These beautiful trees would make a great addition to your holiday mantel this year. You can make them too with these easy instructions. Head over to A Million Memories for the how to — Continued Obsession with Easy To Make … Read More...
Pin your package
Betz White shows how to use her awesome felt poinsettia brooch as a gift topper. This simple trick will work with any pin. What a great way to give your packages some bling and add a little extra treat to … Read More...
10-Minute Felt Santa Ornament tutorial
Ellen Luckett Baker of “The Long Thread” lives with her husband and two girls in Atlanta, Georgia and has an awesome blog. She also has had her first book published; “1, 2, 3 Sew: Build Your Skills with 33 Simple … Read More...
Felted Rose DIY By Tiziana Boccaletti
I think this felted Rose is simply stunning and I am going to try one. You can use any color, but the white and pink is so lovely. Scroll down the page on their site and enter your email and … Read More...
20 Gift Ideas for Foodies
Because I don’t have nearly enough blog jobs (side note, I just mis-typed “blog” as “glob,” I corrected it, but thought it noteworthy), I’m now assembling Ideabooks of cool product finds over at Houzz. Have you heard of Houzz? It’s … Read More...
Hoop-di-do Cross Stitch Gift Ideas
This week I have been posting about stocking stuffer ideas for stitchers. Of course, if you aren’t shopping for many stitchers this year, you can always add them to your wish list and leave it about for those who shop … Read More...
The 2011 TomKat Studio Gift Guide
It’s here! It’s here! The 2011 TomKat Studio Gift Guide. I was kind of waiting for it, you see. It’s really good.
Candy Striper Felted Bag knit pattern
This sweetheart Candy Striper Felted Bag that is ready for you to knit for the holidays and the pattern is designed by Vickie Howell. You can find the pattern on Vickie’s web site. Check out her site for great ideas … Read More...
Tutorial: Ruffled Christmas tree
Jen from Scissors & Spatulas guest blogs in the Swell Noel series at Positively Splendid with a tutorial showing how to make a ruffled Christmas tree. Aren’t they the cutest? A couple of these ruffled trees would so nice on … Read More...
Project: Winter Snowman Card
Theresa over at Crafting the Web shares step by step instructions for making this cool snowman card. I love how she used masking for the hills and the embossed lines near the sentiment add a neat touch.
-Heather
Christmas Tree Brownies
Easy peasy brownies-to-Christmas trees… Love how fast and simple this seems. Find the how-tos for Christmas tree brownies HERE at Luvcrumbs. If you are looking for a yummy tasting boxed brownie mix, because you are short on time or perhaps … Read More...
Inspiration: resurrection fern
Margaret Oomen of resurrection fern created beautiful, funky ornaments by transferring some of her amazing macro photos to fabric and embellishing the images with embroidery. See lots more awesome photos at her blog post.
Post 5,555 giveaway!
This is post 5,555! Yea! To celebrate all this blogginess, I’m giving away a surprise package of handmade Christmas treats: a couple of crocheted tree garlands, a paper angel ornament or bookmark, a selection of Christmas greeting cards, and perhaps … Read More...
Button Snowmen
Simple yet adorable, these little button snowmen make great ornaments or gift toppers. They would also make a wonderful holiday card embellishment. Check them out at Urban Paisley — Button Snowmen.
Frank A. Edmunds Graph Gripper
Looking for a great gadget to gift to a stitcher (or yourself)? The is a handy little tool for holding small graphs or working copies of charts. It attaches by a clamp to your hoop or scroll frame. The Graph … Read More...
Dreaming of Gifts – Writing to Santa
Christmas Village
Peppermint Wreath
This beautiful, fluffy wreath is perfect for the upcoming holiday. Display this feathery wreath on your door and your guests will be wowed. Head over to JCasa *handmade to get the how to on this peppermint wreath.
Fractal quilt for a math geek
Megan from Monkey Beans made this fractal-inspired quilt for her math geek husband. She said they both got the idea from watching an episode of Nova. It’s a Christmas gift she can mark off her list. Nice! Go here to … Read More...
How to Paint Holly and Berries
Colleen over at Mural Maker is a talented painter. She often has tutorial on how to paint different object. In this post she shares how to paint holly and berries, just in time for the holidays! Head over to Mural … Read More...