It's Open!!!!! Jingle All The Way Home Shop

Well the web-doors to the Jingle All the Way Home shop are open! Yes!, it's the official kick-off to the 2009 Christmas Season! Can you smell the cinnamon, feel the frosty air and kiss of snowflakes on your cheek. Below you'll find a sneak-peek of some of the offerings. Just click on the picture and you'll take a cyber sleigh ride on over to the shop! Now remember to read to the very end of this post to sign up for the giveaways.

These little guys are made of cinnamon and smell great! They're wonderful as tiny ornaments or as a special embellishment on packages. Each ornament has been rolled out, stamped with a cookie cutter, dried and painted.
How about these tags that the cinnamon ornaments are on! I colored them with inks, distressed the edges and then stamped them with a Tim Holtz vitage Christmas advertisement stamp. I love the vintage feel of them.

Sometimes you'll have a great idea and you think "wow I think I could make 20 of these!", that is until you finish both the first and last one you'll ever make. That was the case with this Santa made out of a piece of slate. The slate was very difficult to cut into the shape I wanted, so folks, this is the only one I made!
I'm pleased to introduce you to "Star", he's Jingle's brother from a previous. How many snowmen do you know with a rhinestone belly buttton? hee,hee,hee.....

This is Star's brother, "Flakes". He sells snowflakes of ever shape and size. If you purchase him for your tree he'll promise not to create a blizzard in your living room!

Now that you've decorated your tree, how about decorating yourself with these one of a kind metal Snowman Dog Tags? Measuring 1.2 inches wide by 2 inches wide they are just the right size to stick on a chain and wear with your coolest black turtleneck!

Don't forget to check back as new items will be added on amost a daily basis! Oh how I love Christmas decorating, how about you!?!?!?!?

Now for the giveaways!!!! If you are already a follower of the Honey Girl Studio Blog just leave a comment and say you're already a follower to enter into a random drawing for this pop bottle cap pendant. Hmmmm, which will get you thinking.....have you been naughty or nice so far this year?

To be entered into the drawing for this 5 inch tall snowman ornament just click on the "become a follower" on the right side of the blog, leave a comment saying you're a new follower and ta-da!, you're entered! Don't forget to leave your email where I can reach you if you don't have a blog.

Tiny House and Snowman Memories

Still on the foamcore board kick, I made this tonight. It is a 4 inch by 4 inch ornament. The little girls with the snowman on the sled is copy of a vintage postcard that I shrunk down. The big snowman is also from a vintage postcard. I love the color of the velvet green ribbon.



This little house was made from the ground up.....literally. I started with chipboard, cut it out, scored the angles, covered it with decorative papers, glued it up and then covered it with glitter and glued sequins, stars and snowflakes on the roof. The photo stinks, its a little blurry because I didn't have enough light but you get the idea. It's about 4 inches tall.

I think I'll be making more of these little houses, they were really fun to make! Here is the template. Just rightclick on it, open up a blank Word document and paste it into it, next size it and print it out. But be warned, they are addictive to make! Can't you just see a whole village?! I got the template last year from the Martha Stewart website.

Holiday Cookies!

I've never met a cookie I didn't like! That's basically my motto for the Christmas holiday or for any other time of the year for that matter. Cookies inspired me to make this 7 inch tall ornament. He is made of wood, paint, decorative papers, rubber stamps and glitter. He's available in the Honey Girl Studio Shop.

Holly, Guitars and Christmas Music

Holly is just so beautiful this time of year.....the deep green leaves with the vibrant red berries. It inspired me to make this ornament I call "Christmas Holly". This ornament is made with a wooden ornament base I bought at the craft store. I then layered decorative papers, cut out a few holly leaves and glued them over top of the decorative papers. Next I copied a vintage picture and colored it and embellished it with glitter. Lastly the whole thing is sealed with 3 coats of glaze. You can take her home and hang her on her tree, just click here.

I think every kid has asked Santa for a guitar at one point or another in their childhood! Let's face it, it's a fascinating instrument. I've always loved guitar music, especially classical guitar music. I also like the flamenco music. If you want to listen to absolutely wonderfully beautiful Christmas guitar music then you need to go here and listen to the samples. The CD is Poets & Angels: Music 4 the Holidays by Ottmar Liebert. It is my all time favorite Christmas CD next to the Charlie Brown Christmas Album. Anywho, I hope you check Poets and Angels out!

While I was listening to the Poets and Angels CD, I was inspired to do a Fresh Vintage ornament which payed tribute to the coveted toy Christmas guitar. This little guy is so cute in his little loafers and cowboy hat, isn't he? The tree beside him is made of tiny strips of silver tinsel. I cut apart beaded roping to get the individual red balls which I then hot glued to the tree and yes, I must admit there was some colorful language uttered as the hot glue got on my fingertips!