When Amanda sent me this Gingerbread Man Cake from The English Kitchen, I was pretty smitten for several reasons. He looks chocolatey yummy, he’s such a classic, the blogger includes the recipe and how-tos, and I’ll admit I’m a bit … Read More...
Giveaway: Digital Christmas Card Plus 24 Prints
Peppermint Creative has teamed up with Pages to Treasure for this Christmas Card giveaway. The winner will receive the digital card template of his or her choice, plus 24 prints of their card. Entries close December 7th 2010. Click here … Read More...
Marshmallow Snowmen and Hello Kitty’s Winter Home
Cute Food For Kids just never fails to meet the promise in her title. I mean sheesh, the cuteness just abounds! Check out her Christmas ideas HERE. My favorites? The Marshmallow Snowmen. Now I’ve seen marshmallow snowman before. I’ve even … Read More...
Tutorial: Penguin Gingerbread Cookies
Find a gingerbread cookie recipe and step-by-step instructions for decorating cute gingerbread penguins HERE at The Crafty Penguin. And on a side note, even if you are somehow impossibly not in a penguin-y mood, this is a really nice, … Read More...
Project: Stamped Fabric Candle Wrap
Isn’t this so darn cute!? Learn how to stamp and color on linen fabric to make this fun candle wrap. What a perfect gift these would make! Click here for how to instructions at Papercraft Planet.
-Heather
Holiday Project Parade with Henry Glass
In progress through Dec 7th is a Henry Glass Holiday Project Parade. Every day a designer will share a project and at the end of the event there will be a giveaway. Get further details and links to designers here… Read More...
Freebie: Printable Chritsmas Poster
You can download this free printable poster from Craftily Ever After. There are also two others in the same series available. Click here to go to the download.
Monday Mosaic: Winter Wonderland
1. Cowl with polymer clay buttons by Gypseatree 2. Snowman cake toppers by FliepsieBieps 3. Silent snow doll by Dollproject 4. Snowman buttons by TessaAnn
Starting this wintry week off with some lovely winter themed clay by a few talented … Read More...
Free pattern: Birch Tree Log embroidery
Mollie of Wild Olive shares this birch tree log embroidery pattern free for your personal use. Think how cute this would look in a project using this Florafox fabric I bought awhile back. Go to Wild Olive; then click … Read More...
SPOOL for yarn lovers!
Spool Magazine is a new, tabloid sized quarterly magazine for anyone who loves yarn! At $4.95 per issue or $18 per year, it’s nicely priced for gifting, too.
What’s in Spool? Its Premier Issue cover tells us that it contains … Read More...
Party Monday: The Nutcracker
1.nutcrackers. Pier One Imports has a surprising number of nutcrackers.
2. food. Make sugar plums at Saveur.
3. favors. Craft beaded snowflakes at Martha Stewart.
4. cupcakes. Nutcracker cupcake kit from Meri … Read More...
Freebies: SVG Files
Find a wide range of SVG files for your digital cutters online at BeaOriginal. Some holiday shapes like the gingerbread man above, are now available. Click here to go to BeaOriginal.
Check out more SVG files and bundles over at … Read More...
Inspiration du Jour – Our Christmas Card
Our Christmas Card
Get even more inspiration from her gallery and blog.
Are you looking for more Christmas Holiday papers and supplies? Check out these printable designs we found on Etsy.
Check out these other Christmas-themed posts for … Read More...
Peppermint Candy Wreath
I’ve featured quite a few wreath ideas here on Craft Gossip. I also recently posted some delicious peppermint ideas from Etsy. So when I saw this simply sweet wreath featured on Fudge Ripple I knew I had to share … Read More...
Free-motion quilting tips
Wendy from Ivory Spring just published her 9th tip on free-motion quilting. Done on a domestic sewing machine, this latest exercise is called Tango with Me. Go to post to see why. Go here to see previous tips.
Holiday Kissing Ball
Giveaway: Clutch purse from Sew Grown
Steffanie from Sew Grown is giving away – lemme repeat that – GIVING AWAY a free clutch to all new followers to her blog. It’s her way of saying thank you to people who have supported her in her blogging. … Read More...
Beading Arts Murano Glass Giveaway
Beading Arts is having another giveaway of a Murano glass bead. This time you can enter to win the black cross with silver and gold foil. The drawing will end December 9, so don’t delay. Good luck!
Tutorial: Make a reusable gift bag from felt
Amanda Carestio shares a tutorial at Lark Crafts showing how to make this felt gift bag. Not only is it more earth-friendly than throw-away paper gift bags, but it’s awfully cute, too. Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Fabric scrap mini cards
Marla from Marla, Plain & Small shows how she used her fabric scraps to embellish the fronts of small foldover cards. This is a great way to use of those scraps that are too small to use on other projects. … Read More...