Christmas Photo Cards - Those Village Cards

Tiffany shared with you yesterday about our future Etsy shop selling some of our goodies.
Today I'm here to tell you about another Etsy store.

Those Village Cards


If you're in the market for custom photo cards, announcements or invitations this is your place! I've just launched it and I'd love for you to stop by and check it out.

Thanks!!

Village House Pillows

So... do you see the shop tab in our header?

It's for an Etsy shop that we're hoping to roll out ASAP! We're VERY excited about it, it's just taking a little longer to implement it than we had hoped for. So for the next couple of weeks, we're going to be highlighting a few things that we make, that are now available for purchase.

The first (and my favorite) are our burlap pillows.

They come in...

3 sizes:

Lumbar $24

16 inch $26

18 inch $28

3 colors:

Chocolate, Khaki & Cream

3 fonts:

Pharmacy (j)

Century (JOY & NOEL)

Adore (W)

We can mix any combination of pillows, colors & fonts.

Other cute ideas..

Smith

Family

HO HO HO

H J C

Or on 2 pillows...

MR. MRS.

all my all my

LOVE LIFE

Merry Christmas

They would be perfect Christmas presents, wedding gifts or for your friends who loves Pottery Barn! Be creative. We can work with you.

Just let us know what you have in mind!

Until we get the Etsy shop up & running, you can reply here or email us.

Thanks!

Peppermint Cocoa Bags

Last week I shared a few crafts that we worked on at our Bible study Super Saturday. Today I'm sharing an easy idea that you could use for teacher, neighbor or friend gifts.

You'll need cardstock, little plastic baggies, ribbon, cocoa, peppermint crumbles, chocolate chips.

Follow these directions:

And you'll end up with these cute bags to give away!

Hope your weather is cold enough to enjoy hot cocoa! Our central Texas weather is JUST now getting cold. So, now it finally looks and FEELS like Christmas.

Christmas Topiaries

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around my house! I set up my present topiaries yesterday & love them just as much as I did last year.

I was pleasantly surprised how easy they were to put back together. I had stacked them on shelves in the garage thinking I'd probably have to rewrap them this year. But the only thing I had to do was put them back on the rods and fluff the bows. It was the easiest decorating I've done so far.

I love how they greet my guests at the door!

To see how I made them click here.

Paint Stick Ornaments

I told y'all yesterday when I shared with you the cute snowman gift tag that I'd be showing you some of the crafts that our Bible study did for our "Super Saturday". Today's adorable idea was found through Today's Fabulous Finds. Who'd have thought that making ornaments out of free paint sticks could turn out so cute?

You can find the tutorial here. Or if you're really good at figuring things out from pictures read on... haha.


Have your paint sticks ready in various colors (ours were red, cream and grayish silver).


Gather your supplies. The template for the words can be found here.



Put it all together and here's what you'll get. Super cute and super inexpensive ornaments for your tree or for gifts!

Cute Christmas Gift Tags

Tiffany & I were a part of a Bible study at our church this Fall called Transforming Christmas. One Saturday this month our leader set up a "Super Saturday" for us to work on a whole bunch of cute Christmas crafts to use for gifts and/or decorating. This week I'll be sharing some of them with y'all. Hopefully you'll be inspired to try some of them out for yourself and take care of some gifts for those teachers/neighbors/friends on your list.

To start with, look at these cute gift tags that some of the ladies created.

This is such a cute way to label a gift that doesn't cost much, and is so much more adorable than the little stickers I have used in the past! I think they'd look so cute on solid colored bags.

Check back this week for some more fun ideas.

Christmas Countdown

I love this time of year. I love hot chocolate and cinnamon rolls. And Christmas lights & my kids excitement about decorating the tree. I love celebrating Jesus' birth and watching It's a Wonderful Life. I love hanging stockings and singing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer with my kids for the 100th time that day.

So this year, I'm slowing down my pace so that I can actually enjoy all of these wonderful things. Even if that means NOT doing everything on my to-do list. I vow to mail my Christmas cards, finish Christmas shopping, and decorate my house all early enough to sit, relax & take in the blessings of the season. For the next 32 days, I'm going to enjoy Christmas :)