Handmade Holidays

As everyone already knows money is tight and the economy is well, in the crapper. With that being said I have decided that this year, our family will be working on "Handmade Holidays" which means decorations, gifts, and Christmas cards will be handmade by our family!! I am super excited about this, not sure how receptive others will be about it, but I think we need to get back to the true meaning of giving and celebrating what is important. Here is a sample of things to come, I made these Jack O' Lanterns out of some Mason jars my Dad had picked up from a yard sale. I painted a layer of homemade decoupage (50/50 mix of Elmer's and water)and then laid tissue paper (white cause that's all I had on hand) over it, added some orange food color to some more decoupage and put a coating over the adhered tissue paper (and allowed to dry over night) and VOILA!!!