Easy holiday garland

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I have to admit that this year I haven't made anything for Christmas yet. Luckily I had made some things last year so I have something to post. There's still time to make this garland, it's easy and quick. 

I had three vintage cards reproductions with wishes for the new year. I wanted to make something with them without destroying them. 

So I took 3 red wood pegs and some red faux suede cord.

I cut four hearts from red gingham paper. To tell you the truth I didn't have any gingham paper but I had some fabric which I scanned and printed. 

I punched the hearts and attached a ring to each of them. 

 I tied the hearts and hang the cards with the pegs alternately on the cord 

and voilà! 

Holiday crafting with sweaters

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What did I tell you the other time about the weather? It was a false alarm. The cold didn't last and despite the weather forecast for  the upcoming very low temperatures,  I took the decision to get reed of most of my woolen sweaters and knits which take up so much place in my closet. I wear them so rarely so I 'd rather make a wreath like this one on ReadyMade

οr maybe these lovely thrifted holiday trees

found on The long thread


If  I have a couple of sleeves left afterwards I may dress one or two candles the way Sweet Paul shows:

All three crafts give a warm, cosy feeling which are what we seek these days and are easy to make.

Decorate with snowflakes

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Finally some cold! After a warm and humid autumn and the first days of December hiting temperatures of 20 to 25˚C, for the first time yesterday  I felt the need to wear warmer clothes. As far as it concerns the weather in Greece (I suppose elsewhere too) things are not exactly normal. Our winters used to be mild, but now we tend to have no winter at all. Snow was never a regular visitor to Athens, but once in a few years it snowed and those times are some of my most pleasant memories. Sometimes I fear that my children will never know what the snow is. 
I want some snow please! 


I strongly doubt that my wish will be heard so I will have to be satisfied with some paper snowflakes I will make. At least I will have a lovely, cheap and relatively easy to make decoration for Christmas. 
I have a few options after some searching on the web. 


Wouldn't this beautiful paper snowflake look lovely hanging from the chandelier? 

Cut out + keep has all the info you need to make it.


Martha Stewart also has a step by step tutorial on how to make paper snowflakes which would look lovely on your window.

Are you looking for some inexpensive table decor? Use the paper snowflakes you made as a table runner, the way shelterpop shows:  

Another idea is to make with them a delicate, airy curtain like the one on Ohdeedoh

If you want to try another material, apart from paper, you could use craft sticks the way Craftynest shows:

or make snowflakes with the tones of buttons you have collected so far following the steps on Shanty2Chic:

 

Have you ever made any snowflakes using some of the above methods or another one? Feel free to share a link in the comments.