This is the ninth in a series of twelve paper ornaments I’m making this year, one a month, so that when December rolls around I won’t be surprised I’ve done nothing about my wish to have a full paper crafted Christmas Tree.
Here’s another super simple and kind of sweet (pun intended) paper Christmas ornament. This one aims to be a mash-up between the Christmas Cracker favor from the UK and a peppermint candy.
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If my time and money were unlimited, I’d jump into every craft I see, full force, with all tools, supplies, classes and books.
Unfortunately, my time and money are tightly budgeted.
But I’ve found three good ways to try a craft or skill on for size for little or no money, which lets me get a taste of things so I can decide if it’s something for me or not.
I’m skipping the straight up obvious way of Googling and using YouTube. There’s nothing wrong with going that route, but I’ve found that often gives me conflicting and piecemeal information. I can’t figure out if I don’t like something because it isn’t fun, or if it’s because I’m not getting what I need to be successful at it.
More concentrated instruction is what I’m looking for. Here are my favorite ways to acquire it. Continue reading…
A couple of weeks ago a cute photo of a kid in a T-shirt popped up in my Instagram feed. It was the son of a blogger that I follow, and the shirt was a play on the See you Later Alligator children’s rhyme.
And I instantly knew two things:
My standard method for creating one-off shirts is the freezer paper stencil.
I’ve detailed this process a few times, but I’ve had a few questions on some of this, so I thought I’d share the basics again.
This is the eighth in a series of twelve paper ornaments I’m making this year, one a month, so that when December rolls around I won’t be surprised I’ve done nothing about my wish to have a full paper crafted Christmas Tree.
I was worried when I started this project in January that I wouldn’t keep at it and get it finished. Turns out I may have set my bar too low – every month when I start to search for ideas to make a paper ornament, I have a hard time just picking one!
This month, I decided I wanted to do a reindeer. It’s a classic holiday animal and I figured there’d be a lot of good crafts to use as a starting point.
This project is kind of a mashup of two other birds projects I’ve made.
I really liked how the paperclip feet birds turned out. That was a project I saw on another craft blog, and it came together super easy. And I really can’t stop making these watercolor blob birds. Every one of them is different, and it is super fun for me to add the little details with my black sharpie and watch them come to life.
