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Amy from Delineate Your Dwelling shared these handmade ornaments. Using fabric, Amy created these “newsletter” ornaments. She partnered with Spoonflower to make design the photo fabric and then stitched them into these fun tree / triangle shapes. I love that … Read More...
Use your Silhouette Machine and the Silhouette Studio software to make custom decorative tape for the festive season. You’ll need a free dingbat font too, you can find some suggestions here. Maritza at Maritza Lisa explains how to design, … Read More...
Find not just letter fonts, but Christmas graphics or dingbats with this list of resources from Lil Luna. Combine your favorite sets to create your cards, layout or min-albums this year. I’m especially partial to the sketchy vibe of … Read More...
Stop! before you send those Christmas cards out, add a lovely custom touch by lining your envelopes to complement your greetings. it’s pretty simple, once you have an envelope liner template. You can either purchase one that matches your envelopes, … Read More...
Well, faux knit I mean. The polymer clay version. Donna Herron uses an extruder to cover a tin and make a pretty trinket box. This would be the perfect holiday gift for your knitting or crochet enthusiast friend. Cover … Read More...
Ever have a bad night that snowballs into a bad day! Hoping the rest of the week doesn’t continue the trend. Speaking of snow, here are some cute cookies that were created from a scene in the movie “Frozen”. She … Read More...
Some of the best information about kiln forming glass comes from Paul Tarlow over at Helios Glass…fusedglass.org…Fused Glass Books. All of those places. He has a fantastic line of e-books that I’ve written about here before. His newest … Read More...
Lindsey from Sew Easy Being Green shares a free pattern for making a simple Christmas stocking. She designed it to be easy enough for a beginning sewist to make. The stocking is made from a quilting weight cotton, with a … Read More...
Sherri Osborn from Hidden Treasure Crafts and Quilting, and also our Lesson Plans editor here at Craft Gossip, shows how you can make personalized play grocery bags for kids to play pretend store. They look just like a brown paper … Read More...
Download, print, cut out and assemble this cute house shaped box and tuck inside small gifts or candy. You can get this printable for free over at the Me in Lila Park blog.
-Heather
This 50 cents thrift store toddler sweater was recreated into two different projects. First are the DIY Boot Socks and cozy winter sweater ornaments. Tausha Coates hosts “art and obsession” and is wife and mother of five kiddos. She is … Read More...
These repurposed sweater trees are so much fun with the branch base. Alexandria, is the creative mind behind “VMMV” is showing us how to make these darling “Recycled Sweater Trees” with an excellent tutorial to follow with plenty of pictures. … Read More...
There’s still plenty of time to knit some baubles for the christmas tree if you’re in that kind of spirit. (I have a few, and some other cute Christmas patterns, over at About.)
These Polar Bear Ornaments from Red … Read More...
Congratulations to Cindy S!
I was cleaning up my office over the weekend and I found a bunch more stuff to give away, lucky you!
This week we’re going to do Once Upon a Knit
by Genevieve Miller. This fun … Read More...
Deby from So Sew Easy shares a free pattern for making this color block skirt. Its an easy to sew skirt that can go as dressy or as casual as you like, depending on fabric choice and how you wear … Read More...
I have put together a fun collection of Craft goodies that includes 6 tubes of DecoDen Bling paste
and tips, a copy of the book Giftwrapped a box of bling and a Pocket Patterns on the go coloring book. Leave … Read More...
Stephanie from Swoodson Says shows how you can make this playing card holder. She designed it for her 4 year old niece, who has a hard time holding a hand full of playing cards where she can see them but … Read More...
Deciding on a perfect gift for the loved ones in your family is hard enough, but when those loved ones have specific needs then the task becomes harder. You have to find the gift in that perfect niche.
Thankfully, this … Read More...
Wrapping your holiday packages are an important part of gift giving, and adds an extra special touch of love to the gift being given. This year, spend an extra few minutes not only on the gift inside, but on the … Read More...
I am pretty sure back in November I mentioned how pearl beads
were making a comeback, well this round-up kinda proves that. This roundup is of 20 DIY Necklaces using pearl beads. I couldn’t pick a favorite as I kinda … Read More...
