Yesterday morning was spent making piles of these with the help of a super fun crafty mom friend. This time around, instead of photos, there’s a school graphic, the name of the school and the year on one side, and it’s blank on the other. Since I had about 50 to make and didn’t want…
Fast, Easy, Inexpensive, Cute Photo Ornaments: A Tutorial
I’ve taken on a fundraising task for K’s school. We’re making ornaments to sell at the upcoming Holiday Bazaar. I’ve spent a while trying to come up with a recipe for ornament-making that required little financial investment and a reasonable amount of time with awesome results. That’s the goal, anyway. And while thinking about making…
Make a Santa Bag: A Tutorial
[This is a re-post from September when it was included as part of the Holiday Bake, Craft, Sew Along series.] Today I’m sharing a tutorial for an item that can fall into all four categories– a Santa Bag. It was inspired by one I bought at Pottery Barn Kids before I started sewing regularly. Once…
Santa Starts Early, too
Santa can’t get all of his work done at the last minute, and neither can we. Ready to get started on that holiday crafty to-do list? Today we’re blogging at Skip to My Lou as part of their Holiday Bake, Craft & Sew Along Series. You’ll find the full tutorial for this Santa Bag there– along with…
Christmas in September
It is a dark, rainy, yucky day here. Normally I wouldn’t even try to take photos. But I took a photography seminar recently that helped me practice playing around with exposure, and I’m not unhappy with what I was able to get out of a really, really, really dark day. I mean, a bright day…