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Gift Wrap Round-Up

Here are some quick and inexpensive ways to wrap and adorn your holiday gifts!Fabric Clothespin Gift TagsDrawstring Gift BagsOrigami BoxesA nice use for ribbon scrapsPrudent Baby Handmade Gift Labels – See them all! And two other labels that we love!Merriment DesignMy Paper CraneRecycled Magazine bowsLast Minute Gift Wrapping with Doilies and if your feeling ambitious… Read more »

DIY Fancy Feather Quill Pen

DIY Feather Quill Pen

Here’s a quick & cheap gift for the writers in your life. Make your own feather quill pen and package it with a bottle of fun ink.This is ridiculously simple and totally fun. Get the DIY Fancy Feather Quill Pen Tutorial after the jump… And remember that all comments may result in snowfall at your… Read more »

Modern Prairie Dress Tutorial

Modern Prairie Dress Tutorial

AAACK!  This is so embarrassing, my attempt at modeling, HA.  Go easy on me in the comments.  Soooo… here is a new Hot Mess Mommy tute, for what I am calling the Modern Prairie Dress.I was obsessed with Laura Ingalls Wilder as a kid, but that’s not really relevant. After the maxi-dress incident, I wondered… Read more »

DIY Fabric Clothespin Gift Tags

The mod podge fabric clothespin is such a cute and quick project to bust through scraps with, and so useful. I was thinking about gift wrapping this year and it occurred to me it could be cute to clip the gift tag on each present with a cute fabric clothespin. Then it occurred to me to… Read more »

Simple Serger Napkins with Bonus Video Fun!

I hope you all have sergers on your wishlist this holiday season – they bring joy into my heart. Homemade napkins are one of the easiest projects you can do with your new toy.   I just upgraded to the new Brother Project Runway serger, so to test out my rolled-hem skills I made a set… Read more »

Link Love

I can’t be the only one who instantly thinks of 10 people who would appreciate this DIY Crochet Yoda from So Happy Together. Yay for crafty gifts for boys… er, men… er, man-boys… er, geeky brothers. These DIY Dryer Balls from Green Eyed Monster are too GORG to hide away in the laundry room but… Read more »

Winners: An Awesome Book of Thanks!

To win one of five copies of this book, we asked you to share something crafty you are thankful for. We loved reading your responses, so heartwarming! So without further ado, the randomly selected winners of An Awesome Books of Thanks are: Mary on Lake Pulaski who said: I am thankful for my rotary cutter, seam… Read more »

Simplicity Deluxe Rotary Cutting & Embossing Machine – Bias Tape Eureka!

I know, the GIVEAWAY is over and you didn’t win. lame. And now we’re back with another cool thing that the Rotary Cutting Machine can do even though you don’t have one. rude. But I just can’t help myself, you must know! Because pretty soon I am just going to be able to lay on… Read more »