Crafts

On the fourth day of Christmas my true friend gave to me…

It’s already Day Four of our special event:

The Twelve Days of Christmas!

If you need all the fun details of this event, check back to day one, and see what’s it’s all about!

Click on the image to download Kristin’s free printable for today:

On the fourth day of Christmas my true friend gave to me… four cups of cocoa to warm up my tummy!

Jamie shared her family cocoa recipe with us:

• 2 c. nonfat dry milk powder
• 3/4 c. sugar
• 1/2 c. cocoa powder
• 1/2 c. non-dairy creamer
• dash salt

Mix all ingredients and store in an air-tight container. For an 8 oz. serving, mix 1/4 c. of mix with 3/4 c. of boiling water. Enjoy!

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Heather put together four adorable hot cocoa gift cups. She put individual portions of hot cocoa mix into cellophane bags, and tied them with bakers twine. She decorated the cups with more bakers twine and scrapbook paper.

She then made a custom stir stick using a metal skewer and homemade marshmallows.

Each cup is adorned with a beautiful nutmeg candy cane.

It doesn’t get much cuter than this!! 

So how are you liking our 12 Days of Christmas event so far? Have you chosen a family to give to yet?

On the third day of Christmas my true friend gave to me…

Welcome to Day Three of our special event:

The Twelve Days of Christmas!

If you are just joining us, refer back to day one for all the fun details of this event!

Click on the image to download Kristin’s free printable for today:

On the third day of Christmas my true friend gave to me… three ornaments to put on my tree!

Jamie is sharing THREE ornament tutorials today:

Who doesn’t love a beautiful Christmas ornament? I must say, the Christmas tree seems to have elevated itself to a new level. Whether simplistic, or truly ornate, all other holiday décor is established according to the Christmas tree style. Following my heart’s desire, I decided to create our ornaments in this year’s surprisingly popular, yet fantastic, color scheme of black and white with just a hint of silver.

Ornament One—Silhouette Mini-Frame

Another rising trend seems to focus on facial silhouettes and various miniature photo frames. I took profile shots of my children, and my good friend Danielle (from Crafts by Danielle), transformed them into vinyl silhouettes. I framed the silhouette in a beautiful mini-frame, and finished it off with a ribbon hanger.

This is a lovely handmade, and also sincerely personal, gift to give—or if you’re like me, some I’ll give and some I’ll keep!

Ornament 2—Jeweled ball

It can’t get much easier than this! I spray painted a Styrofoam ball with black matte paint. I only gave it one coat because I prefer the textured look, but if you want a more solid appearance give it two or three coats. I secured silver jewels—in varying sizes—all over the ball with a hot glue gun. To attach the ribbon hanger, I stapled the ribbon onto the Styrofoam. To help secure the ribbon, I placed on a small dollop of hot glue just before stapling: then I tied a knot in the ribbon to hide the staple.

Ornament Three—Sparkle Bulbs

Oops, just when I said it doesn’t get easier than the “jeweled ball”, we outdo ourselves! These fillable glass ornaments are available almost anywhere. I simply removed the top and filled it with those same silver jewels I used before. Here’s that ribbon again that I used as the finishing touch.

We hope you’ll enjoy all the fun opportunities to simplify the ornament making this year, and save a little money as well.

Merry Christmas to all, and happy decorating!

–Jamie

Have fun making your ornaments, and check in tomorrow for Day Four!! I can’t wait!

On the second day of Christmas my true friend gave to me…

Welcome to Day Two of our special event:

The Twelve Days of Christmas!

If you are just joining us, refer back to day one for all the details of this event!

Click on the image to download Kristin’s free printable for today:

On the second day of Christmas my true friend gave to me… two bottles of sparkling bubbly!

Heather made a beautiful printable label to put on your favorite sparkling beverage! Click on the image to download.

Heather decorated her bottles with ribbon and pom poms. Don’t they look great?

Join us tomorrow as we continue our count!!

I’m so excited, I can hardly sleep.  The WhipperChicks are hard at work on {oh wait, I should save the good stuff for the end of the post!}

We’ll I’m super excited about this too.  I have been working on a fun little project for a dear friend of mine and I thought I would share.

Now I love wreaths of all shapes and sizes, but I especially love square and rectangle wreaths.  I’m also in love with the sweater trend right now and thought it would make a lovely wreath with some cuddly sweater flowers and burlap embellishments.  I will have a tutorial on how to make the wreath soon.

But, I already have a sweater flower tutorial to get you started.

Now on to the big announcement…

WhipperBerry is hosting a 12 Days of Christmas event. 

For years my family and I have found someone in our community who could use a little Christmas cheer—an elderly neighbor, someone who has hit hard times, or just feeling a little blue—and we would leave little gifts and goodies on their door step starting on December 13th thru December 24th.  Our first year, right after we were married, my husband and I choose our neighbor who was the cutest little elderly widow. We would run through the snow and quietly leave a little goodie on her doorstep and then try to cover our tracks so that she wouldn’t find out!  It was so much FUN and I know it brightened her holidays as well. 

We are starting our event on December 1st so that if you choose to participate you have time to plan and prepare to start your 12 days of Christmas on December 13th.  You can also choose to start on December 14th with your last gift being delivered on Christmas, or you also have the more traditional 12 Days of Christmas option of day one being Christmas Day.  But however you choose to do it, we’ve created a fun poem and will include that with a free printable each day, along with tutorials for inspiration!

On December 13th we will then have a link party to see what you have come up with and then showcase everyone’s fabulous ideas.  Everyone ready?  Operation 12 Days of Christmas will start tomorrow, December 1st!

On a side note…

Have you seen the giveaway on the Whoogo Ugg Boots website?

If you sign up for their newsletter you are entered into a giveaway for a pair of their amazing boots.  As I am writing this right now, my frosty toes are screaming for a pair of these boots!!

Click here to sign up for the newsletter and if you just can’t wait…the kind folks over at Whoogo have offered all WhipperBerry readers a 10% discount this week at their website!!!  Just enter 1143WHIPPER when purchasing and voila, 10% off!!  Thanks Whoogo!!