This wreath is jaw-dropping beautiful. I can’t even begin to describe how beautiful it is. Each element comes with its own step by step tutorials such as the Butterflies and Toadstools. This wreath is perfect for Christmas time or Springtime. … Read More...
Insta Party Love – Football
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I feel like we are featuring more pink stuff these days, especially when it comes to Unicorn parties. It’s quite refreshing to feature this sports theme party. This … Read More...
Project: Christmas Tree Shaped Cards
Infinity dies, which come in the same shape that get progressively smaller make for perfect shaped cards. These lovely Christmas tree card were made with dies and stamps from Hero Arts. You can visit their blog for a video tutorial.… Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Doodles the Deer softie
Doodles the Deer is a cute little deer softie who lives to stay warm all through a cold winter. He’s got a scarf around his neck and socks on his feet! He’d make the perfect handmade gift for the kids … Read More...
Three Printable Photo Christmas Cards
Send warm greetings with one or more of these free printable photo Christmas/Holiday cards from Quiet Sundays. You may print these at home, but you’ll get the best results if you send them to a card making company or local … Read More...
Faux Faceted Stone Earrings
Faceted everything has been trendy for a little while now. These cute earrings from Dom of the Crafted blog capture the trend perfectly. The tutorial is dead simple – a little clay, a sharp blade, glue and findings are all … Read More...
Tutorial: Sweet wool felt pincushion or sachet
These wool felt pincushions would make sweet gifts for your sewing friends! And for your non sewing friends, include some lavender or potpourri in the filling to make them pretty sachets. Minki Kim from Minki’s Work Table shares a tutorial … Read More...
Project: One Layer Holiday Card
May Park will show you how to combine many smaller stamps to create a large frame background for a one layer holiday card using a masking technique and coloring them with Copic Markers. Visit her blog Mayholic Designs to watch … Read More...
Great recycled sweater Christmas ornaments
Oooooohhh! I can not tell you how much I love, love, love these recycled sweater Christmas ornaments!! I spotted them in a great collection of recycled ornaments featured at the blog Sadie Seasongoods. There is another project just above this … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Color blocked pocket tee for an 18″ doll
If an American Girl or other 18″ doll is under your tree this year (or scheduled to be delivered by Santa), check this out. Jess from Gracious Threads is sharing a free pattern at Fleece Fun for making a cute … Read More...
Gift Knits from the New Knitty
The latest issue of Knitty just dropped the other day, so I thought it might be fun to highlight some patterns you still have time to knit for gifts, if you’re still in the market for some.
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A Cool Gift You Can Cross Stitch
Normally we think of cross stitching as happening on gridded fabric, but you can cross stitch anything that has holes, as we have seen from stitched peg boards and chain-link fences and other amazing large-scale projects.
You can also add … Read More...
Christmas Gift Wrapping Ideas – Hand Stamped Bags
This Christmas gift wrap is really pretty and uses brown paper and Eucalyptus leaves, if you don’t have real ones, then check out these Faux Eucalyptus ones you can buy to complete the look. These stamped bags are really sweet … Read More...
Crochet Cross Over Block Stitch Baby Blanket
One of my favorite crochet projects to work on is the humble and sweet baby blanket. Not only are baby blankets adorable, they’re also super quick and easy to make. Also, they mean the world to the parents who receive … Read More...
Edible Crafts – Macaron Christmas Tree
This Macaron Christmas tree would make an amazing table centerpiece at your Christmas party or Christmas event. Once you have mastered Macaron’s you can learn how to attach them to a cone to create this amazing Edible Christmas Tree.… Read More...
Tip: Wall Paper Card Backgrounds
Here’s a wonderful way to recycle left over scraps of wall paper (or those samples you took home with you), try using them on your cards! Justine Hovey used some fun wood grain wall paper for her background and layered … Read More...
Tutorial: Sew an easy pencil or crayon roll
Here’s an easy gift you can sew for almost anyone on your Christmas list. Melissa from Blank Slate Patterns and Melly Sews shows how you can sew a pencil or crayon roll. Or a knitting needle roll, or crochet needle, … Read More...
DIY Recycled Christmas Photo Display
Use materials from your recycle bin for this clever DIY. The tutorial will show you how to upcycle a piece of cardboard and create this photo display to decorate your home for Christmas. You can use it for displaying Christmas … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Sleepyhead Nightgown with a reindeer applique
Chelsea from GYCT Designs shares a free pattern for her Sleepyhead Nightgown, and a sew-along to show you how to make it. Her sew-along includes a free applique pattern for a cute little reindeer so you can make this a … Read More...
Knit a Hat for Your Little Elf
Lots of these gift idea knitting patterns have been for adults, but of course one way to get a project done fast is to make something for a child (tell that to the gigantic blanket I’ve been working on for … Read More...