Teacup Vintage: DIY: Deck the Halls

12.18.2010

DIY: Deck the Halls

When you are a twenty something gal, it is hard to go purchase all the fixins for that "just right" tree (see Twill's perfectly thrifted finds). So for the last few years I have been doing what my mother and my grandmother taught me, making the decorations myself! Last year a few friends of mine made a night of it with mulled wine and a few tapas. We had lots of fun making silly ornaments to decorate the communal tree. Here are a few ideas for inexpensive ornaments, that take just a little time and ingenuity. Then just deck that perfect pine with these homemade little bundles.
-Ladybird

the stand-by popcorn and cranberry garland

my favorite ornament to make with kids, so easy and they smell fab!

you can DIY: felted balls, acorns and little strings, just add glue!

with a little trip to the local thrift, you could make this on the cheap!

photo ornament! love.

another kid friendly choice, or just you and some friends

manly

3 comments:

AnnaDecember 18, 2010 at 1:56 PM
An ornament making party sounds like so much fun! I'm going to have to remember that one for next year!
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Heather and AleaDecember 18, 2010 at 2:14 PM
It is great, and then the host gets to keep them all and the following year you can put them up and remember all your amazing friends!
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Heather and AleaDecember 19, 2010 at 11:46 AM
Have you seen the Target commercial where a girl has an ornament party like that? I remember it because she uses her ironing board covered with a tablecloth as a drink table.
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Teacup Vintage was created by a duo of twenty-somethings who have shared 15 years of friendship. We have a love for all things vintage and child-friendly. Our adventures in vintage and thrifting started when we were wee tots and our grandmothers insisted on making all the dresses our moms couldn't find at the local thrift. We have fond memories of wearing those dresses (lovely little ladies with skinned knees), sitting criss-cross applesauce on hand crocheted afghans, wearing hundreds of "pearls", and sipping peppermint tea. When we were teenagers, we raided our mothers' closets and wore everything from hand-made 70's prom dresses to bell-bottoms (photos to come, you are in for a treat). We both went to University for education and continue to work with children as nannies and teachers. We love to write about vintage and handmade wares, children, tea parties, cooking, travel, and the big and small adventures in our everyday lives.