Okay, so it’s not really joy but the ornaments in the picture have joy in letters AND shiny gold. Sometimes simple little baubles are the best things to make. These ornaments are a variation on a common theme: stamped cut … Read More...
A Jingle Bell Painted Art Project for Kids
Last week I showed my granddaughter’s how to make jingle bells anklets (using bells and chenille stems) and it didn’t take very long for everyone to get annoyed by the noise. Of course, my granddaughter’s were having so much fun … Read More...
Tutorial: Upcycled denim and felt phone case
H and Sammy from Live It. Love It. Make It. shares a tutorial at Sykes Cottages Blog showing how you can make a phone case out of upcycled denim and felt. The edges of the denim are left raw so … Read More...
Glass Gift Boxes with Dichro from Colour de Verre
There’s still time to make this lovely glass gift box by Colour de Verre. If you don’t have the mold, get it! And then follow the link and read up on how to make glass boxes with dichroic glass. … Read More...
Treat Yourself: 10 Ways to Revive Your Christmas Spirit
Between Christmas baking disasters and holiday party hangovers, a gal’s Christmas spirit may need rejuvenation by mid-December. If you’re a Type A (i.e. you had the Christmas tree decorated by Thanksgiving and gift shopping done by December 1) you may … Read More...
Tutorial: How to sew an invisible zipper
Installing an invisible zipper is one of those sewing tasks that sounds difficult (It’s a zipper, and it’s invisible! Ack!) but it’s actually pretty straightforward once you get past your zipper anxiety. Deanna from Sew McCool shares a tutorial … Read More...
Project: Winter Village Card with Stenciled Snow Technique
If you want to add some snow to the background of your holiday cards try using some paste and a stencil, this technique adds a really nice texture and dimension. Combine this with some die cuts and stamping and you’ve … Read More...
How To Clean A Wool Blanket With Snow & Oranges in your Christmas stocking
This is a clever idea from “apartment therapy” How To Clean A Wool Blanket With Snow. They give us a step-by-step pictorial on how to have sparkling clean wool blankets. TUTORIAL HERE!
What do you find in your stocking on … Read More...
9 Furoshiki folds to wrap gifts including a recycled t-shirt cutting diagram
If you like to wrap gifts in unusual ways with eco-friendly materials this idea for using a t-shirt as gift wrap along with the fact that this design has a built in handle makes it a great idea. If the … Read More...
Banana and Strawberry Candy Cane
With the holidays, there are a lot of sweets to eat. As much as we want the kids to indulge, we also want to make sure they get an occasional healthy snack. It’s bad enough being flu season, we don’t … Read More...
Mary Quant, Butterick’s first Young Designer
At the Pattern Patter blog, Sherri from Sew Betty and Dot writes about the Butterick Young Designers line of patterns, and one of those designers in particular – Mary Quant. A most interesting read, her post tells how Mary Quant … Read More...
Give the Gift of Books for Christmas at 50% off!
Big fabulous sale at QBookShop.com 50% off all books and free shipping on orders over $50 until Dec 31, 2014. There are 100’s of books, gifts, postcards, calendars and more on virtually every topic available there!
3 of my personal … Read More...
Knit a Gift Card Holder for a Semi-Homemade Gift
It’s getting down to the wire, and your hopes for knitting a lot of holiday gifts may be dashed, but there’s still hope, and time to knit a little something.
If you’re giving any gift cards this year (teacher gifts, … Read More...
Tutorial: Heat molded fabric tray
Would you believe this tray is made from fabric? Cheryl from Sew Can Do shows how you can make one, using heat moldable stabilizer. The rolled fabric ends serve as handles. The heat moldable stabilizer stiffens the fabric enough that … Read More...
8 Simple DIY Ornaments
Decking the halls and trimming the tree are beloved traditions of the holiday season. For many, a big part of the fun is creating homemade ornaments to add a personal touch to their Christmas decor. But with the hustle and … Read More...
Make Your Own Reusable Gingerbread Houses
The tradition of making gingerbread houses has been around for years and is not going to be going away anytime soon. However, in the crafting world, we all try to find a fun new way to add to the norm. … Read More...
20 Non-Alcoholic Party Drink Ideas
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never been a big drinker. It’s even less fun now I’m a mom and I know I have to wake up and look after my son the next morning. If you’re throwing a … Read More...
Gluten-free Vanilla Bean Confetti Cookies
I did a few dairy-free items earlier this month. Here is a gluten-free cookie. If you are going to make this along with your regular baked items. Make sure it is done before and everything is packed away or make … Read More...
DIY Wood Letter FCUK Necklace
What do you do when you find random wooden letter beads on sale? You buy them and find out what to write later. Do you know what FCUK stands for? Comment below BEFORE following the link as that would be … Read More...
Free Cross Stitch Pattern – Santa I was Good
Dear Santa I was good, this is a fact!! It’s kinda adorable too. This free Christmas Cross stitch pattern would be perfect for a gift card or hangup. The chart can be downloaded from here.
Looking for more Christmas Embroidery … Read More...