A Crafty Christmas

I was quite excited to realize that my Niece, in the space of a few months, has become a crafter! She asked me if I has seen Pinterest yet and I don't think I have stopped squealing at her since. Christmas Eve was spent making these:

We realized after the fact, that we should have left the crayons in their wrappers. Hmmmm...

And then we drilled holes into cool wine bottles that were then filled with little twinkly lights! Finally we made wreaths. Wreaths! She bought a hot glue gun! She had been to the Salvation Army earlier that day and had a bag full of vintage Christmas ornaments! It was so exciting to share this with my 19 year old BFF, I mean, Niece. I, on occasion, have a bit of a tendency to get a wee bit mopey on Christmas Eve, missing my parents and siblings. Shocking, I know. But this helped so much to have an activity that kept all of us quite happy and busy.

There hasn't been a whole lot of thrifting this week with the kiddos home from school, but I do want to show you the Santa that found its way into my hands and heart at Goodwill late last week:

It is seriously large. And it lights up!

Enjoy your day, Sonya