How-To: Gift Card Wallet
If you are giving gift cards this Christmas, but want to add a handmade touch, check out this gift card wallet tutorial from Dina of Hambly Screen Prints.
Holiday Projects
Coffee Sleeve Wreath
What a great way to reuse your caffeine-fueled detritus! This Simple Coffee Sleeve Wreath transforms those ubiquitous bits of cardboard into something quite elegant for the holidays. As Siobhan at Magpie and Cake shows you in her tutorial, you can whip up some seasonal and environmentally friendly cheer in no time! (Well, of course, it […]
How-To: Illuminated snowflake ornament
Rachel @ CRAFT points us to Syuzi Pakhchyan’s illuminated snowflake ornament tutorial which uses a simple circuit with a battery and magnetic jewelry clasp to power a single LED in the center. In the Maker Shed: Fashioning Technology Ready to take your craft projects to the next level? With “smart” materials, unorthodox assembly techniques, and […]
Dyeing with Cranberries
Britt Browne makes dye for holiday papercrafts from cranberries at ReadyMade. [Thanks, Katherine!] More: 101: Natural Dyeing
How-To: Mistle-TIE Fighter
For all the Star Wars lovers who are looking for some holiday smooch action, head on over to this brilliant project tutorial from our friend, Bonnie Burton, at StarWars.com.
Free Holiday Crochet Patterns From Lion Brand Yarn
These sweet, free holiday crochet patterns from Lion Brand Yarn would make for a great weekend project. In addition to the dove and icicle patterns, there is a snowflake, Christmas ball and more.
How-To: CDornaments
Genius. Brilliant. Clever. Sparkly. Instructables user gmoon has a great tutorial for shredding CDs into crystalline decorations.
