iCraft.Designs: Nativity projects

I just love this time of the year. Scratch that, I love the REAL reason for this time of the year. Everything else is just a bonus.

I've long said I wanted to collect Nativities. The problem is I'm super picky about which ones I like (just ask my mom when she wanted me to get one for Christmas a few years ago!). Ever since Ashley at Make It and Love It did this in 2010 (see tutorial here)

I've been longing and planning to do it with my Silhouette machine, but I've never had a place to display it (it just needs a fireplace or something nice) Finally I decided I'd tweak it a little bit and make it work so it can be split up.

I printed the words instead of using the Silhouette because they were just a little too skinny and were snagging in the machine. If I did bigger than 4x6 it probably would have worked, but these were the frames I had lying around to use. I did the shepherds and wise men in 4x6 and the manger scene in 8x10.

Wise Men Still Seek Him

Oh, Come, Let Us Adore Him

Where meek souls will receive him, still

The dear Christ enters in

I used my Silhouette machine to cut out the images (though you could just google nativity silhouette, there are tons of options and print it with the words).

I really like to focus on the Savior's role in my life during Christmas and I try to make sure some of my decorations reflect that.