Rudy the red-nosed Reinbeer

As soon as I saw this on Pinterest, I knew two things: 1) I had to make these because they are freakin' cute, and 2) I knew exactly who I was going to make them for - my boss. I'm pretty sure Guinness is his drink of choice (well, after tea and Dr. Enuf).

To make a long story short, I procrastinated a bit and it was the night before our Christmas lunch and I had to get these little reinbeers done! Walmart, K-Mart and Big Lots were all out of antlers (aka: brown fuzzy bendy-sticks), so in a last-minute effort we risked our lives to go to the Walmart in Rivergate, and sho-nuff they had some! I dragged Patrick all over Hendersonville for fuzzy antler pipe cleaners. I also went out a limb and got the sparkly red poofs for noses (although you can't really tell from the photo).

Anywho, here is the finished result:

I love Christmas craft-gifts. I think they make gift-giving so much more enjoyable because you and the receiver know you put effort and time into the gift rather than just swinging by the store on the way to the party (guilty). Anyone else make any of the gifts they gave this year?

ps - He loved them! But, I think you're supposed to take the antlers off? haha

Getting This Going!

In an effort to get off my booty and actually complete some of the pins on my DIY board, I am going to post some of the ones I've finished so far and in the future, post the ones that I actually do do (heh).

Numero Uno: Wedding Invitation Ornament

I found this and pinned it (26 weeks ago.. so by my calculations, pre-wedding). I mentally told myself I'd do this for THIS Christmas. Most of my crafty projects get done when Patrick is out of town and I remember talking to him on the phone explaining that I'd cut a couple of our invites into strips and had spent the past hour or so wrapping said little strips around a pencil to make an ornament. He had no idea what I was talking about. Moving forward a day or four, here was my end result:

I'm not sure how it happened, but it was a pure accident that my new last name was visible, but however it happened - I was/am a fan! Has anyone else made this? I love how it turned out!