{ A Tuesday Tutorial }

It's been a long time since I've shared a craft.

This one is super-duper simple and I'm sure a bunch of you have already made something similar. Since Valentine's Day is just around the corner and I love little banners here's what I came up with.

Sunday afternoon we went to our local Dollar General Store and I purchased a roll of burlap ribbon ($1.50), a package of jute ($1.50) and a package of felt stickers ($1.00).  I'm sorry, I didn't get a pic of the burlap on the roll, so I'm not sure what the length was but I'm thinking 9 yards.

Sorry, this pic is blurry.....

I cut the burlap in lengths of about 5.5 inches, folded and cut a notch in the bottom of each one, peeled the backing off the hearts and stuck one on each of the burlap sections. The adhesive was enough that they stuck really well but should any of them come loose, I'll hot glue them back on.

I folded a section of about 1/2 inch on the top of each piece and hot glued it to the twine, leaving about 2 inches between each piece of burlap. Be sure and leave about a 12" length of twine on each end of the banner.   Sorry, no pics of this because I'm not coordinated enough use a hot glue gun in one hand and the phone in another. 

😉

And, voila.....

here's the finished product hanging on the bottom of the shelf over our table.  I ♥ decorating this shelf for holidays/seasons.

How about Y'all?
Have you been doing any crafting lately?
I'd love to see what you've been up to!

HOPE everybody has a Terrific Tuesday!

{ Friday Foto Friends #55 }

I had a post all planned out for today, but.....

well, life gets in the way, and that's perfectly okay, because the "life" that got in the way was time spent with family.  We had a great time with Pappy's brothers and sisters and their kids, grand-kids and even a few greats 

(of course, they're all great).

After we left there, our kids and grands came back to our house to play and look at the black Friday sale ads.

So, since I didn't get a chance to take any pics of my CHRISTmas decorations, I'll share just this one that I took and posted on Instagram.  This is the first Christmas in 40 Christmases together that our tree has been put up this early.  Pappy will be home with me to enjoy it this year, too, and that makes my heart happy!

It's not a very clear picture, but I bet you can still see the owlies all over it.  I'll get more pics later and also some more of our decorations around the house and on the front porch!

HOPE everybody had a great THANKSgiving!

Friday Fotos.....

It's beginning to look a lot like CHRISTmas!

I ♥ this time of year.....

except, it REALLY makes me miss my Daddy and my Mamaw.
Yesterday, December 4th, was the 20th anniversary of my Daddy's death.

He loved getting gifts.....
and family get-togethers.....
and chocolate.....
well, actually any kind of "sweet".
I totally got my sweet tooth from him!

And my Mamaw.....

well, that woman just simply LOVED.

She loved her family.....

loved to cook.....

loved birds.....

(both my Daddy and Mamaw loved the birdies.....

and they are different sides of my family.....

so it's no wonder I have the same affection, right?)

So.....

it being CHRISTmas-time.....

and speaking of birds......

I want to share our tree and a new wreath I conjured up for this year.
 If you know me well.....
then, you won't be at all surprised at my "woodsy" tree.
It's all burlap and owlies and snowflakes and rusty jingle bells!
Pay close attention to the tree "skirt" in the pictures below.
It's actually a very old bed sheet that my Mamaw made out of grain sacks.
How fitting that it would cradle our tree this year!

HOPE y'all have an awesome weekend!

Breathing in Grace,