How to Make a Paper Wreath
Have no wreath yet for your dinner party room? No problem. With this easy, super-fast tutorial you will make yourself a professional paper wreath in literally 1/2 a hour. Best of all, you won’t need anything you don’t have in the house already.
Materials
So, what do you need?
* Scissors
* Sticky tape
* Cereal box or old [...]
Merry Christmas
May you have a lovely, peaceful and merry Christmas, free from craft projects that you HAVE to do, and full of contentment for the wonderful activities that you get to do.
Rose, Editor in Chief
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Cutest Holiday Pet
This is Raisin.
He’s a basenji (a hound) from Boston, Massachusetts.
I think it is the cutest Holiday pet I’ve seen this year, indeed.
"Raisin was curious as to why I was bringing the outside in," wrote owner Melody Henkel. "But she got into the spirit."
Raisin’s registered name is Bet on Striking Gold at Eldorado. [...]
How to Make a Girly Necklace from Magazine Paper Beads
Yep. Remember those rolled paper beads? We used to make those beads in first grade. They were excellent for easy necklace as a Mother’s day gift.
They still are, but some ‘upgrading’ of this craft has been long overdue.
So, here is a BEAUTIFUL necklace made from those magazine paper beads.
What’s the difference? The difference [...]
Wonderful Creative Gift Idea: 12 Days of Christmas Ornaments
These individually hand-painted papier-mache ornaments illustrate the ‘12 days of Christmas’–song.
Their lovely, whimsical illustrations are by San Francisco artist Michael Mabry. Michael sells them through The Land of Nod, the online retailer of wonderful children bedroom furniture, toys and cloths (now part of Crate n Barrel).
They are now offering Free Shipping on Holiday [...]
How to Make a Silk Eye Pillow
Silk yoga eye pillows offer a delightful retreat from the pressures of modern life. They give eyes a rest –full spa treatment: An eye pillow offers complete darkness. It’s gentle weight on the eyes provide relaxing pressure.
If you make an eye pillow for yourself, you can use it to take a break, doze [...]
Anthropologie-Inspired Tuxedo Scarf Tutorial
This is just a quick article to give you a heads up:
Here’s a tutorial for an amazingly good looking scarf that indeed looks like you would have just picked it up from Anthrolopologie!
Your free craft tutorial and sewing pattern is here at CraftyHabit.
A moderately experienced seamstress would put this scarf together in less [...]
Making a Paper Holiday Wreath
I don’t know which one I like best, Sweet Paul’s or The Red Thread’s???!!! Because they are both great wreaths!
The wreath by Red Thread’s comes with a really good, detailed tutorial, which is always a good thing to have. (What better than to learn from other people’s experience of both happy accidents and mistakes? I [...]
Groovy Boots – Free Knitting Pattern
Remember??!! A little while ago I found these absolutely great crocheted boots (free crochet pattern #7 on the list in my prior article). However, to my dismay, the Etsy girl who used to make them, decided she was ‘done’ selling the pattern.
Meanwhile, I received quite a few responses of readers asking for another free crochet [...]
Handmade Gifts: Easy Picture Frames Decorations for Kids
Wonder what your kid could give grandma for Christmas? Well, that’s easy. Any craft shop, dollar store (& IKEA) has these inexpensive blank wood picture frames. They are so easy to decorate, and they look really good when embellished.
How to Decorate Picture Frames
Have your kids decide on a color-scheme and a theme, and then, let [...]
Handmade Hair band with Glitter Beads
These hair bands make suitable Christmas presents for quite a wide age group, from todds to girls to teens, tweens and moms. As I needed two gifts, I have two different ones to show here. Aren’t they pretty?
They are superfast to make if you have a sewing machine, however, they can easily be [...]
How to Knit Christmas Tree Ornaments
Knitting these little miniatures has been fun! They’re lovely knitted Christmas tree ornaments. Or, they can be brooches to dash up that favorite sweater. Or, they can be key chain tags. They can even be used to beef up your gift tags.
These free knitting patterns are for beginning knitters, and of course can [...]
