Autumn Leaf Bowls

You can make these really pretty bowls in leaf shapes using felt, tweed and webbing. Go here for details.

Learn Needlepoint & Cross Stitch

If you've ever wanted to know how to start learning cross stitch or needlepoint, then head over to this website to find lists of beginner's tutorials and projects for both techniques.

Soft Rock Guitar

This guitar softie is soooo awesome, and would be a brilliant present for a kid. Go here for the tutorial.

How to Screen Print at Home

If you've always wanted to know how to print your own fabric/card/paper/t-shirts etc at home, then click here for loads of tutorials on screen printing, lino printing, block printing, letterpress and more!

Mario Magnetic Memo Board

OK, hold onto your hats because this tutorial is all kinds of awesome! It is a Mario inspired magnetic memo board, and if you look closely you can see that the details on the board are actually 3D - the cubes and figures are actually made of paper and magnetic strips are added so they can be moved around!

Creative Thank-You Notes

Now you and your kids have got all of your Christmas presents, thank-you cards are needed, and I think this idea for personalized and fun photo cards is brilliant - I'd love to get one!

Merry Christmas!

(Gumdrop wreath)

Merry Christmas! Hope you have a good one, and here's a little gift from me to you today :-)

Modern Bauble Tree

I adore this contemporary tree idea which just involves hanging Christmas baubles in a tree shape. I'm sad I didn't find this sooner, but there's always next year! Click here for the tutorial.

Balsa Xmas Tree

Balsa wood is light, cheap and easy to shape, and makes a fantastic mini tree for Christmas! Go here for the how-to.

Birch Canoes

These rustic canoe ornaments are made from birch bark and you can find the how-to here.

Felted Winter Trees

Lovely cone trees which are knitted then felted - but if you don't knit, you could make them out of pre-knitted material such as an old wool jumper. Go here for the tute.

Ginger Cookie Ornaments

Whimsical felt decorations based on gingerbread cookies. Find the tute here.

Sparkly Bead Ornaments

These fun beaded ornaments are actually very easy to put together, and I think they look really pretty. Go here for the how-to.

Modern Paper Ornament

This spikey ornament is made from just paper, and it looks really cool too. Go here for the instructions.

Gingerbread Houses

You could make your own beautiful gingerbread house this Christmas by using the information on the pages here, here and here. I love it when crafts combine with food :-)

DIY Geek Tie

Nice idea for geeky guy in your life! Have a look at the tutorial here.

Fork Egg Cup

I love this crafty little project which turns a fork into an egg cup - and I think it would be an awesome little gift for guys too :-)

Camera Sling

Great idea for photographers; a camera sling which allows you to move you camera around with ease whilst it is still attached to you. Go here for the how-to.

Custom Wax Seals

This tutorial shows you how to make a one-off or small batch of custom seals using lino to create the design, then glue or wax to form the seal. I've always loved the look of wax seals, and I think if you don't want to splash out on a custom made metal stamp, this technique is fantastic...plus it would look awesome on your special Christmas card envelopes (as shown above).

Rope Necklaces

This awesome chunky jewellery is made from rope, and you can see how they're made over on Honestly WTF.

Christmas Tree Skirt

If you'd like to make a pretty fabric tree skirt this Christmas, then follow these instructions.

Clay Star Garland

A very sweet, minimalist garland made using clay stars. Click here for details.

Faux Cookie Decorations

Lovely tree decorations created by painting and stamping Fimo clay - find the tutorial for them here.

Cafepress Shop Revamp!

I've just revamped my whole Cafepress t-shirt/homeware shop and am currently adding new designs as well - so I'd really appreciate your visit and any comments!

Drawing-Free Ornaments

Lovely, unique decorations using markers to add text onto the glass. Go here for the how-to.

15 Felt Ornaments

A great choice of 15 fun and festive tutorials for different Christmas decorations, all made from felt, can be found here.

Flag Bunting Necklace

There have been a few bunting necklaces around recently and I have to say I am a big fan. So if you want to make one of your own, follow this link.

Xmas Card Ornaments

Including a little gift with your Christmas card is a great idea - especially if it's as cute as these silver salt dough hearts :-)

Fashion Wall Art

This DIY wall art is from The Dandy Project and I think it looks fab - especially the gold leaf bits. The same website also has another wall art tutorial here which is just as cool :-)

Learn the Art of Papercutting

This palace has been made by simply cutting and folding one sheet of paper, which I think is absolutely amazing. It's called origamic architecture, and that plus more simple papercutting techniques are covered here, with links to tutorials and beginner projects too.

Snow Globe Postcards

This how-to gives instructions on making super cute and artistic cards, perfect for Christmas, which 'snow' when turned over!

DIY Xmas Stockings

Click here for 6 tutorials showing you how to make a variety of fun Christmas stockings yourself.

Christmas Clay Ornament

This beautiful stamped clay xmas decoration was made from just spraying silver paint onto some stamped clay - for more details, click here.

How to Make Fudge

To find tasty recipes for 5 different types of fudge, including the normal vanilla and chocolate flavours, click here.

Printed Santa Cards

I love the rustic handmade look of this greetings card, and the block printing process looks really fun too. Go here for the instructable.

Completely Random

These two photos are completely random and unrelated but I had to share. The above print is an old-fashioned tip for stoppings boys untucking their shirts - and I think it would work very well nowadays too!

And the photo below shows the construction of the Statue of Liberty. You can see the larger photo here.

Pinecone Ornaments

These cute tree decorations are made by simply pinning pieces of ribbon to a styrofoam ball, and you can find out the details here.

Mini Xmas Trees

I think these little felt trees with cotton reel bases are really cute, and you can find the instructions for them here.

Melting Snowmen

I love these adorable cookies! Click here for the recipe.

Reindeer Sock Dog

This reindeer sock dog really makes me smile, especially with it's little red nose - cute!

Click here to see how it's done.

Log Slice Coasters

I love the mix of modern and traditional with these painted wooden coasters - you even get 4 free templates!

Go here for the tutorial.

Wax Decorations

Using wax for Christmas garlands and decorations is something I haven't seen before, but it looks like fun! Go here for the how-to.

How to Make a Christmas Wreath

I've put together a link list on wreath making over on this page, and it has lots of photos of my favourite wreaths, plus videos how-tos and instructions on putting together your own traditional or modern style wreath :-)

Tooth Fairy Kit

I absolutely love the idea and the handmade styling of this Official Tooth Fairy kit - a perfect gift for kids!

Zipper Earphone Cover

This idea is so easy, yet is absolute genius - You just sew the zip edges around your earbud wires, then unzip to use! Go here for the details.

Twig Star

Very simple but so effective - this star would be a great outdoor decoration for Christmas.

Christmas Decoration Tutorials

As is now the tradition, I've made another compilation page, yay! This time it's on Christmas decorations and new ones will be added up until Xmas, so if you like to see all tutorials in one place, go and have a look :-)

Postage Stamp Coasters

There's something really appealing about these postage stamp designs, and you can get these awesome images free in order to make these coasters yourself - cool!

Go here for the tute.

Origami Decorations

These pretty wreaths can be made out of any kind of decorative paper, they're cheap and they're pretty, so it's win, win win!