Oopsey Daisy

It’s that time again!

This month’s Creative Carousel is hosted by Amanda at Every Creative Endeavor. Every day this week, you will find some incredible creative tutorials– all centered on holiday decor.

For my project, I created this JOY-ful Christmas display on my mock “mantel”.

I miss having a mantel.

Our home doesn’t have a real mantel–just a high ledge… A ledge so high that I have to get a chair and stand on my tiptoes to decorate. But I do love decorating the top of my DVD cupboard!

I have always loved the red and aqua color scheme for Christmas, so I set out to create a happy, colorful display to welcome in the holidays.

I started out with these large letters from JoAnn’s. I had the O from this P-O-P frame project! And I used coupons to purchase the other letters. I am proud to say I spent less than $10 on everything! Not bad!

Here is a rundown on how I decorated each letter:

1. I gathered some felt I already had on hand. I probably used close to 3/4 yard of red felt to completely cover this letter.

2. I put on a movie, and just started cutting out tons of red felt circles about 2-inches each.

3. I folded each circle in fourths and pinched the bottom point.

4. I just started hot gluing each folded circle to cover the J. (Don’t tell, but I only covered the front of the “J” because I realized no one would see the back!)

5. I love the texture of all that felt! Doesn’t it remind you of rose petals? Love.

Next up: Letter O!

1. For this letter, I grabbed an old book that I found at Good Will a year or so ago. I cut each page into strips about 2 inches wide.

2. I used mod podge to wrap each strip around the O.

3. I gave the entire O a coat of mod podge over the top, too.

4. After allowing the letter to dry completely, I covered the other side of the letter, too.

5. I added a jingle bell flower in the corner!

I think this is my favorite part of the entire project!

Lucky for me, the Y was the quickest! I had it done in about 10 minutes!

1. I found some plush aqua yarn for this letter. I wanted lots of texture!

2. I used spray adhesive to adhere the yarn to the letter. I just wrapped it around and around, as tightly as I could.

3. Once I had wrapped the letter tightly with the yarn, I went over it again loosely to give it a messy look.

I put together the rest of the display using items found around my house….

I wrapped an empty box, found a spare frame (I used the frame and its beadboard matting), and threw in a few other random items! I wanted the letters at varying heights, so I used a candlestcik holder and wrapped an empty box to create levels.

I have a lot of gold in my Christmas decor, so I thought the gold beads might tie in nicely!

I created a few quick garlands–a paper doily garland along with a messy ruffled felt garland.

I am so thrilled with how this turned out! This makes me want to drink hot cocoa and listen to Christmas music!

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This is only the beginning of a whole week of fabulous holiday decor projects!

Here is a tiny sneak peek at the crafty goodness coming your way:

Be sure and stop by Lolly Jane tomorrow for another fun tutorial!

Plus…

Every Creative Endeavor is hosting a huge giveaway with some incredible prizes.

There are 3 prize packages, each valued at over $150. You won’t want to miss out on all the crafting goodies! So head on over and enter…

I would be thrilled if an Oopsey Daisy reader won!

I am so stinkin’ excited about all of the fabulousness in this line-up of sponsors!

A big “thank you” for sponsoring our fun event!

Have a great day!

Linking up to Today’s Creative Blog, Tidy Mom,