Friday, December 7, 2012

Toadstool Ornaments, Woodland Ornament Craft Along


So we've crafted our toadstool ornaments!  I think we're definitely going to need to craft some more because I'd love to see the tree filled with these! Oh and when I say we, I suppose I mean me, because Michael opted out of this one.  I don't blame him as they are small and I stabbed myself a few times.  

I made the fully, needle felted variety, above.
 

The twig stemmed variety. 


And Michael's smart idea, the bead stemmed variety.

 

My favorite is the twig stemmed.  

 
As I was making them I put them on our pine cone garland to keep them safe and out of the way. 


And lo and behold I made something I LOVE!  Sorry the pics aren't better.  I can't seem to take a decent picture of it. So here's our pretty woodland garland.  Made with plain wooden ornaments found at the hobby store, beeswax dipped pine cones and needle felted toadstools all strung on hemp string. 

Yes, I'm definitely going to need some more...

 

Thank you to Donni of Magic Onions for your awesome toadstool tutorial!

So, we are well on our way to our goal of a handmade woodland tree! We have beeswax dipped pinecones, toadstools & pinecone fairies.  Next up are Christine Clemmensen's : Pipe Cleaner Elves.  Check out my Pinterest Handmade Christmas board to see them & more ornament ideas. I'm not sure how elves fit in my woodland theme but they are too cute not to include!

 Ok, I know you all are making beautiful things this season.  Leave your links in the comments below.  We would love to see!  


13 comments:

  1. We bought the kit from Donni and have plans to give it a try this weekend! Hope ours turn out as cute as yours!

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  2. Your toadstools turned out wonderfully! I also love the wax dipped cones, what a pretty garland. I look forward to sitting down with my needle felting and making some of these, how fun!

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  3. Oh my... I LOVE the stick stemmed ones!! And your garland is totally wonderful1!
    Blessings and magic to you and your Chocolate Eyed beauties.
    Donni

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  4. Ooo, Hannah... have fun :-)
    Blessings and magic,
    Donni

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  5. Cute!! I made acorn needle felted ornaments this year :)

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  6. They are really lovely. I like the ones with stick stems best!

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  7. Oh goodness those are ADORABLE!....

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  8. Oh Becca, I love it! We haven't tried dipping pine cones yet, I think we must do that soon!
    Thanks so much for sharing your posts on Sharing Creative Ideas!
    ~ joey ~

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  9. Oh my goodness! I found a few little mushrooms at Target this year and it got my brain moving...maybe I'll work on things for next year! I really love your garland, we might have to add the beeswaxed pine cones to the list. :) Visiting from KCCO, but I've been reading your blog for a while now...I'll try to be better about commenting!

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  10. Your garland looks great! The toadstools are just too cute!
    Have a great day :)

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  11. Beautiful woodsy garland! Love the idea of combining bits of twig with needle felting for those cute toadstools.

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