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How To Paint A Christmas Tree For Your Wall

28th November 2020 by Claire Armstrong 4 Comments

It is a lot easier than you think to paint a Christmas tree for your wall. It took me less than 10 minutes to pain this extra-large tree, and I’m no artist! Living in a narrow long Victorian terrace house, I’m a big fan of flat Christmas trees. I can still make my home look…

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Filed Under: christmas, Crafts, Seasonal Tagged With: christmas, Christmas tree, flat christmas tree, paint, painting, tree

DIY Cardboard Christmas Decorations with Old Postage Stamps

21st November 2020 by Claire Armstrong 6 Comments

3D DIY Cardboard Christmas decorations

These DIY cardboard Christmas decorations are made by upcycling some of our Amazon packaging. I also thought it would be apt and fun to repurpose old postage stamps too. The postage stamps add colour and interest to the handmade cardboard ornaments. I don’t know about you but, at this time of year, every week, Amazon…

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Filed Under: christmas, DIY Upcycling Tagged With: cardboard, christmas, decorations, decoupage, heart, ornament, ornaments, postage stamp, postage stamps, stamp, stamps

How To Paint A Wicker Basket For Christmas

18th November 2020 by Claire Armstrong 4 Comments

How to paint a wicker basket

Paint a wicker basket to make it more festive and part of your Christmas decorations. Last Christmas eve at 10pm there was an unexpected knock at the door. It wasn’t Santa, but still someone bearing gifts. My son received a lovely hamper from one of his customers. It was full of wonderful posh Christmas food,…

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Filed Under: christmas, DIY Upcycling Tagged With: basket, hamper, how to paint a wicker basket, storage, wicker

The Best DIY Scandinavian Christmas Decorations

14th November 2020 by Claire Armstrong 6 Comments

DIY Scandinavian Christmas decorations

Inspired by Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish culture these are a collection of DIY Scandinavian Christmas Decorations. I have included some Finnish decorations so strictly speaking they are Nordic decorations. Finland is not a Scandinavian country but it is a Nordic country and all Scandinavian countries are Nordic. I don’t mean to bamboozle you with geography….

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Filed Under: christmas, Crafts, Round Ups Tagged With: christmas, christmas crafts, Christmas decorations, Nordic, Nowegian, ornaments, Scandi, scandinavian

How To Make A Christmas Garland with Repurposed Sweater Balls

12th November 2020 by Claire Armstrong 24 Comments

sweater ball christmas garland and ornaments

After denim, my second favourite fabric to upcycle is old sweaters. I made the cutest repurposed sweater balls from my wool scraps. I used the colourful balls to make both a Christmas garland and some Christmas ornaments. This is my kind of craft, in that it cost almost nothing to make as you are repurposing…

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Filed Under: christmas, Crafts, Sweaters Tagged With: ball, christmas, felt, garland, ornament, repurposed sweaters, sweater, Sweater ball, sweaters, upcycled sweaters, wool

Easy Cookie Cutter Sweater Upcycled Christmas Ornaments

11th November 2020 by Claire Armstrong 112 Comments

These are super cute upcycled Christmas ornaments. Made with old sweaters and cookie cutter shapes. Make for a lovely Christmas wall decoration.

Instead of making cookies with my Christmas cookie cutters, I used them to make some cute upcycled Christmas ornaments. Sweaters are one of my favourite fabrics to upcycle and I keep a stash of them for crafting with. I especially love repurposed sweater Christmas crafts. Crafting with felted wool sweaters is lovely, as the fabric…

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Filed Under: christmas, Crafts, DIY Upcycling, Seasonal, Sweaters Tagged With: christmas, Christmas tree, cookie cutters, decoration, felt, gingerbread man, moose, ornaments, snowman, star, sweater, upcycled, upcycled sweater, wall hanging

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