Picture Frame Ornaments

So I got this clever idea from my sister to put picture frames on the tree...well I couldn't find the ones that I loved and what I really loved was a lot more than what I wanted to pay for them.....so I came across some pictures frames in the Dollar section...

(gotta love the dollar section) at JoAnn's. 

I bought 4...I always by 4 of everything for my tree as it balances it out...

 So this is how it looked before....

 then I put in my pictures of my boys ....

 flipped over cut a few pieces of ribbon....

 add a little bit of hot glue...add  your ribbon and then glue over to make sure it stays in place

 like so....

and then hang on the tree....I also found the grey and white square frames in the Dollar section at JoAnn's and did the same steps for that...now you have a personalized tree and cute pictures of your kids hanging up....which they just think is so so so super cool

Hello from Craze Texture!

I'm so excited to be a Guest on Unique Boutique! Both Beckie & I have a love for creating things! My passion however is in creating Hair Styles! I just get bored with the same everyday routine, so I've created Craze Texture so that anyone can be creative with their hair! Recently I did a project called 20 Hair Styles in 20 Days! With my lovely sister-in-law as my model we set out to create a Day by Day way you can style your hair with pictures & video tutorials! This was so much fun, I especially loved doing the photo shoots and had some amazing help from Karly Leavitt Photography you can go to her page HERE :). Since these styles are mostly for Long hair, I decided I want to create 20 Styles for Medium length & Short hair so nobody is left out! Currently I'm working on the medium length styles & hope to have that done by February!
Also coming soon are the 12 Days of Christmas, with surprises on everything from Skin Remedies to Fashion!
Here is a little sneak peak on Day 18 for Long Hair, you can come check out the rest HERE :)!
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Day 18

Ribbon Topiaries

 I am so excited to be sharing with you one of my most favorite Christmas ideas

....the ribbon topiaires!

 So to start with I was going to make my own out of cardstock but came across these at Porters and decided to save myself a step. I bought the two sizes they had.

This one is the large one.

 Next while waiting in line at JoAnn's (my most favorite place...ever) I came across some super cute ribbon which you need if you are making a ribbon topiary....

 I painted this one red since I was going to be gathering my ribbon

and just incase I had a few gaps it wouldn't be so noticeable. 

 I cut my ribbon into various lenghts and sewed using a basting stitch to be able to gather the ribbon after...Once I was done sewing I gathered my ribbon...

cut the strings and went to work.

 I started with the bottom and worked my way to the top by gluing

on a piece of ribbon at a time.

 This is how the first tree turned out.

 Next I pulled out the smaller paper mache tree and went to work.

 Since this was going to be layered with ribbon I decided not to

paint it as there wouldn't be possible gaps that might show through. 

 I started on one side and angled my ribbon and worked my way around.

 This is what it looked like once I got all the ribbon on.

 Then I added the top on and wound my ribbon around a couple of times and

then angled the pieced and glued to the bottom inside of the topiary.

 Ta-da this is how they look together....

 Finally I took some left over cardboard that we had around the house and

 traced the two trees on top of it and cut out.

 I put a little bit of glue on the outside of the cardboard circle and inserted into the tree.

 Put on top of the candlestands and you are good to go

 You can put these anywhere.....

here..... 

 here or.....

here...this is where they are going to stay!!

Happy Holidays and a very Merry Christmas to everyone...

make sure to come back and look for more fun projects!!!!

Christmas Ties

Oh it's that time of year again..you know what I am talking about....Christmas time. I decided to get a jump on things and make my boys some ties for Christmas....

aren't they so festive???