Debbie of Woolen Sails has created a mini version of her Santa cross-stitch design for quick holiday stitching. Get the chart.
Quick! Enter Orna’s giveaway!
Orna Willis of Ornaments is having a fabulous seasonal giveaway. She says,
… Read More...Up for grabs is a “Making Memories” Needlepoint Kit. It comes complete with all the threads, supplies and instruction packet to make one book. The book is bound
Tutorial: Ruffled spa wrap
Leslie from Onesie Twosie and Modderhood shows how to make a ruffled spa wrap. You can make this pretty and functional wrap from a couple of towels (plus some fabric, velcro, and other notions). This would make an awesome Christmas … Read More...
Tutorial: Paisley applique Christmas stocking
Head over to Lark Crafts for how to make this festive felt stocking designed by Cathy Ziegele. I love the paisley applique design and the scalloped trim peeking out all around! It’s a free excerpt from the book Fa la … Read More...
Tutorial: Wine gift sack from a sweater
Thirty But Not So Flirty shows how to make a wine gift sack out of the arm of an old wool sweater. One sweater arm will yield two bags, and you’ll still have the body of the sweater to make … Read More...
Tutorial: Pockets, pockets, pockets!
LiEr from ikat bag continues the pocket tutorial series on her blog. She’s been busy in the last week or so, posting tutorials for making smocked patch pockets with yokes, patch pockets with piped yokes, and adding patch … Read More...
Gingerbread Man Cake
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...