A little break from quilting this week to use up some fabric scraps to create some last minute Christmas decorations. These Pinwheels are easy to make and you can see the full tutorial here.
Looking for more pinwheel designs? … Read More...
Book Review – The Stockings Were Knit
Book Review – Family Living’s Holiday Favorites Cookies eBook
Colorfully iced, sprinkled with cinnamon, or chock-full of raisins or chocolate chips, cookies are always a favorite Yuletide indulgence. Here are 60 recipes for colorful, delicious cookies for holiday parties and gifts. You can purchase this e-book here.
Christmas Stocking Shaped Gift Card Holders
If gift card are on your gift giving list this Holiday season wrap them up in some adorable holders. Nichol used dies and stamps from Honey Bee
to create these Stocking Shaped Gift Card Holders. When you pull up the … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Christmas tree Advent calendar
Advent calendars are a fun way for kids to mark the days until Christmas. Heather from Heather Handmade shows how you can sew this cute Christmas tree Advent calendar. Numbered pockets across the bottom hold little felt ornaments that are … Read More...
Making an Old Layout New
When you flip through your old scrapbooks do you find pages you weren’t happy with or maybe they look too date or old fashioned? You can’t go back and change them all, part of the fun is looking back and … Read More...
Modern Christmas cross stitch patterns
Christmas cross stitch with a modern kick! Check out this list of sassy, colorful holiday cross stitch designs and pick out a fun winter project. Lots of beginner friendly, yule-tide Christmas needlework patterns.
Get a Deal on a Pattern for a Gift with the Indie Designers Giftalong
One of my favorite knitting related events of the year is the Indie Designers Giftalong on Ravelry. While it technically is a knitalong complete with prizes and crafty fun, I’m in it for the pattern sales.
Many independent designers have … Read More...
Free pattern: Dollar Tree Snowman Christmas stocking
Cathi from Scratch and Stitch has a free pattern for the cutest snowman Christmas stocking! He’s even wearing a little hat and scarf to keep him warm! I’m loving the little knotted scarf! The hat and scarf are both Dollar … Read More...
Snow Happy Layout
The blues and grays that Kerryn used on her Snow Happy layout really stand out from the Kraft colored background. The cluster of embellishments adds balance to the two photos and the glitter on the title and snowflakes add some … Read More...
Thanksgiving Place Cards
Setting your Thanksgiving table? Whip up some yummy looking last minute place cards to complete the look. These tasty cards were made with pie and fruit dies from Sugar Pea. I love how the base is a fold postage stamp … Read More...
How to Knit Socks that Last
Pretty much everyone who has ever knit socks or worn handknit socks thinks they are great, and many of us have a goal of replacing all or most of our socks with knit ones (at least for use during the … Read More...
How to make oversized acorns out of another nut
I love acorns. There is just something so cute about them. When I spotted these oversized acorns made out of walnuts
and pretty colors of yarn I know they were going to be my go-to craft decoration for this Thanksgiving. … Read More...
Easy DIY Triangle Christmas Tree Cookies
Cute and quirky triangle Christmas tree cookies that are super easy to decorate using this method!
You can learn how to make these quick and easy Christmas cookies by following this link to the full recipe and cookie tutorial
How To Organize Your Garage In Simple Steps
Get a clean organized garage for a car, garage sale or stay organized. This article is meant to guide a person to clean and organize the garage. People often put possessions inside for storage and to avoid taking up space … Read More...
Book Review – Geometric Quilts
Discover the fun of using color, block placement and shape to add an extra dimension to your quilting. These 12 designs all use basic shapes, but the fun part is how they are pieced together to make striking designs that … Read More...
Sewing pattern: Family recipe dishtowel
A handwritten recipe card from a loved one is a family treasure. Bev from Flamingo Toes shows how you can use a handwritten recipe to create a keepsake recipe dishtowel. This would make a beautiful gift to give to family … Read More...
Bunny Holiday Card
Using the adorable new First Snow stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird I created this cute Holiday card. I wanted to use non-traditional colors so I went with a pinky-peach that I thought worked well with the bunnies. I colored … Read More...
Holiday Desk Organizer
To help keep track of your holiday paper crafting Maymay designed this fun desk organizer. There’s places you can use to organize papers, cards, tags, embellishments, photos and more. She’s sharing step by step cutting and assembly directions and decorating … Read More...
Holiday Spinner Cards
This cute interactive Holiday Spinner Card is so fun. The center image hangs on a string that you wind up before placing in an envelope, when the recipient opens the card the image spins around. Jessica created it using stamps … Read More...