This year mine is a Corner Christmas tree shelf. If you don’t want the traditional Christmas tree this may be an option for you. This shelf will fit snuggly into the corner of any room and can be decorated in a Christmas theme.
I don’t think this project will be a big surprise to people who follow my blog. Because I have been steampunk mad all this year, a steampunk Christmas tree was inevitable. The idea came from a comment on one of my other steampunk projects. A lady said it would be interesting to see what I come up with for Christmas and she was hoping it was a Christmas tree. I saw that as a challenge and after some thought this was what I came up with.
I live in a very small town and every year our town has a Christmas light competition. Lots of houses in town decorate their garden and houses and some do it to raise money for charities. My sister takes part in these competitions and this year she wanted me to make her a large “Santa stop here” Christmas sign.
I was looking for a project to make for a Christmas Decoration competition on one of the sites I create for. I did well with my Christmas Santa stop here sign so I thought I would enter again. I wanted to try and make something different but also something I could use. With our children all grown up and out of the house, I don’t put up all the Christmas decorations anymore for just me and my Husband. But I don’t want to be a Grinch either. Instead of putting up my big Christmas tree I thought I would just make a Christmas shelf. My first thought was a triangle with a back on and ornaments on the shelf but I just kept building once I got started.
If you have not heard of Unicorn Spit Stain and Glaze in one you are missing out. This product is so great, it is a non-toxic gel stain that can be used on many surfaces. I think the main use was for blending colours on wood. Which becomes translucent and you can see the wood grain through the colour. But my favourite is Unicorn Spit on glass. And the best thing about Unicorn Spit is you need no skill to use it on glass and every piece is unique. It worked so well I thought I would try Unicorn Spit on the plastic baubles for our Christmas tree.