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diy wine cork christmas trees

Need a last minute gift idea? If you save up your wine corks, I have one perfect for you!

I have been saving wine corks for over ten years. It all started back in my bartending days and I have kept it going since. I have two huge containers full of them, so I am always on the lookout for a great cork craft project.

The small ones were super easy and quick to make. You basically just glue wine corks together as shown in the photo above. I purchased these little red bows at my local craft shop. So, all you need is a glue gun and some corks for this project – with an optional tree topper.

For the larger tree, you will want to use a styrofoam tree shape as the base and glue your corks around in a circle. Then you just glue the corks all the way to the top going in a circle trying not to leave many gaps. I found the large tree topper at my local craft store that had a wire spring at the bottom, so I was able to easily attach it to the top of the styrofoam.

Cute, huh? These make perfect gifts for a wine lover. I already gifted some to my mom as an early Christmas gift 🙂

Happy Holidays Everyone!

the tutu project

by heather | sunny slide up

I came across this story this weekend and it made me smile so much.

It is the story of a man and his tutu. And so much love.

After Bob Cary’s wife Linda was diagnosed with breast cancer, he began taking photos of himself in nothing but a pink tutu. The idea behind the photographs was to get his wife to laugh during her chemo treatments. Others loved the photos so much that he went on to create ‘The Tutu Project’, which helps raise money for breast cancer research. www.thetutuproject.com

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There is a book “Ballarina” available for purchase HERE.

And a calendar, “The Tutu Project” available for purchase at Barnes & Noble.

There are also postcards and prints available for purchase on The Tutu Project website. A portion of every sale goes to The Carey Foundation.

Watch this video about their story….

If a man in a tutu dancing all over the world for his wife doesn’t scream love, I don’t know what does.

wrapping paper love

by heather | fun finds

Being a graphic designer, one of my favorite things to do at the holidays is pick out my wrapping paper for all of the presents going under the tree. I usually end up buying too much, but it is impossible to pass up an awesome gift wrap design! I love all of the endless options. Heck, you can even add your own photos to wrapping paper to get printed these days – see below.

I try to make sure all of the wrapping paper compliments each other. You don’t want it looking like a hot mess under your tree! I try to pick a fun character patten (that the little ones will like) and then pair it with some fun patterns.