Rockin Gift Wrap!

It's Christmas Eve Y'all!

And I'm just finishing up wrapping!

Getting Festive! 

Hard Core!

I got the rock 'n' roll flare

I was riding on this vibe see

A lil Brit-Punk & a bit Van Halen!

Here's how  I did it

Started with a base of red plaid

Then I went mental with lots of tape

Remember last years VHS Tape Ribbons...

Made bows with them!

Delirious

Holographic Santa 3-D Specs!...

Thanks Amber!

Weeeeeeee!

Charli has her ugly sweater on!

Minimal giftwrap.

Just snarky enough for a work party!

Van Halen might be playing in the background!

Making a duct tape bow

Getting loopy

Level one

Level two and it's a blurrrrrrrr

Just like the passage of time before the holidays! 

Level two complete.

A Little Center Loop and you're done!

Typically I think there's usually a third row before the center loop goes in...

But this is Rock n' Roll...

;-D

Xmas Eve Yo \m/

Put on some Rock Music!

Get your Gifts Wrapped!

Make It Rock Out! 

MAKE SOMETHING!!!

XOXO

~JM

let's take it to the net!

In your FACEbook

Just add Instagram 

Turn up the subwoofer & Twitter 

;-D 

Have a great day/holiday/weekend/etc!!!

After Xmas: Playing Catch Up For New Years!

Holiday Season is coming to an end...

We had good times...

I Decked them Halls!

I transitioned the goat head from Halloween to an Xmas Rudolph...

My deconstructed lampshade to Xmas Bauble Chandelier...

This is how it looked last year^^

A few ornaments in front of the lil house...

Chalkboard from Thanksgiving to Xmas JOY!

The Pressies w/recycled VHS Tape Ribbon...

Candy on the Card Game Table...

Minecraft Xmas Pack! There's a Wolf wearing a sweater in my cart! What?!

Our office looks like an episode of Hoarders! I have no idea where anything is! For real... Oy.

This is my fantasy desk for the office...

Storage... Must have more Storage....

Charli Dog had a blast!

Glitter Deer strut their stuff...

Oh! And the Chandelier got Decked out as well & a Dimmer Switch!!!! WooHoo!!!

I'd never done anything to a Chandelier before... I think I would attempt this again....

We're already packing it all up...

Nnnnnnnuuuugh.... 

We can do it!!! 

A couple of new bins to help hold it all...

After taking advantage of the after Xmas sales... We now have a few more bits & bobs to play with for next year! 

We aren't hosting New Years Eve this year, so it feels nice to take our time putting it away...

January will be packed with projects & reflections on how eventful last year was...

Make some Plans...

Make some Memories...

;-) Make Something!!!

Happy New Year!

XOXO

~JM

DIY Xmas Ribbon from Old Video Tapes

I love reusing junk 'round the house!

Usually I'm all brown paper bags and twine...

This year I wanted more "shine".

(rhyme not intentional... must be the holidays)...

To get this Look: 

Go to your Pit Of Despair: AKA Closet/Storage Unit/Parents Basement....

Find the forgotten pile of VHS Tapes...

Some of these puppies don't even have covers!!! OMG...

Find a Philips Head Screwdriver...

Locate the Three (3) Screws on the Underside of the Cassette....

It'll pop right open & take the spools out...

Stick spools in Yer neatly organized Wrapper Stacker... 

Found this at Michael's, I called it "Wrapper Stacker" (not sure what they call it...) pretty sure it's located near the beads and/or scrapbook supplies...

Pretty handy/portable...

In past years I used a brown paper bag & it was Chaos! Danger! Mind Numbing & Time Consuming to find anything quickly, or to know when you were out/running low on any particular supply... 

Or if Hubby wanted to wrap something, he wouldn't attempt digging thru the bag, he'd find whatever from the office...

Duct tape... Ball point pen written on the gift wrap w/o a tag... Oh the Humanity!!!

LOL 

The Tape is Shiny!

Tied in a knot, w/a few more short lengths tied also in knots...

Using the edge of the scissors... 

Gently...

Going w/the natural bend of the tape...

The ends curled wicked easy!!!

Who knew!

So many Xmas Presents/Cards!!!

I used two types of wrapping paper...

This way when we travel to the family, I know I've packed them all bc none w/that paper will be left under the tree!!!

A mistake you don't want to make twice...

White & Gold Feather Tags! Yes Please! 

Thank You Target! 

Of course I have a Ton more to do!

So Ima go get back to it!

Doesn't matter if you're Gifting or Receiving...

Just Make sure you MAKE SOMETHING!!!

XOXO

~JM

Holiday Glitter Deer

Nothing says Holiday Cheer more than GLITTER!!!!!!

I found some wee deer at Michael's...

Took some liquid sand textured nail polishes....

One good coat...

Almost there...

Boom...

Bam!

Awwww...

MAKE SOMETHING FOR THE HOLIDAYS!!!!

Gotta go Make More STUFF!

XOXO

~JM