MID WINTER Christmas Party

 A mid winter Christmas party needs...

Flowers

 I love that I can have jonquils and red berry's in the same vase, a taste of winter and spring on my table.

 

Vintage toys...

 Silly games...

 Marshmallow's to roast and Christmas trees on sticks (aka gummy planes)

I'm loving the owl with the berries and pine cones! Spot the pasta chain too.

 Mini pine cone Christmas trees made by my son (we used a napkin ring as a stand)

and...vintage Christmas linen embroidered long ago!

Merry Mid Winter Christmas to you all!

A MID WINTER Xmas Party part 1

Toothpaste box snowflake

We've been looking forward to this for weeks! Our mid winter Xmas party...tomorrow!

 Tiny fork pompoms

 Cardboard Wreath (Re-purposed toilet rolls)

 Geometric snowflakes

It's not the best place to photograph unfortunately, but trust me when I tell you this looks fantastic!

Oh...and we have a special guest coming to join the table-scape...

 I can't wait to set up the table tomorrow!

See you soon with part 2- the feast and the fancy!

Blast From The PAST Christmas Decorations

 

I've taken a trip back to the 80's and pulled out the pasta! 

 Vintage piping nozzle with pasta star, how sweet this is!

 Pasta and ice block stick cross...because Jesus is the reason for the season!

 Finger knitted wreaths, these are addictive to make!

To make one like the wreath below, finger knit two chains using two strands each. (Green/Green and Green/Red.) You will  need approx 1m of wool per colour.

 Secure at one end and twist the two chains together,secure with another knot in a wreath shape. Add a 3rd colour (mine was white) or continue with one of the other colours, Start at the knot and do a long stitch around the wreath to help secure it's shape. Finish where you started and secure a pasta flower (or bead, button, bow, shell....) to cover the knot. Add hanging loop and you are done!

 

This wreath is 2 chains of green (4 green strands) and then wrapped in the candy striped wool. (I used approx 50cm of white and red twisted.)

 

Last but not least, a pastatastic post wouldn'tbe complete without a pasta chain...

 

Have a BLAST from PAST this Christmas and bring in the thrifty, hand-made charm of home!

 

 

 

Cookie Cutter Christmas Craft

Yes, I know it's not Christmas yet, but it is Winter and it is the school holidays and that means...MID WINTER CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!  I've been having a lot of fun with  a few vintage cookie cutters and several balls of wool lately!

These are so easy and thrifty to make, simply choose your cutters and wrap wool around them.

Told ya! These are easy to make and really add some home made cheer to my table tops.

 I tied mine on to a simple vase to create a centerpiece but I think they'd look equally great on the wall or in a window display too....but then again, I am in love with these!

 1 cookie cutter 3 ways...

Our mid-winter Christmas party is next week. The woolen decorations fit the theme perfectly (as we have a Summer time Christmas here.) I am glad to for the opportunity to celebrate Christmas in BOTH seasons...all though without the presents this time!

I will be on the hunt for these cutters in the second hand shops now (I'm kicking myself for all the ones I know I've left behind before!) so I can make summer themed cutters too.

Thank you for visiting Ol' Mother Hubbard!

Up-Cycle Christmas Lights

 

Winter display (I'm in the Southern Hemisphere) using wild daisies, owl candle, thrift-shop ceramic mice and up-cycled plastic Christmas bulbs.

 

There's need to throw away lights with broken bulbs or a faulty circuit.

Big globes like these ones are perfect for adding a little glam to your mantel or for use as vase fillers.

Simply snip them from the wire and use them according to your own tastes and theme.

How easy is that?

 Too sweet...I love this small display with it's stony, earthy colours. 

I can see these up-cycled balls being used at Christmas and at an upcoming coastal themed party. Can you see them as bubbles or beach glass on the shore? I can!

May your nest be blessed,

Lisa