Crochet Christmas Tree Ornament

Christmas is just around the corner!!!!! and I am so excited!!!! Can you tell by the use of all of my exclamation marks!!!!!!! Ben and I have decided that since we now are a family of 3 that we should probably try a little harder to decorate for Christmas. That includes bulking up our Christmas ornament collection which is on the verge of extinction. So in an effort to save money and use up some extra yarn, I decided to give our ornament collection a little boost with a cute and easy crochet Christmas tree.

I started by:

• chaining one then do (2) single crochets in that chain
• chain one and turn
• do (2) single crochets in each of the two previous single crochets, chain one and turn
• repeat this step doing (2) single crochets in each chain until you have reached your desired width for your tree.

• To make trunk simply single crochet in the middle of your tree until you have reached desired length. Sew in all of your tails.

Then I added a little yellow pom pom and a hook to serve as a bright and shinning start for my tree.

Felt Christmas Tree Ornament

If you're like me you have a craft stock pile with a random assortment of supplies for things you've done, you wanna do or for things you had good intentions of doing. Every so often I try and go through my stock pile and see if there isn't anything I can use for a handy project or if its finally time to donate them to the trashcan. This time I found a pile of felt squares from a project I did two years ago. Since I have been on the "make my own Christmas ornament" kick I knew I could use them for something! I was thinking of something along the lines of a Christmas tree ornament but the colors weren't quite what I had in mind. As you can see that didn't stop me!! Who said a Christmas tree had to be green! :)

Materials I used:

• Felt
• scissors
• needle and thread
• pen
• circular object(s) to trace

• I started by picking the order in which I wanted my colors for the tree then starting with the widest part of the tree I traced a circle and cut out the felt. I cut three circles for each color. Then I cut out a slightly smaller circle for my next color and so on and so on until you have your smallest circle for the top of your tree. 
• I then traced and cut out a small star to top my tree. 
• Next I threaded a needle and starting with the base of the tree ran it through the felt all the way to the top and through the center of the star to secure and finished by tying a knot at the top to form my hook.
• Then I cut a long strip of brown felt and rolled it up to make my trunk. I glued it to the bottom of my tree to finish it off.

Happy ornament making!

DIY Monogram Stick Ornaments

Having an Etsy shop in which you crochet and sell beanies means that you have more yarn laying around the house than you probably want to admit. My husband is starting to think I am going to crochet us into the house!! Most of the time I can be seen with little scraps attached to my sweater or socks and this morning when transferring the clothes from the washing machine to the dryer I even found some remnant yarn that had been washed with the whites. :)

I have started a little collection of scrap spools of yarn that are too small to really do anything with but that I cannot bare to throw away...you know, just in case that one day comes around that I can use it. Today is that day!! I used my scrap yarn to make adorable stick monogram ornaments and candy canes. These couldn't be easier and would be a great Christmas craft project for you and the kiddos to do or to make and give as a gift or attach to a Christmas present.

Materials you will need:

• Glue
• yarn
• scissors
• wire

Start by bending your wire into the shape of the letter you are making.

Continue by adding on wire to complete the letter

Then to make your letters appear to be stick-like add on more wire, I used a thinner gauge, to the corners and ends of your letter.

Once you have added all of the wires and are happy with the look, start to wind your yarn around the wire. You can secure the yarn with a dab of glue at the beginning and to secure it at the end. The great thing about this project is that it doesn't have to be or look perfect. It is simulating sticks and sticks have bends and bulges and imperfections.

I added a little bit of twine in the corner to serve as my hook to hang my ornament onto the Christmas tree.

For the candy canes I simply bent the wire into a upside down "J" and wrapped it intermittently with red and white yarn, in the same manner as the monogrammed ornaments.