Showing posts with label Santa Hat Tutorial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Santa Hat Tutorial. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Thyme to answer a question.......Do you BELIEVE in SANTA???


I remember about 20 years ago
when my son asked me
Mom is there really a Santa Claus????


He caught me so off guard
I wanted so much to have him 
BELIEVE
there really is a Santa
So I said
"Of course there really is a Santa"
"Santa comes to all who BELIEVE in him
I found these beautiful red knit men's mittens at the store that year
I bought them and stitched white fur on them
I took them and smudged a little soot from the fireplace on them
On Christmas Eve
we left the usual plate of cookies, hot chocolate and carrots for the reindeer
on the table
After the kids were asleep
I put one mitten on the floor by the table
and
and the other by the tree
  I held my breath for Andrew's response
when he saw them
his smile brought tears to my eyes
because
I knew he still
BELIEVED
that night after I tucked him in bed
I went back to check on him
he was sound asleep
wearing Santa's mittens!!!!!
My kids are 30, 25 & 22
I still tell them Santa comes to all who
BELIEVE
I have always called my preparations for Christmas
MAKING THE MAGIC HAPPEN
so
 this is a little peek at what I did
today to make some magic happen
again
this
Christmas


I bought these Santa hats at the $1.00 store


I dipped them in my stain mixture


put them in the oven to dry
at 200 degrees
keep a close eye on them


PRIM Santa hats!


I took red check homespun and tore it in strips


made some rusty bells


I knotted the bells to each end of the strips


I used my glue gun to glue 2 strips to each hat


I tied a hat to each of the dining room chairs
I have 20 chairs in all !!!!!!!!!!
We store 10
and
 have 10 out


On Christmas Day I will fill the hats with small gifts for all our guests!

 
May you always
BELIEVE
in the
MAGIC
of 
CHRISTMAS
I DO!
Happy Painting!
Lynn


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