Christmas Crafts

I know I know! It's a lot early, Halloween hasn't even come yet! I'm obsessed anyways though! I have been making a lot of felt ornaments lately. I have this picture in my mind of a very rustic Christmas tree this year. I don't want to do any burlap garland or anything but I would love a burlap Christmas tree skirt that I am going to attempt to make one of these days. I also really want to start making my own felt beads so I can string them to use as a garland. I have a really cute pom-pom garland I made with fall colors that s adorning our tv stand. I just love that I can have it up now and all through out the holiday season. I will probably make a new one for Christmas though with a lot of white/off white/browns to keep with my rustic theme. 

For this ornament I printed out a general shape of a bird, cut out a cute fabric heart shape wing and sewed a button for the eye.

All I did for this ornament was cut out 2 different size hearts sewed one onto the other and sewed on some clear beads to give it a little extra pop!

I ruggedly cut out a snowflake and sewed it onto the heart cutout then added a bell in the center for some pizzaz!

This was my very first ornament. The one thing I did wrong was trace the snowflake to cut out in black which gives it a dingy look but all in all its not too bad!

This little reindeer is so cute! I made the pattern up on my own. I found a picture of an ornament like this and did a rough copy by hand. I sewed the antlers first then sewed them to the head. I added a button nose and some eyes, voila! 

Okay, so they might not be the most symmetric ornaments in the world but they definitely are rustic!
They were super easy to make and even my remedial sewing skills... they are rough around the edges but I love them. I can't wait to make more! I think I want to try to make all of the Christmas ornaments from hand this year. I really think it is fun to do and it gives me a way to waste some time. Yay! Okay well since it is Halloween tomorrow Happy Halloween! I can't wait to have some fun shenanigans. We have 2 different costumes and I can't wait for our party on Sunday! Until then...