Cute Christmas Trees

A few weeks ago, my sister and I went to Hobby Lobby. I found these discounted cardboard trees and decided to get crafty and see what I could come up with. Luckily enough, a hot glue gun and cardboard together are very forgiving. Through trial and error, these adorable trees are the end results and I love them!

To get you started, you'll need:
- Hot Glue Gun
- Cardboard Trees
-  Scissors
- Craft Paper of your choice

You'll start with your Cardboard Tree and Paper. Make sure to use thicker paper to withstand the hot glue gun. 

I used scalloped scissors to make it more decorative, but you can use whatever scissors you like. IF you do use scalloped, or patterned, start cutting a thin edge off to get your scallop look. 

You'll cut strips of paper about 1/2 inch. 

Once that's done, cut your strips in to smaller pieces. I cut mine every 4 scallops or about every inch.

You'll then glue the top of your piece with the scallop at the bottom and place on the end of your tree, working from bottom to top. 

After that, you'll continue to glue each piece overlapping one another. The less patterned, the better. 

The higher you get, you may need to cut the pieces smaller, I cut mine every 2 scallops. 

For the very top, make sure your piece has a straight line on all sides except the bottom. Roll the paper to make a cone that'll fit the very tip of your tree

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Glue the top and put your cone on. 

Then you're done! 

Hope you adore these trees as much as I do, thanks!

"Spice" up your Flour and Sugar containers

During the summer, my husband and I had quite the garden. We were first time "gardeners" and planted too many Zucchini plants. I was trying recipe after recipe and running through my Flour and Sugar. What I wanted was a container that had enough storage space for the entire big bags of your baking goods. However, containers that can provide that, are typically expensive and not equipped for customization. The good news is, Ikea has big and affordable food storage solutions. For me, they were the perfect size, but were missing the "cute" factor to them. I customized each container with sharpie markers and they were complete! 

This container was $15.00 and holds 16 lbs worth. I used this for my flour as well. 

This container was $12.00 and holds 8 lbs.  I also store my bags of Chocolate Chips in this container. 

Hope you enjoy, thanks!

Beginner Blogger

 YAY for blogging! 

I must admit that I am quite excited to start this adventure. Lately, I have been thinking a lot about what I can do with my talents and hobbies. This blog will be an opportunity to share my love of crafting, DIY-ing, cooking, and my day to day life situations and thoughts. 

I hope you enjoy it!