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8

Win $75 Gift Voucher

in *All General Posts*, Bath And Body - General, Bath And Body Techniques & Ideas, Bath And Body Website Reviews, Craft Competitions, Craft Competitions and Give Aways, Craft Competitons

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Win an iPhone Radiation Protection Case

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Thanks to our sponsor PongResearch you have the chance to win a Radiation protection Iphone case.

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The Pong iPhone Case is a sleek silicone skin containing a proprietary technology module that redirects cell
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Tutorial: No-sew Christmas present onesie

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials

presentonesie Carrie from Making Lemonade shares a no-sew tutorial for this onesie decorated to look like a Christmas present. What a fun idea for baby’s first Christmas! Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Making Lemonade]

[via Someday Crafts]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, no-sew, Christmas, present, gift, onesie, baby[/tags]

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Binary Cupcakes

in *All General Posts*, Chocolate, Edible Craft Recipes & Ideas

Oh so nerdy clever are these binary “Hostess” cupcakes from Not So Humble Pie. Find the recipe HERE.

[tags]Hostess, cupcakes, chocolate[/tags]

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Soapy Candy Canes

in *All General Posts*, Bath And Body Recipes & Tutorials, Bath And Body Techniques & Ideas

Soap Queen shares instructions for creating these adorable and festive Soapy Candy Canes. The Christmas Lollie Pops are also a fantastic project for this time of year!

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Freebie: Vases and Flowers Digital Stamps

in Freebies

: image by Cocoa Studio

Click here to visit Cocoa Studio to download this pretty digital stamp set of vases and flowers for free.

-Heather

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Crazy like a Faux? Faux technique tutorials

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from Craft Stew

Over at Craft Stew, they have compiled a list of tutorials for various polymer clay faux techniques. Click here to head over and check it out, you may find something new!

19

Chocolate Bacon House

in *All General Posts*, Chocolate, Christmas, Edible Craft Recipes & Ideas, Holidays, candy

Now here’s a unique twist on a classic: a chocolate bacon “NOT gingerbread” cake house (with a salami door!) Find the instructions HERE at Almost Bourdain.

[tags]chocolate cake, bacon, house, winter[/tags]

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DIY Abacus…Everyone loves a Math Craft!

in *All General Posts*, Beads, Classroom, Elementary, Kids crafts, Math Craft

Given that this is a lesson plan page, I thought this homemade Abacus craft was perfect! So simple yet, great for learning. Head on over to Our Busy Homeschool for the how to and materials needed.

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Printable: Easy Christmas tags using fabric scraps

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials

christmastags2 Every year I have these visions of perfectly wrapped Christmas presents with beautiful handmade tags. And every year the reality of the hustle and bustle sinks in and I end up with hum-drum wrapping using store-bought tags or folded over pieces of scrap wrapping paper. This year I can have the best of both worlds – cute handmade AND fast…

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Tutorial: Printed leather iPod Touch or iPhone case

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials

icase10 Cathe Holden from Just Something I Made shares a free pattern and tutorial for making these super cool cases for an iPod Touch or iPhone. Make it from plain leather, or use t-shirt transfer to add cool designs to the casel. She includes the graphics to make the one you see here. Go to the free patterns and tutorial.

[photo from Just…

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Downloadable Calendar for a Great Cause

in *All General Posts*, Blogs, Craft Events, Inspiration, Shops

image by Emily of Stamping Scoops

Each year A-Muse rubber stamps designs down loadable calendar pages for a wonderful cause, for a minimum donation of only $4 you can choose from several different calendar sizes and layouts. Visit the A-Muse blog for more information and scroll to down to click through for some great design inspirations like this page from Emily of…

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Tutorial: Make a girl’s dress from a woman’s skirt

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials

dressfromskirt Becca from Blue Cricket Designs guest blogs over at Fireflies and Jellybeans with a tutorial showing how to turn a women’s skirt into a girl’s dress. This is a quick, easy refashion project. Get the how-to.

[photo from Fireflies and Jellybeans]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, refashion, girl, dress, skirt[/tags]

19

Shipping Baked Goods

in *All General Posts*, Christmas, Edible Craft Recipes & Ideas, Holidays

Serious Eats offers great advice on how to best ship cookies, cakes and cupcakes. See the post HERE.

[tags]shipping, gifts, Christmas, cookies, cupcakes[/tags]

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Seattle Geekly Giveaway

in *All General Posts*, Giveaway

Seattle-Geekly.Com is giving away a bar of Geeky Clean’s Bar Trek soap and a Seattle Geekly “geek bingo” t-shirt. Contest runs through Sunday, December 27. Enter here.

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Edible Gift Boxes

in *All General Posts*, Christmas, Edible Craft Recipes & Ideas

Check out these edible gingerbread gift boxes at Canadian House and Home. Find the instructions HERE, found via The Party Dress.

[tags]gingerbread, box, gifts[/tags]

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New Chain

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chain Ornamentea has some exciting new chain. I love the designs and finish and think the names alone warrant a look: Rolo, Plain Peanut and Krinkle – Fun

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Holiday Camps

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The Craft Alliance is holding art camp at its Delmar Loop location in St Louis from the 28-31st.

Seems like a great way for your young crafter to learn metal work during the school break.

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Contemporary Lampworking Volume III

in Book Reviews, Studio, craft gossip, glass beads, glass sculpture, lampwork

It’s in production!!! Contemporary Lampworking Volume III by Bandu Dunham. This is pretty exciting stuff if you’re a lampworker…you know a torchworker…you like to play with fire and glass. It’s been years since the second volume came out so I really can’t wait to see the newest edition. I have both of the previous editions in my glass book library and…

18

Tutorial: Matryoshka doll felt garland

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials

nestingdollgarland Krista from Look Ma No Patterns shares a tutorial and free pattern for making this garland of felt Matryoshka dolls. This is a great project for little scraps of favorite fabrics and ribbons that you can’t bear to throw out. Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Freebies for Crafters]

[via Freebies for Crafters]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, matryoshka, doll, felt, garland, nesting[/tags]

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Tutorial: Felt crayon roll with small notepad

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials

CrayonHolder10 These felt crayon rolls by Cindy from Skip to My Lou are just the thing for last-minute gifts for kids. They feature a pocket for a small notepad and slots for 8 crayons. And being made from felt means no fussing with finishing raw edges. Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Skip to My Lou]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, felt, crayon, roll, notepad, kid, gift[/tags]

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Tutorial: Sew a soothing eye pillow as a last-minute gift

in *All General Posts*, Sewing Patterns & Tutorials

soothingeyepillow Sew4Home offers a tutorial for making these eye pillows. They’re made from small cuts of finer fabrics (such as silks and velvets), so you can give a luxe gift without the gigantic pricetag. Go to the tutorial.

[photo from Sew4Home]

[tags]sewing, tutorial, soothing, eye, pillow, luxe[/tags]

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Meringue Roundup…

in *All General Posts*, Christmas, Edible Craft Recipes & Ideas, Holidays, candy

… at the kitchn. Find five ideas for using meringue HERE, like these peppermint meringues from Martha and these snowflakes from bhg.

[tags]Christmas, sweets, meringue, peppermints, snowflakes[/tags]

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Everything you ever wanted to know about felt

in *All General Posts*

amandasearth This felted model of the earths layers makes me almost want to be in 7th grade again so that I can do this project. Maybe this is why we have kids?

The Spinster’s Treadle has a great informational page about felt and felting. Terminology! Techniques! Go check it out.

I’m about to attempt some wet felted wool dreads. I’ll let you now how…

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servas gschaeft

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Humorous, vegan-friendly soaps from servas gschaeft

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New Release: Stamps By Judith

in *All General Posts*, Product Releases, Shops

image by Stamps By Judith

Stamps by Judith has just released a whole bunch of adorable new stamps. I am personally fond of their animals images, this dog is such a cutie pie, and their peg stamps as well. Click here to see all their fun new stamps.

-Heather

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Tiny Gingerbread Houses for the Rim of Your Mug

in *All General Posts*, Christmas, Edible Craft Recipes & Ideas, Holidays

This brilliant idea from not martha awes me completely: tiny gingerbread houses that perch on the rim of your mug. I mean really. Can anyone in existence think of anything cuter than this? Find the how-tos, tips, and a pdf of a pattern HERE.

[tags]gingerbread house, mug, hot cocoa, mini, Christmas[/tags]

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