Got lots of missing puzzle pieces lying about? Who doesn’t? We have a whole box full of them at our home!
Kim has lots of ideas up her sleeve to make use of these spare pieces. And she has even … Read More...
Cream Cheese Mints
I love items that you can make for more than just one holiday. These Cream cheese Mints fill the bill and are really easy to make. Plus, they look really cute in the jars to give as gifts and they … Read More...
Christmas Goodness in Clay
With the last push into Christmas clayers are still making super stuff – decorations, cake toppers, seasonal jewellery…
1. Recycled Filigree Tree, 2. Frosty 2 – Earrings, 3. IMG_6457, 4. Christmas Hens
Felt personalized photo Christmas ornaments
These felt personalized photo Christmas ornaments that can be used to decorate a Xmas tree, as a home decoration or as a cute gift tag. From Gosia of “Kiddies Foodies” and I want to thanks her for sharing 🙂
Rustic Wooden Children’s Nativity Set
This DIY requires a Silhouette Portrait or Cameo to make.
This beautiful nativity set comes to us via Architecture Of A Mom’s blog. It is a great idea and Rachel provides all the instructions. She uses simple blocks, paints them … Read More...
Tutorial: An easy Elfin bed
Chris Warnick of Frecklemama put her patchwork skills to work making a snugly place for her sweet elf. And choosing Christmas themed fabric adds to the cheer.
If you’ve put off trying quilting, this project for a doll size sleeping … Read More...
Tutorial: Twinkle Star Ornament
If you’re looking for a sparkly ornament to work on – maybe with stir crazy off school kiddos? – Sculpey has a great twinkly star tutorial. You could customize your decorations to make it more ornate or add a … Read More...
Freebie: Bird Tree in three colors
I found this lovely image over at The Graphics Fairy in Karen’s 100 Free Christmas Images. She has many more than this, but scoured her archives for some of her favorites. This is certainly one of my faves.
You … Read More...
Beautiful Quilled Tree Ornaments
It might be a little late considering that Christmas is now only 4 days away, but I couldn’t let this season go without posting about the beautiful work of quilling artist Beth Recce.
Her work is featured on AllThingsPaper website … Read More...
Non Gingerbread House Stand Up Cookies
How cute would these be as place settings? Maybe you aren’t a big gingerbread fan, but love the idea of putting little houses together. These sugar cookies might be just what you need to fill that creative desire and it … Read More...
Proejct: Pattern Paper Holiday Cards
Using pattern paper and die cuts the Echo Park Paper blog has three great holiday card ideas to share.
-Heather
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Monogrammed Memories Stockings
These “Monogrammed Memories Stockings” come from “Joann Fabric”. All you need is a readymade stocking and you can then get creative. I love the little hand-prints, too cute. This is an easy last minute project for all family members.
Easy Felt Manger DIY
Autie of “iCandy” daughter, Scarlet, who is 20 months came home from her Nursery class at church with the most darling manger ever! Autie’s best friend Jillonnie is one of the Nursery teachers, so she knew that of course … Read More...
Tutorial: Stitched and beaded Christmas ornaments
Melony from Mel Designs shares a tutorial showing how to make a beaded and stitched Christmas ornament. The base of the ornament is a felt, with stitched and beaded motifs out of felt and woven cottons. She shows examples with … Read More...
8 creative ways to dress up brown paper gift wrap
Just in time for the wrapping to begin – Kristin shares with us 8 creative ways to wrap up gifts with a brown paper bag. For me, there is only one way and that is to just get someone to … Read More...
Tutorial: Simple leather ornaments
Amanda fromKitschy Coo shows how to make a set of simple leather Christmas ornaments. The only sewing required is to stitch any accents or trim down to the leather shape. If you wanted to make this a completely no-sew … Read More...
How to make a recycled glass bowl snowman
This snowman would look cute as a decoration all winter not just for Christmas. Over at the blog Design Decor there is a great tutorial on how to make a recycled glass bowl snowman that looks as cute without lights … Read More...
Tutorial: Vintage Look Ornaments
This tutorial uses metal leaf / foil that is slightly distressed to achieve a vintage look. I would experiment with the leaf on different coloured base clay (black probably or dark brown). You could use all sorts of ornate Victorian … Read More...
Freebie: Barn Quilt Advent Calendar {Day 20}
This Quilt Barn box appears larger than it’s diminutive 2 inches. Lynne of Lily’s Quilts is sharing one of these for every day of Advent as a free PDF. These would be so cute all lined up in a row, … Read More...
Marshmallow Wreath; Make it close to Christmas and then make S’mores :)
This Marshmallow Wreath was created by Sara of the “The Fat Hydrangea” She made this a couple of Christmas’s ago and here’s what you need: a Styrofoam wreath, toothpicks, ribbon, and a whole LOT of Marshmallows! The process she found … Read More...