Almost Christmas – almost Solstice, Hanukkah has begun – the season of celebration is upon us. I love the elving that has been going on at Soulemama’s place, and we have been some of our too. The making of goodies is a fun and special time, we have been sewing up decorations for our tree and special little somethings to add to everyone’s gift pile. Today we are busy bees, stocking up at the markets with yummies for the table, wrapping gifts to put under the tree, playing with cousins, baking more shortbread and just generally having a holiday time.
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Cowl girls – for knittersThe Complete Idiot’s Guide to Amigurumi – for crochetersSew Serendipity – for sewistsyummy ‘gurumi – for crochetersKnit and purl pets - for knittersHoliday season is in full swing
make a sparkly baubleMake some paper decorations10 garlands to make10 recycled ornaments to make8 natural holiday wreaths17 crafty holiday wreaths to make15 felt ornaments to make10 paper ornaments to makeI am getting inspiration for some gingerbread house making next week
grownup gingerbread housediy gingerbread houseMini gingerbread housesSome gingerbread for givingLinks and crafty news
>Make some topographic gift wrapCheck out the new Craftsanity magazine – available in both print and PDF formats. Full of patterns and articles – great valueknitted envelope ornaments – ya gotta make some of theseSheet music ornaments
I was sent some wall decals to test and use from Pop and lolli – they are super colourful and fun and easy to apply and remove – great last minute gifts + With every set of “experience-design” decals you purchase, ‘Its chic to change’ will provide educational materials and resources to positively influence a South African child in need.Loving the bloesem series of readers holiday decorationsCheckout the online Amelia’s magazine. Focussing on fashion, illustration and earth, + Amelia is about to publish a book- a compendium of fashion illustration and it looks like it will be fantastic!Make this cute felt mushroomMake this multiple use cape – great for last minute giftsMake these cute machine stitched gift cardsMake this gift pocketgive the gift of life this christmas – Donate blood on behalf of someone you care aboutRead about this web designer’s proposed redesign for Amazon.com’s international buyersSew some comfy wrist warmers as the perfect last minute giftMake some candle cosiesCheck out The Happy Holidays Guide to DIY – a completely free eBook from papernstitch blog.These Moustaches on a Straw would be so fun for the holidaysMake a frost family ornamentThe Home Depot has rolled out a new version of their iPhone application to help busy DIY-ers handle everything from fixing a squeaky door, buying last minute gifts or measuring how much holiday garland to hang.Funtastic gift ideas from Pascale - pyramid pillow and fabric covered notebooksMake this coin purse as a super cute last minute giftOk so get making…
Kathreen
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