Brown Paper and Twine Christmas Place Cards That Don’t Read as Gift Tags
The trouble with brown paper and twine place cards is almost never the brown paper or the twine. It is that most of them are … Read more
Terracotta Clay Christmas Ornaments for an Earthy Tree
Most of what gets sold as a terracotta ornament is not terracotta. It is white air-dry clay tinted a dusty pink, rolled thin, and sealed … Read more
13 Seed Paper Christmas Ornaments You Can Plant in Spring
The seed paper ornament that fails does so quietly. It hangs on the tree, it gets admired, someone takes it home, and in April they … Read more
How to Make a Cranberry and Popcorn Garland for a Vintage Christmas Tree
A single strand of popcorn and cranberries covers about four feet of tree and costs roughly what a bag of microwave popcorn does. It is … Read more
Neutral Winter Mantel Decor Without Red and Green (Warm, Not Washed-Out)
Red and green is the easy button, and it is why most mantels look interchangeable from Thanksgiving to New Year’s. Pull those two colors out … Read more
Wood Slice Christmas Ornaments With Wood Burned Designs That Don’t Look Like a Kit
The internet’s default wood slice ornament is a snowflake or the words “Merry Christmas” in wobbly script, and both are the reason so many of … Read more
Air Dry Clay Ornaments With Pressed Fern and Leaf Imprints
The fastest way to make one of these ornaments look like a school craft project is to press a real leaf into the clay and … Read more
13 Winter Decor Ideas That Stay Up After Christmas
The tree comes down and the room looks robbed. That gap between December 26 and the first warm week of March is the longest stretch … Read more
13 Birdseed Ornaments for an Outdoor Christmas Tree the Birds Will Actually Eat
Most birdseed ornaments fail for reasons that have nothing to do with the recipe. The seed mix is half milo and cracked corn, which the … Read more
10 Pinecone and Candle Christmas Table Runner Ideas for a Long Table
The usual advice for dressing a long table is to plant one big centerpiece in the middle and call it done. On a table that … Read more