Friday, December 14, 2012

On the 6th Blog of Christmas

I had a couple ideas to try out for the Christmas season. I tested them, and here they are!
The only real theme here is DIY, so here are your 6 DIY holiday ideas. They'are holiday ideas because most of them can actually be used for any holiday!


   1.   Upcycle used wine bottles. I've chosen to turn my old wine bottles into vases! The first one is
         here & done in pink (for Valentines or just for the home):


         Modge Podge + Glitter + emptied, cleaned wine bottle
         Mix the glitter & glue and paint straight onto the bottle (see: this old post for helpful hints)

   2.   This one is just for Christmas, but you could probably do other shapes for other holidays with this 
         same method
         This one looks kinda meh, but if you "fluff" it just right, it looks GREAT.
         Take about 10 pieces of paper, cut them in the right shape, staple in the middle, then pull around 
         the staple.  It's SO EASY!

   3.   Flavorize your cookies! This one is so simple. Buy/make your own sugar cookie dough & buy 
         flavored M&Ms (mint, coconut, peanut, pretzel, raspberry, etc.)
         Um, yum! I pounded some raspberry M&Ms into sugar cookie dough and it really tastes
         GREAT!! Additionally, you can theme these for Christmas too! My next thought is to put some 
         green dye in the sugar cookie dough, then mix in red M&Ms.  Or Vice versa.  Yummy Christmas
         delight & a great look for Christmas parties :)

   4.   My Quick & Easy Quiche is a great DIY breakfast or addition to brunch!


   5.  Turn your very cheap coffee filters into a world of snowflakes! It is such a great little touch, or
        even a great thing to put in a gift box or bag for a large, themed confetti experience!
    


   6.   This one I haven't tried, but will ASAP! Make a mini Christmas tree out of CLOTHESPINS!
         That's right, that means they can hold lollipops (as shown) or cake pops or toothpicks with
         hotlinks or cheese!



Happy doing it yourself!!      ;)

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