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Stenciled Christmas Pillow and Reclaimed Wood Sign-Int’l Bloggers Club
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Hi everyone, I hope you’re having a wonderful Christmas season this year!! Today the Int’l Bloggers Club is sharing with you all our Christmas projects and also some customs we have for this time of year. I hope you enjoy reading all about our different holiday traditions.
A few months ago, I stenciled 2 pillow cases for our fall Int’l Bloggers Club post. It was my intention to do 2 more for Christmas, but *sigh* I just couldn’t make myself sew 2 throw pillows, so I made 1 pillow and stenciled this pretty little tree on it. I also stenciled a reclaimed wood sign.
I simply made an envelope pillow case out of drop cloth that I had from a curtain project. Then I put a book inside the pillowcase to give a somewhat firm surface under the fabric, and stenciled this Christmas tree stencil I designed a few months ago. I cut the stencil design using my Cricut Explore.
Speaking of Christmas traditions. Did you see how I smoothly made that transition? lol. Since being married, my little family usually spends Christmas at home in Missouri. We open presents early on Christmas morning and then around lunch time we have a potluck lunch at my in-laws’ homes. One year we tried to spend Christmas with both our families, but splitting our time proved too crazy.
This year my little family is spending Christmas at my mom’s home in Illinois. Our tradition at my mom’s is to eat pizza on Christmas Eve and open presents. We’ve been doing this fun custom for about 20 years now. On Christmas day, my extended family has a big lunch at my aunt and uncle’s home, and in the evening time family usually gathers at my grandma’s for supper. I’m not sure just how exactly it will go this year, but I do know that we’ll be eating pizza on Christmas Eve. 😉
Oh another fun tradition my little family has is that each year my girls choose one ornament from the store, and my husband and I choose one together. The ornament you see next to the pillow is one of my daughter’s ornaments. I write their names and the year on the ornament they pick out. That’s the only Christmas ornaments we buy, and I’ve made a few ornaments here and there over the years. My mom has made some ornaments for us too, and we have a few that were gifted to us.
Here’s the wood sign I whipped up in just a few hours, drying time included. This was a simple sand, paint, stencil, sand, and wax job. The JPEG file for this stencil can be found here.
So have you made any decorations this year for Christmas? What traditions do you have for the Christmas season?
Don’t forget to check out Mary’s, Pili’s, Michelle’s and Katrin’s Christmas traditions and projects!!
Thanks for sharing!!
Free Cut File
Oh Keri the pillow is so pretty and so you! Love the writing on it too, it is much more than just a tree. And the saying on the wood sign is beautiful as always. Now about that pizza for Christmas eve. I’m coming over!! I t hink we may want to start a new tradition! Less cooking for mom. Hah! I wish you and your family a very merry and blessed Christmas!
Thanks so much Mary!! Yes come on over!! We would love to have you!! Yes exactly less cooking, which in my book is always a good thing. 😉 Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you dear friend!!
That’s so sweet Keri. I love how so many of your stencils are made up of words. It’s so unique just like your tradition of eating pizza on Christmas eve. It’s amazing how some traditions last through so many generations, I’m sure your girls will do the same when they’re older too. Hope you and your family have a lovely Christmas my friend
Hi Michelle, I hope they pass on some of our traditions when they have families of their own. I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year sweet friend!!
Collecting ornaments each year is a wonderful way to keep memories. I imagine when your girls are older and they have a look at all of them, good times will come back to their memory. Enjoy family time and have a Merry Christmas!
Hi Pili, yes I hope this will be a lovely tradition that they keep going in their families too. Merry Christmas to you and yours dear friend!!
Pizza on Christmas eve sounds like fun Keri! We usually do a duck or roastbeef or something similar but I am seriously considering pizza now! It can be hard to get all the family members into one Christmas, hey? But it sounds like so much fun!! Your pillow is so lovely, I really love “Oh Tannenbaum” Oh Christmas tree”, one of my favourite Christmas songs!
We’re pretty excited about joining my family this year for our pizza Christmas Eve tradition. My girls can’t wait to see the animals on the farm too. Thank you so much for your kind words! I hope you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Katrin!!
I forgot to mention the beautiful sign Keri, I love it, your stencils are the BEST!!
Thank you Katrin!! 🙂
Keri, your Christmas tree pillow is adorable! Love that drop cloth material too! You speak of such sweet family traditions…it’s a good thing you aren’t trying to be 2 places on Christmas day! Whew! It would make an exhausting holiday out of it! The happiest of Christmases to you!
Thank you very much Florence! Yes 2 places at once is impossible, especially with small children who don’t like being in a car for long periods of time. Anyway, we’re really excited about this upcoming week. Merry Christmas to you!! 🙂
kERI, i ADORE THE Christmas PILLOW YOU MADE – PINNING TO SHARE. i LOVE YOUR TRADITION OF PICKING OUT ORNAMENTS AND WRITING THE YEAR ON THEM. wHEN YOUR CHILDREN ARE ALL GROWN, YOU/THEY WILL CHERISH THESE MEMORIES. mERRY cHRISTMAS TO YOU AND YOURS!
Thanks so much Marie!! We have fun picking out ornaments each year, for sure. I hope it makes sweet memories for them, and that maybe they’ll pass it on to their kiddos someday. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours as well!!
What a beautiful pillow, i enjoy seeing everyone project from all over the world.
Great idea.
Maria
Thanks so much Maria!
OMG, Keri. I know I haven’t been here for awhile, but holy cow your blog looks great!! Plus, this stenciled Christmas pillow is amazing 🙂
Aww, thanks so much LZ!! The new theme made a huge difference, for sure. Thank you for stopping by. 🙂
Love the pillow!!
Thanks so much for visiting!!
Hugs,
Deb
Thank you Deb!