When this project first caught my eye, I thought I was just going to look at some cool house made from paper. Instead, I read a story about a wonderful heartfelt gift given 20 years ago from a broke college … Read More...
Project: Hostess Goody Box
Visit Paper Craft Planet for instructions to make this fun Hostess Goody Box, inside is candy and stamped note cards. Perfect to take to your next holiday party.
-heather
Scrap Wood Lamp with Hand Painted Shade
This has got to be one of the coolest lamps I have ever seen. I thought about saving it for one of my round ups, but I just couldn’t resist showing it to you right now. Stacy made this entire … Read More...
Rice Krispie Treat Ornaments
So Amanda has been making my life a bit easier today with all kinds of great finds, like these Rice Krispie Treat ornaments from The Finer Things in Life. Learn to make them HERE.
Hot Chocolate Cupcakes
A super easy, quick and cute idea featured on Frog Prince Paperie: Hot Chocolate Cupcakes. Fix up store-bought cuppies in seconds. I love it. Find them HERE.
Free Pattern Belle Fleur Scarf from Red Heat Yarns
Just think of all the colors you could use when making this scarf and what a lovely gift this would make for your holiday giving. You could make all the flowers one color or think of this in black and … Read More...
Masterpiece in Flour
Freebie: Martha Stewart
Martha Stewart’s website has collected their 50 best clip art freebies all in one convenient place. Everything from labels, gift bags, sleeves, wrapping paper and much more!. Start here to see examples of each one and start downloading them all. … Read More...
Tutorial: Brain Christmas ornament
Trekky from Trekky Gets Crafty made this awesome Christmas ornament with an embroidered felt brain. She got the pattern from an anatomy book, but you could draw the right shape by just looking at her example. Want to make one … Read More...
Last Minute Gift Ideas from Humblebeads
Ah! Leave it to Heather to give us a sweet, stylish clay item we can make for last minute gifts. Check out the tutorial for these cute bobby pins here.
I could totally see doing these without the bezel … Read More...
Tutorial: 15 Minute Gift Bag
Ashley from Pretty Posy shows how to make this reusable gift bag from felt. And you can make one in just 15 minutes! She embellished it with a big felt bow, but you can use any shape you like. Go … Read More...
Tutorial: Tulle petal tutu
Chic ‘n Joy made this beautiful petal tutu for her daughter, and shares a tutorial showing how she did it. It’s made from layers of petal shapes cut from tulle. Go to the tutorial.
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Babybel Santa Pops
Remember these crazy adorable Babybel ladybugs? Check out the Santa pop version. Learn how to make Santa Babybel pops HERE at Cute Food for Kids.
Meringue Snowflakes
Cookie Dough Gift
What a cute and easy gift idea: cookie dough. Find this packaging idea HERE at Our Best Bites. (Plus, they rounded up more goodies to share.)
Vintage Photo Gift Tags from Paper Bags
These gift tags are printed on brown paper bags! Fawnda will show you how to enter your own photos into Picnik, turn them into gift tags and print them out to look like cool vintage photo gift tags. Get the … Read More...
Inspiration: the smallest forest
Everything about this handmade book is exquisite, but my favorite part is the embroidered cover. The book’s creator, the smallest forest, says,
… Read More...The fabric cover is hand-embroidered Indian cotton with foliage and flowers stenciled in metallic green fabric paints. There
Find the hidden images
This work by Allie of The Relaxolotl just cracks me up. Go to the blog post to see the hidden surprise.
Giveaway: Embroidered tree topper
Karen of maggie makes is giving away this gorgeous hand-embroidered tree topper. To get in the running, just post your favorite or craziest holiday tradition. Go to Karen’s blog post to enter before before December 23.
Inspiration: Creative Breathing
These handmade ornaments by Creative Breathing give me joy! To see a close-up photo of each one, go to her blog post.