13 New Ideas from CraftGossip for Saturday, 30th of November

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DIY Party Cactus Centerpiece

As they say, sometimes love hurts. But just try to deny this lovable cactus’s offer for free birthday hugs. WE SAY YOU CAN’T! To create him is to love him. And now this cute cactus critter can be the perfect centerpiece for your daughter’s trend filled birthday party you’re planning

6 Country Christmas Coloring Pages

Snuggle up next to the fire with your colored pencils and these lovely coloring pages. Dover Publications has 6 designs with loads of country feeling that you can download and print for FREE. Click here to get them. -Heather

A New Look for Fall Page

Did you change up your look this year in time for the Holidays? Marielle create a page to document her fresh new look for Fall. She used different pattern papers in fall colors behind open wooden triangle shapes to create a bold graphic design for her layout. She's sharing step by step directions over on the My Creative Scrapbook blog. Click …

Build a Zipline for Your Elf on the Shelf

We never did Elf on a Shelf with my daughter, but her classrooms in elementary school had an elf, and I could see this being a fun group project you could do in a classroom tinkering session or you could do it at home. Challenge the kids to see how they can build a zipline to transport the elf (or …

Make a Tree Skirt with Giant Yarn for Winter Decorating

Are you decorating your Christmas tree this weekend? If your tree skirt needs a refresh, you can knit one in a flash with the Cherry Cordial pattern from Berroco yarns. This pretty cabled pattern, designed by Alison Green, works up in a jiffy in thick yarn on size 19 US knitting needles. It's worked from the center out and is …

How To Safely Make Candles With Essential Oils

Hannah from Procandlesupply.com shows us how to make candles using Essential oils. There are pros and cons to making essential oil candles. Essential oils are potent and not like fragrant oil. Essential oil candles don't throw as much scent like a fragrant oil candle. You will need to test, smell and test some more until you learn how to use …

Cup of Cocoa Christmas Tree Ornament

This pattern is for a Cup of hot Cocoa tree ornament. These would be adorable on your Christmas tree but would also look amazing as Gift card tags for coffee shops or restaurants. You can purchase this PDF pattern via Etsy.

20+ Items To Buy Someone Who Sews

This Christmas gift guide or buying guide was created out of necessity. We get tonnes of emails each November from distraught husband and partners looking for gift ideas for someone they know who crafts or sews. So as a result each year we compose gift guides for crafters and sewers to make sure you our lovely creative readers actually get …

Granny's Christmas Cubes Thread Crochet ePattern

Granny's Christmas Cubes Thread Crochet ePattern $5.99 SKU# 800952 DOWNLOADABLE PRODUCT Deck your tree with an abundance of quick-to-complete Christmas cubes! Composed of granny squares, they're great for package tie-ons and or tiny gifts all by themselves. To form each ornament, just stiffen six blocks to their edges, then whipstitch them together and add a loop for hanging. Our designs …

12 Winter Wreaths You Can Make Yourself

This roundup for 12 winter wreaths is the perfect collection for anyone who wants a wreath but wants to avoid the whole Christmas, Santa Red ribbons and glitter thing. Not everyone celebrates Christmas or enjoys it so when we found this roundup of non-traditonal style wreaths we knew we had to feature the article. You can see all the 12 …

Christmas Mice Card

I love the soft pastel colors on this sweet Christmas Card from Candice. The little mice are having so much fun decorating and singing carols. The tall slim line card style she choose left her lots of room to include many elements for her scene. Visit the Butterfly Reflections blog for a closer look at this card. -Heather

Sewing tutorial: Fleece winter hat and headband

A fleece winter hat or headband makes a great Christmas gift - or maybe just a fun project to sew for yourself! A Little Craft In Your Day has a video tutorial showing how you can make both of these! The headband is wide enough to cover your ears and is cinched in the middle like a bow. The hat …

Holly Jolly Layout

On Janna's Holly Jolly Christmas layout she included a photo of each of her kids as well as a group photo with their holiday gifts. The row of photos across the bottom is balanced on top by the larger photo and lots of embellishments, her title and journaling. She used supplies from Simple Stories and has more info on their …

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