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It’s the time of year for fun holiday gatherings! Being in a crafty kind of home, I tend to want to create new and unusual easy DIY Holiday Table Decorations. Over the years, I’ve featured many of them. Some are meant more for Christmas and others can work with any type of holiday gathering. I’d love…
At the beginning of the year, I challenged myself to complete one UFO (Unfinished Object) a month. Unfortunately, I did not make it through the entire year, but I have to say that I didn’t do terribly. I finished a total of eight UFO’s this year, which is eight more than normal, so I’m going to call the challenge a relative success.
My latest project was a quilted wall hanging called Santa and Rudy in the Photo Booth.
It features Santa and Rudolf getting their photos made in a photo booth. I found the pattern at the AQS quilt show in Knoxville a few years back. So incredibly cute. I hand appliqued and hand quilted this wall hanging and it will make a great holiday decoration.
Do you love beautiful fall decorations, but are not a huge fan of carving up that pumpkin? Me too. It can make a huge mess, and working with a knife can get pretty scary. Not the kind of scary that works for me. But there are lots of great ways to decorate a pumpkin that don’t involve a big knife. I found 9 super amazing decorating ideas for No-Carve Pumpkins that I think you will love!
Each of these ideas is super unique! There are lots of great ways to decorate your home with a pumpkin that don’t involve scariness, burning candles and big knives. Here are just a few!
Crafting with recycled materials always makes my day. Making something amazing out of what some folks would consider trash accomplishes two huge crafty goals. One, you are creating less trash and two, well you are saving a ton of money on craft supplies! A win-win!
So, with Halloween creeping up on us, I wanted to feature 7 fun to make Halloween Luminaries created from recycled materials!
These colorful and fun luminaries are all easy to make, many come with free patterns and will make your home brighter for the holiday! And best of all! The craft supplies are mostly free!
How about a sweet little wrapped ornament for your tree? I love simple projects that take no time at all and result in something beautiful. These ribbons you see are actually paper. And such an easy project too! Each ornament took about 20 minutes to create and they make an unusual addition to your Christmas…
In a last-minute rush trying to get everything ready for the holidays? Do you need to put together a couple quick gifts for those co-workers, or friends that had slipped your mind? Time flies when you are having fun, doesn’t it? Here are a few easy to make gifts and ornaments to make for family…
It’s the time of year for fun holiday gatherings! Being in a crafty kind of home, I tend to want to create new and unusual easy DIY Christmas Table Decorations. Over the years, I’ve featured many of them. Some are more popular than others, so I’d love to share with you my top 10 readers’…
Create a cute Holiday Angel Votive from paper towel tubes, a bit of yarn and some dollar store items! These sweet angels are a perfect, inexpensive decoration to light up your holiday mantel. And they are fun to make too! Every year, I participate in an ornament club. Our club has been meeting now for the…
One of my favorite things to collect over the years for Christmas was fun and colorful nutcrackers. When I sold my house a few years ago, I sold everything in it including my nutcracker collection. Living in a motorhome means not much room for decorations. So this week, I decided to create a batch of…
A fun gift to put together that your friends and relatives will love is a gift in a jar, containing the ingredients for a yummy recipe! These pretty jars are easy to make, and you can decorate them anyway you like! I am showcasing here 16 gifts in a jar recipes and also have links…
Halloween is a fun time of year and the Sitcom has many popular projects for the holiday! Here are the 10 most popular DIY Halloween projects according to my readers, all in one convenient place! I don’t do scary. My version of Halloween is all cutesy with purples, greens, oranges, silly monsters, and fun pumpkins….
Affiliate links to Amazon below Here at the Sitcom, we do silly Halloween. I am opposed to scary simply because being scared is not one of my favorite things. After seeing the Monsters University Movie, I was inspired. I was not only excited to see a monster movie that makes me smile, but inspired to…
Let’s face it, sometimes craft supplies can be expensive. But I do have a few DIY ideas that can save you money. You can get the same or similar look at a fraction of the price, and have a lot of fun in the process! I’m a cheapskate at heart. Especially since we sold our…
Mom loves pretty things, and Mom loves things made by you! In need of a few crafty Mother’s Day gift ideas? Well, I totally have your back! You will find lots of colorful and unique craft ideas here on the Sitcom! Make your mom a beautiful handmade gift that she will cherish! Mother’s Day is on Sunday,…
Unique egg craft ideas are very popular this time of year. Since creating Ukrainian Egg art with is one of my specialties, I definitely am drawn to great ideas for making awesomeness with eggs. Pretty eggs make great year round decorations in centerpieces and tablescapes. And Easter is always a great time to sit down…