Kimberly from Swoon Worthy has excelled herself with this one, well there are 3 posts actually and they are all fabulous. Scented room spray, scented soap and scented candles, all made from essential oils, and the icing on the cake is that Kimberly has designed gorgeous labels for these home made products that are free to download from her blog. They make such fabulous presents and look so professional with Kimberly’s labels.

Image credit: Swoon Worthy

If you are looking for a more unusual floral decoration for your Christmas table then Si from the French By Design blog has a guest post by floral artist Kiana Underwood who gives a step by step tutorial for creating a sumptuous floral extravaganza using soft hues that that can be tailored to suit your colour scheme. I like the idea of using softer colours but you can use anything that takes your fancy.

 Image credit: Cindy Loughridge for French By Design

I’m not generally a great fan of poinsettias but after seeing the ideas on MyGardenSchool blog I’m a convert. I love the small poinsettia inside a glass bell jar, simple but very pretty. There are lots of ideas from Andy McIndoe on how to make Christmas wreaths and table decorations and ideas for filling pots with seasonal pot plants that would make great presents.

Image credit: MyGardenSchool

Jacqui x

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]]> https://blogs.audenza.com/blog/3-ideas-for-a-crafty-christmas/feed/ 2 https://blogs.audenza.com/blog/styling-seasons-december/ https://blogs.audenza.com/blog/styling-seasons-december/#comments Tue, 09 Dec 2014 15:27:57 +0000 http://www.miafleur.com/blog/?p=3140 For the last few months I’ve enjoyed following a blog series called, ‘Styling the Seasons’.  This series was devised by Katy of Apartment Apothecary and Charlotte of Lotts and Lotts.  It’s a monthly series intended to celebrate each and every month as it arrives and what it means to us.   I have been meaning to/ wanting to get involved but just as is often the case,  by the time I’ve remembered, the month is gone.
So this month it was planned into the blog schedule for the beginning of December.  But then of course December arrived and oh, so did the orders!  So Santas Little Elves have been busy sewing and packing orders and the blog has been a little neglected.  But alas, here it is, albeit 9 days late!

We always tend to go for a traditional feel with our Christmas decorations, for me December is all about traditions.  Getting out that board game that you haven’t picked up since last year (or in our case, playing Pontoon with a big bag of coppers!), the whole family sitting down to watch a movie together or even buying a bag of nuts in shells, which is far more effort, but just seems more, ‘Christmassy!’

Since I knew they would sit so beautifully on my dark wall, I opted for a gold and red theme this year and certainly didn’t go lightly on the decorations.  But hey, if you can’t go OTT at Christmas, then when can you.

What do you think to my December arrangement?  Will you be going for traditional decs or something a little different?

There’s so many talented bloggers that take part in this series, so do head over to social media and search for #stylingtheseasons to get inspired.

Jacqui x

Photography: Amelia Brooks/ Styling: Jacqui Brooks

‘Styling the Seasons- December’ written by Jacqui Brooks

1. Choose wreath

This pretty faux ivy wreath has a slight dusting of glitter that makes it look like it’s frosted and it shimmers in the light.

2. Choose decorations

Choice of decoration is limitless as you can always cut down bigger pieces to the size you require. Faux foliage, baubles, clip on birds, ribbons and all sorts of bits and pieces can be wired to attach to the wreath.

3. Wire in lights

Small, battery operated lights are just the right size for a wreath and can be simply wired to the wreath to hold them in place.

4. Use wire to wrap around decorations

Acorns look lovely sprayed gold or silver and then simply wrap fine wire around them (either florists wire or you can by wire on a spool for jewellery making).

5. Attach to wreath

To attach the decorations to the wreath simply twist the wire around branches on the wreath.

6. Add bow

Finally add a big bow (optional, of course) and hang it on your front door – or in my case above the mantelpiece, which you can see in last weeks post on styling the seasons.

Jacqui x

Photography: Amelia Brooks/ Styling: Jacqui Brooks

‘How to Decorate a Christmas Wreath’ written by Jacqui Brooks

So, between a website redesign and Christmas, the last few months have been a bit of a whirlwind for us.  Still, we’ll know what to expect next year at least, so we can have plenty of blog posts ready in advance!

So, I’m going to share with you some Christmas gift wrapping ideas that we’ve collated from other inspiring blogs:

1.  Decorators Notebook Gingerbread Christmas Gift Wrap

This is such a wonderful idea, I love the fact that the wrapping is in itself a gift!

Image Source: Decorators Notebook

2. The White Bench Creative Christmas Gift Wrapping

There’s a couple of different ideas in this post, all focused around the theme of nature.

Image Source: The White Bench

3.  Design Mom Etched Birch Ornaments

I love these etched bird ornaments, which can be used to hand on the tree, or decorate presents, you can have a look at them and find out how to do them here.

I hope this has inspired you to be extra creative with your Christmas gift wrapping this year- as long as my last minute presents arrive on time, I’ll be trying some of these out!

There’s also quite a few recipes that I’d like to try out over the Christmas period, one of which is this Mulled Wine and Gingerbread Tiramisu from Carole Poirot on the AO at Home blog.

Image Source: AO at Home

This is our last post of the year, we’re taking a break from blogging and (hopefully!) a break from our emails, so from all of us at Audenza, we’d like to wish you a very merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year.

Hollie xx