Christmas Lights

Festival of Lights

I love this little tradition we've done since we've been married. Kids always make it more fun. Lucy was especially excited this year and named everything that she saw. Look there's a castle, look there's rapunzels tower! Lincoln was pretty mesmerized as well. We love the Festival of Lights!

Downtown Lights- Saturday night we went and saw the temple square lights with Dans work friend and his family. It was a lot of fun! We went to chuck for dinner first and then ride trax to temple square. It wa their first time doing all of this cuz they just moved from San Diego. It was enjoyable to show them. I hoped they liked it even though it was super crowded. 

Lucy has really fun because she made a new little boy friend. She was so flirtatious with Devin and even kissed him! Ah! Boy crazy! 

We had a good time and loved seeing the temple lights!

Wood Connection: Stocking Hanger

A Christmas Craft I did for Wood Connection:

Hey crafters, Jamie again. So it's only around Christmas time that I really wish I had a fireplace. First because its super cold and second, I need a mantle to hang my stockings on. Well instead of hanging my stockings in random places, I came up with this peg board to hang them on! Also, I do not have 4 children, but that's how many pegs there are. Maybe one day a Jack and Josie will be born ;) 

Materials you need:

- Family Home Evening Board and Pegs

- 6 Banner Pieces 

- Ribbon 

- Wire

- Paint (Ivory and tompte red)

- Chalkboard paint

- Stain (Provincial)

- sand paper

- paint brushes

- wood glue

- 2 sawtooth hangers to hang it on the wall.

- STOCKINGS!

First sand and stain the board. While that's drying, sand and paint the edges of the banner pieces tompte red.

Next, paint each banner piece with chalk board paint. Let the first layer dry for about an hour. Then paint a second layer. These will dry quick, but let the paint settle for 24 hours before writing on it with chalk. 

Paint the pegs ivory. I painted 2-3 coats. Then glue in the pegs to the board using wood glue.

Next, wire the banner pieces together. I taped the wire on back but you could probably secure it better with a staple gun. Then tie on the Ribbons. Then Attach the sawtooth hangers on the board.

Next write your names on the banner pieces. Then hang on the wall and hang your stockings!

I love it! I hope you do too! 

Have a Merry Christmas!

Wood Connection: Fall Door Hang

Here's another idea for my interchangeable door hang. I didn't see a turkey slat sign overlay at wood co that fit my board, so I just used the leaf for Fall. I LOVE how it turned out!

Materials used:

- leaf overlay 

- Mendocino red paint

- wire

- gold spray paint

- cricut machine

- contact paper

- velcro

- sandpaper

- paint brush

See this post for how I made my board.

- First I sanded then painted the leaf red. I gave it 2 coats.

- Then I cut out hello and fall on the cricut machine onto contact paper.

- I stuck each letter on the middle of the leaf and pressed it down firmly.

- Then I spray painted the the middle of the leaf. I moved the spray can a little further and spray an edge of the leaf. I like the speckled look of the spray paint.

- Once that dried, I peeled off the letters.

- I tied on some wire, applied the velcro on back and put it on my door hang. 

Here are a few other holidays I have done, Christmas will be next!

Valentines Day

St. Patricks Day

Easter

Halloween

Hello Fall!

Wood Connection: Christmas Door Hanger

I've been loving doing these posts for Wood Connection. Here's my most recent:

Here's another door hanger! You sick of seeing these yet? :) I'm not sick of making them yet!

For Christmas I chose to put a glittery red deer head on my interchangeable door hanger.

Materials you need:

- 1 deer head

- tompte red paint

- red glitter

- paint brush

- wax paper

- velcro

- matte spray

First paint the deer head red and let dry. Then spread a lot of glitter out on wax paper and spread it around. Paint the top of the deer head (no sides) and lay flat on the glitter. Here's a more detailed tutorial if you need one. Finish it off my spraying it with matte spray and putting velcro on the back. Then stick to your board!

If you've missed previous posts, here's how to make the board.

Also here are some other months. 

Valentines Day

St. Patricks Day

Easter

Halloween

Thanksgiving/Fall

Timp Christmas Party

We had Dans Timpanogos work party at Blue Lemon. We didn't get much to eat for dinner because they ran out of a lot before it was our turn but we made sure we were first to get cheesecake. We also got this cool prize!