November 14 ~ Holidays at Home
| Today marks another Friday devoted to making your home warm and cozy in the upcoming holiday season. Don’t forget to share your preparations with us!
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Felted Wool Pomanders Betz White originates the most marvelous felted wonders! We love her Felted Wool Pomander Tutorial. |
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Elf Hat Amy from LucyKate Crafts shares an Easy Peasy Elf Hat Tutorial for the elves in your life. |
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Little House Ornaments Lauren from Pimp Stitch has Little House Ornament Pattern for you to download. You can make a village! |
Don’t miss these related tutorials from the SMS archives: Holidays at Home Week 1, Fabric Ornaments.
Here are just a handful of fabrics we love for some of these projects. Click on the fabric images to visit the Sew,Mama,Sew! shop:
| Kristin’s choice | Lara’s choice | Beth’s choice | ||
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Vegan Holiday Lip Conditioners from Beautiful Twists Beautiful Twists by Ella Dean is full of winter and holiday goodies, including lots of vegan holiday lip conditioners. |
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Gingerbread Amy shares a fantastic Gingerbread Recipe on her “recipe cheat sheet” download via Angry Chicken. Delicious! |
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Pomanders Pomanders can be used for cooking (mulled wine comes to mind for the holidays!) but they’re also lovely tucked away on a shelf all year long. Cat from Cut Out + Keep has a helpful Pomander Tutorial. |
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Holidays at Home and the Handmade Holidays photo pool! |
Win It
The Creative Family: How to Encourage Imagination and Nurture Family Connections
Paperback original / Trumpeter / 224 pages / 6 1/2 x 8
ISBN 978-1-59030-471-6 / April 2008
From the publisher:
When you learn to awaken your family’s creativity, wonderful things will happen: you’ll make meaningful connections with your children in large and small ways; your children will more often engage in their own creative discoveries; and your family will embrace new ways to relax, play, and grow together. With just the simple tools around you—your imagination, basic art supplies, household objects, and natural materials—you can transform your family life, and have so much more fun!
Amanda Soule has charmed many with her tales of creativity and parenting on her blog, SouleMama. Here she shares ideas and projects with the same warm tone and down-to-earth voice. Perfect for all families, the wide range of projects presented here offers ideas for imaginative play, art and crafts, nature explorations, and family celebrations.
This book embraces a whole new way of living that will engage your children’s imagination, celebrate their achievements, and help you to express love and gratitude for each other as a family.
To learn more about the author, Amanda Soule, visit her blog at www.SouleMama.com.
We’re so grateful to Jennifer from Shambhala for contributing this wonderful book. Amanda Soule is one of the queens of the crafty blog community. We love her writing, her photography and the way that somehow, she always makes us want to shut down the computer to go spend time with the kids. This book will give you plenty of ideas to make the most of that time. Visit Shambhala Publications for more information. Comment below for your chance to win.
More Handmade Holiday Ideas
13 ~ Multi-taskers
12 ~ Sports Fans
11 ~ Bookworms
10 ~ Elementary Kids
9 ~ Snow Fiends
8 ~ Teachers
7 ~ Holidays at Home
6 ~ Pet Lovers
5 ~ Crafters
4 ~ Music Lovers
3 ~ Babies & Toddlers
2 ~ Travelers
1 ~ Tweens & Teens
We respect the copyright of all crafters. All links and photos from blogs on our Handmade Holidays posts are used with permission.
259 Responses to “November 14 ~ Holidays at Home”
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ooh, what a lovely giveaway!
The elf hat is so cute. It would have been great for my son’s hat day last Monday, but I’ll make him one anyways.
I’m so excited to be the 1st to post again! The felt pomander ball is a must.
Beths choice for fabric is just beautiful today. I’ve been hoping for a chance to read Amanda Soule’s book . . . maybe? The tutorials are cute today; my favorite is the little house.
Thank you always for your giveaways! maybe I will be lucky!
Those little house ornaments are adorable. I’m going to make a couple to go along with my nieces fabric house that I’m making (from a few posts ago). Fun!
That felted pomander is so lovely! I wish I knew how to felt…
I LOVE these ideas! The first ornament is beautiful!
I love coming here each day to find so many adorable projects. I can definitely see that elf hat on my little one!
Betz White is one of my favs! I love how creative she is, and how beautiful her creations are!
I very much would like to win this book. I’ve had my eye on it for a few weeks now.
I really like the pomander a lot. Very very cute. And simple!
I love the elf hat idea. I have got to get upstairs to my sewing room.
Love, love, love the elf hat! I made some from a pattern years ago and had the dc wear them for christmas photos!
Oh my goodness, I love that rose pomander! I also love the SouleMama blog. And the Elf hat. Now I just need to find a good supplier of quality felt, since my local store just had crap. Also, regular pomanders are super cool (though they require some serious callouses on one’s fingers to finish pushing in all those little cloves).
Oh these projects are just lovely. I really love the first one.
Thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much for putting all of this together. I love November!
Oooh, that little house ornament is just too cute. Wish I had TIME to make a village of them! And I’ve been on a search for a great gingerbread recipe, so can’t wait to try this one!
I can’t wait to make that wool felt Pomander!! It’s too cute!
I love all of those projects! The little house is adorable!
So many great ideas on this page!! And the prize looks fantastic!
I really need to get better in including my kids in crafts. I tend to not want to share “mama’s toys”!
Another Great Day. Wow I love the creativety. Sure wish I was one of the lucky ones to be able to make money doing it.
Oh my goodness, how cute is that elf hat!?! And easy, too. Thanks for sharing, and thanks for the awesome giveaway!
Pomanders are one of my favorite holiday things!
I noticed this little pomander pattern earlier this week and it’s fabulous! I definitely want to make one of these. So sweet!
I’m in a very long line of people waiting to borrow that book from the library here. There are still 10 people ahead of me
I would love this book. Where do you announce your winners? I seem to miss that part.
I am really loving these posts – they are even better than last year!
Wow, gorgeous book. You guys sure have a knack for finding pretty, inspiring things. Thank you!
That little house is just adorable!
Once Thanksgiving is over, I will take out my Christmas decorations, place the ornaments on my small tree, and begin to fill the base with wrapped gifts for others. It’s all about giving, and this is my favorite holiday.
Oh such beautiful items!! I need to make a few elves hats & the ornaments are so adorable!!
Cute stuff. I really like the elf hat.
Mirza
How fun…great ideas!!
I love the house ornament!! I can definitely make that too.
Very cute hat and flowers!! I am definitely trying the ginger bread recipe. YUM and thank you!!
those felted wool pomanders look so cute! and i’ve heard such great things about amanda soule’s book. thanks for your lovely and inspirational site!
I can’t wait to make the elf hat! So cute!
Oooh I’d love that book!
I’ve made half of our gifts already and know what we’ll be doing for the rest of them.
Thankfully, you’ve provided some great ideas, too. The fabric choices are really nice.
Thanks!
The featured book looks wonderful.
I love those little houses. Can’t wait to get started.
Those little houses are cute! I’m thinking a little play town for my girls…so they can have their own christmas village! (and maybe leave my glass one alone!)
Oooo, I’ve been wanting this book for a while. Thanks for offering it as a prize!
Love that elf hat!
This would be a fantastic gift!
i’m making that elf hat! my daughter is usually the fairy princess type, but this christmas she’s going to be an elf with her striped socks and naturally pointy ears.
and oh how i’ve been wanting to read that book…….
Love the home ideas this Friday. The gingberbread is making my mouth water!
I asked for this for Christmas, but a give-away would be even better!
The little house ornament is adorable! So many great ideas flowing here….
I’m thinking I may have to make a mini version of the elf hat as a Christmas tree decoration.
cute ideas – that pomander ball is on my to make list.
Lorrie
That book looks wonderful! Thanks for another week of great ideas!
awesome! hope I win! good luck to everyone!
Can’t wait to make gingerbread when we trim the tree! And I’m always looking for crafts to involve my son in. Great giveaway!
I like books!
that ornament is so pretty
Such a cute elf hat. My list of projects to make is getting longer by the day!
Pomanders are such a holiday smell, I remember making them as a kid.
The felted pomander is gorgeous!
Gosh, that felted flower pomander is so pretty! You guys are making my craft list longer and longer!!
Oh, I must make a coupe of those elf hats!! And the giveaway is so cool! I hope I win!
Those little houses are too cute. And what a nice giveaway.
These are the best little holiday crafts! I love each and every one of them. Thanks to the talented women who shared these tutorials with us.
I love that felted wool ornament!
I would LOVE to win this book! I have been wishing for it ever since it came out! LOL!!!
Beth’s choice of fabric is so cute!
I’m going to be making some of these for my neighbors – great ideas yet again!
I love the house ornament. I want a whole town! I just listened to Amanda’s interview on Craft Sanity and have been wanting to get the book ever since. Thank you so much for this series. I check it out everyday.
The gingerbread seems yummy!
I LOVE this book…my fingers are crossed!
These felt projects are all wonderful! What fun gifts the felt pomanders will make. And Gingerbread too, yum! I think it’s time to put on some Christmas music and craft away!
Thanks for sharing these great ideas.
wow great stuff, love that house ornament!
Very cute ornament!
I love those fabric choices – especially the one with birds!
WOW! I love those felt floral ornaments. Sophisticated Victorian AND crafty, just what I was looking for!
I absolutely love that little house ornament. How adorable!!!
Love the houses so cute.
I love the little house ornament! And I’ve always wanted Amanda’s book, so many great ideas.
Love the elf hat! It’s adorable!
Thanks for all these great ideas. I am looking forward to making a whole village of those super cute houses.
Love the felted wool pomanders!
Oh! this book is on my Christmas wish list! I’d love to win it.
This is great! I love handmade holidays! Thanks!
I think I’m going to make gingerbread tonight! Perfect for an evening of crafting. And the wool felt pomander is beautiful!
I’ve always wanted to read that Creative Family book. It looks like it would be a good read.
I love them all today!
Cute tutorials. I love the handmade holidays – can’t even tell you how many times I’ve used last year’s list for ideas throughout the entire year.
Ooooh, I have really been wanting that book! Thanks for all the crafty ideas. I am currently making a small army of Half Eaten Gingerbread Men from last year’s blog!
I love the little house ornaments! …and the “Win It” book. I’ve really wanted to add that to my collection for when my baby is a little older.
I followed the link to Amanda Soule’s site. Her view on “craftivism” caused me to have an “ah-ha” moment. It was the push I needed to know that if I can get my little basement-run business up and going, a portion of all sales will be used in assisting women from other countries to develop their own small businesses. Thanks for the reality check.
What a sweet sweet elf hat.
looking forward to trying out that gingerbread recipe — thanks for the link!
I must make the tiny house ornaments.
Im dying! Too many great things..so little time. I want to make pomanders with the kids because I have fond memories of making them when I was young. Gingerbread? Of course. And little houses…I want them too!
my son will love making his own pomander! I havent made one since i was a little girl
I love that adorable felt pomander! All the ideas are so great!
Mmm, must make some gingerbread!! Thanks!
This year you have once again wonderful gift ideas! I know I keep saying this
but it is true!!! Take care all I gotta go look at all of these!!!!
Rane and kids!!!
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Love the Little House Ornaments!
I LOVE that wool pomander craft! I was looking at it just the other day.
Ooh, I want to make and buy everything today!
I love Beth’s choice of fabric today. I’m trying to think of ways to convince my husband I really do need just one more yard (or three) of fabric…;)
Wow!! Would I ever love to win that!! Thanks for your very excellent blog!!
The felted wool pomanders are absolutely lovely. As though I need even more on my crafting to do list, but there it goes, straight up to the top!
all of these are fantastic!
Why, oh, why doesn’t my printer like the Little Village Ornaments pattern when I love it so much? I guess I can wing it!
Super excited about the little house ornament! Too Cute!!!
Wow….this book sounds wonderful and how generous of the “giver” to offer it to us. Put my name in the hat, please.
I’ve heard lots of great things about that book. i would love to read it! Thanks for all the great ideas and giveaways!
I love reading Amanda’s blog every day! It is a sweet place of peace! I would love the chance to own her book.
This is a book I’d love to have…
I love the little house ornaments. I’ve been makink some little fabric houses to decorate our home. I’ll post picture in the pool.
I’ve been wanting this book!
So many lovely things!
The little house ornaments are a bundle of cuteness!!
I’m crazy about Beth’s pick. Must get me some of that.
I love the idea of this book. My son is 2.5 and we already spend a lot of time working with the things we have- he loves to help me bake, sweep the floors, etc, and we talk about all the different ways we “could” do it (like flying with the sweeper)- I’d love to have this book to work from.
Your finds never cease to amaze me!
From today’s post, I’d have to say that the felted wool pomandor is absolutely my favorite, though!
Please keep up all the great inspiration! It’s amazing to have SO many great choices for handmade gifts for the holidays and beyond.
Betsy
I .so. need that book.
the hat is adorable. wonder which of my kids I could get to wear it?
thanks for the continued fun, ladies!!
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I love those felted pomanders – I’ll be checking out her other creations now too.
Gingerbread… yummy!
i love soule mama and all her wonderful ideas and well just everything about the wasy she lives.
The giveaway book looks just wonderful *crossing fingers* I hope I win!
I love the little house ornaments, and I need to make at least one elf hat, so that will keep me busy for some little while. Too many fabulous ideas already. My brain is buzzing with ideas.
I am loving those little house ornaments! So cute. Take them off the tree after x-mas and use them as pin cushions all year long!!! what fun!
Greetings! I just discovered you site yesterday… and I cannot wait to read it as often as you have posts!! Thanks for all the great information!!
~His4ever247~
Ok, my sewing to-do list just keeps growing longer and longer!! I am definitely going to be making an elf hat (or 3 or 4!).
Ooh – the elf hat!!! My daughter’s been asking for a Santa hat – and I don’t want to buy her one. This is the perfect alternative. Thank you so much.
The Elf hat is so cute!!! Once again…..great post!
I remember making those orange/clove pomanders every year during the holiday season. The smell still brings back memories of my childhood!
That is a great book, I would love to have a copy.
And todays tutorials are my favorite so far, I hope I have time to make a village of those little houses. Love it!
Ooh…I want to win! Oh yeah…and I think the house is cute…but I’m sure I won’t find time to make any.
i would SO love to win this book!
Beautiful ornaments! Thank you ladies for putting together all of these wonderfully creative ideas so we can share them with our loved ones!
I love these projects today! Great for gifts!
Yum gingerbread!!
I love the elf hat. I’ll definitely have to try that!
That ornament is adorable! I will definitely make one of those!
I love the pomander and the houses! Does anyone have good tips on making felted wool?
I LOVE those ornaments! Heading over right now to get the pattern….
Can you get any more elegant looking than the Felted Wool Pomanders? Adorable!
I think that I need that book. My creativity is slumping!
That gingerbread looks delicious!
oh! i love the wee house ornaments! yes – i am going to make a few – how fun! thanks for all the jolly ideas – i am very inspired.
Love this giveaway! Would also love to become the owner of it…..
The little house ornaments are so cute!
Lovely giveaway….again. My daughters could really use this, with their little ones.
Love the elf hats!
I can’t wait to read this blog everyday. The ideas a-just-a-keep-a-comin! Thanks!
Love that felt pomander! I think I’ll have to go buy some felt!
I like the elf hat!
everytime i check this site, i see something i can’t wait to make for someone! i love it!
I am loving all these wonderful ideas! that felt pomander is adorable. I can’t wait to make one!
How adorable is the pomander!!!
I can’t WAIT to make the felted pommanders!
I can’t wait to make those little houses from Pimp Stitch!
I love the SouleMama blog, but don’t have her book yet… pick me!
I can’t wait to try out the felted ornament. Thanks for so many great ideas!
That ornament is so pretty!!
I have two little munchkins that will love the elf hat!
I love the elf hat and little house, they are adorable.
thanks for all the chances to win!
Love the pomader! So pretty!
I love the little elf hat! I’m going to make one of those for my son!
Gingerbread is my favorite. Never thought about making a pie with it. sounds yummy
What lovely projects – each one is so unique.
Thanks for brightening my Friday. I’ve been eyeing amanda’s book for quite some time now.
I love the Felted Wool Pomanders – those are going to look fantastic on my tree!
Everything is wonderful. Thanks for all the great ideas.
I’ve been looking for a good gingerbread recipe! I’m going to try that tonight if I have the ingredients.
I love the elf hat and little ornaments!
Those elf hats are soooo cute!
Her book is on my wish list this holiday! I love those little houses.
Oh my gosh, that elf hat is so cute! I can picture all 4 of my kids running around wearing them this season.
I have been eyeing that book for a while now – but as I do not have kids, haven’t found a way to justify it!
Also, that felted wool pomander, AMAZING!
I have tried so many tutorials up to this point…just love them all!!!
The Felted Wool Pomanders are really adorable and would be great as gifts. Adorable!!
My daughter and I are going to go to the kitchen right now and stir up some of that ginger bread! Yum!
This book looks so inspiring!
This book looks wonderful. I am going to check out her blog right now.
I love the tiny house ornaments!
the little house is very cute but I think I like the felt pommander better – and it looks really easy.
people love to receive handmade ornaments as gifts.
The rosette pomander is so lovely!
I am so enjoying this month of crafty ideas! I’ve found so many great ideas for this holiday season.
Just found your site! Can’t wait to jump in with a few ideas this year….and start much earlier with all these wonderful ideas next year! I have been trying to find this book at the libraries near me for a month! To own a copy really would make me think Santa was looking out for me!
Love the elf hat and the little house! Too cute! house
I think this is my favorite giveaway yet. Thanks for the opportunity. That gingerbread looks devine as well.
The felted pomander would make a lovely gift!
I love the felted pomadour. It is beautiful.
The little houses are so cute… Think I’ll make a few for the tree.
Lisa
I love those little house ornaments. But I also love the felt pomanders. Thanks again for all the wonderful ideas.
Very fun ideas!
Love the elf hat!
Great ideas again……Love the elf hat!
So many fabulous ideas! Thanks for sharing!
love the felt pomander!
oooh gingerbread,that unique smell and texture,so warm and comforting.
Thanks for all the great ideas:)
The felt pomanders are beautiful and very inviting to make – great prize too.
LOVE the book- I checked it out from the library buy had to return it yesterday, darn hehe!!!! I would love to have that i my own library at home
And those ornaments are AMAZING…. gotta add a few of things to my Christmas craft list! xo!
That house is too cute! I love ornaments. I really would like to try out some of these ideas. Thanks again for sharing!
I love the pomanders!!!! I am making one, and I put a hold on Betz’s book at our library.
Wow. Thanks for the reminder – got to make some more Christmas ornaments soon. I don’t think they will look anywhere near as good as those, mind…
I love the roses…..I cant wait to make one for my tree. Thanks for the great ideas. I really enjoy reading these post. THANKS
Yippeee, i love crafting!
Yippeee, i love crafting!
I’m going to have to make one of those elf hats for the wee man so I can take his picture and use it on our Christmas Card! It’s so cute!
The elf hat is great!! Thanks again for the wonderful ideas.
Yum! Gingerbread!
I love the elf hat!!
pomanders! off to make pomanders!!
The elf hat is too cute!
That elf hat is SO cute, I definitely will look forward to making some here.
I wonder why anything looks cuter when it’s felted! I’m in love! ps – great giveaways!!!!!!!!!
That book looks so fun!
I love those felted wool pomanders, so cute!!
that elf hat is adorable!!
That elf hat is a darling! Love the gingerbread recipe too! More power SMS!
The felted wool pomander is awesome! I love using felted wool from old sweaters, they are one of my favorite things to watch for at thrift stores. Thanks for the free tutorial.
I fell in love with the little house ornaments. And I love Soule mama’s blog. She has great ideas with the kids.
I love the little house. Very cute.
Thank you for another great week of inspiration. This is one site that I look forward to, and it always leaves me excited & ready to try something new.
What a fabulous collection of crafty giveaways. And just in time for Crimble. Yay!
Hi I can’t post any more comments, have to sew the little house – right now;)
Love it, Steffi
Love the house ornament and the giveaway.
Love all these tutes ~ out comes the felt!! Thanks so much!!!
I would LOVE to have The Creative Family!
the elf hat is adorable!
Thanks for the great ideas you post and the great resources– like the book The Creative Family.
mmm…i’ve been wanting a good gingerbread recipe…i’ll have to try amy’s recipe!!
That book looks amazing! I hope I win it (fingers crossed!), but if not, I think I will ask Santa for a copy.
Have to make the little house ornament. Too cute!
the gingerbread looks lovely.
all wonderfully inspiring…
the ornaments are great!
I think my tree is going to be covered with ELF HOUSES this winter! OMG! They are the cutest ever.
Thanks for all the awesome ideas…keep them coming.
Look at that Gingerbread Cake – yummy!!!!
Love the elf hats! And great giveaway!
I love Beth’s choice in fabric!!!!
Love the felted ornaments!
Loving the elf hat. The little people in my house would enjoy wearing this.
I am so going to make a little house village!! How freakin cute!
the little house ornaments are just darling!
That felted wool pomander idea is great! I have two crafters-in-training, and would love to put Amanda’s book into practice with them.
loving the felted wool pomander! goodwill bins sells stuff by the pound…could make a lot of ornaments from goodwill sweaters, felted!
I love the elf hat! I am off to find some fabric to have a go at making two now…
I want this book. Love to have more ideas for use of my felt.
HELP!!!!!!!!THAT LITTLE OLE’ CUTE HOUSE PATTERN IS SCREWED UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1GO TO HER SITE AND YOU WILL SEE THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING TROUBLE! PLEASE HELP!
ANYONE??
The felt pomanders are beautiful….what a great idea!
How did I miss this post!! Great stuff!…Must make pommanders with the kids this year!
Mmm, gingerbread!
that felted wool pomander is so neat looking! i can’t wait to try and make one – what a fun little gift idea!
that book is one I have been interested in for a while…would love to check it out. The elf hat is super cute!
mmm, yummy gingerbread!
i can already smell that citrus pomander.
I know a few elves who would love that cute elf hat! And it seems to be easy enough for me – great!
I have no idea what a pomander is, but the Felted Wool Pomander is fantastic! I will be making one of those this year!
I have three little ones and we do not have a TV (by choice) so I am always looking for ideas to keep us busy!
Love the site (it’s my first visit) and love the book!! Blessings!
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