Catching up on Christmas...

I know it's mid-January already, but I figured better late than never... so, here are some of the Pinterest hits and misses from Christmas in list form:

1. DIY Coffee Sleeves...

Here is the idea from Pinterest for these. They looked like a really fun and personalized gift idea...

I made these for my sister and for a dear friend in Boston who are both slightly addicted to Starbucks (no offense Mel and Amanda...) and they both loved them!

First, hit up the local Wally World or department store and find some fun and festive socks.

Then pick out some cute buttons, ribbons, and pom-poms, etc. Pretty much anything you can sew on to the socks will work.

All you have to do then is cut about a 6 inch section off the leg part of the sock and then sew on the decor. The edges will automatically curl down so you don't have to worry about them fraying and you don't have to hem them.

Here are some of the ones I made my sister...voila!!

So.... here's the comparison:

2. Jingle bell Shadow Box...

The original....

I have to just say that this has been my favorite (and the easiest!) project that I have tried so far. I gave them as Christmas gifts to several people and everyone loved them!

All you have to do is cover the back of the shadowbox with festive scrapbook paper, add various sizes of jingle bells to the inside of the shadowbox and then adhere the lettering to the outside. The letters can be ordered from stampin' up. I like the black letters better, but they don't carry them anymore... Just the red.

Here's my attempt...

And the comparison...

3. Christmas Light Fingernails...

When I saw this little gem on Pinterest, I was really excited to try it so I enlisted the help of my sister since I am absolutely horrible at painting my own nails. This one will definitely need some additional practice next year. The strings don't really stick in unless you put several coats on and then they tend to chip from so many coats. Definitely some adjustments to come on this one.

The process is pretty self-explanatory... you put a white coat on your nails, twist little loops of string onto your nails while they are wet and then clear coat over them once they dry. Then, all that is left is to paint the "lights" on over that.

Pinterest...

Me... (Sorry, the picture is not that great. I was still waiting on the final coat to dry and then had to go back with polish remover and clean up the edges.)

That's all for now... Next up: We'll give a couple of recipes a try.