Soul Sisters Ornament Exchange Party - 2015 version

We had our annual Soul Sister Ornament Exchange Party last night!  The food was great, the wine was flowing, the laughs came easily and the ornaments were amazing as usual!

 

So, you remember the rules, right? All ornaments must be handmade and the supplies must cost less than 20 bucks. Let the games begin!

I went first and gave the Santa's Belly Ornament I taught you how to make earlier this week: 

 

Next, Treat Girl gave us this gorgeous Holy Family wooden ornament (she made it last January and totally avoided the whole stress of a time crunch. We hated her):

 

Then Joy gave us this amazing origami-style Christmas Dress with tiny clothes pins and a handmade hanger!

And finally, Marzipan gave us this beautiful hand cross-stitched Christmas Tree ornament:

 

 Dessert Break!

 

Cheers to another great SS Christmas Party!

 

Soul Sister's Annual Ornament Exchange!

We all got together once again for our annual Soul Sister's Ornament Exchange!  The rules are simple, you must sip drinks, eat good food, laugh, pose for pictures, and exchange handmade ornaments that cost you $10 or less to make.

Here are the winners this year:

I made this felt Christmas Tree.  I layered the sections together and used embroidery thread to outline it in chunky stitches.  I hot glued the same shapes onto the back to hide the back of the stitches and sandwiched the twig for the bottom and the hanging string at the top.  I stitched a tiny star charm to the top and sprinkled the whole thing with some super fine clear glitter.

The Treat Girl knitted these teeny tiny mittens!  They are like 2 inches tall!  She used this pattern.

Marzipan went old school with traditional cinnamon ornaments she baked in the oven using this recipe.   The aroma is heavenly!

 Marjorie was inspired by some plastic sheeting she was given by her brother.  This plastic and felt hand stitched holly was so cute!

Finally, Megan started out attempting to make a salt shaker snow globe ornament like this one but the ridged glass wasn't clear enough, so she compromised by coming up with a Salt Shaker Snowman!  We all said it reminded us of Mr Salt from Blues Clues!

Merry Christmas from the Soul Sisters!  Here is to a 2015 full of crafting and laughing!

Selfie  S.S. style!

Tutorial Tuesday!

Birch Bark Ornaments:

Thumbprint Christmas Cards:

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 20+ DIY Gift Ideas

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Christmas Sheep:

Carrot Cake Cupcakes with Cinnamon Buttercream:

20 DIY Ornaments:

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Annual Soul Sister's Ornament Exchange!

It was another fun night of good food, laughter, waitress name guessing, and ornament exchanging again this year!  I'm not sure if anyone else in the place had as much fun as we did, but we had enough fun for everyone.

Marzipan went first and gave a sweet, beaded curly wire Christmas Tree that stores flat in the box then springs into action when you pull on the ribbon to hang it on the tree.

See it sparkle by the light of the tree?

Treat Girl went next and gave this sweet little Claus couple she made in her ceramics class that we teased her about endlessly!

Look at the shy expression on Mrs. Clause and the eyes are amazingly full of life!

Joy was inspired by the magazine article she is holding up that used cut branches to make a huge art installation:

She gathered each tiny twig and cut it and glued it into a star-shaped cookie cutter. She covered the cutter with this sweet candy cane striped ribbon and some tiny jingle bells!

Megan went after her and gave us these amazing balls filled with feathers from her backyard guinea hens!

The feathers are naturally beautiful and glow in the lights of the tree.  Check out the perfect polka dots made by nature!

I went last and gave my Melted Snowman ornament I taught you how to make last week:

 

Some kids' clay and a few more supplies helped these snowmen come together quickly.

Have a great Christmas Eve Eve!

Tutorial Tuesday!

 Retro Branch Buck:

Paper Tree Ornaments:

Pumpkin Pie Cake:

CLICK PICKS (last week's most clicked links):

#1   Winter Wispy Wreath

#2   Hoot Chocolate

#3   Paper Tree Ornaments


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Soul Sisters Annual Ornament Exchange

The Soul Sisters met for a dinner and drinks and our annual ornament exchange last week! We played our usual game of "guess the food server's name" and laughed until we snorted and exchanged our hand made ornaments. The dress code for the evening was dubbed "sparkly" and we had a ball! Our honorary S.S., Ordinary Miracles, was there in spirit

Do you remember the rules? We must make 4 ornaments to exchange and not exceed $10 in materials.

Let's go!

Marzipan made delicate paper ornaments with scrolled card stock coated with glitter:



The Treat Girl made a White Glitter Snowman Ball Ornament:



**can you see our own Soul Sisters Christmas cards we exchanged in the background??**

Joy filled this glass globe with a paper tree and ornaments:



And Girl in the Sticks choose scrapbook paper that represented each of us to make her pleated circles:



I was so busy snapping pictures of my Sisters that I don't have a photo of my ornament, but soon I will teach you how to make a Snowman Pine Cone Ornament! Do you have any holiday traditions with your girlfriends?

Tutorial Tuesday!

Faux Ice Flowers:



Mini Tree Ornaments:



Snowman Tee:



Bottle Brush Christmas Trees!



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#1 (by a landslide) How a Mercury Filling Almost Took My Son's Life

#2 5 Quick and Easy Fleece and Felt Projects

#3 Dressing Up a Cheapie Tree


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