Make a quick but cute holiday decoration by filling a clear ornament with rolled strips of stamped and pattern papers, find more info over on the My Favorite Things blog. This is a great project for the kids!
-Heather… Read More...
Dye Yarn with Kitchen Scraps
Janet M. Perry over at Nuts About Needlepoint is anticipating all the cooking this week and with cooking comes scraps. She’s gathered up some resources for ideas on how to use those scraps for experimenting with using them to dye … Read More...
A Dear Deer Sampler Ornament
At Feathers in the Nest, Jennifer is posting Monday Mini Sampler ornaments and this lovely is her first. Pardon the pun, but it is rather dear. I love the simplicity and the fact that you can use it for an … Read More...
Felt and Sequin Ornaments Week 5 – Santa
I am thrilled that Sarah of “Thrift Store Crafter” is sharing her weekly series with us with her delightful Christmas crafts with complete tutorials. This week 5, is the big guy himself her “Felt and Sequin Santa”! These are treasures … Read More...
Shrinky Christmas Ornaments
These ornaments, by Carissa of Creative Green Living, are the perfect rainy day activity for kids. Not only is the kids artwork immortalized as a durable ornament but it’s fun to watch them shrink as well!
Carissa has been making … Read More...
Slow Cooker Recipes
Nothing like coming home from a long day and the smell of dinner ready to go. Winter is the time I tend to rely on the Crock Pot the most. Mostly because once or twice a week, something has us … Read More...
CUTE ALERT! – Christmas Bauble Drinks
Oh my Goodness these are adorable! It makes me want to throw a Christmas Party for friends just so I can impress them with home-made Eggnog in glass baubles
. Totally love this idea it is so festive and fun … Read More...
Knit a Garland Out of Hats and Mitts
And speaking of knitty Advent things, this pattern from Red Heart’s 12 Weeks of Christmas is a great one that could be made into an Advent calendar type arrangement (though, admittedly, it would probably have to be for next year).… Read More...
How to make an Advent calendar wreath
I am sharing all sorts of Advent calendars this week as now is the time to make them. Pop on over to the blog Organized 31 to see what what recycled element this clever crafter used used as base for … Read More...
Free Sewing pattern: Baby boy’s reversible bib with a neck tie applique
Katie from Good Golly Ginger shares a free pattern for a baby boy’s bib with an appliqued neck tie. It’s a quick and easy project, one she says can be done in just 30 minutes. She made the tie from … Read More...
Tutorial: Fitted craft show table cover from twin sheets
Ruby from Zaaberry shows how you can make a fitted table cover for a 6-foot folding table out of a couple of flat sheets. She’ll use it to cover a table for a craft fair, but you could also use … Read More...
Tutorial: Leather soled mittens
Erin from Sewbon shares a tutorial at The Sewing Rabbit showing how to make a pair of leather-soled mittens. These mittens are made for cold weather! They’re lined with fleece so they’re extra warm and have ribbing at the wrist … Read More...
Tutorial: Walker caddy and cup holder
Blessings always come in the strangest of packages. Today, it was when I saw this pair of tutorials by Melissa from Melly Sews and Blank Slate Patterns, showing how to make a walker caddy and cup holder. Memories of my … Read More...
Tutorial: Bird in the Hoop Christmas ornament
Abby Glassenberg from While She Naps, and author of Stuffed Animals: From Concept to Construction
, shares a tutorial for making this sweet Bird in the Hoop ornament for your Christmas tree. It’s a good project to use up … Read More...
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Jenn Stapp, you’ve won the Stampin’ Up Festive Flurry Ornament Kit giveaway!! Please respond to the e-mail I’ve sent you.
Thanks to everyone who entered!
-Heather
Knit a Little Gnome for Your Tree
Kat at Just Crafty Enough has been doing this amazing series of holiday ornaments for the 24 weeks leading up to December 1 — seriously, I don’t know how anyone can plan that far ahead — as part of an … Read More...
Project: Christmas Card
The Penny Black stamps blog has a video tutorial showing how to make this adorable holiday card, click here to watch.
-Heather
Looking for more paper crafts ideas and supplies? Check some of our favorite supplies out over at … Read More...
Freebie | Printable Food Ingredient Labels for Thanksgiving Dinner
If any of your guests for Thanksgiving have ingredient sensitivities, these free printable food ingredient tags from Lia Griffith will help. You can use them to identify ingredients such as sugar, or label food that are Paleo, vegetarian or Vegan … Read More...
Crochet Calendar 2014
Carmen has created this fantastic calendar and is offering it to all crocheters for FREE! Free is good. As Carmen is Germany, her calendar is offered in her native German as well as in English. The photography is top notch … Read More...
Freebie | Thanksgiving Banner Cut File
Create a fun Thankful banner like Deb Duty did using the free cut file for Silhouette machine. The file is for the banner shape. so you can add any letters and embellish however you like. Deb shares how she dressed … Read More...