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Show me your homemade Christmas decorations

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Do you make your own Christmas decorations? How about cards and wrapping paper? I'd love to see any pictures you've got from past years. Let's make this a hub of inspiration for anyone looking to DIY it this year.
Warning: please be careful not to reveal any personal identifying information in your photos, such as your face or the outside of your home.
To kick things off, a few examples from MSE HQ...
MSE Holly's Christmas garland

Warning: please be careful not to reveal any personal identifying information in your photos, such as your face or the outside of your home.
To kick things off, a few examples from MSE HQ...
MSE Holly's Christmas garland

MSE Holly made a garland for her stairs this year because there was no way she was paying full price for one (she'd seen them sold at MrCrimbo.co.uk for £30 for 1.8 metres).
Approx. costs:
- Almost 9 metres of garland - £17.97
- 4 boxes of lights from B&M - £16
- Decorations – roughly £25
Total = £58.97
For the same effect she'd have needed five of the MrCrimbo ready-made garlands, which would have cost her £150.
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MSE Bernadette makes things for friends and family. Here are a few of the things she's created over the last few years, all of which she says cost practically nothing but her time.
The trees were all made from pallet wood and required a lot of sawing, sanding, staining and buffing. She got the designs for the '12 Days of Christmas' ornaments from Etsy.
MSE Stephen B's wife made this wreath last year. All the foliage was free and foraged from her workplace.
The cost is minimal - I bought a bulk pack of the foam floristry balls about five years ago and I still have loads left, the tartan ribbon comes from a local haberdashery and costs only about 25p a metre. All the holly is free, as it is from my garden.
Nannyg
Most years, MSE Carol makes a garland with her daughters using leftover bits from the Christmas tree. You can also get tree bits from your local garden centre for free, she says. They forage ivy and pine cones, and glue the whole lot onto a piece of string.
MSE Clare knows a lot of crafty people. Some of the Christmassy things they've made include: