Holiday Cards

It's getting to be that time of year! Almost. It's almost Thanksgiving, and AFTER Thanksgiving comes Christmas, so DO NOT RUSH IT! Just wanted to get you ahead this year! We have a highlight post on A Beautiful Mess today. Let's make some Holdiay Cards!

happy holidays from A Beautiful Mess

 To see ALL of the instructions, visit the post HERE

 

 

A completely adorable turkey print, and...lucky you, we have the template! Drum Roll please...

Download Pattern HERE

No Bake Cookies

No Bake Cookies

Haley



What you'll need

1. 2 cups of sugar

2. Medium Saucepan

3. 3 tbls of unsweetened cocoa powder

4. 1/2 cup of margine/butter

5. 1/2 cup of milk

6. Pinch of salt

7. 3 cups of cooking oats

8. 1/2 cup of peanut butter

9. 1 tsp of vanilla extract

10. Wax paper

11. Cookie Sheet

12. Medium Saucepan

How to do it!

1. Put the sugar into the medium saucepan

2. Then add the unsweetened cocoa butter

3. Drop in the butter/margine

4. Add the milk

5. Next, drop in the pinch of salt

6. Stir to combine

7. Bring it to a rapid boil for 2 min

8. Add in the oats and peanut butter

9. Mix it together

10. Put a sheet of of wax paper on top of the cookie sheet

11. Scoop the cookie mixture with a small ice cream

scooper and drop it onto the wax paper

12. Let cool until ready to eat.

13. ENJOY!

D.I.Y- Picture Canvas

Picture Canvas

haley

SOME OTHER INFO YOU MIGHT WANT TO KNOW!

This was a really easy, fun, sticky craft that I did with my mom. It took us about 20 minutes.

Below I put what you need for this project, but I really recommend also having a paper towel or something to push down your photo and fabric. We just used our fingers which wasn't the best idea because the spray adhesive is very, very, very sticky and it got all over our fingers and it was very difficult to get off! I thought I wasnt going to be able to post this today because my fingers were so so so sticky! Just incase your fingers get really sticky too, finger nail polish remover does help remove most of the stickiness from your hands.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED!

1. Fabric

2. Photo

3. Spray Adhesive

4. Canvas

5. Scissors

6. Paper towel or something to push down your photo and fabric (Recommended)

HOW TO DO IT!

1. Cut/tear the fabric the correct size for your canvas
2. Spray the Adhesive onto the canvas
3. Slap on the fabric and glue it on the sides and back of the canvas. Make sure push and pull the fabric on tightly
4. Now its time to glue on the picture!
5. Spray some adhesive on the back of the picture...not too much though!
6. Pat down the photo with a paper towel
7. And your awesome photo canvas is finished!
Also, the canvas and picture might seem sticky but as soon as it dry's it wont be!

In Action!

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

This is what the final product should look like!

Chocolate Tea Bark

INGREDIENTS:


8 oz good-quality semisweet and bittersweet chocolate, such as Scharffen Berger, finely chopped

¼ cup tea leaves (green teas with herbal or floral notes work best)

½ tsp. sea salt slakes, such as Maldon


DIRECTIONS:

1. Melt chocolate in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water.
2. Line a half-sheet pan (13x18) with parchment. Pour melted chocolate into pan, spreading to edges.
3. Immediately sprinkle tea over chocolate, followed by sea salt.
4. Set aside for 2 hours or until firm. Cut bark using a chef's knife.

(credit: magazine: Better Homes and Gardens)

  

D.I.Y- Foam Cross

Foam Cross

 rachel

 

 

 

Supplies:

• Foam Crosses
• Foam Stickers
• Glitter (optional)
• Black Pen

Directions:

1. First pick your color of cross. I prefered the blue cross, but white, purple, orange, etc. will work too.
2. pick out your color of dove, heart, baseball, flower, etc.
3. Write on your cross in cursive. I wrote, God Loves you, God loves you, and John 3:16, and other verses continually.
4. Place your sticker on the cross, and ta-da! You have a decoration!!!

And you should get something like this!