Natalie of “Crème de la Craft” creates craft projects “up cycled” from everyday objects you may already have around the house; like these Mini Mitten Ornaments from an Old Sweater. They also make great gift toppers. Tie them onto gift … Read More...
Book Review- Glitterville’s Handmade Christmas
From a wonderful world where things sparkle and shine,
Here’s a fabulous book for Christmas time.
Glitterville is the place you know,
Where you can create anything from wreaths to snow.
Stephen Brown guides you through the whimsical crafts,
With … Read More...
Project: Skiing Snowman Card
How cute is this snowman, he’s ready to hit the slopes and go skiing! Nicole Magouirk is sharing a video on her blog showing how to make this cute winter scene card using stamps and die cuts from Simon Says … Read More...
Polymer Clay Ornaments
It’s a little early but if you want unique polymer clay ornaments, the clay artists of Etsy are gearing up. Here’s some of the goods:
 Dessert Ornaments by RustiLee |
 Eggplant Christmas Ornament by PumpkinTreeLane |
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Christmas Gifts: 20+ Cute and Clever Ideas to Try
Do you have wine at you holiday parties? If the answer is yes; then try these cool “Wineglass Slip-On Coasters” from BH&G! How about these sweet “Felt Gift-Card Holder” for an easy gift? These make neat gifts “Handmade Travel-Mug Cozie”… Read More...
12 Ugly Knitted Christmas Sweaters?
Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. Or in this case, the person who knits these. Or is given as a gift.
This collection of what Collectors Weekly describes as 12 of the Ugly Christmas Sweaterss is … Read More...
Tutorial: Paper Casting with Stamps
Believe it or not these wonderful Holiday tags are made with toilet paper! Seriously 🙂 Place pieces of toilet paper over your stamps (both clear and rubber stamps with work) dampen them, press out the water and you’ve made a … Read More...
Freebie: Winter Scene Images
Shrink down this wonderful winter scene and color for a great holiday card or keep it full size for the kids as a coloring page. You can download and print this and several other winter scene images for free from … Read More...
Project: Bottle Brush Tree Christmas Holiday Card
I’ve seen several stamp companies with bottle brush tree designs for the holidays, I guess that vintage look is going to be very trendy this year!
Hero Arts has a fun bottle brush stamp and is sharing step by step … Read More...
Make it: A Snowman Kit and Making a Scarecrow Tutorials
This is such a clever idea for people that live in areas that get snow or make a Styrofoam snowman to decorate. Calli of “Make it Do” is about turning lemons into lemonade. Calli has a tutorial for her “Snowman … Read More...
Pom Pom Pillow: Christmas Tree Style
KariAnne of Thistlewood Farm has a very lovely blog and her home is stunning. They moved from a busy big city life too acres of land and a big farm house. Do take her tour of their house, charming! I … Read More...
Projects and Inspiration: Die Cut Your Holiday Paper Crafting Projects
From Aug 18th – the 29th Spellbinders Dies is having a 12 Days of Christmas Blog Hop. Visit their blog each day to see new holiday products, ideas, project tutorials, meet their new design team and best of all enter … Read More...
Technique: Stamped and Watered Colored Holiday Tree Card
The rage over Ink Sprays is still going strong, probably because there is so much you can do with them, from simple splatter backgrounds, to filling in stencil patterns and even using them as water colors. Hero Arts stamps has … Read More...
Felt Christmas Tree Ornament Tutorial
Amy Christie of “This Heart of Mine” has a stunning felt project for us to try. I love when someone takes something as simplistic as some small squares of Felt and turns them into stunning Christmas trees. These are creative … Read More...
Summer of Sketches 11 | Four Photos
Here’s another multi-photo sketch: enough space for 2 4×6 photos and 2 2×2 photos. A good layout for mixing regular prints with Instagram shots.
Follow our linked names to get more info and detail … Read More...
Felt Advent Calendar – Make It tutorial
This is one of the sweetest “Felt Advent Calendars” that appeals to me the; with its pretty pastel colors; Christmas does not always have to be red and green! This adorable tutorial comes from Kim from EverythingEtsy.com! These little … Read More...
Tutorial: Christmas gift card mini stockings
Bev from Flamingo Toes shows how you can make these fun Christmas mini stockings. They’re just the right size to hold a gift card 
or a bit of folded money. Add some hanging loops and they’d also make cute Christmas … Read More...
Tutorial: Christmas bird ornament
Karin from Leigh Laurel Studios shows how you can make this handsome Christmas bird ornament. Made from white fabric, he looks like a dove. Or if made from a red, he could be a cardinal. Or how about making a … Read More...
Ta Dah!: Christmas in July quilt
The pebble quilting between these trees make me dream of a white Christmas. Made by Melissa of Happy Quilting, she generously shares links to her tutorials on how to make the block and quilt.
Image credit: Happy Quilter
Felt Peace Wreath Tutorial
You all know Betz White, Designer, author, felt & fabric artist and creator and she has this pretty “Felt Peace Wreath Tutorial” for our Christmas in July! As always Betz has a complete tutorial for us to follow to create … Read More...