Happy New Year! from around the world

Language	Happy New Year!
Afrikaans	Voorspoedige nuwe jaar
Arabic	Kul 'am wa antum bikhair
Basque	Urte Berri on
Bengali	Shuvo noboborsho
Chinese (Cantonese)	Sun nien fai lok
Chinese (Mandarin)	Xin nian yu kuai
Czech	Stastny Novy Rok
Danish	Godt NytÅr
Dutch	Gelukkig nieuwjaar
Esperanto	Bonan Novjaron
Finnish	Onnellista uutta vuotta
French	Bonne année
German	Ein glückliches neues Jahr
Greek	Eutychismenos o kainourgios chronos
Hawaiian	Hauoli Makahiki hou
Hebrew	Shana Tova
Hungarian	Boldog uj evet
Indonesian (Bahasa)	Selamat Tahun Baru
Italian	Felice Anno Nuovo or Buon anno
Japanese	Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu
Korean	Sehe Bokmanee Bateuseyo
Laotian (Hmong)	Nyob Zoo Xyoo Tshiab
Latin	Felix sit annus novus
Nigerian (Hausa)	Barka da sabuwar shekara
Norwegian	Godt Nytt År
Philippines (Tagalog)	Manigong Bagong Taon
Polish	Szczesliwego Nowego Roku
Romanian	La Multi Ani si Un An Nou Fericit
Samoan	Ia manuia le Tausaga Fou
Spanish	Feliz año nuevo
Swahili	Heri za Mwaka Mpya
Swedish	Gott Nytt År
Thai	Sawatdee Pi Mai
Vietnamese	Chuc mung nam moi
Welsh	Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Merry Christmas” or “Season's Greetings”Around the World

Saying “Merry Christmas” or “Season's Greetings”Around the World

Language    Merry Christmas
Afrikaans   Gesëende Kersfees
Czech         Prejeme Vam Vesele Vanoce a stastny Novy Rok
Danish         Glædelig Jul
Esperanto         Gajan Kristnaskon
Finnish          Hyvää Joulua
French         Joyeux Noël
German         Froehliche Weihnachten
Greek         Kala Christouyenna
Hawaiian         Mele Kalikimaka
Hindi         Bada Din Mubarak Ho
Icelandic         Gledileg Jol
Irish                 Nollaig Shona Dhuit
Italian         Buon Natale or Buone Feste Natalizie
Japanese         Shinnen omedeto. Kurisumasu Omedeto
Korean         Sung Tan Chuk Ha
Latin          Natale hilare
Lithuanian         Linksmu Kaledu
Maori         Meri Kirihimete
Norwegian         God Jul
Polish         Wesolych Swiat Bozego Narodzenia
Portuguese Feliz Natal
Russian      Srozhdestovm Kristovim
Spanish      Feliz Navidad
Swahili         Kuwa na Krismasi njema
Tagalog         Maligayang Pasko
Thai           Suksun Wan Christmas
Vietnamese Chuc Mung Giang Sinh
Welsh          Nadolig Llawen

Ornament Tutorial

Reindeer Ornament

Materials:
clear glass ornament
Pledge Floor Care 
brown glitter
black paint
red button
hot glue
22 gauge brown wire
ribbon


Glittering the Ornament
Remove the top of the ornament. Glitter the inside of the ornament with Pledge Floor Care and brown glitter. Squirt Pledge Floor Care into the inside of a glass ornament and make sure the entire inside is coated. Drain liquid and add glitter while turn ornament. Coat the inside with glitter and empty excess glitter. 


The Eyes & Nose
Using black paint, paint two eyeballs about 1/3 of the way from the top. Use hot glue to glue a red button 2/3 of the way down from the top. 


The Antlers
Using Brown 22 gauge wire, cut one 9" piece and two 5" pieces. Wrap the long piece around your finger and over under the wire once and make sure both sides are even. Using one piece of the short wire, fold it in half and twist and intertwine it with the long piece. Repeat on the other side using the other piece of short wire. Roll the wire into a curled shape and adjust to your preference. 


Finishing Your Reindeer
When paint is dry, replace the top of the ornament and place the area of wire you had around your finger around the neck of the ball and tighten. Use a dot of hot glue to secure. Tie a bow from your favorite ribbon and attach with hot glue.

http://ohchristmastreecrafts.blogspot.com/

Cute Felt Snowman tutorial

Cute Christmas
Snowman tutorial
found HERE

Christmas Orny Trees tutorial

Tutorial Found HERE

Christmas Orny Tutorial

Tutorial found here

Materials:
1 x 65mm Polystyrene Ball (per ornament)
1 x 8" square of fabric (per ornament)
Pins
Twine

Instructions:
- Tear 8 even strips of fabric
- Place 2 strips of fabric together at right angles
- Continue to add strips of fabric (as shown)
- Place Polystyrene Ball in the center of the fabric strips
- Wrap the fabric strips around the polystyrene ball
- Fasten fabric in place, with a pin (and add a loop of twine under pin if hanging ornament)
- Enjoy :)

Santa hat Chair Covers

Found hERE

Christmas Wish List Ornament Tutorial

Cute Ornament tutorial found HERE 

You will need the following materials and supplies:

• Wooden spools
• Red Paint –or whatever color you choose
• Paint brush
• thin ribbon
• white card stock
• rubber bands
• hot glue
• tipped black ink pen

Instructions:

First of all paint the spools red. cut out strips of card stock the same width as the inside of the spool and about 10 inches long. Use hot glue to glue one end of the card stock to the spool. Wrap it around, leaving a good size tail and secure it with another strip of hot glue and then with a rubber band.  After that write out the list in pencil and over it with marker. After you finish with the wish list just thread the thin ribbon through the middle of the spool and tie it together. Then take off the rubber band and enjoy your cool Christmas ornament.

Trees from books

  I found this top image on Facebook Christmas Book Trees. 

Found on tumblr

You can learn how to make this one on Instructables.

Found at MediaTinker

Found at JCULibraryNews

Found at BoingBoing

Found at Unconsumption

Found at  Eyenstyn

Found Shawn Calhoun

Found via Black Gate

 found it via Wil Wheaton’s tumblr  So Cute! 

Wall Tree

Live in a small apartment and don’t have room for a real Christmas tree? 

 Create your own modern style tree using lights and decorations tacked to any wall space.

 (Photo Credit: Martha Stewart)

So Cute Christmas cookies

Cute Snoopy Cookies and other great ideas
Cookie Cutter

Sugar Cookies 

6 cups all-purpose flour 

3 teaspoons baking powder  

1 teaspoon salt  

2 cups unsalted butter  

2 cups granulated sugar  

2 large eggs  

2 teaspoon vanilla extract  

Cream sugar and butter until fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix dry ingredients in separate bowl and add to butter mixture. Mix well. Put a handful of the freshly made dough between two sheets of parchment paper and roll to desired thickness. Repeat with the rest of the dough. Put the rolled dough, including the parchment paper, on a cookie sheet and refrigerate for 10 minutes or longer. Your dough will be chilled and ready to cut and bake with now wait and no added flour! Repeat with scraps after cutting cookies. Bake at 350 degrees for 8 -10 minutes. Let cool.

Source: Fancys Flours

Royal Icing

3 tablespoons Meringue Powder

4 cups confectioners' sugar sifted 

6 tablespoons warm water

Beat all ingredients until icing forms a peak (7-10 minutes at low speed with a heavy-duty mixer, 10-12 minutes at high speed with a hand-held mixer). 

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Wall of cookies

At my house we have a tradition of decorating the tree with edibles

Now these are some of the most wonderful gingerbread cookies I have seen in a long time. 

Instructions found here 

Also would make part of a great cookie wall Christmas tree

You frame strings and ribbons along a wall in shape of a Christmas Tree .

Then tie cris cross strings and ribbons back and forth through frame.

Then hang your cookies and watch the fun.

Grandmama used to wrap each cookie in a colored cellophane  bag.

Merry Christmas

More cookies

Gingerbread Recipe:

1 1/2 Cup Shortening

1 1/2 Cups Sugar

1 1/2 Cup Dark Molasses

(cream together)

12 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour

4 Teaspoons Ground Ginger

4 Teaspoons Ground Cinnamon

1 1/2 Teaspoons Salt

(sift and combine)

Chill dough one hour.

Prepare Royal  Icing Recipe (below)

Royal Icing Recipe:

6 Egg Whites - Room Temperature

1 1/2 Cream of Tartar

2 Lb Confectioners Sugar, Sifted

(combine in mixing bowl and mix on high 7-10min)

Store icing at room temperature in covered container.

As you pipe your lines, sprinkle sanding sugar over the wet icing.  I use a different paper plate under the cookie for each sprinkle color so I can funnel the excess sugar back into the container.

Have fun with the designs and try something new with each cookie.  Most of the cookies shown are outlined, but try filling in an entire cookie.  It will absolutely sparkle!  Store icing at room temperature in covered container.   

Let the cookies set overnight.  While still fragile, the icing will be hard and the sugar and candy pearls will be firmly set to the cookie.

If you are unsure about piping Royal Icing, these cookies are a great starting point.  The sanding sugar is very forgiving over unsteady lines.  

Christmas Card recycle

Christmas Card Recycle Garland

 by Amelia From  

http://www.freshlyhatchedstudio.com

A few weeks ago I mentioned in a post that I was going to do some projects with the Christmas Cards I’ve saved through the years. I first started with making a garland and its coming along nicely.

I used a simple circle punch and went through the cards, strategically punching circles from the cards to get phrases, art elements, graphics and even the signatures and handwriting from my friends and loved ones to make it extra special. From the many photos I had I punched out faces so I could keep those little treasures in time. I used a 1.5″ punch here but you could probably even use different sizes and string a pattern of sizes on the jute. I folded each circle in half and then glued them together back to back. I used 5 circles in each ornament, and strung it to the jute by closing up the final two sides around the jute – just tucking the string down to the center of where the circles meet and then sealing closed.

I’ve got plenty of cards so I will have more than enough stock to choose from and will have a garland of memories to string on the tree this year.

http://www.freshlyhatchedstudio.com/diy-projects/christmas-card-recycle-garland/

Card Pattern Santa

Iris Folding Pattern for a card

Easy Christmas Soap Holders Tutorial

Easy Sewing Tutorial Found HERE

Also a newsletter to sign up for

Paper Pinecone Tutorial

Great Paper Pinecone 

Tutorial and template found HERE

Jumping Jack and Other Toy Plan Sites for Christmas

Toy Theatre

Thatartistwoman.org

Winnie the pooh

spoonful.jumping-jack

Jumping Jacks List

The Play House

Make-wooden-mechanical-toys.

Toys

HowToMakeClassicToys

Simple-Mechanical-Toys

AUtomaton-plans.aspx

Marble machine

Wood plans free site list

  Wooden games plans

   Runner Duck game

    Lots of toy plans

Paint your own Christmas Nails

Ribbon Tutorial

Change the colors and add a hair clip .
Post on a package.
Put a pin on the backside
String together on a ribbon.
Make a ribbon necklace.
No matter what you make of it this is a great simple and easy to follow tutorial
Found HERE
inspirationaltechniquesandtutorials.blogspot

Check out all her other great tutorials

Get ready for next year