12 Days of Christmas Wreaths!
Let your front door reflect your Christmas spirit with a handmade wreath! Inspire a festive mood in your guests from the moment they knock on your front door. Go traditional,...
Christmas
Gifts made by hand come from the heart. Make Christmas special with handmade gifts and cards for family and friends as well as festive decorations for the home. Honor family traditions with classics – or create your own modern holiday traditions!
Deck the Halls! DIY Christmas Decorations
10 Projects to Button Up Your Christmas Tree
Get out the button box and get your Christmas tree craft on! You can make button ornaments, button garlands or little button trees that are super cute and super easy....
DIY Tree Skirts (and Alternatives) for Everyone!
Many of the functional Christmas tree (or Hanukkah bush) stands I've tried over the years do a great job of supporting the tree. But it's hard to find one that...
Gift Ideas for Makers
Quick Beaded Gifts
If you have beads and some basic tools, you can be ready with a unique and personal gift in minutes. I made all of these projects with beginner-level beading skills...
Gift Guide for Makers
Is there an artist on your gift list? Are you a maker looking for suggestions for your own Santa list? Out of ideas for gifts to make yourself? Sometimes it’s...
Cute Christmas Gifts for Teachers
Your kids’ teachers create a love for learning while giving every day. Shouldn’t gifts for them show how much you appreciate creativity? Here are some handmade for the holidays gift...
DIY Gift Wrap Ideas
A 6-Pack of Wine Bags to Make
Taking a bottle of wine to a party? Or giving wine as a gift? Or just like the idea of playing dress-up with your wine collection? We’ve rounded up a...
Creative Gift Wrap Ideas
I put a lot of thought and effort into making a gift. I like to find a creative way to present it, too. (“Present” it? Get it? Ha!) These fun...
How to Make a Furoshiki Style Bag with Kraft-Tex
I love look of furoshiki wraps that take a simple square of fabric, then wrap and tie it creatively to turn any object into a pretty package. But most often,...
Handmade Tree Ornaments
How to Make an EPP Wreath Ornament with Hexies
A large English Paper Piecing (EPP) project can seem daunting. But a small project, such as an ornament, lets you try the technique on something easy. And it's something that...
Handmade Bird Ornaments
There is something about little handmade bird ornaments that suggest spring, but also are great for a Christmas ornament. I have a year-round tree, and now have a variety of...
How to Make Sashiko Ornaments
Making Sashiko ornaments is a great way to see what the slow-stitch movement is all about. It's slow stitch, to be sure, but the projects are so small you can...
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A 6-Pack of Wine Bags to Make
Taking a bottle of wine to a party? Or giving wine as a gift? Here are some fun wine gift bags that you can make yourself!Cute Christmas Gifts for Teachers
Your kids' teachers create a love for learning. Here are some easy handmade holiday gift ideas that give a little of yourself to the person who gives so much.
10 Fun Christmas Cards to Make
Here are some fun Christmas card ideas that are easy to make. Many are kid-friendly, but grown-ups can enjoy making these paper holiday greetings, too.
Let It Snow! 10 Snowflakes to Make
Snowflakes are a timeless Christmas and winter theme. How-tos for cut paper, origami, glitter, icing, crochet, beading. quilling and more are here. 10 projects.
Quilted Heart Ornament
I cut a heart out of an old quilt, sewed some buttons on it and then did a blanket stitch around the edge of the heart. It is a fun…
Wise Men Outfits & Hat
It was fun making costumes for 3 Wise Men at a Christmas program. They wanted the costumes to be shiny and bright, they were with sequins, beads and trim!
Holiday Angels & Spring Fairies
I started playing around with some spare crafting things we had lying around. It morphed into this whole series of up-cycled Angel/Fairy ornaments.
New Money Fabulous Ornament
Seed beads, single earrings, hot glue, bits of broken jewelry, and sequin trim can just make a simple Christmas ornament over the top.