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Diy: Salt Dough Ornaments : katyelliott.com The holidays have officially begun. As we countdown to Christmas I’ll be sharing some of my favorite holiday decorations, crafts, and gift ideas. To start us off Bread Dough Ornaments from Stephanie of even*cleveland. p.s. for christmas 2010 Stephanie made these stamped salt dough ornaments. Salt dough ornaments are an easy holiday craft that everyone can do, and you can make them as simple or as complicated as you like. Step 1. Step 2. For the gnomes, I used food coloring to dye some dough red for hats and jackets – this was EXTREMELY messy, so I would recommend wearing latex gloves if you mix in the color by hand, and rolling out any dyed dough between two sheets of wax paper to protect your counter and rolling pin. Once the ornaments are formed, poke them with a bamboo skewer to make holes to hang them from. Step 3. If you want your ornaments to last years and years, coat them with 3-4 very thin coats of polyurethane gloss varnish. Happy holidays! share

Vintage Color Wheels & Charts Hi, I’m Cathe (pronounced the same as Cathy). I’m a graphic designer, crafter, creative blogger, & flea market enthusiast. I live just north of San Francisco in lovely Petaluma, California with my husband, Mr. Wonderful & our 3 awesome teenagers.JustSomethingIMade.com is where I share creative ideas, crafty projects, original designs, artistic inspiration, product reviews and loads of free stuff! Thanks for visiting! 101 Handmade Valentine&s Day Ideas - StumbleUpon I’ve gathered some creative tutorials, free printables and just plain fabulous ideas to help make your Valentine’s Day extra sweet this year! There’s a little something for your home, gifts for friends and ideas for your children to share at school. It doesn’t have to cost you a ton to make Valentine’s Day super fun. Many of the ideas here can be made without another trip to the store! Make it a handmade holiday! That should give you some ideas and make you look like the Creative Diva you really are…right?! New for 2013 — 101 Valentine’s Day Printables {Free!} You’ll also find tons of sweet printables for gifts on this list of 101 Pretty Printables. Looking for something for that special man in your life? Feel free to share it with your friends…they’ll think you are the bestest friend in the world! ~Kim Hooked on Tutorials?

marta writes: how-to make a hot cocoa kit HOW-TO MAKE A HOT COCOA KITby Destri of The Mother Huddle There just isn't much that a three year old can create that isn't something only a mother would love. I thought and thought about what my little boy could make his friends for Christmas and finally came up with a Hot Cocoa Kit. If you find your kids getting restless for the big day to arrive this would be a great project to tackle until it comes. HOT COCOA KIT You may choose to only add one or two elements to the kit, but I will give you a list of what we used. Supplies: • hot cocoa • almond bark or chocolate chips • candy canes and sprinkles • coffee creamer, cinnamon, nutmeg • plastic spoons • marshmallows • mug • various containers and baggies to package Set The Stage I have learned that my son has a max attention span of about fifteen minutes. I would have everything out and ready before I even called him in the room. Chocolate and Peppermint Spoons Then I had them sprinkle on the candy cane. Chocolate Dipped Canes With Sprinkles

Cheese Crafts: Free Digital Label Images Last week I purchased a large collection of tiny vintage cheese labels designed for individual packaging of cheese wedges. Fantastic graphics! So, hold on to your hat, this is going to get fun! I started by organizing the labels onto cardstock for scanning. Once scanned, I created free digital PDF files of two different sets for you to play with. These files are completely free for you to use in any project, I simply ask that the images are not resold as digital files. I printed the files onto inkjet magnet sheets from Office Depot. First I cut each label apart loosely. Then trimmed out each with a bit more precision. The magnet sheets are pretty thin, so magnets made this way easily stick to metal surfaces, but won’t hold things up, such as notes and photos. My stainless refrigerator won’t hold a magnet, but the freezer in my pantry will, so I dolled it up a bit. It’s also fun to create cheese pinwheels. I punched tiny 1/8″ holes into the upper corners of each label.

Friendship Bracelets {Craft Camp} | Skip To My Lou - StumbleUpon I am excited to be offering 30 days of fun crafts to keep kids active and entertained this summer! You won’t want to miss a day of these fun crafts for kids from some amazing bloggers! Please be sure to pay them a visit! Hi I am Beckie from Infarrantly Creative and Knock Off Décor and I am back here on STML showing you how to make woven friendship bracelets As I was thinking about what project to do for this series I tried to remember what my most favorite craft was when I was a girl. It was by far bracelet making! These are different than the macramé knot tying bracelets. Supplies: Embroidery Floss Scissors Pins Nimble fingers 1. 2. 3. Depending on how you want your bracelet to look you will loop your pinky under that strand and pull the end loop (#7 and #8) through them all. 4. 5. 6. 7. Your girls will be kept busy making embroidery floss bracelets all summer.

Weekend DIY: Yarn Bowl | Kanelstrand Two weeks ago, while discussing DIY ideas about our No New Gifts Christmas I mentioned a lovely yarn bowl that I wanted to make. Most of you know how much I value hand work be it just for the sake of mental health and the feeling of accomplishment. In a mostly virtual and fast-paced world, one of the most precious acts is working with your hands to create practical objects that can be touched. So, of course I didn't waste much time and dived happily at the project together with my daughter in the first moment available. Yes, this is a great project to work on with children and teenagers, and it requires a maximum of 40 minutes. The thing I like most about this project is that it is totally eco-friendly and should I even use the very fashionable word biodegradable? I made some slight changes to the original pattern, which I would like to share. 1/2 cup of flour4 cups of water3 tablespoons of sugarscrap yarn in the color of your choicebowl to use as a moldsaran wrap or plastic bag

Mail Call! Free Vintage Images A lovely JSIM blog reader, Amy, sent to me scanned images of letters that her great grandfather had written to her great grandmother in 1923 when they were dating. Have you ever seen such vintage sweetness in all your life? Just look at that gorgeous Spencerian penmanship! Amy knew that many of my readers use digital images for crafting and asked that I share them. It is my great pleasure, thank you very much Amy.Click on images to enlarge and save. I have also included an additional sheet of envelope, parcel and label (Photoshopped) images from my stash of stuff. If you happen to make anything using Amy’s images, I hope you’ll share a photo with us, just email me if you do.

DIY Braided Bead Bracelet - Honestly WTF It’s been awhile since our last bracelet DIY. I don’t know about you, but our wrists have been begging for another colorful addition for months now. So after playing with some materials that were already on hand, we’ve created a tutorial for a braided bead bracelet, which is a not so distant cousin of the hex nut and wrap bracelet. Because honestly, you can never have too many . . . You’ll need: Cut the waxed linen cord into a 26″ and 19″ piece. Tie a knot about half an inch down from the loops. Start braiding the strands. Push the bead against the base of the braid, and cross the left strand over the middle. Keep a finger at the base of the braid, holding the beads in their place and keeping the braid tight. Finish the bracelet with another inch of braided cord, measuring it against the wrist. Thread on a two hole button – two strands through one hole and one strand through another. Trim the end. Your bracelet is finished! (all images by HonestlyWTF)

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