"Born to be a King" Printable

We have another Christmas printable for you, we hope you enjoy!

The printable is an 8x10, and you can find it here.

*Our printables are for personal use only. Resale or redistribution of our printables is not permitted. Do not claim them as your own. If you post them elsewhere on the internet, link back to our blog and credit Rosewood Corner. Please do not remove any Rosewood Corner watermarks.

"Born to be a King" Board

We have a big window in our kitchen with a lot of wall space above it that looked bare to me for a long time. I tend to be indecisive, so trying to figure out what quote or piece of art should hang above the window was not working out so well. I eventually decided that I didn't need to be decisive, I could have my husband cut some large boards for me and make different quote boards for different holidays or seasons that I could change often! The very first board we finished was our Christmas board, so it's only fitting that it's the first one we share here!

Ever since I became a mom, I've been amazed by Mary and the faith and wonder she must have felt, bearing a child who would become the King of all men. Though He began His life as a tiny baby, He was born to be great, and we all owe Him a debt that can never be repaid. Christmas is truly a time to celebrate His birth and life, and the season is magical because of it. 

"Christ in Christmas" Printable

We thought we would create a couple printable versions of our "Christ in Christmas" board for anyone that didn't want to tackle a painting project during the busy Christmas season. We hope you guys enjoy!

The printables are in a 16x20 format.

You can find the gray version here.

You can find the tan version here.

*Our printables are for personal use only. Resale or redistribution of our printables is not permitted. Do not claim them as your own. If you post them elsewhere on the internet, link back to our blog and credit Rosewood Corner. Please do not remove any Rosewood Corner watermarks.

"Christ in Christmas" Board

A few years ago (before Pinterest) I saw a Christmas board that had phrases pertaining to the Christmas season for each letter of the word Christmas. I loved the idea at the time, but Kim and I thought that the phrases would be even better if they had to do with Christ instead of just general Christmas themes. The two of us brainstormed and came up with phrases that we were satisfied with, then made vinyls of our idea so that we could put together some boards with the rest of the girls in our family at Thanksgiving that year. It's still one of our favorite holiday decorations, so we thought it was worth sharing!

Our boards were 20" tall and 15" wide. Kim painted hers cream and then aged it a little with some stain that she brushed on and then wiped off. I painted mine Metallic Taupe from Plaid FolkArt paints. It's a quick and easy project that is a great reminder of what the Christmas season is really about!

Disney Inspired Felt Christmas Tree

I saw some adorable kid-sized felt Christmas trees, like this one from Johnny in a Dress, and knew that we needed one for our house. What kid wouldn't want their own tree to decorate, un-decorate and decorate again? And felt tree ornaments mean no broken glass that could hurt little feet. It is a well-known fact that we are huge Disney fans in our house, so it was only fitting that our felt tree had some obvious Disney influences!

The project turned out to be quite a bit bigger than I was expecting! Luckily, my husband is much better at drawing and dimensions than I am, so the ideas I had in my head were able to slowly come to life in felt. The ornaments were inspired by tree ornaments and antenna balls made by Disney, and the presents we just tried to make to fit the personality of the characters that inspired them.

We bought about a yard of green felt, though I think we could have gotten away with less. We spent a little more to get the glittery felt rather than the standard dark green. I just thought the glitter helped the tree look like it already had Christmas lights on it or something...

My husband helped me get everything figured out on paper before we started cutting anything for the ornaments...

We made templates...

And cut out lots of felt pieces:

Felt sticks to felt, so we don't have to glue the ornaments to the tree or add anything to the back of the ornaments to stick to the tree, but we did use hot glue to keep the pieces of the ornaments together. It was so fun to see the ornaments come together! And no Christmas tree feels quite complete without a few presents sitting underneath!

Twenty character ornaments, a star, and four presents later, we have our adorable Disney inspired felt Christmas tree! Our kids absolutely love it and it definitely makes the big project seem worth it now that it has already provided hours of enjoyment for our kids!

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The "Magic of Christmas" Printable

Yesterday we shared our "Magic of Christmas" glass block, and while we love it, we know not everyone has easy access to a vinyl cutter of some sort. Or maybe you just aren't loving the glass block idea but love the quote. We figured we would cover our bases and offer a printable for anyone who would prefer it!

We've seen this quote around a lot on vinyl websites, we just felt like we wanted to change the fonts up a bit and also offer it in a printable form. It's such a great quote, and such an important reminder of the real reason that we celebrate Christmas!

We created this printable in an 8x10 format, and you can download it here.

*Our printables are for personal use only. Resale or redistribution of our printables is not permitted. Do not claim them as your own. If you post them elsewhere on the internet, link back to our blog and credit Rosewood Corner. Please do not remove any Rosewood Corner watermarks.

"The Magic of Christmas" Glass Block

A couple of years ago we made a Christmas glass block that we absolutely loved. It is really easy to make, so we thought we would share really quickly how we put ours together.

Lowes had a sale going on their pre-drilled glass blocks awhile back, so we picked up quite a few at the time, knowing how much we love glass block projects! If you can get them on sale, pre-drilled is definitely the way to go! We like to start with the clear version (with no texture), and if we want a frosted look, we just spray it with a little frosted glass spray paint like the kind shown below.

We sprayed our block, waited for it to dry, then applied our vinyl. We've seen this quote around quite a bit on vinyl websites, but we wanted to change the fonts up a bit so we made our own version. Then we put a small set of white lights inside and tied a pretty bow around the block! We love how it looks, whether it's daytime and the lights are off...

...or nighttime and the block is all lit up. So simple, but so pretty!

A Somewhat Spooky Wreath

Halloween is only a couple of days away, so we wanted to share one more Halloween wreath project with you guys! This one is really simple, the hardest part of the project is picking your decorations! 

We purchased a black faux pine wreath at Joann Fabrics with our usual coupon, and then went through the holiday sections to find some little decorations to nestle into our wreath. Once again, while we found a good chunk of our decorations in the Halloween section, quite a few were found in the Christmas section, so don't be afraid to check out the whole store to see if anything jumps out at you. Once we found our decorations, we attached them to the wreath with the thin wire you can buy at any craft store, and adjusted them until we were happy with the layout. The ribbon was easy as well, we just picked a ribbon with a wire edge and nestled in right into the wreath with the rest of the decorations. And that was it! Simple and cute, our favorite kind of project!

Black Feather Halloween Wreath

When we shared our spooky mantel the other day, it included a black feather wreath that we had made. It really was such a simple a wreath to put together that we thought we should share with you just how we did it. We don't have pictures of the whole process, but the process is simple enough that it really shouldn't be an issue. 

Black Feather Halloween Wreath

Supplies

Styrofoam Wreath

Black fabric

Black Feather Boa

Decorative Holiday Picks (we think that's what they are called)

We love Joann Fabrics because they are the best in regards to allowing coupons from their competitors. We were able to get a styrofoam wreath and a black feather boa using 40% off coupons, hurray! We bought the smallest feather boa they had because we really did not want to spend a lot, but you can always splurge and get a bigger one! We knew we had a way to work around the fact that ours was small, but we'll get to that. We also picked up the decorative picks at Joann. The spiders came from the Halloween section, but the silver stars and purple spirals actually came from the Christmas section! That's a little tip we've discovered over the years, if you are willing to look at things a little differently, it's amazing how many different ways you can use them!

Okay, now to get down to assembling the wreath! 

Step 1: We already had some black fabric scraps, so we tore it into strips (about 1" wide) and just wrapped it around the wreath, securing the fabric with straight pins. That way you don't have to worry about white styrofoam wreath peeking out between the feathers. That's also what allowed us to get away with a smaller boa. 

Step 2: The boa was attached in the same way, just wrapped around the wreath and attached with straight pins. It's a much less stressful way to go about it then using hot glue or something similar, because it's much easier to adjust the boa until you get just the look you want. 

Step 3: Last of all, we jabbed those little decorative picks right into the styrofoam and bent them until we got just the look we liked. 

Simple right? If you decide to put one together we would love to see it!

A Somewhat Spooky "Mantel"

Arizona does have some cooler weather areas, but for the most part our state is pretty warm all year round. Because of that a lot of Arizonans, ourselves included, build or buy houses that don't include a fireplace. While we did enjoy the few nights a year we lit a fire in the fireplace growing up, we really don't think it's worth it to have a fireplace here. The only problem with that decision is that we don't have a pretty mantel to decorate for the holidays! We found that the simplest solution to that problem was to buy a decorative shelf and create our own Arizona "mantel."

As per our usual,  it may not be a super scary "mantel", but it has just enough spook appeal to make it Halloween worthy. Skeletons and skulls just don't have as much of a creepiness factor if they are covered in a colorful glitter, and that's just the way we like it! 

How are your mantels decorated this Halloween?

P.S. If you haven't already grabbed your Halloween printable, you can find it here.

A Somewhat Spooky Porch

We love decorating for Halloween, but we tend to gravitate more towards the cute or glittery end of the decorating spectrum, rather than the scary or gory end. So it shouldn't be too surprising that while there are "boiling" cauldrons and bats, the critters haunting our porch this Halloween are more of the friendly type! 

We would love to see how you guys are decorating this year!