• Christmas ornaments
  One of the favorite holiday traditions at Noreen’s house is making an ornament for their family and friends. This year, it’s the Angel of Gratitude.
• Favorite Upcycled Etsy Holiday Finds
  Dominoes, quilts, plastic strips, aluminum cans, corks and more were used in these homemade holiday creations.
• Hand Embossed Velvet Gift Bags
  Do you know how to hand emboss velvet? Learn how with this project for an elegant embossed velvet gift bag. Beaded fringe optional!
• Layers Upon Layers
  Image transfers can sometimes be challenging. Cyndi’s giving you 4 chances to win Tilano kits that help make transfers foolproof!
• Making Christmas Meaningful
  How do you make Christmas meaningful in your home?
• Memories of Pearl Harbor Day
  Mary Emma, at Quilting and Patchwork, suggests turning memories of that era you or a family member experienced into quilt or other fabric art.
• Tangled Thread Christmas
  Chloe shares her Christmas tree and holiday decorations.

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• How to hand-sew sequins
  Add some glitz and glamor to your holiday crafting with this easy how to sew sequins tutorial.  
• Layers Upon Layers
  Profiled artist Nicole Braun combines her love of mixed media arts with her photography.
• Making Festive Ice Wreaths
  If it’s freezing, you can make the perfect ice wreath!
• More Ornament How-tos
  Come see some beautiful and easy-to-make Christmas ornaments created by Eileen’s new helper elf.
• Spool knitted and woven heart instructions
  Noreen has re-worked the instructions for her spool knitted and woven heart. It’s now available as a pdf. The original heart was made in springtime colors, but the heart would be gorgeous in Christmas colors like burgundy, navy and hunter green.
• The Fascination of Karen Eckmeier’s Happy Villages
  Discover Karen’s unique ways of designing and quilting in her Happy Villages and Accidental Landscapes techniques.

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• Christmas shopping for fiber-aholics with Tangled Thread
  Need a gift idea for the fabric or fiber-aholic in your life? Chloe has put together her favorite picks to delight the crafter on your list.
• Freaky Friday #138
  A visual journal prompt using photos & images of your family.
• Green crafts – A new hand made book from recycled wood & paper
  Noreen’s been working on Christmas presents. She’s just finished making a journal for her sister in law, using old wood from a stage set, and recycled paper. She’s binding it all with spool knitted cords, and has embellished it with a Celtic Tree of Life. A very green Christmas present indeed!
• Layers Upon Layers
  Come meet Theda Sandiford, and enjoy her multi-layered and challenging collages!
• Spice Up Plain Pens with Wrapping Paper or Magazines
  Make a stocking stuffer for cheap!
• We Want More Ornament Ideas!
  Eileen and her elves have been crafting up new ornament ideas. Here’s just one example. There will be more to come!
• Write a Thankful Poem
  Even though this is described as a Thanksgiving activity, you can adapt it to any time of the year, suggests Mary Emma at Quilting and Patchwork.

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•   2008 Advent Calendar
  Heather Blakey is making another advent calendar this year.
• Fabric Beads – Fun to Make and Use
  Quilters and fabric artists enjoy making fabric beads for their various creations.
• Featured Prize: Let’s Knit!
  Learn more about this book for beginning knitters, and enter to win by Nov. 23.
• How to weave a prayer or healing shawl on a narrow loom
  Noreen’s been weaving prayer and healing shawls on the Cricket rigid heddle loom, using a nifty technique that she has developed – a mitered loop.
• Layers Upon Layers
  Cyndi has a whole new set of mixed media artists for you to have lunch with this week.
• March of the Penguins Cheese Ball
  Here’s a crafty hors d’oeuvre for your next party. There will be smiles all around when your guests glimpse these cute little penguins marching around the cheese ball igloo.
• What to do with those wonderful yo-yos?
  So you’ve gotten hooked on making yo-yos – but what can you really make with all those little circles?

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