This fabric cover turns a plain notebook into a special journal ready for you to pen your thoughts – or perhaps just your to-do list for the day. Hancock Fabrics shows how you can make one at their blog, The … Read More...
Christmas Gingerbread People Jello Shots
These cute gingerbread people will be a hit at your holiday cocktail party. Even better, your guests can decorate them before eating them. These will need to stay in the fridge till serving and decorating time. As always drink responsibly … Read More...
Christmas Table Runner | free pattern + tute
Turquoise and red is a combo I never get tired of, how about you? Charlotte, a contributor at Quilting Focus, got the two together in her latest home decor project. Of her creation, shown here, she explains,
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100 Healthy Holiday Cookies, Cakes and Desserts
With a healthy dinner, you should also serve some healthy desserts. Everyone likes to have a bite or two of desserts. A lot of the recipes are gluten-free, low-calorie, and vegan. Go through the list and click on the recipes … Read More...
Free Sewing pattern: Girls swimsuit bottoms
Liz from Sew4bub shares a free pattern for making girls swimsuit bottoms. They’re great swimswuit basics that can be worn with rash guards and other swim tops. If you’ve not sewn swimsuits before, don’t fear. They’re easier than you think. … Read More...
The BEST Craft Booth Displays from the Renegade Craft Fair
Do you have any last minute craft fairs you are a vendor at between now and Christmas? If so, you may want to check out some of these booth display ideas! They’re not limited to the holidays though- keep them … Read More...
How To Make Canned Frosting Look Like Royal Icing
Are you envious of those beautiful cookies with the royal icing? Would you love to make them, but don’t have the time or patience. That is me, because I procrastinate, but Ashton from Something Swanky has a technique that uses … Read More...
Tutorial: Decorative stitch hot pads
For as many decorative stitches that you find on a typical Janome sewing machine, they rarely get used. But here’s a project that puts those stitches front and center. Sew4Home shows how to make hot pads accented with decorative … Read More...
Healthy Christmas Dinners
Can you believe Christmas is a week from Friday? Are you still planning your holiday meal? Here are some dinners that are light on calories and fat, but not on taste. Who wants to count calories and fat during the … Read More...
Christmas Ornament Shots: Festive Fun or an Accident Waiting to Happen?
I’ve seen a few variations of the ornament shots from A Subtle Revelry floating around Pinterest recently. While I have to admit that the idea of drinking out of Christmas ornaments with pretty paper straws seems festive, I’m not entirely … Read More...
Easy DIY Wire Snowman Decor
I love finding new and interesting ideas for decorating for the holidays, and I think this counts! Petro from Creative Homemaking created this snowman. She says:
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Tutorial: Quick way to make fabric ribbon with a serger
Susan from Crafterhours shows how you can use a serger to quickly turn your fabric scraps into fabric ribbon. A quarter yard of fabric will make 11 yards of ribbon, and you can do it in less than 10 minutes! … Read More...
DIY Minecraft Christmas Snow Flakes
Entertain the kids with these Minecraft Snowflakes. I think there are most likely to be used by the geeks out their than the kids. We don’t actually make snowflakes in our house but these just might interest the kids.
Last Minute Gift – Sore Muscle Soak
Forgotten someone on your Christmas list? Dont worry there is still time to DIY a gift. This sore muscle soak is perfect for active people or the elderly, who am I kidding I need this too. Okay this is the … Read More...
Learn a Stitch a Knit a Simple Headband
It’s just about too late for me to say you still have time to knit something for holiday gifting, but in this case you really do still have time to knit one. Maybe a couple.
How to make shuttlecock wings
I’m not sure these feather type shuttlecocks are available here in America but boy are they pretty! I would surely use them for crafting like Claire did to make this winged heart decoration. Pop on over to the link she … Read More...
Project: Christmas Cookies Card
Christy Gets Crafty has a video tutorial showing how she stamped, colored, die cut and assembled this adorable holiday card. I think that cute puppy might get to those cookies before Santa arrives! Click here for Christy’s video tutorial.
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Free pattern: Sturdy wine tote
Taylor from Taylor Tailor shares a free patter at The Sewing Party for making this heavy-duty wine tote. It has room for two bottles of wine, plus a pocket where you can put a corkscrew. It’s made from a sturdy … Read More...
Add These Christmas Sayings to Cards & Pages
Looking for the perfect quote, saying or greeting for a Christmas card or scrapbook page? Check out the interactive Christmas Sayings Finder at Tiny Prints.
You can filter between Classic or Modern, Inspirational, Religious or Funny. The interactive page … Read More...
25 Fun Christmas Card Photo Ideas
It’s not too late to gather up the family and take a DIY photo for your Christmas card, Here are 25 fun family Christmas card photo ideas to get you started – including great outfit ideas for family pictures.
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