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Christmas Is Coming ....Part Two

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Christmas cards.... These can be made easily from gift tag stickers  Stick them on a plan white sheet of paper Cut paper to size  And there you go.  Can also be used for place mats I added some mini stars as detailing The table by the way is a small planter with a FR stand on top.  You could also sprinkle with glitter for extra detail. ........................................ Now for trees and other items  At this time of the year you can find small trees almost everywhere.  For decoration these mini ball-balls are a good start little bows (mine came from last years crackers) but again are easy to find in craft stores.  For tinsel I used parcel wrap, it's about the right size and again comes in a ton of colours. Bits of old jewelry or beads with mini hooks on make fun tree ornaments.  For gifts to go under the tree again you can buy little packs of these in Christmas tree departments or make your own. Mini bows or ribbon can

Chistmas is coming.... Part One

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I thought I might forget the doors I've been mumbling about for now and try and decorate a few Christmas items. NOTE TO SELF: Make sure you have everything to hand BEFORE you start! NOTE TO SELF: Do NOT just throw things in the cupboard willy nilly not helpful in the long run!  I had no idea what I'm going to end up with or even what I'm going to make when I started out. First I brought a few mini trees and door rings. I thought I could decorate these (The door rings might  even force me to make a few doors to HANG them on? Or not? So once I had my items to decorate I looked at my bead boxes. A mess looked back at me so I spent a day sorting out all my beads. I then wondered if I had and Christmas flowers? So I need to look for my flowers... I found them but they were in a right mess! So I spent a day sorting them out.  I had repainted some of these Barbie plants and flowers in the past.  Left one I painted Pot in the middle has not been pai