Sheet Music Christmas Tree

Nancy and I had craft night at Loot last month and started making some ornaments for a little silver tree at the shop.

We made these star ornaments with a package of various sized, wooden stars from the craft store.  We stamped them with a fancy script stamp and added glitter to all the edges.  Then, we drilled tiny holes and attached a pearl to the top of the star and a crystal to the bottom.

I found these empty glass ball ornaments at a yard sale for 50 cents.  I cut strips of my vintage sheet music and stuffed as many as I could fit inside each one.

I attached some simple, sheer ribbon to each glass ball.

We also covered empty, wooden spools with sheet music and embellished them with glitter and pearls for our tree.

To tie the whole look together I made a tree topper using more vintage sheet music and a leftover, woooden star.

We set the Christmas tree in a fancy, silver urn and covered the base with burlap.  We were planning on making this our raffle tree, but we never got around to doing the raffle, so we have been selling the ornaments off one-by-one. 

This was a very inexpensive way to decorate a Christmas tree.  We already had most of the supplies and we had such a fun time making all the ornaments.

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Vintage Sheet Music Wreaths

I found a whole book of vintage, Beethoven, sheet music at my local thrift shop for $1!  I pulled it out just in time for Christmas decorating and created a couple sheet music, paper wreaths.

I love the natural, aged patina of this old sheet music. 

Sheet music wreaths are such an inexpensive way to dress up your holiday decor and you can add your own decorative touch to each one.  I used some pretty, cream ribbon to attacha bow to the top of this one.  The tiny star in the center is from a pack of wooden stars I bought at the craft store.  I stamped it with a fancy script stamp and then put glitter on the edges. 

I started out by using white glue, but found that it was much easier and faster to just use a hot melt glue gun for the whole thing.

Here is another version of the sheet music wreath.  I attached a wide, burlap ribbon as a wreath hanger for this one.

I attached two wooden stars to the center using the hotmelt glue gun. I covered the larger star with silver glitter and stamped the smaller star with the fancy script stamp.

These sheet music wreaths were fast, simple and fun to make! They have the added bonus of lasting year after year.  I already sold both of these wreaths at Loot, so I need to find time to make a few more.

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Halloween "Boo" Banner and Stencil Giveaway Winner

I am happy to announce the winner of my stencil giveaway tonight!  

I used the random number generator...

...and the winner is:  lucky #7 from Ruffles and Relics.  Congratulations!

Thank you, Maison de Stencils for offering this giveaway and to everyone that entered.  I wish you all could have won!

Nancy and I have started having craft night once a week to make items for the shop.  Last week we made some "Boo" banners for our October sale this coming weekend.  

Our sale is October 15th-16th at 3011 Main St. in downtown Soquel.  We are working on getting the whole shop decked out for Halloween.  I am looking forward to showing you all the pictures after this weekend!  If you live in the area, stop in for a "spell".

We cut the banner out of burlap and used my vintage brass stencils for the lettering.

We decorated the sides of the banner with strips of black and white tulle mixed with polka-dot, ribbons.

I am saving most of them for the shop, but I am going to put this boo-tiful banner in my etsy shop!

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Christmas Window Mantle

Since I don't have a fireplace mantle, I decorated the built-in shelf above my living room window.  I gathered redwood branches and pinecones around my house and mixed them with some of my Christmas decorations.  I brushed white acrylic paint over the pine cones and then sprinkled gold and white glitter over them to add a snow frosted look. 

I wanted my mantle to be natural and whimsical at the same time.  I added birds, pomegranates and shimmery ribbon to the branches and pinecones.

When I was visiting my sister this summer, I found these vintage, glass Christmas balls for $1 at DI.  I hung these under the shelf and in front of the window with some clear string.  I love the pretty, pastel colors of the vintage balls.

I am so happy to be done with working on stuff for my space at the shop, so I can finally focus on decorating my house for Christmas!