What's a blog hop? Well, it's like having a bunch of friends and going to each of their houses to see what they've made and how they've decorated for Christmas... only it's online! You can go in your pajamas! That's my kind of party! 😀

Welcome to the third annual 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop!

They have all been busy as Elves creating, decorating, cooking and crafting tons of new ideas for you to try this holiday season!

Shirley~Intelligent Domestications I Alli~An Alli Event I Michelle~Our Crafty Mom I Marie~DIY Adulation 

Erlene~My Pinterventures I Beverly~Across The Blvd. I Debra~Shoppe No. 5 I Victoria~Dazzle While Frazzled

Megan~C'mon Get Crafty I Michelle~Michelle James Designs I Amanda~Domestically Creative

Deborah~Salvage Sister & Mister I Jeanie~Create & Babble I Sherry~Olives & Okra

Jenny~Cookies Coffee & Crafts I Emily~Domestic Deadline I Bonbon~Farmhouse 40 I 

Leanna~Of Faeries & Fauna I Pam Larmore~P.S. I Love You Crafts I Kelly~North Country Nest I Marie~The Inspiration Vault

Gail~Purple Hues and Me I Lynne~My Family Thyme I Karen~Dragonfly and Lily Pads I Trisha~Blowing Away Out West

Tomika~Life In Pumps I Rachee~Say it, "Rah-Shay" I Lorrin~Embrace The Perfect Mess 

Jaime~Love Jaime I Serena~The Weekend Jaunts I Terri~Christmas Tree Lane I Jessica~A Southern Mother  
Sam~Raggedy Bits I Cyn~Creative Cynchronicity

Valeria~Val Event Gal I Yami~The Latina Next Door I Jeannee~Centsably Creative I Tania~Little Vintage Cottage

 Lauren~Wonderfully Made I Vanessa~DIY 180 I Kimberly~A Wonderful Thought I Kim~Everyday Parties I Erica~Erica Ever After I Dru~Polka Dot Poplars

I wanted to create some ornaments that would go with my eclectic bohemian style. And nothing screams bohemian more that macrame!!

Supplies Needed:

• Key Rings
• Cotton Twine  or you could use Hemp Twine
• Small Wooden Beads
• Large needle (optional)

There are some quick and easy tutorials for making a lark's head knot and a square knot at the Macrame Lovers blog. These are the two knots you'll use to make these ornaments (or necklaces!)

You'll need 6 strands of twine cut to 34" long each. Pair two of them together and tie them to the key ring with a lark's head knot. Repeat with the remaining lengths of twine. They'll look like this.


Then you'll tie two square knots with each set of strings.


Next, separate your strands, push the two on the left out of the way, you won't be using those for this knot, count out four strands and then push the remainder on the right out of the way.


Tie two more square knots and then repeat on the other side.


Next, you'll repeat the same steps that you used to make the first row of square knots.


And repeat until you have 5 completed levels of knots, each level will be double square knots.

Row 1 = 3 knots
Row 2 = 2 knots
Row 3 = 3 knots
Row 4 = 2 knots
Row 5 = 1 knot


You'll need 12 little beads.


Tie these on the ends of the strings at varying levels so they cascade down (You can use the large needle to help thread the beads onto the twine).

TIP: I found that the beads aren't heavy enough to straighten out the twine on their own so I got the entire ornament wet then laid it out flat on a towel and allowed it to dry to get any wrinkles in the twine out.

Be sure to visit our fellow 12 Days of Christmas Bloggers below for even more creative ideas this holiday season!