The Christmas Craft Collab: No. 1, Washi Tape Wonderland!

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Can you believe it's actually CHRISTMAS?!?!?! Well, not *actually* but ya'll know what I mean. It's time for the Christmas Craft Collab! That wonderful time of year where I get to collab with my very favorite blogger - THE EPICEST MADISON EVER This week's was SO much fun, and it looks super festive! Plus, it doesn't take hardly any time at all - and barely any supplies! Ready? Let's get started!

 

You will need:

washi tape

 

Yeah. Seriously. That's it. Literally A L L you need. *smirks* Beat that, ya'll.

If you want, you can use stickers, paper, and Christmas cards/photos - but that's optional. If you want a sharper look, you can use scissors. I didn't but once, and you could've gone without it. Mwhahahaa..

 

Our first part of this WASHI WONDERLAND?!?!?

A washi tape tree!

Kit, Sam! Wait up! I'm not ready, okay?

Kit: Whoops. Sam, stop.

 

Sam: Stop what? Oh. Hehe...

 

Well, I guess I caught them just in time. They're simply demonstrating the first step - place a long strip of washi tape along the bottom of the wall. This is your Christmas tree base!

Continue placing strips above it - making each one a little shorter.

Don't worry about putting tape on walls - it peels off SUPER easily. And if you don't peel it off until forever, it'll come off on it's own slowly. And if you make a mistake, just strip it off and retry!

Now, for the step where I cheated and used scissors. This is for the very top of the washi tape tree. Just cut a triangle, and voila!

Sam. Look. The camera is over here. KIT STOP LOOKING OVER THERE!

Whatever. It's the tree I was trying to photograph. That kinda failed too. *facedesk*

My dolls turned this into their giving tree - each name for a recipient was written on a little circle and then people got to pick who they would give to that year! We added a couple of close friends too. :) And DWOD dolls, don't worry - Amy already covered ya'll.

Look at that colorful awesomeness!

Would you believe that Jules snuck in and stuck some rhinestones on? Well, she did. So believe it. I think it's kinda cute, actually...

The finished product!

 

Now, for the other fun part - displaying Christmas cards! My family (no, not my doll family) actually does this, except on a door covered in wrapping paper. Note: I never get to do the wrapping paper. I wonder why.... XD XD

See all these gorgeous photos and cards?! They're all from EPIC bloggers... like DWOD!

Since this washi tape was a bit wide, I cut it down the middle. You can always use not-so-wide washi tape if you wanna make it even easier (lazy people...).

There are literally so many ways to display your Christmas cards - like this one...

or this one... (and yes, that card is from 2016 - from Madison's annual Christmas card exchange! She'll be releasing that this Monday - don't miss it!)

Or this method, so you can still read the inside.

Uh. What happened here? Looks like someone went a bit washi-tape-crazy. #me

At first I didn't like the weird way I taped it, but now I think it's kinda cute!

 

So, there you have it - a Washi Tape Wonderland! Go even crazier than me and make washi tape snowflakes, streamers, banners, and.. whatever else you think of! But before you do that, do this and send me an email along with some photos at dollsnall4ever@gmail.com. I really hope to see some flooding my inbox - especially with how easy this is (don't tell me you're too lazy...)! You'll be featured in the end-of-the-holiday crafters post where we'll... well, feature you. *facepalm* That was redundant. *shrugs* I've been too distracted by Madi INCESSANTLY TEXTING ME *smirks* to focus too much on anything. XD Even good ice skating books or ballet books like the uh, research ones for the Nutcracker! Anyone excited for that? I'm thrilled - you'd better be too!

 

Don't be a procrastinator and ignore Madi's post tomorrow, okay? Hope you have a really, really MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

Legit, I'm so annoyed by those 'happy holidays' and 'seasons greetings' signs when we all know they mean Merry Christmas. *sighs* I think around St. Patrick's Day I'll go tell someone 'Happy Holidays!' just in case they're against St. Patrick. Or maybe around Easter I can say 'Seasons Greetings! Have a happy spring!'

 

If you want to read my rant about some 'winter' signs, highlight the above. But I don't want to offend anyone, so don't read it if you think you might be offended by Merry Christmas.

But still, Merry Christmas, ya'll!

~ Light4theLord

photographer of the stars