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Merry Christrmas!

As we pause to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we wish you a blessed holiday reminiscing about old memories and making new ones with family and friends!

Merry Christmas from my family to yours!

Button and Pearl Bead Bracelet Tutorial

Good morning! I've been busy with Christmas preparations, so I haven't had much time to craft lately. I have been in a jewelry making mood, so I thought that I would show you the button and pearl bracelet that I recently finished:

This is actually a really simple project, and comes together pretty quickly, so if you need a last minute stocking stuffer or two, this would fit the bill nicely!

Let's get started! You'll need the following items for your bracelet:

• several buttons that you like
• jump rings
• pearl beads
• a lobster clasp 
• jewelers pliers
• fabric tape measure

Measure your wrist and then lay out the buttons that you've chosen so that they will be a little longer than your wrist. Carefully open a jump ring and add a button to each side, (I used a pink button and a blue flower button). Before closing the jump ring, add two pearl beads and then carefully close the jump ring.

Continue the process until you have a string of buttons, pearl beads and jump rings long enough to wrap around your wrist, ending with a jump ring on each end of the bracelet.

Add a lobster clasp to one of the end jump rings as shown:

That's it!! Now your bracelet is ready to wear or give as a gift! This would be a fun present to make using various heirloom buttons from a grandmother...a lovely treasure to place in a Christmas stocking!

Have a wonderful week! We're on the final countdown to Christmas day! :)

Blessings,

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Christmas Card Display Board

Good evening! Christmas will be here before we know it, so I spent most of the weekend in the kitchen making apple butter and Christmas jam to give to friends, family and neighbors. (Click HERE and HERE for those recipes.)

I did work on another little project this weekend as well:

It's a little framed chicken wire display board to showcase a few of the Christmas cards that I receive each day. I started out with a wood frame and then painted it red. My hubby stapled chicken wire to the backside of the frame and then he helped me out by spray painting several wood clothespins with white paint. He simplified this process by clipping each of the clothespins onto a piece of cardboard before giving them a couple of coats of paint. (He is such a smarty!)

Once the clothes pins were dry, I drew on little snowman faces and then tore scraps of gingham and homespun fabrics to tie on as scarves:

I'll also be adding some of these snowman clips to bags of baked goods and other gifts! (A magnet could be attached to each clip as well, so that they could be attached to a filing cabinet or fridge.)

These would be a fun project for kiddos to make, once a parent spray painted the clips. :)

Have a WONDERFUL week!

Blessings,