift ideas.

The project I created is one that I remember seeing my Mom do when I was younger. I created Christmas ornaments out of styrofoam balls, ribbon, sequins, seed beads, and sequins pins.

You wrap the ribbon around the styrofoam ball twice, creating four quadrants, and you create a loop with one of your pieces of ribbon. You then proceed to fill the empty spaces with sequins pins that have a seed bead and a sequin on them.

The following are ones that I have created for Christmas gifts this year.

You next stop on the hop is Elecia - http://creationsby-kahaulani.blogspot.com/

Here is the complete list of blogs just in case someone is having technical issues. Thank you for hopping along with us!

Christine -http://hotberrydesigns.blogspot.com/

Kristy - http://scraptasticalkreations.blogspot.com  

Nancy - http://alwaysastorycreationsbynancy.blogspot.com/

Cathie - http://cathiescafe-scraphappy.blogspot.com/

Charity - http://thebookinroom.blogspot.com/

Vanessa T http://wwwpaperkraftsunlimiteddesings.blogspot.com/

Suzanne - http://www.zannieberry.blogspot.com

Katie - http://www.ktscreativeinsights.blogspot.com

Elecia - http://creationsby-kahaulani.blogspot.com/

Leslie- http://krochtacreations.blogspot.com/

Beginning to Look Like Christmas

Hello! Hope everyone is having a good Sunday and staying safe in anticipation of the storm.

I have began to add Christmas items to my Etsy shop!

I found these really cute Christmas light charms and cookie cutter charms in Hobby Lobby a couple of weeks ago. I bought them with the anticipation of making wine glass charms!

Here are the results:

They are all available in my Etsy shop 

http://www.CreationsbyKT.etsy.com