Tag: crafts

  • “In My Kitchen” November 2018

    “In My Kitchen” November 2018

    Along with a bit of kitchen gadgetry, I am sharing a craft that would be perfect for holiday gifts.

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  • Memory Boxes

    Memory Boxes

    Keep track of all the joy and happiness that 2016 will surely bring. Make a memory box to keep track of all the new year happenings.

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  • Make Your Own Gift Bags and Go Retro

    Make Your Own Gift Bags and Go Retro

    I become even more retro and vintage at Christmas time.   I think as I get older, I enjoy more retro stuff.   Er…or maybe it is me that is actually become more vintage. Anyhoo, I found some old forgotten sticker paper in our office/guest room and I went nuts printing vintage images for packages…

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  • Doo rags (and doo-doo rags)

    Doo rags (and doo-doo rags)

    Keeping up a tradition of gifting tidy-whiteys to the nephews, we created some original headgear for them this Christmas.

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  • Felted Dryer Balls

    Felted Dryer Balls

    OK—no snickering at the title of this post.  It could have been worse.   I could have simply  titled it “wooly balls.”   🙂 I tried to be proactive all year and keep on the look out for cool homemade gift ideas.    During the months of November and December, I would like to share…

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  • Advent Calendar:   Making paper bells

    Advent Calendar: Making paper bells

    This isn’t a Gift from the Kitchen, but we did make it in the kitchen.   That counts, right? When the in-laws were here for Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law and I got so bored with the 24/7 football that was blaring in the living room, we found a project.    She was wanting to make paper ornaments for…

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  • Some more gift ideas, but not from the kitchen

    Some more gift ideas, but not from the kitchen

    I took some time out of the kitchen to crank up the sewing machine and finish some other Christmas gifts.

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