Any little pirate loving kid will lose their mind for this toy pirate chest. And you’ll be the coolest mom/dad/aunt/grandpa/friend ever. My newly 4 year old nephew Kai is obsessed with pirates right now, and also has a December birthday.…
Tree skirts for the Christmas forest
Tree skirts always stump me. I’m not great *ahem* understatement *ahem* at sewing curves, and there’s a whole lot of curve to fill up with some kind of decoration. Plus, my first attempt at a tree skirt has been rather…
The Unveiling…
It’s been a mad sprint to the end and I just finished sewing the tree skirt about 2 minutes ago, but it’s done. When you use as many trees as I do, and you’re not independently wealthy, you can’t go…
Wire Candy Canes
In my brainstorming about candy canes, I of course came across the traditional idea of the pipe cleaner ornament. A staple of Christmas tree for years, I wanted to come up with something a little bit different, perhaps even a…
Iced Gingerbread Cookies
I spent way too much time over the last couple of months thinking about gingerbread. After the houses I naturally thought about making some gingerbread men, but I couldn’t crack a new or interesting way to make them since tutorials…
Glittered Candy
This is really a reprisal of an ornament that I originally made for last year’s whimsical halloween tree. It’s so simple, but effective, and you should all know by know that I’m never going to miss a chance to glitter…
Ribbon Candy
This is such a classic ornament that everybody has a version of it. Martha and BHG both put beads in between each fold, I saw a paper version floating around somewhere this year, I think even the long lamented Carol…
Braided Candy Canes
A Christmas Sweets tree would be unworthy of the name without some prominent candy canes, so I’ve come up with a couple of different options. Today’s uses strips of fabric to make a nice substantial ornament, but it’s easy and…
Fabric Wrapped Candies
When I was a kid being dragged along to the grocery store, my sisters and I would hightail it to the bulk candy section and beg for the different Brach’s candies available there. I still remember the specific way I…
Visions of Sugarplums
This project is so simple I feel a little silly even posting it as a tutorial. But then I finally got around to reading this month’s Martha Stewart Living* and saw an article where she demonstrated how to make the…