Countdown to Christmas - An Advent Chest of Drawers Tutorial by Ros Coffey of RosMadeMe Blog

Are you looking for an adorable advent chest of drawers Christmas project? If you are Ros Coffey has a wonderful tutorial on her RosMadeMe Blog blog showing you how to make one. Enjoy the holidays.

Countdown to Christmas - An Advent Chest of Drawers Tutorial

Copyright © 2012 - All Rights Reserved - Written by Ros Coffey of RosMadeMe Blog.

Here's what Ros had to say about her tutorial:  I am typing this with sticky fingers, so any typos you see are due to my fingers not leaving the keys... Right so I have found my Christmas making mojo (it was hidden behind last year's Christmas cards) and now I am ready to get on with the next project which is a little Advent chest of drawers calendar... Thomas Chippendale watch out!

I don't know about you but I am a sucker for crafting magazines, I love to browse through them, especially when someone I know is in there... better still if I did not expect to see them, take a bow Wendy Massey who is featuring in this month's Craftseller, as one of their "regular designers", well that is really thrilling as Wendy also runs Handmade Monday. Anyway, at the moment most of the magazines are giving away crafting papers... but I don't make cards or scrapbook and I can only pass on so much which means I have to find a use for it and the Advent chest of drawers is it.

Ros's Bio:I live by the sea, in Essex, in Leigh-on-sea. I have been making things since I was a child, earliest memories were embroidering squares of binca matting, making felt egg cups and ripping back my knitting when my sister had picked up a dropped stitch... yep, it really did have to be all my own work! I am a dreadful hoarder, with stashes of wool and fabric hidden around my house, together with the projects that I have not yet finished. I am currently making cushions, quilted, appliqued, stencilled... actually just anything that I will enjoy crafting.

Copyright © 2010 - 2012 - All Rights Reserved - Ros Coffey of RosMadeMe Blog .

Please visit her RosMadeMe blog at http://rosmademe.blogspot.com .

Bottle Cap Advent Tree Tutorial By Chasity Gordon of Belle and Burger

Here's another fun thing to do with the kids during the holiday season.  Chasity Gordon has a terrific tutorial on her Belle and Burger blog showing you how to make a bottle cap advent calendar. Have fun with the kids.

Bottle Cap Advent Tree Tutorial
Copyright © 2010 All Rights Reserved - Written by Chasity Gordon of Belle South and Belle and Burger blog.
Here's what Chasity said about her tutorial:~SO I really wanted to make burger an advent calendar, I actually have never even had one myself. We have been really into discussing numbered Days and the order of our fall events so I thought we needed this holiday activity. I pulled this one together this weekend all from stuff around the house.

~I decide I would use bottle caps as the doors or boxes. I already collect them compulsively for pin cushions and I am always looking for other uses for my mounds of them however I usually only stash 2 types. So I stashed every bottle cap for the week and that gave me a nice assortment of caps.

Chasity's Bio - Chasity Gordon is the owner of Belle South and Belle and Burger blog. She makes clothing, accessories, household items, baby clothes and slings, and handmade cards, prints and books. She is a home schooled seamstress and crafty by nature, but trained as a studio print maker studying printmaking and ceramics in college and was drawn to "lowbrow" functional art. She uses pockets, patches, apron bibs and wallet fronts as sort of blank pages to draw and collage with bits of fabric and string.

Copyright © 2008-2010 All Rights Reserved - Chasity Gordon of Belle South and Belle and Burger blog.  Please visit her Belle South Etsy shop at  bellesouth.etsy.com and her Belle and Burger blog at http://belleandburger.blogspot.com/.

Handmade With Love - Gift Ideas For The Holidays - Ideas #26, #27, #28, #29 and #30

If you support handmade and love to give gifts from the heart then you're going to love our "Handmade With Love - Gift Ideas For The Holidays" series of posts.

The handmade ideas are taken from all the wonderful free Christmas articles, e-patterns, tutorials, graphics, stitcheries, craft projects and more that The Best Free Craft Articles blog contributors have to offer.

Here's ideas #26, #27, #28, #29 and #30:

Idea #26 - A pair of painted heart candle holders for someone who loves snowmen makes an adorable gift.

Winter Wonderland Wooden Heart Candle Holders Enjoy & Warm Winter Wishes! Copyright © 2006- All Rights Reserved - Renee Mullins

Idea #27- How about chocolate for your favorite chocolate lover?

Make SewDelish Chocolate BarsCopyright © 2008 - Written by SewDelish blog.

Idea #28 - Calendars always make a wonderful gift - especially if they have their own handmade fabric covered calendar board.

Fabric covered Calendar Board tutorial Copyright © 2010 All Rights Reserved - Written by Chasity Gordon of Belle South andBelle and Burger blog.

Idea #29 - Handmade cards are always a favorite gift - especially if they come with their own punch-needle creation.

LOVE NEEDLEPUNCH CARDS

Copyright © 2005 - All Rights Reserved - Sue Allemand of Palette Primitives.

Idea #30 - Handmade gift tags add a wonderful touch to handmade gifts.



Handmade Gift Tags
Tutorial by Shelley of Abundant Blessings Blog

Please respect each artist or crafters Terms Of Use for their free article.

I hope you are inspired to create handmade gifts of your own for the holidays.

Stay tuned for Ideas  #31, #32, #33, #34 and #35.