The Party is Here!

Welcome to our first linty party at Casa Haus.

Today it's all about sharing our Christmas home, crafts, diy's, you name it! If it's christmassy, it works!

In my case, I've been working lately on this project I'm sharing with you. I'm so excited. I hope you like it and find it inspiring for your own home.

As you recall, last year I made a pine cone wreath, and eventhough I loved it, this year I'm going for something new. Still pinecones, but with a twist. I got it finished just in time to participate in the party! Yay!

 

I used some magnolia leaves (from mom's garden), last year's pine cones, and some berries from the craft store.

Magnolia leaves are excellent for crafts. They are absolutely gorgeous. After drying them, I used acrylic paint to keep the silver theme going.

 

And I hot glued them to a wreath I bought at the craft store.

 

It's actually pretty simple, you just need to figure out the place for each leaf and pine cone. ;)

Ain't it lovely? There I am with my new wreath... and my bff, my camera. :P

and now, let's start the party!

Hop over to Casa Haus Spanish and link up!

 

Let's Part-ay!

Howdy!

Our fellow blog, Casa Haus Spanish is on party!

We're celebrating that we've broken the 100 barrier:

 

We've got more than 100 followers

and over 100,000 visitors
over there. And since we're sister blogs,
Casa Haus English is celebrating as well!
Yay!

So thank you!
None of this would be possible without all of you.

So, because we're celebrating and because Christmas is just around the corner,
Casa Haus Spanish is hosting our
first linky party!

What's this all about?

I want to see your home for Christmas! 

Show me your tree.

Your decor.

Your crafts.

Anything you're doing for the holidays.

What if you don't have that kind of post?

Well, we all have a special way of celebrating our holidays.

So your post can be anything Christmas-related.

(gift wrapping, dinners, parties, anything!)

So, write a Holiday post on your blog.

:)

And come December 14 to Casa Haus

and share some joy!

Feel free to take any of the buttons I've made for the party,

so that your friends can come too!

 ;)

We want a big party!

{see ya Dec 14 }

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In other issues, the other day I had coffee with

some fellow bloggers:

 Ana from Coffee Break

and Ytzia from Crea lo inimaginable

This gals are lovely and really fun.
We had a great time!

Make Your Own Jellyfish -Tutorial

Last week my daughter had this assignment for school: she had to give class about jellyfish. She had to bring extra material, such as dough figures or a cardboard with pictures in it, but no, not my daughter. She had different plans. Using supplies we already had at home, she had this wonderful idea of making a real-like figure. I must tell you, the results were beautiful!

So, if you happen to have this assignment for homework (by you I mean your kids, of course ;), or if you just want a fun, unexpensive, and easy activity to do with them, this is for you. Making your own jellyfish with recycled materials is as easy as following my daughter's tutorial (with a few little ideas of mine).

Material:

Plastic bags

Clear hair rubber bands

Wodden stick

Food coloring

Scissors

How to:

If you want to try for colored jellyfish, use a few drops of food coloring on your bag.

Use your fingers to paint the bag.

Beware of blue fingers!

Turn the bag inside-out. Use the rubber band to mark the division between head and umbrella. The distance depends on the size of your bag, but it's somewhere between 1/2 and 2/3 of the bag.

Once you put the rubber band, it should look like this.

Use another bag to cut out spirals. This is a step for you, since it's a little tricky for kids.

Place the stick on the inside, and secure it with another rubber band. Use this same rubber band to place the spirals in place. (You should take the spirals by the center tip). The spirals are very important for they make pretty tentacles. Do as many as you need (the more, the merrier =).

Done!

If you leave the bags unpainted, they will make gorgeous white jellyfish.

These jellyfish are very easy to make and you'll be sure to get great results. If you go up and down with the stick holding the jellyfish, it will move just like the real ones do. That makes them so perfect! My daughter liked them so much, she wanted to keep them in her room as part of her decoration. By the way, her teachers were delighted, for it was a very creative way of reusing materials.

What do you say?

Like 'em?

If you're up for the challenge, try it out and share your results with me!

PS I'm sharing this tutorial at:
My Frugal Family's Talented Tuesday
A Silly Little Sparrow's Toot Your Horn Tuesday
Coastal Charm's Nifty Thrifty Tuesday  
Lucky Star Lane's Lucky Linky Tuesday
Hope Studios' Tutorial Tuesday
Someday Crafts' Whatever Goes Wednesday
It's So Very Cheri's Spotlight Yourself
Trendy Treehouse's Creative Share Blog Hop
The Thrifty Home's Penny Pinching Party
The Shabby Nest's Frugal Friday

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