Monday, December 5, 2022

Christmas is Coming and You're The Star

Happy Monday! Can you believe that 2 weeks from today is Christmas. I don't know why but is seems like Christmas was far away and then all of a sudden, it will be here soon. Are you ready? I finished decorating the tree yesterday and that was my last thing to do. The house is done.

I am still thinking about the baking part. Not sure how much I am doing this year. I always make lots of cookies to share, but think I will cut that number down. I had too many left over last year.

What are your baking plans?

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WELCOME to the December 2022 "You're the Star" Blog Hop!

Before we continue onto the Linky party I wanted to share from my blog:

DIY Sled Tray

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Saturday, December 3, 2022

Christmas Inspirations and Happiness Is Homemade

Happy Sunday! Welcome to Happiness Is Homemade Link Party - Christmas Inspirations! Super excited for this festive month, we're going to have so many ideas and inspirations from DIYs, decors, crafts to recipe for Christmas and New Year! Let's be merrier and join the party!

For those whose missed out last week's party, you can check it out here

Before we start with the party, let's celebrate our featured posts from last week!

Featured Posts

Happiness Is Homemade. Share NOW. #happinessishomemade, #linkyparty #eclecticredbarn #hih

DIY Mason Jar Christmas Decor for Your Farmhouse Home

This Christmas decoration from Hunny I'm Home is easy to make but surely look adorable for the holiday. Get the tutorial and have fun doing it!

DIY Wood Slice Winter Scenery Decor

Steph Creates Things made this simple but beautiful Christmas decoration which able to give you more chances to be creative with wood slice crafts. See how she did it!

Reindeer Name Craft For Kids

This cute reindeer craft from Simple Everyday Mom is a perfect kid's activities for Christmas holiday. Get the free template!

Gluten-Free Cut Out Sugar Cookies

Pretty and delicious cookies from Mommy hates Cooking is perfect for Christmas treats. Have the recipe and try it for yourself!

On to the Party!

Thank you for joining us this week whether you are a blogger sharing your latest posts OR a reader enjoying all of the inspirational shares! Don’t forget to drop by and say hello to all our hostesses, they always appreciate your visit! Here are all of our hostesses at Happiness Is Homemade!

Linda @ A Labour of Life

Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row

Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn

Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess

Mel @ Décor Craft Design

Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife

Would you like to be a part of Happiness Is Homemade? We are looking for hostesses to join our team. If you are interested, please email any one of the Happiness Is Homemade hostesses and let them know. We would love to have you join our party.

Thursday, December 1, 2022

My Sled Tray and Thursday Favorite Things

Welcome to Thursday Favorite Things Party

Thursday Favorite Things. Share NOW. #linkyparty. #TFT #thursdaayfavoritethings #eclecticredbarn

Happy December 1st. I had cataract surgery on Tuesday on my right eye. It went well. I am doing better each day. I am seeing better but I still reach for glasses but they don't work. lol!

Did you have a chance to check out The Winter Wonderful Tray Tour? It just started and they are so many wonderful ideas. I shared my DIY Sled Tray. You can check out the Winter Wonderland Tray Tour. here.

DIY Sled Tray

Since this is the first day in December, I chose Christmas ideas for you. Enjoy!

Many of my features come from your comments. Don't forget to leave our Linkup Number or Post Title so I can find you and you might become one of my features for next week.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

DIY Sled Tray

If you are stopping by from the Winter Wonderland Tray Tour, I hope you enjoyed it. There were so many wonderful tray ideas featured.

Mine started when I saw a sled and wanted one for my table. Now to figure out how to make one.

DIY Sled Tray. Share NOW. #Christmas, #sled, #sledtray, #DIY, #tray, #eclecticredbarn

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DIY Winter Wonderland On a Sled Tray

With Christmas around the corner, there are so many items that can be used to create a Winter Wonderland tray for your home. Sometimes these items can come from things you already have, from your yard, something you make, from the Dollar Tree or a combination of these. My Winter Wonderland Tray is a combination of all of these.

If you are stopping by from Master Pieces of My Life, MaryJo created that lovely tiered silver tray with Christmas baubles and organic elements. So beautiful.

DIY Sled Winter Wonderland Tour. Share NOW. #blog tour, #eclecticredbarn, #Christmas, #decoratedtrays, #trays

I am so happy to be joining Katherine, from Katherine’s Corner for a delightful event, a, “Winter Wonderland On a tray tour”.

We have so many wonderful bloggers that are participating. They have all created beautiful inspirations for adding seasonal charm to your home. Please click over to the next blog on the tour, and keep clicking through the tour. Please pin and leave comments, we all love them!

About my tray:

I had several trays that I could have used for this project, but I saw a sled and decided that I wanted to make one for myself and use it as my tray. And so I did!

I have a post that teaches you how to make the sled. Click here to see that tutorial.

Once the sled was made, I needed to add some items to it. I started with a metal bucket.

I thought of different fabric to put around the bucket and then decided to make something different than a Christmas fabric. I gathered some black/tan checked fabric and some rusted bells. I stitched the bells onto the fabric strip.

I attached the fabric around the bucket with a little dab of hot glue.

I have not gotten my Christmas decorations out yet, so out into the back yard I go for some greenery.

Now, what else to put on my sled? I made this JOY decor for the front of the sled. I will also post on how to make these.

Please click over to My Hubbard Home, to continue the tour. Rachelle has a beautiful tray to share with you. Thank you!