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Mini Christmas Tree Makeover // Printable Christmas Hangtags //
Glittery Craft Boxes // Origami Ball Light Garland
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From the Archives – Christmas Crafting
Clockwise from top left:
Mini Christmas Tree Makeover // Printable Christmas Hangtags //
Glittery Craft Boxes // Origami Ball Light Garland
2013 Holiday Gift Guide on Joy & Revelry
Hi Friends! I was recently invited to create a shop with the online store Joy & Revelry. As you know from my weekly moodboards, I love curating collections of products. So this was a great fit for me. Today I'm excited to share my first collection with you – the Holiday Gift Guide. It has a lot of great, affordable (most under $75) pieces for the home. I would love to have any of these under my tree. They are all unique, chic and useful – just what I like in a gift. Go check out all of my selections and happy shopping!
Top Row: Adorn Jewelry Holder // Turquoise Earth Vase // Pencil Holder
Middle Row: AZ Bookends // Gold Stacking Bowls // Teak Wood Mini Bowl
Bottom Row: Hex Nut Candleholder // Pinch and Dash Cellars // Ceramic Bird Bookend
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Kids Gift Guide and a Giveaway from Target
Shown above from top left:
Top row: Striped Jacket // Hat & Mittens // Bird Wallet
2nd row: Bananagrams // Striped Sweater // Erasable Colored Pencils
3rd row: Farmland Play-Doh // Christmas Sippy Cups // Back to the Future Legos // Deer Sweatshirt
4th row: Hot Cocoa // Boy's Slippers
DIY Printable – Happy Raindrop Christmas Ornaments
DIY Tutorial – Christmas Juice Glass Set
My favorite part of the Christmas season is Christmas morning; waking up early, rolling out of bed, exploring what Santa left in my stocking and of course a big family breakfast loaded with savory egg casserole, sweet cinnamon rolls, bitter coffee and the juicy mandarin oranges from the bottom of my stocking. So when I received the opportunity to create this Christmas DIY as part of a campaign for Martha Stewart Crafts and Plaid Online, I knew I wanted to make something special for the Christmas morning breakfast table.
To prepare for the post I received a big box full of Martha Stewart painting and decoupage crafts. The decoupage products are really cool. They work on fabric, paper, wood and glass. In addition to the glues, they also have pre-made fabric and paper pieces that you can use in your decoupage projects. What's even cooler is that when applied to glass, the decoupage is dishwasher safe. You can find the full range of Martha Stewart products including craft paint, glass paint, decoupage and jewelry at Michael's stores or at Plaid online.
DIY Wrapping Paper
Merry Day-After Christmas
I hope that you all had a wonderful holiday. I had a great holiday with my family hanging out, eating, playing, watching movies and relaxing. Here are a few Instagram pics from the weekend.
Our first ever Christmas goose.
It was a very smoky affair. Have you ever made a goose? Was it dripping and smoking the whole time?
Abby Dog, sleeping one ear perked
We were all pretty tuckered by the end of the day on Christmas, doggies included.
A little Christmas knitting
I made a very small baby blanket and a baby hat for my niece over the weekend.
It was nice to have a long weekend of relaxation and family time. Now it's back to work for a few days before the New Year. How was your Christmas? How did you spend the weekend?
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DIY Printable – Christmas Gifttags
I can hardly believe that it's almost Christmas. If you're anything like me you have a few (or all!) of your presents left to wrap. So for today's Font Friday I've chosen two fonts that are perfect for a fun, casual Christmas and I made them into some Christmas hangtags, free for you to download. (Yay!)
The first font is Blackout from The League of Movable Type which looks like letters cut out from construction paper. There are three versions - Midnight, 2AM and Sunrise. I'd love to try cutting out these letters out and make a garland. The second font is Cubano from Lost Type Co-Op, a rounded, chunky sans-serif, not unlike one Mr. Clause.
Craft Box Makeover
Here's a quick little holiday DIY for you today. You know those brown craft paper boxes you can buy at the craft store? Well, they're super easy to paint, or glitter or cover with paper and generally makeover into something all your own. Here's my version with bronze paint and gold glitter.
Are you doing any Christmas crafting these days? Do you like to experiment with craft paper boxes?
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Sewing Recap - Simple Blanket
I whipped up this simple blanket on Sunday using this tutorial from the Purl Bee. All you have to do is stitch two pieces of cloth right sides together, turn right side out and topstitch. The method is very similar to my recycled corduroy blanket, just without piecing one side.
One side of this blanket is a vintage terry cloth animal print and the other is a super soft polar fleece. The terry cloth fabric was a hand-me-down from my great aunt. She had planned to make his and hers bathrobes from it but never got around to it (we've all been there right?). I bought the polar fleece last year at Christmas as a remnant thinking it might make a great Christmas stocking. I had one yard of 72 inch wide polar fleece and the terry cloth is 36 inches wide. So, I cut 72 inches of the terry cloth. Does that make sense? Kismet fabric! Basically just two pieces of cozy 36 x 72 inch fabric.
This blanket is super cozy and I'm itching to make more of them. Maybe I can even use up some stash fabric. Yay! This blanket would make a great Christmas gift. After all, who doesn't want to just cozy down with a blanket this ime of year?
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Roundup - DIY Gifts from the Archives
1. Painted Wood Bead Necklace
2. Fold Over Zippered Pouch with Wrist Strap
3. Simple Drawstring Bag
4. Ombre Clutch
See all of my tutorials here. Happy crafting!
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DIY Tutorial - Therapy Rice Pillow
A therapy rice pillow is a wonderful last minute handmade holiday gift. A therapy rice pillow can be used like a heating pad, hot water bottle or ice pack when heated in the microwave or cooled in the freezer . I like to use mine as you would a hot water bottle to warm the end of the bed and keep my toes nice and comfy. You can reuse the pillows over and over again. They really last for years. All you need is fabric and rice. So it's pretty affordable too.
Make them in any size to suit your needs. Make a small one to warm your hands, a medium size to soothe a sore belly or a long skinny one for a stiff neck. A cotton flannel fabric is the coziest of all but any tightly woven cotton will do.
Craft from the Past - Knitted Mug Cozy (with thrifted mug)
I made this mug cozy as a Christmas gift 5 years ago. How time does fly. The mug was a 70s era thrift store find and the whole present was even better received than I had expected. The pattern was from the Holiday Gifts 2007 issue of Interweave Knits (on Ravelry here and available for purchase here). I recommend this project as a great, affordable gift. You could even personalize it by embroidering an initial on the cozy. It would look great with a gift tag attached to the handle as well. Or, make a few for yourself and keep your hands from getting too hot while cradling a cup of spiced cider.
Chunky Cable Knit Hat with Free Pattern
If you're thinking about making someone a hand knit gift this season, a charming, chunky, cable stitch hat should be on the list of contenders. Hats are really easy to make and have so many possible variations. You can change up the type of yarn, the colors and the stitch pattern in endless ways.
Book Review – Last-Minute Knitted Gifts
Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson is the perfect book for this pre-Christmas gifting season. I know this book has been around for a few years now but I only recently added it to my library and I'm so glad that I did. The book features 31 patterns of varying degree of difficulty and for any recipient on your list.
Even if you're not familiar with the book you probably are familiar with Hoverson's inspirational craft website The Purl Bee. The first few chapters provide basic information for choosing colors, yarns and tools as well as some tips on fitting and finishing. This book will not teach you how to knit and there are plenty of other books that will fit that bill.
Mini Christmas Tree DIY Tutorial
Maybe it's because I grew up in the woods of Oregon, but I love trees in pretty much any form. These sweet mini trees are frankly just adorable. I've seen a few bottle brush tree makeovers around the web over the last few years and wanted to try my own interpretation. I started with green trees with white snow tips and gold stands and turned them into white trees with copper tips and red stands. It's really easy to do. The only hard part is waiting for them to dry between each step. You could use these trees as part of a diorama, snowglobe, gift wrapping or any other Christmas decoration. I hope you enjoy!
Mini DIY Tutorial - Origami Ball Garland
DIY Pom Pom Garland
If you're going to decorate your home at any time during the year, December is the season to do so. A garland is the perfect way to add a bit of charm to any piece of furniture, plant or picture frame, as seen above. Here I've made a pom pom garland using bits of scrap yarn leftover from old recycled sweater projects (see this sweater and this clutch). I was inspired by this garland featured on the julep blog.
This garland is really easy to make and the perfect way to use up bits of scrap yarn. This would be a great project for kids too. I remember making a Christmas craft using pom poms when I was about 11 years old. Can you imagine a little human figure made with yarn and a roll of lifesavers? I probably made a dozen of those little things. Who knows what came of them. Where I learned of the idea I can't remember now.
Craft From the Past - Strawberry Christmas Ornaments
I made these cute little strawberry Christmas ornaments 5 years ago for an ornament swap. They are based on this pincushion project by Martha Stewart. Each ornament is made up of three strawberries, one each in small, medium and large sizes that hang on pearl cotton thread from a button. Every year opening up my boxes of Christmas ornaments it's still a pleasure to find these little gems.
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