I am trying to get the rest of my crafting done for the house, so I can focus on my homemade Christmas gifts.  I have 5 teachers, and two friends whose gifts have to be done by next Friday.  No pressure.

I also have to clothe my husband for his work Christmas party.  I just have a shirt to buy for me thanks to an awesome cardigan I found at The Dress Barn.  Plus, it was on sale!  My husband is scared he will be in a sweater with a collar shirt.  What is wrong with that?  I have dreamed of my husband wearing that exact outfit.  He would be HOT!  (He reads my blog, so I am using these words to persuade him).

I got this great idea from here.  They are button balls, and they were fun to make.  I went to Walmart and bought two bags of buttons in red, white, and a multi-color pack that had green, aqua, and turquoise.  The styrofoam balls came in a back of  6 from Hobby Lobby.  You can find the stick pins anywhere.

You just place a button on the ball, and stick it in place with a pin.  As my daughter would say easy cheesy lemony squeezy.

The finished product Instagram style.  I ran out of the darker stick pins, so used the yellow because I knew they would be on the bottom.  I did not add a bow, because I was using them on my mantle.

Here is the blue in action.  I also made a red one.

I wrapped the left over balls in yarn, and placed them all over the  mantle.

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I also made garland to drape along the mantle with the Christmas stockings.

I used some string, snowflake ornaments from Walmart, and this.

I found this little pack of perfectness at The Home Goods Store for $3.99.  I did not use it to make ornaments.  I am using all the circles for other projects.  For $3.99, I have decorated my mantle, windows, and made gift tags.  Martha I will say it again.  You rock! Have I ever mentioned that my whole wedding was loosely based on Matt Lauer’s wedding that was in a Martha Stewart Wedding edition.  Well, it was, and it was perfect.

The pack even comes with its own glue.  I could go for days on that.  I bought one for for Halloween next year, and as soon as they go on sale, I will be buying more for next Christmas.

Ok, now back to the garland.

I punched a whole in each circle and strung them and the snowflakes like you would fill a string with beads.

Voila!

My mantle is done.  I am trying to get the best picture to show at the end of the week.

My tree is perfect.

I love Christmas.

I am totally finishing this movie today.  Love lost, love found, romance, kissing, and all during Christmas.  The cheese knows no bounds.

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The cold weather has me going crazy on polyvore putting together some great winter weather wear.

Lastly, I leaveyou with a Christmas song from The King.

That’s for you Heather!

Happy Hump Day!