Make a Beautiful Winter Wonderland Snow Globe
We made the most delightful snow globe. It doesn’t snow here in Southern California so, while the rest of the country was experiencing blizzards and snow storms, we set about making our own winter wonderland in a snow globe. Christmas Snow Globe These are the goodies we needed : A glass jar A tiny deer […]
Colorful Felt Christmas Tree Ornament Tutorial
While taking out our Christmas ornaments from last year, we came across a little felt Christmas tree Kitty made. Her eyes sparkled when she saw it and she looked at me and said, “I can’t believe I made this beautiful ornament!’ There are so many beautiful memories in our box of handmade Christmas treasures. Here […]
No-Sew Felt Pine Cone Christmas Ornament
Kitty and I have been busy at work making these cute felt pine cone Christmas ornaments. Best of all, they are no-sew and no-glue and take about 5 minutes a pop. All you need is : felt scissors foam egg form pins Easy! Tutorial : Use the scissors to cut a 4 inch […]
Fairyfolk Sale :: Black Friday and Cyber Monday Weekend
Great news, Fairyfolk Friends… we are having a huge SALE in the shop for Black Friday through Cyber Monday. 10% off your entire order!! Starting NOW!! So, if you are thinking about shopping at FAIRYFOLK this holiday season, this weekend is a good time to do start! To get your 10% off, add the code […]
Handmade Christmas Gifts :: Crazy Crayons
Teddy and Kitty will be giving handmade Crazy Crayon Christmas gifts to their friends this year. Not only do these make super cute gifts, they are a wonderful way to get rid of all of those broken crayons lying around. Although the kids don’t know this yet, Santa will be bringing them lovely new crayons […]
Handmade Chirstmas Gifts :: Painted Peg People
Pin It Kitty and Teddy are each getting a set of themselves for Christmas this year. It’s sweet (and funny) how they often play ‘brother and sister’ and now they can play ‘brother and sister’ with their new peg gnomes. I made them using the little peg people forms you can get at any craft […]
Handmade Christmas Gifts : God’s Eyes
I know I am not alone in thinking that handmade gifts are by far the best. All gifts are nice when they are given with love, of course, but to be honest, I’d rather receive a roughly sewn ‘kitchen towel’ with a red potato stamped heart on it (clearly made by a 7 year old) […]
Folded Paper Christmas Origami Stars
We spent the first day of our Christmas holidays making and hanging our folded paper Christmas origami stars. I love this Waldorf craftThis year we used the Waldorf watercolor paintings that Kitty brought home from school. They are a gorgeous mix of warm colors… yellows, oranges and reds. Perfect for Christmas. And, we made a […]
Handmade Christmas Ornaments :: Dried Oranges
The kids and I are loving making Christmas ornaments this year from simple everyday things. Today, pretty ornaments made from dried orange slices. When we dried our apples to make these ornaments, we also dried some gorgeously orange orange slices too. We hung them outside to dry for a few days. Our Southern California winter […]
Handmade Christmas Ornaments :: Dried Apples and Cinnamon
When I was 22, I spent a winter working in the delightful Austrian village called Kitzbuhel. I worked in a little family run pension. My job was to help prepare the food for breakfast and lunch for the hotel guests. In the afternoons, I was off, off to the ski slopes until well after the […]