Google+ House Revivals: November 2015

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

{14} Awesome Gift Ideas for Seniors

With the holidays fast approaching, we're making lists and checking them twice, and feeling lots of angst about what to give.


We want our friends and loved ones and neighbors and teachers to know we cared enough to put thought into their gifts, but sometimes it's hard to know what some people can actually use -- especially the seniors in our lives.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

10 Pretty Vintage Book Page Christmas Decorations to Make

You can get a head start on your handmade holiday gifts and decor, and recycle some vintage book pages with these easy tutorials!


This little slipper, cone, and top hat ornament were fashioned from vintage book pages and junk mail!


This shadowbox star was crafted from rolled from pages from a vintage prayer book.


If you're looking for a super quick project with lots of impact, this Christmas Tree banner might be perfect.  Use washi tape, or use up your paper scraps!


Here is another quick layered garland, using a recycled Christmas card and book page pompoms.


Always a classic, this Scandinavian inspired woven star is made from folded strips of vintage book pages.


These honeycomb ornaments made from encyclopedia pages look lovely hanging from the mantel!


This Celtic inspired star is an adaptation of the popular Scandinavian or Finnish Star.


If you love a good dollar stare project, you might want to give this ornament tutorial a try.


Here is yet another version of the Scandinavian woven star -- originally made from birch veneer, and containing a light inside, these were hung in windows during the holiday season. Children learned to weave the star from paper, as well, to decorate inside their homes.


Strips of vintage book pages and pretty buttons are all you need to make these pretty snowflake ornaments.


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