Find a roundup of ideas to use edibles as Christmas decorations HERE at Ladies Home Journal, such as this cookie wreath, gingerbread garland (love how the hands are tied together), or these candy cane cones.
Here are some of … Read More...
Gumdrop Christmas Trees
A year later, I still love these easy gumdrop Christmas trees and balls from Make and Takes. Learn how to make this (kid-friendly!) Christmas decor HERE.
Tutorial: Poinsettia brooch
Lisa of Lil Fish Studios created this holiday brooch with a bit of felt (she used felted coat and sweater material), some floss, and a pretty button. Wouldn’t this look festive on the lapel of your coat! Lisa is sharing … Read More...
Tea Sandwich Wreath
Mug Wraps and Cocoa Gifts
My adoration for anything and everything from the mind of not martha is pretty firmly established, so I was so not in the least surprised when I paused at these amazing felt mug cozies in this roundup of blogger’s homemade … Read More...
Peppermint Lollipops
How in the world did I forget to include these fantastic peppermint lollipops from Muffin Tin Mom in my Party Monday roundup when they served as the original inspiration? I’ll blame exhaustion, which has been getting lots of blame lately. … Read More...
Party Monday: Peppermint
1. dessert. Make peppermint houses w
ith Martha Stewart.
2. favors. Make peppermint ornaments at All You.
3. printables. Find all the inspiration you need for a peppermint party with this Christmas party created by … Read More...
Lightbulb Christmas Ornaments
As incandescent light bulbs
become a thing of the past, so will the opportunity to create pretty ornaments from them when they burn out. I still save the burnt out ones to make new ornaments, though the ones I’m showing … Read More...
9 Snowflake Craft Projects
I love snowflakes! The design itself is so versatile, from simple to intricate and everything in between. Whether it’s small children cutting off little bits of folded paper to make a pretty design or an adult painstakingly crafting each little … Read More...
Rock Candy Cone Trees
Learn how to make these rockin’ rock candy cone trees HERE at the Hostess with the Mostess blog. They were created by Maddie of Somewhere Splendid and Shauna of Sweet Tooth: Dessert Meets Design. Strolling through both of … Read More...
Chocolate Chip Cookie Snowman
Easy, cute, gotta love it. Learn to make chocolate chip cookie snowmen pops HERE at the celebrations shoppe blog.
Gingerbread Cookies in Angel Wings Packaging
Gorgeousness. Find a recipe for molded gingerbread cookies and a free template for the angel wings packaging HERE at A Work in Progress. (And check out the etsy shop, Go Make Me, too.)
Tutorial: Double hourglass stocking
The crafster at Cluck. Cluck. Sew. used tiny double hourglass blocks as the base to make this cutie – a cuffed holiday stocking. Get the know-how.
Pretty-up plain napkins
Dress up plain napkins with these sweet needlework designs. Original creations of Noelle of LuckyKitty you can get the free download over at Craftzine. These can easily be adapted for patchwork projects.
OK Deluxe Indie Craft Bazaar
If you are anywhere near driving distance to Oklahoma City, OK today it would be worth the drive there just to see this lovely gingerbread house. Made by Tawnya Corrente of Lollipops Sugar Shop (read her profile) she … Read More...
Tutorial: Reindeer antlers from felt
Kelly from Sewing In No Man’s Land shows how she made a pair of reindeer antlers for her children to wear. They’re made from felt and an inexpensive headband. So cute!! Get the how-to.
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Tutorial: Mini tree skirt
Melissa from 100 Billion Stars shares a tutorial at the Free Spirit Fabric blog for making a cute mini tree skirt for a tabletop tree. It’s pieced from coordinating fabric prints, and the small size means you can go crazy … Read More...
Gingerbread Kids Cookie
Find a step-by-step photo tutorial for making and decorating gingerbread kids HERE at Martha Stewart. This brought me right back to my days here, trying to come up with different cool outfits for 100s of cookie kids.
Looking … Read More...
Gingerbread Mania!
Let’s Go Fly a Kite is a great resource for kids crafts…here, she guest posts over at Gwenny Penny and has some simple ideas for fun kids crafts to get anyone in the Christmas Spirit!
Balloon Popping Advent Calendar
My Kids Make…. makes Advent exciting and pleasing to children with this great Balloon Advent Calendar!