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I’ve been a craft lover for most of my life. My momma use to craft all the time. I lost it somewhere along the way and lately have been coming back to it. Honestly, I kind of can’t get enough of it lately. If you have a friend or family member like this… here’s a great gift guide for them!
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Notecards for knitters from Jack & Ella.
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May seem silly, but these vintage train cases make excellent sewing boxes. I know because I have one myself.
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A cross stitch pattern that you can stitch up yourself or you could make a little gift basket of all the materials needed for her to do it. Sewing Seed has quite a few options {but this pig makes me giggle.}
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These mini sewing set of rubber stamps would be great for a friend who sews. They would be great to add to business cards, tags and notes.
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This print from Yellow Heart Art would be a perfect to frame and give to someone who does indeed make pretty things all day.
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One of the sweetest pin cushions I’ve ever seen from Sea Pinks.
I’m always coming up with fun little crafty projects and I tend to start more than I have time for. For this one, I forced myself to have the time though. After all, I wanted to finish it in time for the Christmas season! I’m sharing how I made it with you today as part of Caroline’s Christmas Craft Along. Have fun!
So here we go – a fun festive wreath that may take a little while to make but it is relatively pretty easy!
what you’ll need:
basic foam wreath
{wrapped in 2″ ribbon}
felt in festive colors
{lots of it. I used about 20 sheets for a 9″ wreath}
scissors
hot glue gun
{and some glue sticks of course}
coordinating spare ribbon
{you don’t need much}
Step One:
cut felt sheets into four squares
snip corners of squares so they are rounded off
{you can use extra felt to make additional little squares,
I ended up not using these}
Step Two:
cut each square into a spiral as shown
{don’t mind the mail in the background. no bigs.}
Step Three:
roll the spiral up into a rosette, glue as you go
{apologies for poor lighting, but I think you’ll live}
{if you’ve never made a rosette before, roll one up before you start hot gluing so you get the picture}
Step Four:
glue and/or pin the extra ribbon to the wreath to make a hook
I don’t have any specific tricks for this, whatever works here friends!
I just wrapped it around with a loop at the top
Step Five:
Start gluing the felt rosettes to the wreath in any fashion you prefer!
I did blocks of each color {about 8 rosettes per section} and alternated
It’s better to have too many rosettes on the wreath than too few. Be sure to cover the inside of the wreath and of course avoid the back as that will be against a wall or door anyway!
Step Six:
hang it up and sing Christmas carols.
I told you it was pretty easy! Oh, and if you hot glue some rosettes in the wrong spot and you don’t realize it until the glue is already cooled and dried {nope, I definitely didn’t do that} just grab your trusty hair dryer and blast the rosettes with some heat! They will come right off!
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Hope y’all enjoyed the little tutorial! Let me know if you make a wreath because I will want to see it! Until then, check out some of the other Christmas crafts over at Caroline’s blog!
How wonderful is this little book? I’ve told you before that I have very little artistic ability, so having a stockpile of stencils would be oh-so-very useful! Could you imagine all of the little projects that can be done now that you can draw things?!?
Some may call it cheating, I call it sheer genius. You can find the 100 Shapes Book over at Uncommon Goods, a store that has occupied so much of my time as of late. What shape would you like to see in the book? I’m hoping there’s a bicycle.
A few things I’ve been loving lately…
custom name stamp from Eat, Pray, Create
this print from My Little Buffalo. This one too.
this nautical rope headband from In Honor of Design
this sweet thelma bracelet from elephantine
Anything out there that’s been catching your eye?
They may not be much, but I see a lot of potential with these vintage spools of crochet thread from Artful Vintage. Perhaps on a shelf in my future sewing room? Or perfect for photo props? Heck, I think I’d even buy a print of the photos of them to hang on the wall! What would you do with them?
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