Friday, November 16, 2012

Twelve Days of Christmas - Day Five (and Four)!

I've been so inspired by the projects the Xyron, Creative Imaginations and Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft that I holed up in my studio yesterday (with Crafty Sharron) and made some cards. I hope you are making some progress on your holiday projects as well - and the fun continues for another seven days!

Today Christina Klauer creates two fabulous home decor projects using items she had around the house - look at this darling embroidery hoop!

How many of us have old picture frames stashed in a closet somewhere?

Christina gives us the perfect solution with this lovely burlap and paper wall hanging.

On Christina's blog today she walks you through the process of creating each decor piece, and also shares a cute altered notebook that would make a perfect teacher's gift!

If you missed Day Four - head on over to the Faber-Castell Design Memory Craft blog for this fun banner from Mou Saha. I can just see this hanging over my mantel!

Have a great weekend everybody - and Happy Crafting!





24 comments:

  1. Beautiful projects. I love the picture in the frame. Great use of Burlap.

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  2. Love the cardinal (Our local emblem). The embroidery hoop is really pretty. Have to dig mine out and get to work on it.

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  4. Let me try this again. I love these ideas and do indeed have some empty frames stashed around my house. I don't have any burlap but have some heavy duty linen fabric that should work as well. Thanks for a great suggestion for making some Christmas decor items!

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  5. These 2 decor pieces are beautiful!

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  6. Love the repurposed frame into a lovely Christmas wall hanging! Gorgeous mix with the burlap too!

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  7. Both of these projects are lovely!

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  8. wonderful idea on the old embroidery hoop, I have a couple of those laying around. the burlap backed decor piece is beautiful, love cardinals. thank you for the inspirations.

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  9. Love these projects! We all have way too much stuff sitting around we keep waiting to use - thanks for inspiring me to pull it out and get busy!

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  10. beautiful projects, I have some frames so I will have to try doing the same, thanks for the ideas x

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  11. Such a lovely assortment of Christmas Projects, lots of inspiration for a variety of tastes. xx

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  12. Wonderful different projects today. Loved the recycled frame . So many ideas to drool over.

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  13. Oh my, each day tops the one before! I am getting so much inspiration and so many ideas. Thanks to all the wonderful designers for sharing their work and to Faber Castell, Xyron and Creative Imaginations for hosting this wonderful hop! Please keep it going. . .

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  14. Great projects! Yes, I have plenty of frames hanging (or not hanging) around. Love the burlap background. Thanks for sharing.

    Katie B.

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  15. Gorgeous projects!! And that napkin holder went from drab to fab!!?

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  16. Gorgeous projects, thanks for the ideas!

    Carol B
    ciaoitalia2007(at)gmail(dot)com

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  17. I love the wall hanging - such a gorgeous winter scene. I must have some old frames hanging around...

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  18. Omg, great stuff! Love the frame and upcycled projects!

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  19. Love the personal art pieces! And yes I do have odd frames, to make these!

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