Now that you’ve crocheted all those cute tiny trees I’ve been showing you, you might need a quick, simple pattern to add some embellishments. What about these? Tiny red ornaments and a teeny golden star for the top of … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour | Octobers
Christmas Goodness in Clay
With the last push into Christmas clayers are still making super stuff – decorations, cake toppers, seasonal jewellery…
1. Recycled Filigree Tree, 2. Frosty 2 – Earrings, 3. IMG_6457, 4. Christmas Hens
Justine’s answer to handcrafted holiday guilt
Christmas is a stressful time for us crafty types. We set such high expectations for ourselves. We cruise blogs and see perfectly decorated homes, and think we need to craft a new mantelscape for our own living room. And we … Read More...
Make a hedgehog pincushion – tutorial
How cute is this little guy, I love him. You can find a complete step by step pictorial tutorial with pattern over on “Makerland”!
Tutorial: Machine embroidery lettering on faux fur
Eileen from Eileen’s Machine Embroidery Blog shows her solution for machine embroidering on to faux fur. Often the thick pile of the fur will hide the stitching, especially if what she’s stitching is letters. Her solution is to use her … Read More...
Felt personalized photo Christmas ornaments
These felt personalized photo Christmas ornaments that can be used to decorate a Xmas tree, as a home decoration or as a cute gift tag. From Gosia of “Kiddies Foodies” and I want to thanks her for sharing 🙂
Idea file: Long Christmas skirt for a baby girl
Sometimes the best Christmas dress is actually a Christmas skirt. That’s what Shauna from Shwin & Shwin made for her baby daughter. She made the taffeta skirt extra long and pulls it up so it fits more like an empire … Read More...
Tutorial: Floral frame coasters
The Purl Bee shares a tutorial showing how to make these Liberty and wool coasters. The Liberty prints make gorgeous floral frames around a plain wool center. Their materials list will make 12 coasters. You can buy all the materials … Read More...
Rustic Wooden Children’s Nativity Set
This DIY requires a Silhouette Portrait or Cameo to make.
This beautiful nativity set comes to us via Architecture Of A Mom’s blog. It is a great idea and Rachel provides all the instructions. She uses simple blocks, paints them … Read More...
50 No Bake Holiday Dessert Recipes
Life around the holidays can get really hectic. I usually plan on baking lots of desserts, but next thing I know Santa has to have store bought cookies or worse he has to share the carrots with the reindeer. I’m … Read More...
Last Minute DIY Gift Idea – Homemade Playdough
Tick tick tick, that’s the sound of the Christmas Bomb about to go off. If you need a last minute gift for the neighborhood kids then this little gem is perfect. Once you have made the dough print off the … Read More...
Christmas Party – Christmas Tree Centerpieces for under $5
Your Christmas Table doesn’t have to cost a fortune, let’s face it Christmas is expensive enough. These DIY tree’s all came in under $5. My favorite would be the spoon tree as I can just see Aunt Dot asking about … Read More...
Free Printable Gift Tags
If you are still wrapping presents then don’t forget to add some adorable little tags too. These Free Printable tags come from Papercoterie.com. Add some beautiful ribbon and a little love and cheer and you will have the perfect … Read More...
Swimmers atop a quilt
Freebie: Christmas Cat Digital Stamp
Download this super cute Santa Cat digi stamp for free over on the Opal Manor blog.
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps? Check out the digital stamps at Design Bundle
Looking for more paper crafts ideas and supplies? Check some … Read More...
Last Minute Crocheted Ornament
Well, I guess you could wait til Valentine Day to make this so it wouldn’t be ‘last minute’ by I’d like to slip it into a special Christmas card or hang it on a tree. How about offering it as … Read More...
Tutorial: An easy Elfin bed
Chris Warnick of Frecklemama put her patchwork skills to work making a snugly place for her sweet elf. And choosing Christmas themed fabric adds to the cheer.
If you’ve put off trying quilting, this project for a doll size sleeping … Read More...
Tutorial: Twinkle Star Ornament
If you’re looking for a sparkly ornament to work on – maybe with stir crazy off school kiddos? – Sculpey has a great twinkly star tutorial. You could customize your decorations to make it more ornate or add a … Read More...
Freebie: Bird Tree in three colors
I found this lovely image over at The Graphics Fairy in Karen’s 100 Free Christmas Images. She has many more than this, but scoured her archives for some of her favorites. This is certainly one of my faves.
You … Read More...