Ashley from Make It and Love It shows how to make a rustic burlap table runner. It’s a quick and easy table dressing for your Thanksgiving table. She found burlap with a leaf print already on it, but you could … Read More...
Ribbon Gift Bow Tutorial and a Giveaway – LR Stitched
The holidays are coming and it will once again be time to break out the wrapping paper and start decorating presents. For those of you who are helpless at wrapping, LR Stitched has a lovely tutorial on how to make … Read More...
The Easiest Thanksgiving Centerpiece
I love Make and Takes. Using just a glass hurricane and some dry corn, she created a super simple centerpiece that would accentuate any Thanksgiving feast. See more here.
Freebie: Printable Thanksgiving Banner
At Second Street has a pretty printable Thanksgiving Banner to download for free, click here.
-Heather
Christmas ideas: Santa’s Elf tutorial
Our friend Linda from Italy has this darling “Santa’s Elf” tutorial so you can make one for your little ones and move it around each night before the holidays and they delight in finding him or her each morning. The … Read More...
Letter B- Bubble Blowing Bear Activity
This is the perfect craft if you are looking to introduce the letter B to your child. Any child would love to blow bubbles AND create their own artwork! You can find the tutorial which goes along with a great … Read More...
Rainy Day Brown Paper Bag
This craft has so much potential! As Rachel wrote in her post, this bag could be used for kids lunches, it could be filled with more fun crafts to do on a rainy day…the possibilities are endless. I too love … Read More...
Pajanimals Snuggle Up Storymat {Giveaway WINNER Announced!}
I’m happy to announce the winner of the Pajanimals Snuggle Up Storymat Giveaway! I used Random.Org to choose the winner, and the comment # chosen was:
Comment #21: Deborah wrote:
‘I have 15 grandchildren. But there are only three … Read More...
Surprise-Inside Cupcakes for Fall
Oooh, so pretty to bite into this taste of fall with the pumpkins and leaves hidden inside a cupcake. Find the how-tos and recipe to make them HERE at Blessings from My Kitchen.
Handprint Turkey Cookies
Get the kids in there in the kitchen. Or just use a handprint cookie cutter. (I’m thinking speed and efficiency here, but I guess the former is more sentimental.) Either way, make handprint turkey cookies HERE at Taste of Home… Read More...
Charlotte’s Web Spider Snacks
Leftover spiders from Halloween? Children’s literature to the rescue. I must say, as a huge children’s literature fan and an arachnophobic, I’ve always been conflicted by Charlotte’s Web. But I’ve matured a bit, and can now almost handle the spider … Read More...
Thanksgiving Cupcake Toppers with Template
Loving this wealth of sweets for Thanksgiving this year. So often the best ideas are saved for Halloween and Christmas. Find the how-tos, with free template, to make these cute, chocolate Thanksgiving cupcake toppers HERE at Bird on a Cake… Read More...
Turkey and TeePee Cake Pops
Speaking of perfection… now check out these Thanksgiving cake pops. The teepees really got me. Make the turkey cake pops HERE and the teepee cake pops HERE at Miss Candiquik.
Incredible Twilight Cookies
Wait, there are still Twilight movies coming out? Well, I’m glad, because I get to witness some cookie decorating perfection. And I mean perfection. Please check out these Twilight cookies and you’ll immediately think “perfection,” too, I can almost guarantee … Read More...
Tutorial: Reverse appliqued library book bag
How awesome is this book bag? So modern, so colorful! The word “books” is reverse appliqued on to the front of a tote bag. Cherie from You and Mie made it, and she shares a tutorial showing how. She uses … Read More...
Tutorial: Scrap fabric 3-D flower embellishments
Jackie from Jackie’s Art Quilts shares a tutorial over at the C & T Publishing Blog showing how you can create these 3-d flower embellishments out of scraps of fabric. I love it! They are gorgeous on the mini quilt … Read More...
A Trio of Autumn Friends
This sweet little trio is ready for you to stitch up and just in time for fall’s glory. They are so cute! It’s a free chart from Chez Mounette. Check out the free pattern.
Looking for more Fall-themed Cross-stitch patterns … Read More...
Snack Cake and Candy Turkeys
Candy, candy. Now that Halloween is over, we’ve GOT to find ways to fill the other holidays with candy. And snack cakes. We have to have snack cakes. Hey, there are pretzels in there, too! Let the kids help assemble … Read More...
Tutorial: Modify a basic bodice to a crossover back
Michelle from Handmade Martini guest blogs at Project Run and Play with a tutorial showing how she modified the back of a little girl’s dress bodice to make it a crossover back with a double button closure. The edges overlap … Read More...
Gum wrapper weaving goes out for coffee
Weaving gum wrapper crafts go waaaaay back but I love the new spin Marisa of the blog Mar de Sonhos: Imitation of Life put on her weaving by using coffee bags to make this cute lunch bag.
