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Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
How to Make Christmas Ornaments With Styrofoam Balls and Fabric
A few years ago I discovered a very simple and fun technique for making beautiful and unique Christmas ornaments. These can be made for presents or for your own tree. You can make them in one afternoon with your kids or friends.
Materials:
Styrofoam Balls: assortment of sizes, but no bigger than a baseball.
Fabric Squares: assortment of sizes and various types of fabric, try glitzy and velvets.
Bits and Pieces: of ribbon, beads, sequins, buttons, rickrack, costume jewelry, ribbon roses or and anything else you would like to embellish your ornament with.
Hot Glue Gun and Scissors: to cut and glue all of your bits and pieces.
Thread: for tying and tightening
Small Pins and Tacks: to apply ribbon and beads.
Basic Techniques:
Step 1:
Choose a gorgeous square piece of fabric. Place a Styrofoam ball in the center of the square.
Step 2:
Take all four corners and gather them towards the center of the Styrofoam ball (this is also how you can decide which size square works for which size ball).Take your piece of precut thread and tightly wrap it around the gathered area , dab it with a little bit of hot glue so it doesn't unravel.
Step 3:
Now you can decide if you should cut the gathered area of the fabric or leave it. It totally depends on how it looks. If the fabric seems too bulky in that area then you can shear it flat. If you do decide to cut the top portion off then you must cover that area with a ribbon rose or beads.
Step 4:
You must make a loop with ribbon, or beads on a wire, and attach it in the center of the Styrofoam ball with a pin or tack and again a little bit of glue; in the same area where you gathered and cut the fabric. This loop is how you will hang the ornament on the tree.
Step 5:
Now the real fun begins. Start attaching ribbon or beads or buttons; any of the embellishments that you have chosen. You can use little sequin pins or tacks and stick things in through the fabric and into the ball. Always use a small dab of glue; you don't want anything falling off!
When you think your ornament is complete twirl it around and make sure it looks wonderful from all angles. Make sure to cover or hide anything that doesn't look attractive. You can make all different sizes of ornaments. They are quite light and easy to hang.
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Decorating with Christmas Lights: The Ultimate Christmas Spirit
Christmas would just not be the same without Christmas lights, and they do not have to go just on the tree. An entire holiday theme can be devoted to the use of Christmas lights in all shapes, sizes, and placed in many different locations with different patterns. Create your own decorations using lights, and make your home the talk of the neighborhood and the winner of the "Best Decorations" award every year. Even if you live in an apartment, you can use lights to decorate your windows and if you have a balcony, you can drape lights across the railings as well as around the balcony door.
For those who have a home, do something with the lights besides just place them along the roof. Make a Christmas tree or sleigh on your roof or in your yard using different colored lights. Create a wreath on the top of your roof or in your yard. Instead of buying a wreath for your door, make one using Christmas lights instead.
One can be very creative with the use of Christmas lights, even to the point of creating giant candy canes with red and white lights. Of course, you have to have the model in order to wrap the lights around it, but for the creative and holiday-spirited person, it certainly is better than going to the holiday store and buying something that has already been put together by someone else.
Holiday time if full of joy and happiness for most people, so use your lights to transfer that to the world for a few months. Using a combination of different kinds of lights will set off your home in all its holiday glory - big bulbs, small bulbs, twinkle lights, web lights, chasers, and even tiny white lights all mixed together will create a beauty that is beyond comparison. Scatter the colors rather than using just one color in order to set your home apart from the others.
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Friday, December 16, 2011
covering Christmas Decorations - How to Make a Christmas Light Show
The greatest goal of whatever who loves to decorate their yard for Christmas is to set up a full light show that includes music. These shows can be difficult to set up, but they are spectacular to see and are well worth the effort.
Here are some steps to get your started on creating your own show:
Do your Research.
Before going any further, be aware that setting up a Christmas lightshow as part of your covering Christmas decorations take a lot of time and patience. It can be a great hobby, but it's not as easy as plugging some lights in flipping a switch. So, if you are ready, keep reading.
You are going to need a few items to make this work:
1. A computer to do the programming.
2. A light controller with manifold channels. This is what controls the lights.
3. A software program to program the light controller. This will define when the lights turn on and off in relation to the music.
4. An Fm transmitter to broadcast your music. Another selection is a pair of speakers on your front porch, but it is unlikely that the neighbors appreciate the same song playing over and over again.
5. The lights! For a faultless effect, this should comprise not just quarterly lights, but icicle lights, net lights and yard displays.
Organize and Plan.
Now you are getting down to the fun part. To make the show work, you will need to sit down with pencil and paper and compose your system. Decide what music you want to play (preferably something that has to do with Christmas), and where the decorations will be. Your plan should comprise a drawing of your front yard, with sketches and notes on how the show will work.
Buy Your tool and Decorations
Now that you have your plan, you are ready to buy your decorations. This can get expensive fast, so do some explore to make sure you aren't overpaying. I advise going through the internet for the software and control box for the lights. A crusade in Google or Yahoo should yield several results and allow you to collate several options.
Test, Test, and Test!
It's foremost adequate to say again: Test, Test, and Test! The first thing you should do is set up your controller for a singular set of lights and make sure you can get it to turn on and off. Then get it to turn on and off to music. Then add a second set of lights and make sure you can get that one to turn on and off. See why this takes so long? It can be tedious, but the results are well worth it.
Set It All Up
After all is programmed, it's just a matter of setting it up. Hang the lights, set up the displays, and plug it in.
Now, all you have left to do is sip hot cocoa and watch your neighbors scramble to get their decorations looking half as good as yours!
Good Luck!
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