Paper Christmas Ornaments

Merry Everybody!!!  It's right around the corner and so here is a Christmas project.

And here is a crazy person standing next to a VERY flocked tree

This is a very easy to make paper ornament that I just love.  The one I made is medium in size because my tree is pretty small but you can scale it up or down to fit your needs.

Materials (for one 3" ornament)
10"X 10" sheet of Christmas wrapping paper
One 3" diameter drinking glass
A pencil
Scissors
White Glue
Tooth Picks
Stapler
Ribbon

Instructions
1- Using the drinking glass as a template make 9 paper circles.  You can make a few at a time by folding the paper and cutting them out together.  I'm not fussy about things being perfect so I did that.

2- Attach your nine circles into a "book" by stapling them down the center.
(Option B- if you've got a sewing machine is to sew them down the center using a very large straight stitch.)

3- Attach 6.5" or so of ribbon at one end with a staple. (If sewing attach with machine)

4- Starting where you've attached the ribbon put a bead of glue along the top third of the first page smoothing the glue evenly with a toothpick.  If the circle were a clock you'd want to glue 1 o'clock and 2 o'clock to 10 and 11 o'clock folding at the 12 o'clock position, then on the next page you'll alternate and glue 4 and 5 to 7 and 8 folding at 6 o'clock.  Alternating top and bottom you'll continue doing this until you've done all the pages.  When you do the last page it will open up to be an accordion sphere.

It should look something like this

5- Tie the ribbon in a knot, hang from your tree and enjoy.  I'm serious!!  You better be enjoying this!!!  If I hear that you're not enjoying it....I'll...well....I don't know what.  But it won't be festive! 

HAVE FUN

Thanksgiving. Late. Don't judge, the holidays are stressful!! Setting a table.

This is a turkey cupcake I made for my guests.

Ah Thanksgiving!!!  Recipes, Crafts, Setting a Table.  All Great things.

I'm crazy thankful for thanksgiving.  I don't know about y'all but I needed to be reminded to be grateful.  It's been a rough year but really I have so so so so much and a little gratitude check up is a great way to remember that.

So to help with your next holiday dinner or just that fancy, grown-up, super classy dinner party you're planning here is some instruction and advice on how to set a table.

Let's start with plates, the center of everything. Plates should be evenly spaced and about 2ft apart from the middle of the plate to the middle of the next plate. This will give everyone enough elbow room. Once the plates are set you can build everything else around them. Drink glasses should be to the right of the plate and bread plates to the left.

A good trick for remembering this is to take both your hands in front of you.  Make a circle with your thumb and first finger with the the other fingers straight behind them.  In this view your left hand will appear to be a lower-case b, for bread, and the right a lower-case d, for drink.

Silverware should be placed in order of use from the outside in with handles lined-up at the bottom.  That means salad forks and soup spoons on the outside, dinner fork and knife (with the cutting edge facing the place) on the inside.  Forks on the bread side, knife and spoons on the drink side.  (Two exceptions are a small seafood/cocktail fork,  that should be placed at the far right of the setting.  The other exception is the butter knife, that should be placed on or next to the bread plate.)  

Some like to have the napkin to the left side of the plate with the forks on it.  I prefer if the napkin is on the plate.  That way when people sit they don't have to disturb the setting to get to their napkins.  

There are a lot of great videos on how to fold napkins here is a link to a great one that's easy to follow

 http://youtu.be/Aw6SoAJeu-o

So there you have it.  Easy as 1, 2, 3............4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.  Have a great one.  

Next up....Paper Christmas Tree Ornaments.