Handmade crafts are the ultimate customized holiday decor
Birdhouse craft instructions below article.
Here’s another silver lining to the dark economic clouds still on the horizon this holiday season: handmade holiday decorations are not only less costly, they’re perceived as more meaningful as well.
From spending more time with loved ones to an improvement in our overall health, [...]

There are some awesome craft tutorials on flickr and we wanted to show off one of our favorite ones today… it may not be anywhere near Christmas, but you can either save this one or make it for a Christmas in July party
Learn how to make a beautiful paper snowflake with this visual [...]

Although Christmas has just passed, I find that every January, I start storing away a few ideas for gifts for the following year. Christmas is still fresh in my mind and while the memories are still vivid, I will jot down a few craft ideas that I saw over the holiday.  This may seem a [...]

Felt crafts are one of my favorite types of crafts to do – and they great thing is that felt crafts can be as easy as you want them to be and still turn out cool!
Here are some felt craft ideas starting with easy projects up to more advanced ones:
Simple Felt Puppets
Materials needed:

Felt (you’ll probably [...]

It’s that most wonderful time of the year. Doorways are decked out with banners and bows, twinkling lights edge the rooftops and all through the house everything from baby bibs and bath towels to tablecloths and throw pillows sports a holiday motif. No, it’s not Christmas — yet. But hot on Santa’s heels, Halloween is [...]

Scariness and spookiness are upon us. And we’re not talking about opening 401(k) statements. Ghouls and goblins will be running through neighborhoods searching for candy and scares alike. Trick-or-treaters will be heard screaming and screeching while being haunted by neighborhood houses decorated for one of the most anticipated holidays for children — Halloween.
Halloween’s history has [...]

By Sirena Van Schaik
I have found over the years that Halloween, when it comes to decorations, has become almost as decorated as Christmas. Each year, whole neighbourhoods suddenly become creepy villages that hint of dark vampires, witches and zombies trembling in the dark, waiting for the ghoulish night of Halloween to descend upon us.
It can [...]