Assemble and decorate your own Christmas tree gift box to make any small gift look extra special. A printable template is included to make this festive pyramid shaped box. With the festive season well on its way, now is the perfect time to craft some Christmas gift boxes and parcel up mini bundles of treats. This unique handmade Christmas gift…
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If you are looking for a unique gift idea to mark a special occasion, why not make an Exploding Box? Open up the gift box and it ‘explodes’ to reveal photos and fun notes. It won’t be long before my eldest graduates primary school, and I wanted to make her a unique graduation gift – something handmade, full of personality…
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Some of the best creative notions come about from happy accidents, like today’s Kids Art Activity Project, Colour Bleed Art. Recently my youngest created a sweet little mermaid illustration with felt tip pens. She was disappointed however to find that her art had sustained water damage. Yes, it happens if we leave artwork where food and beverage prep takes place,…
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When you are far from home or feeling a bit under the weather, there’s nothing quite like receiving a Care Package to make the day a little brighter. In her new book, Care Packages, Michelle Mackintosh is bringing back the art of crafting packages with love and care. Care packages get their name from the humanitarian organisation Cooperative for Assistance…
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I don’t know why some people think wrapping Christmas gifts is such a chore, I love it. I think I like wrapping gifts much better than unwrapping, a wrapped gift has so much possibility. This week Emma had her first Christmas market at school where she could go and buy gifts for family and friends with her own money (well…
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I recently was gifted a small collection of beautiful vintage trims from a friend of a friend. I’m totally infatuated by them and don’t know if I will ever find a project special enough to warrant cutting into them…and then I had a brain wave! Wrapping Paper. It’s easy to create your own personalized decorative papers, all you need is…
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My favorite part of the gift giving season is the gift wrapping of course! I just wanted to share a few of the gifts I wrapped up the other day and hope that it will inspire you to ‘think outside the box’! Yes it’s easy to make a boxed gift look pretty, but what happens when you have squishy irregular…
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This handmade fabric tape is easy to make with just a few scraps of pretty fabric. Use it to embellish scrapbook projects, gift wrapping or anything else you would use normal adhesive tape for. We’ve even been known to use small pieces as doll band-aids. You will need: fabric scraps double sided adhesive tape scissors iron (optional) How to: 1….
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