How-To: Fancy Picture Frames
Disney from Ruffles & Stuff shows how to transform dollar store pictures frames into fancy, decorative frames with inexpensive materials.
Home Decor
Octopus Chandelier
Etsy seller lanternfly writes: Here is my latest cephalopod creation. Fresh from the murky depths of my workroom, I present to you, Pearl. This octopus chandelier is made from sculpted arms and head, she has pink albino taxidermy glass eyes, pearl encrusted body covered with vintage and new pearls, scallop shells, pink pearl candles and […]
How-To: Retro Ice Cream Cone Ornaments
These retro ice cream cone ornaments are fun, adorable and easy to make. Jennifer Perkins of Naughty Secretary Club shows you how to make them.
How-To: Gnome Ornaments
How happy would your tree (or windowsill, or desk or any surface in your home) be with one of these fun gnome ornaments hanging on it? Heidi Kenney of My Paper Crane shows how to make them.
Etsy Video: Enhabiten
I love the Handmade Portraits series of videos at Etsy. New up this time is an inside look at Enhabiten, aka Liane Tyrell, who makes housewares from vintage and earth-friendly textiles.
Cardboard Safari
Sean @ MAKE writes: If, like me, you’ve been stressing out about where to find a cardboard rhino head before Xmas, I bring glad tidings: Ye need look no further than Cardboard Safari. They also have cardboard moose heads, deer heads, whole rhinoceri, and, predictably, rocket ships.
Holiday Decorating Sans the Tree
We’re going out of town for more than a week this Christmas for a big family get-together in New Mexico, so we’re debating whether to get a tree. Since we still have one kid under the age of I’m-too-cool-to-care — and because I’m a bit of an ornament junkie — chances are that we will […]
