Meg of “Elsie Marley” is a wife and mother of 3 children and blogs out of Madison, WI. She has a tutorial for this adorable “half eaten gingerbread man” with a downloadable pattern. Now this is what a yummy Gingerbread … Read More...
Freebie: Snowflake Die Cut
If you have an electronic die cutting machine you can download this pretty snowflake die for free from SVG Cuts. File is in a Zip format and includes the .svg files that works with Sure Cuts A Lot, Make-The-Cut, Silhouette … Read More...
Project: Recycled Ornament
If you’re like me you’ve got loads of cardboard boxes piling up from all the gifts you’ve ordered online this year. Before you recycle them tear of some corrugated pieces of cardboard and make a wonderful recycled ornament for your … Read More...
DIY: Glittered Cinnamon Ornaments
I think these glittered cinnamon ornaments are stunning ( and I bet they smell heavenly too) ! Rachel posted the tutorial for creating these on the blog, Adventures in Making. She shares the recipe for the dough as well as … Read More...
Project: Frozen Olaf quilt
Shauna of Shwin&Shwin made this quilt for her daughter Abbey who is a fan of the movie Frozen. Relieved she liked the Olaf character the best, she got this happy snowman pieced and quilted in just 3 days. That’s … Read More...
Present Cake with Ornament Surprise Inside
This is beautiful! The cake as a present is breathe taking, but your guests will be in awe after you slice the cake. I showed another cake like this one, but with a peace sign earlier this year. This is … Read More...
How to: felt snowflakes Tutorial
Robyn of the “fuzzy lizards” made a ton of these out of paper, but she thought felt ones would make good little gifts for co-workers. I think these also would make daring for Christmas tree ornaments and gift toppers and … Read More...
How to make a melted crayon ornament
We have all seen melting crayon scraps into rainbow crayons and even the ironing them in between wax paper to make sun catchers but this idea for melting the crayon scraps in a glass ornament and swirling it around is … Read More...
(Updated) What do food banks need the most?
Food banks are non-profit organizations that collect and distribute food to people in need. They work to address food insecurity, which is the lack of access to enough food for an active, healthy life.
Food banks usually receive donations of … Read More...
DIY Ombre Christmas Tree
I shared the tutorial for this altered Christmas tree on my own personal blog, Punk Projects. Ombre is still a growing, popular trend so I took a white Christmas tree and 3 colors of spray paint to make this blue … Read More...
Tutorial: Handmade Christmas Decorations
Yes, I love handmade Christmas decorations. Some of that is occupational hazard type area: I’d better like what I do. Some of that is simply because you can get the most custom, interesting, quirky ornaments. Katie Webster offers us a … Read More...
Sew4Home shows how you can make a set of placemats and coordinating napkins, pretty to dress up your holiday table. The ticking they used creates a candy cane stripe around the placemat, and also gives them a homespun old-timey … Read More...
Christmas Sweater Presents {DIY}
Chelsea of “Two Twenty One” is a married lady with a new baby Owen; who was born in the fall. If you get a chance read her birthing story, WOW! Well, she has this creative sweater present that she used … Read More...
Edible Snow Recipe
I am happy to share the snow that we receive in the winter time, but it doesn’t work well when it comes to decorating your food items. Most people use white icing or frosting and then add sprinkles to make … Read More...
DIY Fabric Photo Newsletter Ornaments
Amy from Delineate Your Dwelling shared these handmade ornaments. Using fabric, Amy created these “newsletter” ornaments. She partnered with Spoonflower to make design the photo fabric and then stitched them into these fun tree / triangle shapes. I love that … Read More...
Tutorial | Festive Decorative Tape
Use your Silhouette Machine and the Silhouette Studio software to make custom decorative tape for the festive season. You’ll need a free dingbat font too, you can find some suggestions here. Maritza at Maritza Lisa explains how to design, … Read More...
DIY Boot Socks and cozy winter sweater ornaments
This 50 cents thrift store toddler sweater was recreated into two different projects. First are the DIY Boot Socks and cozy winter sweater ornaments. Tausha Coates hosts “art and obsession” and is wife and mother of five kiddos. She is … Read More...
DIY Christmas Sweater Sleeve Trees
These repurposed sweater trees are so much fun with the branch base. Alexandria, is the creative mind behind “VMMV” is showing us how to make these darling “Recycled Sweater Trees” with an excellent tutorial to follow with plenty of pictures. … Read More...
Need a gift idea for a science fan?
Deciding on a perfect gift for the loved ones in your family is hard enough, but when those loved ones have specific needs then the task becomes harder. You have to find the gift in that perfect niche.
Thankfully, this … Read More...
Racing Reindeer Number Line Activity
If you are looking for a timely way to get kids excited about working on number recognition and counting, make this simple reindeer game. Gather together a clothespin for each player, a chenille stem for each clothespin, and two google … Read More...