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Category: Over the Top Christmas (page 6)

Outdoor Advent Calendar Tutorial

Christmas Craft: Outdoor Advent Calendar

Posted on: November 8, 2013 Last updated on: June 10, 2020 Written by: Reese Dixon
Every year I go into the holiday season with superhuman goals, and more often than not I actually meet them. Homemade presents, family time, baking, and a new Christmas tree nearly every year, this is the season I’ve got it…
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Gift Wrapping Ideas: Glittered Gift Tag

Posted on: December 21, 2012 Last updated on: August 31, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I think gift tags are the most important part of a beautifully decorated gift, so that’s where I tend to go all out. And yet I still don’t want to put my money in the gift tag when it could…
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Gift Wrapping Ideas: Yarn Embellished Gift Wrap

Posted on: December 20, 2012 Last updated on: August 31, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
As any crafter knows, once you fall in love with a medium you want to use that medium in everything you do. Scrapbookers decorate their house with paper, knitters knit up rugs and seat cushions, and embroiderers decorate every surface…
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Gift Wrapping Ideas: Spray Painted Gift Wrap

Posted on: December 19, 2012 Last updated on: August 31, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
As I was brainstorming gift wrapping ideas, I was thinking about monograms. One of those oldfashioned ones with the giant initial in the middle and covered in fancy scrolls. But I already had two ideas using stitching, so I kept…
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Gift Wrapping Ideas: Stitched Gift Wrap

Posted on: December 18, 2012 Last updated on: August 31, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Today’s project is for both the green crafters, and those of you whose gifts have to travel, whether that’s in a suitcase or in a box full of packing peanuts. No matter how carefully you wrap them, you perfect bows…
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Christmas Wrapping: How to tie the Perfect Bow

Posted on: December 18, 2012 Last updated on: August 31, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
It’s now the week before Christmas and time to admit that what hasn’t gotten done yet might just not get done. So instead of starting another craft project, I wanted to turn my attention to wrapping up everything I’ve been…
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Sunburst pencil wreath

Posted on: December 3, 2012 Last updated on: August 31, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
I am running behind with my Christmas plans, so I thought it only appropriate that the first gift I share is the present I made when I was running behind at back to school. I kind of wish I’d saved…
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Happy Holidays GIVEAWAY!!

Posted on: November 26, 2012 Last updated on: September 1, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
This is Pearl. And I love her. In fact, just this weekend when I was with family a heated debate broke out between my Bosch loving cousin and I over the better mixer. It nearly got bloody. I love her…
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Christmas Eve Home Tour

Posted on: December 24, 2011 Last updated on: September 22, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
. . ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Merry Christmas and Happy Everything to my friends and readers. Thank you all for keeping me company here and caring about us. Your support means more than I could ever say.…
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Angel Tree Topper

Posted on: December 23, 2011 Last updated on: September 22, 2023 Written by: Reese Dixon
Here’s my final piece for this nativity tree. The one problem with doing themed trees is that a beautiful angel topper doesn’t usually fit. But with a nativity theme? There’s no way I was missing my chance. This angel is…
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