With such a lot going on in the crafty home and in the crafty blogosphere, I simply had to do a midweek extra newsletter, I just couldn’t wait to bring you all the wonderful ideas, tutorials and holiday fabulousness that is cooking up.
Last week I had some extra good giveaways at whipup – I want to thank the book publishers and authors who kindly donated books to giveaway, Princeton Architectural Press, Chronicle Books, Interweave, Hachette Book Group, Crown Publishing Group – Random House, Inc., Sterling Publishing , – Lark Crafts, Abrams books – STC Craft, Hardie Grant Books and Hardie Grant Egmont, Sarah Fielke, and HarperCollins Publishers. I also want to congratulate the winners of the giveaways: Katherine, Andrea, Erin, Seven, Baukje, Rebecca, Jackie, Casey, Shannon, Autumn, Amanda, Susie, Ana, Cheryl, Catherine, Stephanie, Michelle, and Michelle – All winners have been contacted via email and your books should be winging their way to you as I write this.
So things to do:
Support whipup and buy a calendar here (only $5).Make some drawstring bagsCrochet the ellipse scarfletteGet cracking on your gift making with whipup’s best tutorial list for gift makingjoin the whipup flickr groupIts starting to feel a bit like Christmas … or whatever you celebrate at this festive holiday time of year …
8 natural holiday wreaths to make5 bauble ornaments to make17 crafty holiday wreaths to make15 felt ornaments to make10 Paper ornaments to makeBooks
For some amigurumi action in the ‘kitchen’ get your hands on Yummy ‘gurumiFor some knitted toys – quick get this book Knit purl pets – you might be in time for last minute gift making!Links and crafty news
Time is running out! – Shop today to enjoy 35% off and FREE ground shipping on all your purchases at ChronicleBooks.com. Their Friends & Family Sale ends Dec. 5 so finish your holiday shopping now! Enter promo code FRIENDS at checkout.BurdaStyle Holiday Giveaway. Readers have until Monday, December 20th at 9am to enter by commenting on the BurdaStyle blog post. They have a chance to win a SINGER® Fashion Mate 7256 sewing machine and SINGER® Adjustable Dressform, a package worth more than $430!Check out Catch my party’s collection of glam FREE Christmas printablesWhip Up is featured on the Top 50 DIY Blogs along with many of our friendsNini makes the easiest christmas stocking everHerzenart has a non-christmas christmas gift for readersWendy guides us as to what basic sewing tools to have and how to choose a sewing machine for a beginnerAn etsy video showing you how-t make a sweet little terrarium in time for holiday gift givingThis vintage postcard calendar journal on design sponge was brought to my attention by a reader, they thought it would make an excellent gift and I agreeHere is a free pattern for a snowflake trivet–quick, easy, and perfect for the holidaysMake these interesting string ornaments for your treehere is a cute Christmas stocking buntingMaking a Lining for a Christmas Stockingmake a vintage-vibe yarn garland for your holiday tree, mantle, or dooralphabet boards - Great idea how-to photograph items that resemble alphabet letters – attach them to board and create personalized giftsLearn how to make your own paper bags with your personalised images printed on themOk so get making…
Kathreen
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