Great Gifts To Make
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Crocheted Wire Hanger Cover
A crocheted cover for a wire hanger looks great and is the perfect project for those of us who don’t have easy access to vintage style wooden hangers. Of course if you can get your hands on some wooden hangers, the two look great together, and you can follow my pattern here! Truthfully, if you…
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Decorate Canvas Tote Bags With Fabric Markers
Canvas tote bags are great for crafting and simply drawing on them with fabric markers could be a really fun take-home party project, or gift bag just about any time. Purim is just around the corner, and my daughter and I had fun making these to use either on Purim for transporting little gifts, or…
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Crepe Paper Flower Bouquet
Crepe paper flowers are simple to whip up, and make a perfect little gift when a little something hand-crafted from the heart in called for. Quicker than running to the store for real flowers, much quicker in my case, and oh so sweet. And my daughter was more than happy to deliver the gift, so…
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Woven Recycled Bleach Bottle Basket
You can use a recycled bleach bottle to make a really fun woven basket. And when you add a little felt liner, your recycled bottle basket suddenly becomes really amazingly cute. If I do say so myself. Now, I must admit, I made this basket over two years ago, and for some reason never quite…
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Chunky Knit Pot Holder From Rope
I just love my chunky knit rope potholder. Or is it a chunky knit rope trivet? Either way, this is one craft I’m going to do again as I think it would make a super great gift, for the right person that is! And with all the crocheting going on around here lately, I have to…
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Giant Crocheted Rosette Flower
Okay, maybe not exactly a giant crocheted rosette flower, but definitely a very large crocheted flower. You know, the kind of flower that will certainly make a cheerful statement worn on a hat or a winter coat right about now. So I do hope that you crochet, since everyone could use a little wardrobe pick me…
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Crocheted T-Shirt Yarn Basket For Holiday Giving
Crocheting with t-shirt yarn is so much fun, and lucky for me I happened to have a few balls of t-shirt yarn on hand. I whipped up this basket quite quickly, which qualifies it as a great green gift for those on your list who’d appreciate such a rustic vessel. I think it would…
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Crocheted Skinny Scalloped Scarf
Here it is, my friends, the crocheted skinny scalloped scarf. A super project for beginners and for anybody who’d like to whip up a load of handmade gifts in the next month or so. And guess what, these scarfs may look like they’re more for style than warmth, but I can attest to the fact…
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Paper Plate Clock In 5 Minutes
Here is it my friends, the five minute DIY clock using a paper plate! It really can’t get much simpler than this, and you could change the plate as often as you like for a little fresh hit of color or design! I also think that a paper plate clock would make a great gift,…
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DIY Drink Charms For Summer Entertaining
These festive DIY drink or wine charms are an example of one of the those projects that are so simple and yet add so much. And they are practical I might add, especially if you’re entertaining informally where guests might be prone to walk around with wine glasses, or any glass that has either a…
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Recycled Styrofoam Tray Craft With Paper Mache
Yes, you can make a gorgeous, artful and even useful tray from a recycled styrofoam meat/fish/food tray. I have a little secret to share with you all, and that is that with just a few crafty moves on your part, you canmake a stunning tray worthy of holding your fine jewelry, among other things. And how is that exactly,…