Tag: presents

  • Last last last last last last minute DIY gift ideaโ€ฆ

    When I was a kid and?รกMotherโ€™s Day or Valentineโ€™s Day or Easter or a birthday orโ€ฆ any holiday rolled around, I would break out the felt pens and paper and glue and scissors. I would make my family and friends little imitations of โ€œreal worldโ€ honours, things like badges, crowns, and certificates. When I?รกgrew aโ€ฆ

  • DIY Gift Idea: Bottlecap Magnets

    Last Christmas one of my favorite gifts to receive was a set of handmade fridge-magnets. My pal made these with old bottlecaps (never throw them away again!), glue, magnets, images, and glitter. Remarkably simple, and completely fantastic. This link?รกprovides clear instructions on how to make them, but basically, you just need to apply those objectsโ€ฆ

  • Wet-Felting Book + a tip for a fast, easy craft to do in the meantime!

    A few months?รกago I taught felt-making and other craft techniques to a large group of students. The project was massive, and very rewarding for me to see what the kids could do. While working there I received a pretty neat book as a gift. If you are really motivated to learn a new craft rightโ€ฆ

  • I gotta hand it to youโ€ฆ DIY Hand Puppet!

    Hand-puppetsโ€ฆ they are fun, functional, and CUTE. Capital โ€œcโ€ cute. Cute! They are easy to make, and you can combine your imagination with whatever materials that are available to make something pretty cool. To start, find some fabric that is big enough to fit your hand with fingers spread widely, twice. When I made myโ€ฆ

  • DIY Decor Gloves Superb Giftee

    I have a small, possibly boring (no! Donโ€™t leave!) story to share. A couple of years back, I had a job in โ€œThe Fashion Industryโ€. One of the little perks theyโ€™d give us was access to a mass Sample Sale twice a year. Leftovers from the stores, samples that were made and discarded, and assortedโ€ฆ

  • Tiny Bubblesโ€ฆ DIY felted soap, the gift that keeps on giving

    Felted soap is a lovely and unique?รกgift that just takes a bit of patience, but anyone can do it! You need some wool roving, a soap of any type, a bit of bubble wrap (or a bamboo mat, or a texured waterproof surface), a towel, an old pair of nylons, and then some hot waterโ€ฆ

  • DIY Gift Idea: wrist warmers

    I have?รกjust started knitting?รกmy own first-ever?รกtube-shape.?รกLast winter my forearms and wrists would get much too cold, so Iโ€™m making myself some wrist warmers. My gloves are warm and wonderful, my coat is a beautโ€ฆ but the airflow up the arms of my coat lets in a chill. I find this to be?รกan easy project, asโ€ฆ

  • DIY Sewn Cards

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    Are you the?รกcrafty type? Do you knit, sew, make unique things, break out the glitter-glue, modelling clay or paintbrushes?รกevery time you think about?รกpresenting presents to your loved ones? Maybe you would like to send something handmade to your friends and family who live afar. Perhaps this year you need or want to simplify gifts, butโ€ฆ

  • December 2010

    Letโ€™s face it people, December is one cold, dark month. ?รกSo, naturally, we have this urge to light candles, listen to music and decorate. ?รกWe spice it up and bring aromatic herbs, spices, citrus and branches into our homes. ?รกEach step outside is an act in bravery as face the sharp chill of the airโ€ฆ