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...
Snowman Nose Cookies in a Jar – Winter/Frozen
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...
Super Cool New E-Book From Fused Glass Books – Art of the Line
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...
Free pattern: Easy Christmas stocking with a wooden monogram
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...
Tutorial: Personalized grocery bags for a child’s pretend play
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...
Freebie: Printable House Shaped Box
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
DIY Boot Socks and cozy winter sweater ornaments
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...
DIY Christmas Sweater Sleeve Trees
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...
Knit Some Ornaments for Your Christmas Tree
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...
Giveaway: Once Upon a Knit
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...
Free pattern: Color block knit skirt
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...
Giveaway: 6 Tubes of DecoDen Bling Paste, Giftwrapped book and more goodies!
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...
Tutorial: Playing card holder
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...
Need a gift idea for a science fan?
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...
Gift Wrapping Ideas
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...
20 Pearl Necklace Tutorials
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...
Homemade Christmas Gift – Glitter Bathroom Organizer
Time is fast approaching and you are still looking for that perfect gift that doesn’t cost an arm or a leg? Well pick up some plastic trays from the dollar store, some glitter (or other fun) Scrapbooking or wrapping paper … Read More...
Free pattern – Snowman Beanie
This snowman hat is beyond cute it is adorable and the pattern is free from Repeat Crafter me. These would make some adorable Christmas themed photos of portraits. Make sure you make one for at least one big kid … Read More...
Holiday survival guide for sewists
We crafty sewy types tend to overextend ourselves during the holidays. Handmade gifts for everyone! At least those are our best intentions… And in the middle of all that madness, you get requests from friends and family for your sewing … Read More...
Project: Christmas Cat Card
Have a cat lover on your Christmas card list? Make them an adorable card with a cute kitty like this one from K Werner, she’s got a video tutorial on her blog and she’ll show you how to make one.… Read More...