Punch out Gift Tags from Greeting Cards: A Quickie Tutorial

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Spending Thanksgiving weekend with my grandpa (Want some old twist ties? Margarine tubs? Bread bags? You got it!), I came across my late Mama’s 50+ year stash of greeting cards received. Given permission to cut up any cards from people we no longer, um, “associate” with (Note: “From Pam and Bud” should now read “From [...]

Wrap Your Gifts with Humor (and Love)

my photo of the funnies as wrapping paper

Today on Thanksgiving we’re playing the white elephant gift exchange game! It’s that holiday party game where you pick a number, and choose a gift, then the one with the next number chooses a new present or has the choice of yours. All the gifts are all wrapped in the funny pages, and it is [...]

Handmade Holidays: Vegan Cookie Mix

Creative Commons photo from Flickr user jessicafm

[Image Credit: Jessica Merz on Flickr under a Creative Commons license] The weather is getting colder, and we have a handmade holiday on our minds! Handmade gifts have heart, are better for the environment, and, if you opt to buy, it supports independent artists! Over the next few weeks, we’re going to be posting about [...]

Crafty Christmas: Felted Sweater Stocking Tutorial

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Every Christmas Eve with my mom (you know about my mom, right?), she drags out these utterly godawful stockings for her grandbabies to use–quilted cotton with a printed image of teddy bears in bathrobes and slippers, bought sometime during the Reagan administration. From Wal-mart. On sale. Ugh. But how could I complain? I, who am [...]

Handmade Holidays: Fun Rolling Pin Art Projects

rollerpin printing fun

Rolling pins always remind me of the holidays of my childhood. Recently I discovered a couple cool craft projects to try with rolling pins, that would make great holiday activities for kids of all ages: 1. A couple seasons ago Craft Chi shared a fantastic tutorial on rolling pin prints. The site features a step-by-step [...]