Check out this simple tutorial for creating a holiday backdrop and printing your own Christmas cards. If you’re all about the DIY then this is for you! You’ll get some handy time saving tips, and links to useful resources.
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Tutorial: No-sew wool felt poinsettias
Lisa from Cucicucicoo shows how you can create these felted wool poinsettias, with no sewing required. You can use them to make beautiful wreaths, ornaments, or other Christmas accents. I think they’d be gorgeous on napkin rings for your holiday … Read More...
Printable Advent Calendar Activities
If you totally spazzed on the Advent Calendar it’s not too late! Here’s Smitha to the rescue with this free printable set of holiday activities that you can use to count down the days to December 25th. This can be … Read More...
Clay Polka Dots
Sculpey has a fun tutorial with polka dots. Side benefits include some creative uses for Soufflé clay and some of the Sculpey tools I like best (the Etch n’ Pearl). As syndee holt mentions, you could make a retro tree … Read More...
Tip: Setting Up Your Own Water Color Palette
Water coloring is a very popular coloring medium in stamping right now. But if you’re starting from scratch or want to move up from pre-selected palettes it can be a bit intimidating if you’re wanting to try using tube water … Read More...
Tinkering Trees: An Easy STEM Activity
Here’s a holiday/winter STEM idea that adults will love trying as much as kids.
Left Brain Craft Brain has all the details for making an invitation to build tinkering trees.
These are pretty easy setup, particularly if you’re at … Read More...
Knitting Pattern – 5 hour Quick Socks
Someone once asked me, when I wrote a pattern for worsted-weight socks, why I would do such a thing because they wouldn’t really fit inside shoes.
Well, first of all, depends on the shoe, but who says we always wear … Read More...
Sewing Tutorial and pattern: Upcycled dog sweater
Kate from See Kate Sew shows how you can take an old sweater that you don’t wear any more and turn it into warm winter wear for your dog. This refashion works best for smaller dogs and her free pattern … Read More...
Christmas Joy wood blocks embellished with buttons and beads
Nothing adds more fun to painted wood than buttons, beads, sequins and half pearl dots from Buttons Galore and More!
They are perfect for adding details to projects of all sorts materials. In this case I painted wood blocks, … Read More...
Printable 2018 Calendar
get your free printable 2018 calendar to see the entire year at a glance. It come in two versions, one titled with the number 2018, and the other with the year written out. Take you pick, or download them both. … Read More...
How to make Pillar Candles
What is the difference between a Pillar candle and a normal candle? A Pillar candle needs to be free standing so the wax needs to be hard and not soft. You need a strong Paraffin wax. Learn the differences and … Read More...
DIY Elf on the shelf Slime Idea
Naughty Elf on a shelf Slime – Has your Elf been naughty and got slime everywhere? Well, this little guy sure has. Here is the recipe for your Naughty Elf slime activity. The kids will have hours of fun playing … Read More...
Needle Felted Acorn Ornaments
These needle feltedacorns are adorable. They would make wonderful gifts! These little Acorns are perfect sellers for market stalls and booths too. You can learn how to make them by following this felting step by step tutorial here.
Amazing K-mart Garden Ball Hack
These K-mart balls have taken a Christmas hack. At just $15 these concrete balls are the perfect medium for Christmas painting.
You will need Acrylic paints in red, green, black and silver.
Choose a design from either a Christmas … Read More...
Etsy Handmade Business Feature – SweetPeaStitches84
Personalized Unicorn Soft toys – These little mystical creatures are the perfect gift for a Newborns announcement. Each creature is handmade with your child’s name or birth details. What a great little gift idea.
DIY Christmas Paper Lanterns
These DIY Christmas lanterns are so easy to make and look wonderful hung from the ceiling or behind a food table. Christmas parties are being planned all over the world right now so how about trying your hand at making … Read More...
Projects: 3 Different Magic Slider Cards
Magic slider card are so much fun, they have a pull out that magically reveals an image underneath. In the past they were a little tricky to put together but the cleaver folks over at Lawn Fawn have designed a … Read More...
DIY Button Wreath Tags for Gifts and Scrapbooking
Use up your button stash (I’m sure you have one!), and kraft tags
to make these button wreath gift tags for gifts (duh)m and custom scrapbook page embellishments. Adorn them with ribbon bows, or leaves cut from felt. You could … Read More...
Tutorial and pattern: Fleece beanie hat in 4 sizes
Jamie from Scattered Thoughts of a Crafty Mom shares a free pattern and tutorial for making a fleece beanie hat. These hats are easy to sew (perfect for beginners!) and can use up those scraps of fleece that somehow seem … Read More...
DIY Glam & Glitter Christmas Print
Get cheeky with this DIY Chrismas print that says Fa La freaking La! Too funny, especially if you’re in a bah humbug mood right now. You;ll need gold letter stickers and a gold marker to pull this together. You can … Read More...