Posts tagged christmas

• 22 Dec

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Plaid Scarf into Super Stars

    Plaid is in this season! Make these clever package tie-ons that double as ornaments. Made from plaid scarves and pipe cleaners purchased from the dollar store, these are so simple and fun to make that you'll want to spend all evening making them to dress up your packages.   I f

• 19 Dec

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Gift Wrapping!

  My last in this series of holiday-related roundups, gift wrapping! Now that you have all (most?) of your holiday shopping and making done, it's time to wrap those gifts, and it would be awesome to put a little extra crafty energy into this part. So I've found a variety of ideas for the paper, boxe

• 19 Dec

  Blog: Decor It Yourself

  The Coolest Christmas Tree

     This season has fostered many unique tree alternatives as shown here and here. Perhaps it's the economy, perhaps people are just being way more creative than they have in years past. Either way, Christmas 2008 has provided some really cool alternatives to the traditional tree. My favor

• 18 Dec

  Blog: Decor It Yourself

  Pomegranate Place Card Holder

    Sticking with the food theme, here is a lovely way to incorporate seasonal pomegranates as part of your holiday table decor.     Purchase one pomegranate for each person who will be attending your holiday dinner. Hold the pomegranate so that the stem is towards the top.   Take

• 17 Dec

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Cool Website Alert: One Pretty Thing!

     If you like checking out my Weekly DIY Roundups every Friday, this is the site for you! Rachel of One Pretty Thing does nothing but round up DIY and indie stuff, with multiple posts every day! Each weekday you'll see the Daily DIY, full of tutorial and project links from all over

• 16 Dec

  Blog: Decor It Yourself

  Brussel Sprout Wreath

     This is one of the cutest edible objects I've ever seen. I usually don't go for the food-as-decor thing, but this brussel sprout wreath is pretty rad. And tasty looking.

• 12 Dec

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Ornaments!

   DIY HANDMADE ORNAMENTS!  Ok there are a ridiculous amount of great projects this week, and I want to include them all, so I'm going to do it a little differently - I'm just going to tell you the name of the project and the blog/site that it came from, linked of course, with no extra commentar

• 05 Dec

  Blog: ThreadHeads

  Weekly DIY Roundup: Wreaths!

  I love all the crafty, non-traditional wreaths I've been seeing around craft blogs, so I want to share some ideas with you for personalizing your holiday decorations and making your own special wreath! I love pretty much anything made from recycled sweater felt, and this wreath by swallowfield is n