I've seen Yarn Bowls online and wanted something a little more "natural" looking. What better than twine?

It's really easy to put together, the biggest part is waiting, and it is messy!

First make a Paper Mache Paste. You probably have all of the ingredients right now, and if you are going to make one bowl you can probably half the recipe and be ok! I made the whole recipe and had left overs. I stored them in a glass dish with pop on lid and stored it under my cabinet. When I went to use it a...
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This year I've been wanting to change our Christmas theme. Our first (actually 2nd) married Christmas I bought Red, White (Silver) & Blue ornaments & a big yellow ribbon to go on top to symbolize deployment...that was in 2005! Since then we have had 2 Christmas' that we didn't decorate because we weren't home..other than that we have had a combo of the colors since then. BORING!! Growing up my mom would change the themes pretty much every year! We used the same ornaments just different...
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