{Gift DIY} Frosted Wine Glasses

Here is the second DIY gift idea - Frosted wine glasses.

This is such an easy DIY project.  All you need to do is put rubber bands around the wine glasses and spray with frosted glass spray paint.

Pair these glasses with a bottle of wine and your gift is complete!



The wine is from Santa Maria Winery, our local winery in Carroll.  If you ever travel through western Iowa, definetly make a stop!

Have a great Friday!
Beth

PS - If you like this DIY post about frosted wine glasses, click on the link to check out my DIY post for Painted Vases.

Our Christmas Tree

Over the weekend I was able to get our house decorated for Christmas and I wanted to share our Christmas tree with you.  Here it is!!


Christmas Tree - 2011

Some of you may have been expecting something "designer" or "glitzy" since I love to decorate and this is a "design blog" but our tree is actually pretty simple.  Regardless, I LOVE it! 

Our tree has so much meaning and many memories hung on it.  The ornaments were all Christmas gifts that Adam and I received from our families since we were babies.  From these ornaments you can tell what we were "into" while we were growing up and they brought back some fun memories.  For me, I went through a "cowgirl" spirt and Adam had a time when he was an NBA fan. 

I've always liked  have a tree with random and un-matching ornaments.  When my sisters and I were kids, my mom had a Christmas tree just for us to decorate with our ornaments.  I'm sure it looked just crazy after we were done decorating but it's something we looked forward to every year.  Someday I hope to have a tree just for my kids to decorate. 

There are so many neat ideas for beautiful Christmas trees but I think I will always have one tree that displays our memories.

Beth

{Gift DIY} Greeting cards + Giveaway!

Happy Monday to all of my readers!  I spent the weekend doing some Christmas preparation; decorating and working on my DIY gifts.  You will see a few DIY gift ideas over the next couple of days and some of the ideas will include give-aways! :)

I've been giving handmade greeting cards as a gift for a few years now. They have been a hit with my friends because it always seems that when you need a card, you don't have one.  Plus cards are super expensive.  ($3.59? Really?!)

Here are a couple of easy DIY gift ideas and a supply list for to make your project a little easier!

Stamped Greeting Cards

Suppliy List:

Assorted Rubber Stamps & Ink (Micheal's or Hobby Lobby)

Cards & Envelops (Target - card aisle)

Blank notecards (for the white background)

Rubber cement

Ribbon Greeting Cards

If you don't want to make an investment in rubber stamps or don't have the time it takes to do any rubber stamping, these ribbon cards are much easier!

Supply List:

Blank Cards (Hobby Lobby - stamping aisle)

Ribbon

Glue dots (Target, Hobby Lobby)

Just cut the ribbon to the length of the cards and attach the ribbon with glue dots and your done!

All you have left to do is package up these greeting cards by tying a pretty bow around them.  I usually add a nice pen to the gift.  This DIY gift is inexpensive but appreciated!  Good luck!

{Greeting Card Giveaway}

If you really don't want to take time to make these yourself I'll help you out!  I am giving away 2 sets of greeting cards!  Here's how you get entered in this giveaway:

1. Become a follower (+1 entry)

2. "Like" my Facebook page (+1 entry)

3 Leave a comment: who would you give your DIY greeting cards to? (+1 entry)

4. Link this post to your Facebook page (+1 entry)

* Leave a separate comment for each of these!

The giveaway will be open until Sunday December 11.  The winner will be announced on Monday December 12!

Have a great day!

Beth

Table Assignments

Check out this cute idea for table assignments! 

My friend, Sarah, got married this past weekend and used this idea to assign guests to tables! When the guests walked into the reception hall there was table filled with these jelly jars.  Based on their photo slide show, it appears that they made all of the Jalapeno Jelly themselves.  The idea doubled as a party favor for their guests too!

If you are hosting a big holiday party (or getting married) this is a neat, personalized idea!

Enjoy...
Beth

P.S. Make sure to read my blog next week for decorating and DIY gift-giving ideas!  There will also be some give-aways! :)