My mother taught me to make all these Christmas decorations
Every year I look forward to putting up my Christmas decorations. I always buy a fresh tree from the local farm. And I buy some art supplies to make my own decorations. I have never really bought anything to put out for Christmas.
Either my decorations have been handed down through the family, I receive them as gifts, or I make them myself. I really enjoy sitting down with a glue gun, lots of different colored pieces of felt, cardboard, and plenty of other art supplies.
My mother taught me to make all these Christmas decorations when I was a child, and now I enjoy doing it myself.
My favorite thing to make is Christmas stockings as gifts. I use different colored yarn and knit them myself. They make fantastic gifts, and they’re much more personal than something you buy in a store.
I usually spend no more than thirty dollars on tree itself, and then at least seventy dollars on art supplies to make my own decorations.
When I make decorations, I use a variety of materials. I may use scrap pieces of wood, that I paint and glue together.
I usually add some kind of fabric to everything. I really like to knit stockings for family members and friends. I use alpaca wool, in a wide variety of colors.
Pinecones are a must for making ornaments with the kids in my family. They really like to create their own work of art. I have never been drawn to any brand of material.
I usually buy whatever is on sale at the craft store. The price of my art supplies usually comes to around seventy dollars.
As the holiday season nears, I start to think about what I have in supply, and what I would like to do for the holidays. I always make a list before going shopping, and I do try to stick to it.
This year I have already tallied that with three new nieces and nephews in the family, I will be busy knitting right through the holidays.
