A DIY Prissy Christmas

Happy Holidays! 

Yes, there is something about this time of year that makes you want to decorate like a mad woman... at least I do. Well, this year I've decided to save by creating all of my decorations. It's fun and gives every little detail a special meaning. Plus, you can use this time to bond with family.
Of course my 10 month old daughter only wants to taste every ribbon but it still counts!!

This is our tree. The tree was bought at Walmart. Our ornaments are from walmart and dollar tree. At the tips of the trees I added craft pearls. 

This is our countdown tree. I cut a tree out of a thick poster board, glued a fleece red fabric, and cut 25 small green squares from felt, wrote the numbers with puffy paint, added a bell with a fabric flower to the top, and attach a candy cane with ribbon. Glue the green squares only on the left, right, and bottom, leaving the top open like a pocket to hook the candy cane according to the day.

This is a reindeer painting with my daughter's foot. It is not done yet. I will be adding my step daughter's feet to it. All I did was use gold paint for the foot and accented the deer using puffy paint.

I bought the glass from dollar tree along with the candy and bells. 

The two buckets are from Michaels. This is to accent our kitchen bar.

This is our guest bathroom decor. I used an old flower vase, filled it with ornaments from the dollar tree and a bag of green and cream potpourri that was only $2 at Walmart. I took a soap dispenser, peeled the plastic off, added ribbon, a bow with a bell, some red accents from a poinsettia flower from the dollar tree, and craft straws to make it look like a mistletoe.

 These are our stockings. 

It is a tradition for us to buy plain stockings,

 usually from the dollar tree, and 

decorate with all left over crafts.

By the TV consul, I bought these 3 glasses from the dollar tree and added ornaments also from the dollar tree. Our home is black and white with silver, and so is our tree, so I thought red and silver ornaments would really pop.

This is our table centerpiece. The plate is from walmart cost $7. If you have a plate you can just spray paint to the color of your liking. Ornaments are from dollar tree. The clear ornaments are only $0.88 at walmart. I filled it with vintage black and white ribbon. You can add ribbon, sand, paint, glitter, whatever!

I added these accents to our kitchen bar overhand and the living room window close to our tree. I simply glued the snowflakes (dollar tree) and ornaments (dollar tree) to fishing line then taped it to the wall. You can add lights to the top as well. It looks so nice at night when the tree is lit. 

In the girls' room I did the same with ornaments and stockings from the dollar tree.

 On top of the baby changer I added this ornament ensemble. I used different length ribbon and attached to the ornaments. I used red tool to cover where I taped the strings. My baby girl loves it! Adding lights would also look very nice and instead of using ribbon you can use fishing line if you would like it to look transparent.

In our main bathroom I did the same to the soap but added pearls and black and white ribbon and bows. The little tree in the back I bought the foam from the Dollar Tree along with silver flowers that I glued the petals to and wrapped with bells. Candles are always a nice accent this holiday season.

The girls have a bunk bed so to accent their wall I made felt christmas trees with buttons as ornaments and bows are the tree topper. I glued to a ribbon and hung it in a place where my baby girl wouldn't reach and destroy, in other words, EAT. 

This is one of my favorite DIY's this year. I took a wire hanger and shaped it into a circle. Since my house is black and white i painted the clips accordingly. I wrapped the wire with craft straws then adding the clips. Its so perfect for when we start to receive christmas cards.

 I added a dark green fabric bow to cover the hanger hook part.

This is a tree cut from the same poster board I used to make the countdown tree. I wrapped it with the green fabric I also used in the clip wreath. Made fabric flowers and added the red accents from the poinsettias from the Dollar tree I had also used in the soap decor. 

and with the rest of the poster board I made these vintage trees. The wrapped with ribbon or fabric. added a bow and pearls. I love that they are all different and look imperfect. I seriously might not want to take it down LOL

Hope you enjoyed this DIY Holiday segment. All materials were mostly under $1 from either walmart, Dollar Tree, or Michael's. This is super fun to do with the family. Have fun!