Posts tagged: presents
Loom Flower Holiday Bows
By DIY Maven
Cathy over on Craftstylish has used her flower loom to embellish holiday packages, and the outcome is absolutely darling. She also offers a tutorial on how to loom the little buggers. If you're interested in this technique, you can actually make your own loom, like I did. And although Cathy's bows are much prettier than, say, bows made of old casette tape tape, they're not as tree-hugger-y. :)
Image courtesy of Cathy Callahan.
DIY Holiday Gift Wrapping and Mail Station.
By Chrisjob
With the extra cheer of trees, menorahs, wreaths, and other decor comes the extra clutter of wrapping paper, catalogs, Christmas cards, reciepts, and all the noise, noise, Noise, NOISE!
So, Organized Christmas offers a DIY control-your-Christmas-clutter solution. Using readymade materials, this how-to keeps your stuff where you want it, available when you need it, and away when you don't.
Sixteen Recycled Handmade Gift Ideas
By ModHomeEcTeacher 
If you're condsidering handmade gifts this holiday season, you most likely have some creative genes already in place. For that reason, this is a quick "off the top of my head" list of found objects you could artistically and lovingly incorporate into your own sweet handmade offerings. Feel free to expand this as the ideas start flowing. Don't be tempted to buy used and re-give in the same condition. Your family and friends will treasure » READ MORE
Ideas for Christmas presents?
By Inkie1101Yes, Halloween was only a few days ago and Christmas is over a month away, but I have some free time coming up so I thought I'd get started on some Christmas crafts.
I want to make presents for my family and some friends this Christmas but I can't think of what to give them. I've made them photo frames and jewelry before and I'm not one for scrapbooking. I'm drawing a complete blank as for crafty gifts.
So really it doesn't even need to be a gi » READ MORE
Store-bought gift wrapping? No way!
By alexrussell
Because store-bought wrapping paper is so boring these days. Around the house there's plenty of gift wrapping to make your presents pop if you experiment a little. Here are a few ideas:
Paper towels: This is the one that started it all. My paper towel-wrapped White Elephant gift was the most battled over at the last Holiday party. It was so intriguing. What kind of gift could be wrapped in paper towels? Paper towels are a great, but they use a lot » READ MORE
