4/5/2023 0 Comments Space age decorOf course I used some of my vintage reflector ornaments and threaded ball fringe comets. To decorate the tree I used blue and gold star wired garland and a variety of starburst ornaments I’ve collected over the years. This year was no exception! For this one I used ufos, boomerang shapes, and starbursts, finished off with silver metallic fringe. You can see examples of that here and here. One of my favorite Christmas crafts to do each year is to make custom no-sew tree skirts. It has white lights, but my vintage Norelco color wheel adds some festive color to it as well. I went with this slim white tree from Treetopia which fits nicely. Since it’s a small room I needed a tree that wouldn’t overwhelm the space. For now let me take you on a little tour of the room! I’ll be following this post up with others detailing the DIY crafts I did with links to materials, so stay tuned for that. Fortunately I was able to craft my way through enough projects to make it pretty much exactly what I had in mind. Unfortunately, it was a difficult task finding the appropriate items to deck my halls in this theme, aside from one or two retro style ornaments I found at Michael’s. Think Christmas cards with Santa riding a rocket, flying saucer shaped Shiny Brites, and even movies like Santa Claus Conquers the Martians. I was inspired by the atomic and space age depictions of Christmas popular in the mid 20th century. I was in a pretty serious car accident in November, so for a moment I didn’t think I’d be able to rally in time to make this happen, but I was able to work it out and I’m super happy with the result. Isn’t he a cutie?Īhhh I am so excited to show you our home office’s Christmas theme!! I’ve had this retro sci-fi idea floating around in my mind forever and I’m so glad I was able to pull it all together. I used a black sharpie to draw on the hooves and a nose, then I covered the body in foil tape, and covered all the glue joints with tinsel wire and garlands. Then I used hot glue to attach the rest of the antler to the top of the helmet, and the helmet to body. Once it was dry, I used wet strips of paper bag and glue to cover the cut seams. Once the head was in the terrarium (from here on known as the helmet) I reattached the bottom part of the antlers, and the upper part of the neck with craft glue and used chopsticks to help get where I had trouble reaching. I added paper ears and eyes and placed the head in the terrarium. In order to get the deer’s head into the terrarium, but still have the helmet in the position I wanted, I had to make cuts on the points shown below. (Note: I’m going to make one for a friend so I’ll try to update this post with photos when I do!) Ok I’m going to admit right now I didn’t take process photos because I’m the worst and I wasn’t even sure it was going to work, BUT luckily it’s a pretty straight forward process. This project required some Frankenstein style surgery, but I’m really thrilled with the way it turned out. I had to do a few DIYs to make it exactly what I wanted it to be, but my favorite is probably this astrodeer! Make sure to tag or use the hashtag #krysmasgram on Instagram to show me your creations!Īs you saw from my previous post I went full on atomic space age for my home office. (Opt to scale to fit paper on your print settings if possible.) Here are the shapes I used to make your felt cutting life a little easier! Print on a standard piece of paper. I finished off the edges with silver metallic fringe! I always use standard craft glue to adhere all of it. I used silver metallic rick rack to add rays to my flying saucers and shiny snowflake starburst buttons for a little extra shine. Then I cut my shapes out of sheets of different colored felts. I used the method detailed here to cut my skirt out of green felt. This year I needed something to match my office’s retro space age theme, so I used flying saucers and atomic shapes like boomerangs and starbursts. You can see past tutorials with measurements and instructions here and here. They’re super easy and fun to make and don’t require any skills except being able to use scissors and glue. One of my favorite things to do each year is make new no-sew felt tree skirts.
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