Visit Serious Eats for foodie-specific gift ideas. They have a gift guide for the hot dog lover, the chocolate lover, the spicy food lover, kitchen gadget lover, even a food T-Shirt lover.
Free pattern: Button necklace
Sally Kerson of Tat’s Heaven is sharing her pattern for this beautiful button necklace. See photos of three versions and get the pattern at her blog post.
Tutorial: Step stitch
Kim of bigB steps us through another in her 100 stitches series: step stitch. See the tute.
Free chart: Plastic Canvas Gingerbread house
Diane Gilleland of CraftyPod, queen of modern plastic canvas, shows us how to make this adorable — and teeny! — gingerbread house ornament. See her excellent tute.
Looking for more Plastic Canvas patterns? Check these out on Etsy.… Read More...
Tutorial: Make a full-size bedspread from a twin-size comforter
Debbie from Squiggly Twigs Designs shows how she turned a twin-sized comforter into a full-sized bedspread for her daughter’s room. Brilliant! Her solution is both practical and pretty! Get the tutorial.
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Tutorial: Christmas ornament bunting
Zaaberryshares a tutorial on her blog showing how to make this cute Christmas ornament bunting from craft felt. I love the different patterns on each of the ornaments! Get the tute.
[photo from ZaaBerry]
Tutorial: The Ruffle Headband
Vanessa from Punkin Patterns shows how to make a ruffled headband. They’re easy to make and would be great stocking stuffers! (Or maybe a little treat for yourself….) Get the how-to.
[photo from Punkin Patterns]
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Tutorial: Gathered patch pockets with yokes
LiEr from ikat bag continues the pocket making series on her blog with a tutorial showing how to make gathered patch pockets with yokes. Go to the tutorial.
[photo from ikat bag]
Tutorial: Guinea pig felt Christmas ornament
Trekky from Trekky Gets Crafty shows how to make a felt guinea pig Christmas ornament. Even if you aren’t a guinea pig owner, you have to admit that this guy is so stinkin’ cute!! And check her side-by-side photo of … Read More...
40 Edible Gifts You Can DIY & GIFT
Find an impressive roundup of 40 homemade edible gifts HERE at the kitchn. Shown are peppermint hot fudge, salted pistachio brittle, and cocoa molasses toffee.
Who’s the winner of Fat Quarterly?
The lucky Craft Gossip reader is Emily, commenter # 1, who will get her very own copy of Fat Quarterly Issue 3 – Fussy Cutting.
She said, I’ve never heard of it before today, but now I want to read … Read More...
Tutorial: Folded Paper Border
Here’s a pretty way to add a border to your stamped cards using double sided patterned paper. Click here to visit the Created by You blog for instructions.
-Heather
Gingerbread House Tutorial
Find a lovely, detailed tutorial on making a gingerbread house HERE at Frog Prince Paperie, courtesy of Nicole from Tradewind Tiaras. With step-by-step photos, recipes, and lots of tips, I wish I had seen this yesterday. When I made … Read More...
Digi and Paper Scrappers Share Product
In this article at Get It Scrapped, Tami Taylor shows how four designers used the same digital kit with different results. The kit was used by both digital and paper scrappers. As a bonus you can download the kit for … Read More...
A Little More Counting Down
This is seriously adorable. A polymer clay advent wreath (a little late, I know!) and it’s teeny tiny too! If you’d prefer a secular Countdown to Christmas there’s always Justjk’s slightly twisted one.
Holiday Idea: Christmas Cottage
Check out this adorable house that Melissa Samuels’ husband made from chipboard and candy! Click here for more details.
Are you looking for more Christmas Holiday papers and supplies? Check out these printable designs we found on Etsy.
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Food-Packaged Tees
Not so sure about the meat one, but I’m always a fan of clever packaging. Spotted on Incredible Things, find them HERE.
Inspiration du Jour – Season’s Greetings
9 Santa Crafts for Christmas
Ho ho ho! 🙂 Yeah, ok, so I’m not Santa… anymore. I was for a long time though! This will be the first year that my kids have “outgrown” believing in Santa, or at least believing there’s a person named … Read More...
Advent Calendar Sew-Along
Starting Dec 1 Whipstich is hosting a Sew-Along to make an Advent Calendar for the holidays. She takes you to a photo of what has inspired her to make one (so cute) and provides a list of designs and tutorials … Read More...