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Category Archives: Holiday
Foil Bag Bows
Here is an easy and inexpensive way to get pretty silver bows for your holiday gift wrapping. 1. Â Start with a foil bag, we used a Vics popcorn bag. 2. Â Cut the bag in strips horizontally (you will end of … Continue reading
Christmas Card Gift Tags
Today we have created gift tags using last year’s Christmas cards. Simply cut out a shape from the front of the card, punch a hole, add some ribbon and attach to the gift. Â You can write on the back of … Continue reading
Wrap it up
Now that you have your shopping done, or maybe not, we want to give you some repurposed gift wrapping ideas. For today, convert your used cereal boxes into sturdy gift bags. Start by cutting the tops off of the boxes. … Continue reading
Dish towel apron
With the holidays comes a favorite tradition, baking! We love to make all kinds of holiday treats. What we don’t like is getting our clothes all messy. So, we are creating some aprons from some things we have around. ( … Continue reading
Christmas Towel to Baby Bib
Citymade has come to the realization that each house only needs so many of these Christmas hand towels. Why not turn the rest of them into Christmas bibs to give little ones as gifts. Â We simply cut a whole in … Continue reading
Anna's Christmas Dress
We had this great red satin women’s shirt in our stash of items to repurpose. Â I had always pictured it as a Christmas dress for Anna. The time came to refashion the shirt into a dress so that she would … Continue reading
Pine Cone Ornaments
What looks nicer on an evergreen tree than pine cones? Â Glittered pine cones of course. Gather pine cones from your yard, if you are lucky enough to have an pine tree, and bring them in for a simple Christmas decoration. … Continue reading
Cookie Cutter Ornaments
Here is a fun way to repurpose your old metal cookie cutters. You can use glue to back the cookie cutter with decorative paper, an old Christmas card or a photo. Â Tie a ribbon around the cookie cutter for hanging. … Continue reading
Mitten Ornaments
Here is a simple ornament idea using felted wool. Â Our wool came from an old sweater that we felted. Â A sweater can easily be felted if it is at least 70% wool. Â Simply wash the sweater in hot water and … Continue reading
Christmas cards
We bought a used piano a few years ago and it came with a lot of old sheet music. We didn’t want to just throw it in the recycling, so we decided to turn it into Christmas cards. We traced … Continue reading