We have a long lasting tradition of DIY decorations in our family, so this year was no exception. My sister and I came up with an idea to decorate the Christmas tree with gingerbread cookies, so two days ago we occupied the kitchen and filled the whole house with the aroma of cinnamon and cloves. We used the recipe found in Beatos Virtuvė and I'm pretty happy with the outcome, except that we lowered the temperature a little bit after the first batch, cause our stubborn oven decided to almost burn it. Finally we decorated the cookies with chocolate, sprinkles and vanilla sugar and hung them on the tree. Even though in my mind the Christmas tree was supposed to be really earthy and minimal, we added some red glass balls and red ribbon to make it look fuller, because the branches are pretty thin. So drum roll please, here's the final result (the excessive use of filters masks the lack of quality and magically makes me look more creative):

Oh, and my mom decorated the lamp in the living room with these self-made snowflakes and balls. It looks especially nice when the light is on, cause the silver elements on the balls are reflective:

There are several other DIY Christmas decoration projects that I'm working on right now and maybe I'm gonna find time to share them later.