a project a day

Yay! It's Christmastime. I just realized that I've made something every day so far this month. 5 projects in 5 days. Am I crazy? Yes. Did I love it? Yes. And in true Tristacular form, I spent zero dollars on any of them. I love the internet! Most of my projects were inspired by something I saw online.

1. Advent calandar from marthastewart.com. There is an activity written down in each envelope. December has so much going on that I use things like "Ward Christmas party" or "Mack's program" in the appropriate day. Tonight we watched Elf. You could also do a scripture in each one.

 

 2. Christmas tree stand. I got this tiny pink tree from a garage sale for 25 cents but the stand was missing.

 I whipped up this one from scrap trim found in my basement and 3 screws. Then I sprayed it pink.

 3. Magnet Board. This is a project my friend Jaclyn is making for her daughter Kinzie for Christmas. She saw this project on the blog House of Smiths. It turned out awesome. The radiator cover over the metal magnet board made it looks so modern and fun. I supplied a huge ugly frame from under my stairs. I painted the frame and the metal behind the radiator cover and helped Jaclyn put it all together. Jaclyn originally wanted to hang this over Kinzie's bed but the frame is so big that we decided to put it on the wall adjacent to the bed. Now she was back to needing something to hang over the bed. which brings me to project 4...

 4. Painted monogram. I said to my friend, "What about a big K over Kinzie's bed?" I grabbed a scrap of mdf from my garage, drew a K on it, and cut it out with my jigsaw. Then I painted it to go with Kinzie's bedspread.

 Would a 6-year-old girl love this? I hope so!

 

 5. Himmeli Ornaments. Saw these on the blog Vintage Revivals. I used regular straws instead of cocktail straws and sprayed mine gold. Can't wait to get a tree!

 

Whew! So much fun. And more fun with my family. Mack got to sing with his class at the city tree lighting ceremony. Santa came and Dax snapped this pic...

Best Santa pic to date. Usually the child is scared to death..and she was..until Santa handed her a Dora coloring book. Then she loved him.

Santa chuckled "Ho ho" when Mack told him he wanted some gumballs for his gumball machine.

 We got dumped on and the kids took a snow day from school and we went sledding. Winter is here. Highs are in the single digits.

 I think I'll stay inside and do more projects! Happy December!