Printable Christmas Crackers

I adore these Christmas crackers by Mr. Printables! You can download a template for the funny faces including the grey owl and by following a simple set of instructions you can easily assemble your own homemade Christmas crackers to have a great fun time with the whole family. Just hide a small trinket, sweets, jokes or year ahead predictions in the DIY crackers to get the party started! The rules are simple. Let two guests at your party pull each end of the cracker at the same time. The one with the larger portion of the cracker gets to keep the contents of the cracker! Good luck!

Under the same tutorial, you can find the link to download a blank template for the Christmas crackers. It's useful if you want to draw your own designs.

Serpui Marie: Luxury Handbags

These bold and colorful handbags by Serpui Marie are inspired by the tropical gardens of Brazil and are handcrafted in Serpui’s São Paulo atelier. Each clutch features stunning mosaic inlay of mother-of-pearl shells collected in Brazil and Asia. These one-of-a-kind clutches are covered on the inside with luscious gold brocade and is small enough to fit comfortably in your hand.

Serpui Marie says: “We love the beach. I wanted to bring an element from the beach, and make it glamorous.”  The bags feature several lovely designs like sleeping owl, giraffe, zebra, kissing birds and more that are constructed by attaching tiny pieces of the sea shells, and layering them on top of the resin base. The 'sleeping owl' box clutch is available here.

11 Free Christmas Printables with 2015 Calendar

Printable Christmas Gift Tags

Forest Friends Template

Animal Banner

Christmas Activity Placemat

Rustic Woodland Holiday Gift Tags

Printable Gingerbread House

“Happy ‘Owl’-idays” postcards

Christmas Woods Card

Christmas Gift Tags

Christmas Owls Printable

Free 2015 Calendar

With Christmas only a few days away, I decided to do a post with a compilation of some of festive and cheerful printables that can be downloaded for free! The printables include gift tags, wall art, cards, holiday banner, gingerbread house and more! Oh, and there is free 2015 calendar that you can customize and download from here. It'll make a great stocking stuffer and a present for your family and friends. 

Here're some of the links for the weekend:

- Gift guide for hostess, gift guide for her and gift guide for kids.

- Easy and beautiful DIY gift ideas.

- Wreath decorations that'll inspire you to get creative.

- For lovely gift wrapping products go here.

- Christmas eve and day planner that you can download and print, here.

10 Simple, Beautiful Handmade Gifts

Clay owl tray - eHow Crafts

Owl Macrame (necklace/key chain?)- CSL Designs

Owl journal - Homemade Gifts Made Easy

Sock Owl - Craft Passion

Easy Owl Organizational Clips - Mommiez on a Mission

Coasters for Christmas - Boxy Colonial

DIY Owl Pillow - Life Ann Style

Owl Dream Catcher - Nem Graphisme

Owl Heat Pack, a great stocking stuffer! - 30 Handmade Days

Owl Collage Art - Thoughts From Alice

Why settle for store-bought gifts when you can hand-make beautiful owl gifts that your loved ones will love to use everyday! I've got some really great Christmas gift ideas in this post that are not only simple to make, but are truly a joy to give and receive. Find the one (two, or more) that you know your family and friends will love and follow the link below it for the entire tutorial. 

DIY Christmas Owl Wreaths

Woodland owl wreath from HGTV

Yarn wrapped owl wreath - My So Called Crafty Life

Woodland themed holiday wreath - Mom Endeavors

Yarn and felt wreath - Home and Dry

Christmas owl wreath - Florence Finds

Owl holiday wreath - Lacquer and Linen

Holiday rag wreath - Kindred Spirit Mommy

Adorn you home this holiday season with handmade owl wreath. Wreath on the front entrance makes the house look warm and inviting. These 7 wonderful DIY Christmas owl wreaths are easy to make especially if you have a long list of tasks to finish before the guests start arriving. Get inspired to create your own version of wreath or select your favorite and go to it's list of materials to get started. Most of the things that you'll need can be picked up from your local crafts store like Michaels or can be found at home.