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 feel.… 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...
Freebie: Printable House Shaped Box
Download, print, cut out and assemble this cute house shaped box and tuck inside small gifts or candy. You can get this printable for free over at the Me in Lila Park blog.
-Heather
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...
Tutorial: Doll’s Santa outfit from 2 dollar store stockings
Joy from xoxo Grandma shows how you can make a Little Miss Santa outfit for an 18″ doll – out of two faux fur stockings from the dollar store. Doll clothes are expensive to buy, but for the cost of … Read More...
Tutorial: Poinsettia hair clip
How beautiful is this poinsettia hair clip! It would be a striking finishing touch for a fancy Christmas dress, or maybe a fun accent to wear with a more casual Christmas outfit. Elizabeth from Simple Simon & Co. . shares … Read More...
Ideas For Displaying Your Christmas Cards
How often do you get Christmas cards and just simply not know what to do with them? I know I have that problem. They start to come in, and the stack starts to grow and soon enough, the Holiday season … Read More...
Freebie: Jack Frost Digital Stamp
He’s nipping at your nose!! Download this fun vintage Jack Frost digital stamp for free over on the Create with TLC blog. He’s be fun on a card covered all in glitter!
-Heather
Looking for more digital stamps and … Read More...
Tutorial: Holiday table runner purse
Angelina from JoJo and Eloise used holiday table linens to make this simple bag. The bag outside is made from a table runner, and it’s lined with fabric from a cloth napkin. The table runner had a design at both … Read More...
Old Sweater Get a New Spin on Holiday Decor & Magazine giveaway USA Only!
Paul Lowe, known as “Sweet Paul” is featured in this month’s Better Homes and Gardens Magazine “Old Sweater Get a New Spin on Holiday Decor”! Sweet Paul lives in Brooklyn where he cooks, crafts, decorates, writes, and loves photography, and … Read More...
Card Making Technique: Water Coloring on Rubber Stamps
Stamp like an artists. You can watercolor your stamped images but did you know you can also add water colors
directly to the rubber of your stamp and stamp it on water color paper for a neat artsy look? The … Read More...
Tutorial: Burlap and fabric Christmas ornament
These burlap and fabric Christmas ornaments are quick to make when you use fusible webbing. Andy from A Bright Corner shares a tutorial at Therm O Web showing how. You can use any simple Christmas shape to decorate the burlap … Read More...