Wedding Invite Ornament

Another Holiday Craft Corner post! I am just loving these =) I saw this idea on Pinterest, and of course pinned it, not really planning on doing it, just a "saving it for later" sort of thing. All you pinners know exactly what I'm talking about. Then, I went over to a friends this week for a girls craft day and she totally was doing this with her wedding invitations for their tree. It looked so cute and easy I just had attempt it myself. As I was making them for our own first lil' tree, I thought of all the weddings I had been to this year and all the newlyweds who were celebrating their first Christmas and probably needing ornaments like us! Then, I was thinking what a great and easy gift this would be for them. So if you're like me and have saved an invite, program, escort card, any paper products this would make a super fun and easy and amazingly thoughtful gift to give to your newlywed friends!

{ S U P P L I E S }
I used a blade cutter, but you can just use scissors, paper product like an invite, plastic or glass ball ornament ( I got mine at Michaels for $.99 each!)

{ S T E P S }
1 - simply cut strips of whatever paper you are using
2 - wrap your strips around a pencil, pen, or a paintbrush (that's what I used)
3 - stuff your strips into the ball to as full as you want. That's it!

Holiday Craft Corner: Scrabble It!

It’s craft corner time again from one of our amazing interns - April! It is November and the holidays are right around the corner. For today’s craft we will be making personalized ornaments for your tree or a friend. This craft is pretty simple and quick to do. 

For this project you will need Scrabble game pieces, some ribbon, a glue gun, and some fabric.

{S T E P 1 }  find the letters you will need. Then take your fabric and cut a piece the same size as the game pieces. (you can also use ribbon for this part)

{ S T E P 2 } lay our your letters in order. Then glue the pieces one at a time. After I finished this I realized that between the letters there is gaps in between so I filled it will glue.

{ S T E P 3 } cut a piece of ribbon and make a loop like in the photo and glue to the back of the game piece.

Lastly, just add a bow! :]

I hope everyone enjoyed this craft project! - April

Holiday Craft Corner: Bookmarks!

I am so proud/excited to introduce you to a new holiday column here on the Tasteful Blog: The Holiday Craft Corner. This column will be filled with awesome crafts to make as gifts for this holiday season. Our first project is brought to us by one of my lovely interns April! I think her project would make the perfect stocking stuffer to the bookworm or even that friend that love to have a paper journal - you know who they are! Take it away April:

It's only October but the holidays will be here any day (only 2 months!). I’ve been seeing these cute bookmarkers on pinterest. I’m here to show you how to do this affordable, simple craft. No sewing skills needed for this project!

{ M A T E R I A L S } scraps of fabric, fusible interfacing needle, scissors & thread. 

{ S T E P 1 } Fold fabric, and cut a square on the fold. Do the same with the interfacing fabric. Then iron the interface to the fabric (this makes the fabric a little bit thicker)  

{ S T E P 2 } Fold fabric in half, sew one side of the fabric. Then trim the edge you sewed and turn the fabric right side out. If a sewing machine isn’t in arms reach, this edge can be hand stitched. 

Now, you can leave the bookmark as a square and decorate it to your desire or you can cut the edge facing inward to any design. 

Here is my end product - I turned my square into a heart. Now my book has a little love saving my spot where I left off.