We have never had matching stockings for Christmas. We sort of just added on new stockings each time our family grew. Some are felt but they all are crazy different colors as you can see in this post.
As I thought about making new stockings verse buying, I landed on a mix of both. I would buy the stockings and then embellish. I found these pretty sweater type stockings for $12 each. I love the two different colors. The mix of a pop of color with a neutral was perfect for my embellishing idea. Follow along and I’ll show you how simple it is to have your own embellished Christmas stockings.
I could have had them monogrammed but embroidering is much more my look. After sewing my yarn arrow pillow, I knew I wanted to use that style and technique for our names. My husband’s name is the shortest, so his stocking was my guinea pig. I love how it came out and rather than finishing the whole family I decided to share this one with you. So hurry, run and grab your supplies and we can embroidery “together”. I have four more stockings to go!
I picked a bold color, navy blue, to start his name.
I then outlined his name with different colors for an added pop. I think I will do every name a little different in font, style, spacing, and design. Having the same stocking and using the same color thread will give the set a uniform look, but still having some uniqueness in the names.
I love that by adding a little bit of imagination to an already made stocking I can just embellish and add my touch without having to spend the time creating the actual stocking. What do you think!?
Does your family have matching stockings?
I’m hoping these stockings are the ones that my kids grow up and have childhood memories remembering. I love having a project I can work on as we continue to transition to living in the north!
Hope you all have a blessed week!
It’s almost the most wonderful time of year. I like to think everyday we get is a gift and can be the most wonderful time of year, but Christmas is special.
I then dropped my wood circle inside the mega phone to where it got snug and it stopped going down. This is where the base of the tree should be. I cut all the poster board off that was higher than the wood circle.
Next, I hot glued the wood circle in place. This created an inexpensively made tree form. From here, you can use your imagination and decorate that tree any way you want! I will show you a wrapping idea that I used.
To be completely honest, the jute string took a while. It was mindless. No thinking was required, but it got a little tedious. That is why on my second tree form I did the same technique but wrapped and twisted burlap. It was so much quicker. Ultimately, I am glad I did the jute string on one of my tree forms. I love the look of the string tree with the burlap tree. They are both rustic materials, but different mediums that created its own look.
What do you think!? Do you like the rustic look too and want to incorporate it for Christmas? You can use your imagination once you have your tree base and embellish your tree form any way you like!! I think glitter would be beautiful or gluing pom poms or feathers all over would be stunning as well! There are lots of possibilities!
I don’t usually share Christmas before Thanksgiving, but with moving I think Christmas will come and go so quickly and I don’t want to miss it. If you like this tree idea, you might also like my