Christmas Crafts: Get Crafting Now

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This thread comes at just the right time for me: it gives me a wonderful opportunity to show off my brand-new Christmas tree ornaments right away.



But they aren’t the only ones in my store, so it’s definitely worth stopping by to take a look.

Here are just a few examples.

For these ornaments, I mostly used the same types of paper as for the ornaments above: they are a little thinner than photo cardstock, which makes them much easier to work with without making the ornaments too unstable.



For these bells, on the other hand, I used only photo cardstock: since the basic shapes don’t have to be bent too much in this case, that worked quite well.



The same goes for these cute little Christmas trees: they worked quite well not only with solid-color photo cardstock, but even with the coated kind, which is actually rather difficult to work with.



By contrast, no bend is too steep for corrugated craft cardboard, provided you know how to make use of the special properties of this type of paper and cut out the basic shapes for these ornaments accordingly.



All of these ornaments are between 7 cm and 9 cm tall. They are easy to make and are also very well suited for crafters with little experience.

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No Christmas decoration is complete without stars: they come in all kinds of functions, shapes, and colors, and of course they couldn’t be missing from my store either.

Window decoration is probably the most effective and space-saving way to decorate: it doesn’t require any surface that could be used for something else, and it decorates both inside and outside at the same time!



You can also decorate your windows with these hanging stars, but they work even better as room decoration.



The same goes for this Advent star.



If you like tea lights and would like to decorate them for Christmas, then you might really like these models.



I also have atea light holder in a delicate design.



With all this decorating, the Christmas tree mustn’t be forgotten. I have matching star ornaments in my store for that, too.



For all the stars, I mainly used photo cardstock. In some cases it was supplemented with tracing paper, patterned paper, or organza and/or decorated with glitter liner.

Wow, those are fantastic stars! Absolutely wonderful, Inna.

I, on the other hand, would like to share a few craft recommendations of the “woolly” kind. Maybe you’d like to make these items yourselves. Both patterns are free. I hope you enjoy them.

Warm regards from Ina

Advent wreath made from pompoms
First you have to make lots of pompoms in different colors. Then they are inserted into a Styrofoam half-wreath with long pins. Then attach baubles or other decorations with hot glue. An Advent wreath guaranteed not to shed needles.



Christmas bauble for knitting friends
If you enjoy crafting, you could make a special Christmas bauble like this for your knitting friend. I explain exactly how to do it in the pattern. A real eye-catcher, in any case.