Posts tagged: december
Holiday How-To: Lighted Christmas Balls.
By Chrisjob
Two strands of Christmas tree lights and a bit of chicken wire is all you'll need to start cranking these lighted Christmas balls out this season. There's a whole neighborhood in North Carolina devoted to splattering these all over their streets - if they can... so can you.
Free Papercraft: Mid-Century Christmas Village.
By Chrisjob
The popularity of Christmas village decorama hit the big time during the mid-century modern craze of the post-war United States, but largely, their motifs didn't explore the sharp geometricism of their contemporary era, but harkened back to a more quaint holiday aesthetic of the Dickens era.
Let the Holiday Posts Begin!
By ChrisjobFriends, it is November 2nd, Halloween is over, and it's time to begin the wintertide holiday festivities.
Half of you reading this will say, "Duh, Chris, my tree's/menorah's been up for weeks, and my shopping was done months ago, and Bing's on the old hi-fi right now!" And the other half will say, "Are you kidding me?! Just because the corporations say its time to start selling doesn't mean it's December already...Quit being a slave to commerci » READ MORE
Curbly Video Podcast: How to Make Hand-Printed Fleece Scarves.
By Chrisjob
This easy no-sew, no-knit hand-printed scarf project makes a perfect and perfectly easy gift for everyone on your list. And since they cost under $2.00 to make, you can create one to match every coat and outfit in their closet.
20 DIY Tree Toppers.
By ChrisjobToss out your hand-me-down angel from the early eighties or your dime-store brass Victorian star and throw your own artwork atop your Christmas tree this year. From atomic pop to country to deco glam, BHG offers twenty how-tos to create your own tree topper.
Eleven Handmade Gifts to Make in the Ten Days Before Christmas.
By ChrisjobOkay, so this worked better yesterday (when the article was published), as there were eleven days and eleven gifts to make. Still, if you step it up a notch, you could get all eleven done in the next ten days, for sure.
1. Bejeweled Domino Magnets
2. Good Dog Bowl and Bones
3. Hand-colored oven mitts
4. Button Hair Ornaments
5. Printed Memo Blocks
6. Decorative tacks
7. Candy-filled gifts
8. Salt Shaker Ornaments
9. Tasty trio
10. Walnut shells
11. Cand » READ MORE
Create Your Own Frosty the Snowman Puppet!
By Chrisjob
Puppet master Sean Johnson offers a very complete tutorial to make a snow man puppet like you see in the photo above. If you need a bit of adorable motivation, check out Frosty in action in the Frosty's 12 Days of Christmas video podcast.
Happy Hanukkah, Curbly!
By ChrisjobHanukkah, meaning "dedication" or "the consecrating", started last night at sundown.
Here's a brief version of the Hanukkah Story to make your brainsponges a little more soaked...
The reign of Antiochus IV, also called Antiochus Epiphanes, was a particularly nasty one, especially for the Israelites living in Judea. His forced Hellenization (the influence of Greek megaculture) of Jews was extreme and too often violent. Though their numbers were sma » READ MORE
DIY Advent Calendars.
By ChrisjobCrafty Daisies has gathered how-tos for the best handmade advent calendars 'round the net. Better Hurry: December's only eight days away.
