January 30, 2015
CreateForLess
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Wait – where did January go? Can you believe it’s already the last Free Stuff Friday of the month? Let’s get right to our latest prize, enter to win a beginner’s sewing prize pack!
This week’s pack includes 2 Threads Industry insiders DVDs and a Signature Threads cone and bobbins pack!
Every Friday we’ll post a giveaway on Think Crafts and all you have to do is comment on the blog post answering the question of the week. We’ll pick the winners and contact them via email. Deadline is midnight tonight and the winner will be announced Monday. One entry per person please.
Question of the week: What is your favorite homemade meal?
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January 29, 2015
joselyn
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Name: Joselyn Dykgraaf
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About: Joselyn is the marketing assistant a CreateForLess. She loves knitting, refurbishing furniture, and home decor. She is currently learning how to sew and crochet. Follow along as she stumbles through her new craft ventures!See Authors Posts (76)
Bunting & Garlands, Crafts, Holidays & Seasons, Valentine's Day
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Decorate your home with everyone’s favorite Valentine’s Day candy this season. This garland will brighten up your mantel or doorway with fun phrases and lovely pastels! Look up some of your favorite conversation heart phrases to add to your garland, or create your own to personalize for your Valentine.
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January 28, 2015
Courteney
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About: Courteney will be sharing sewing, crafting, and DIY projects. Her philosophy is simple: crafting makes life better. Her projects will help you realize how easy and cost effective it is to make things for yourself. Courteney is a high school science teacher who lives in Atlanta, GA. Between raising her dog, Padfoot, and teaching she keeps pretty busy but always finds time to be creative. Her mom taught her to sew very early in life, and it has remained one of her favorite activities into adulthood. Although sewing is quickly becoming a lost art; Courteney hopes you will join her in revitalizing this skill with many fun and practical projects. Catch up with Courteney at her blog, Crafting with Court, where she shares all the projects she’s working on.See Authors Posts (15)
Crafts, Home Decor, Needlearts, Sewing
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By Sewing Contributor Courteney from the blog Crafting with Court.
Was one of your New Year’s Resolutions to get more organized? It is definitely a great resolution. Why not start with all the cords in your living space and use up some of the scraps of fabric you’ve been hoarding at the same time? We all have tons of electronics and it seems like everyone has a different cord. I can easily take over multiple drawers. Make this Cord Keeper Roll-up and get all those cords organized!
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January 27, 2015
Peg R
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Name: Peg Rounds
Site: http://www.pegscraftingcorner.blogspot.com/
About: Peg Rounds lives in East Moline, Illinois with her husband and best friend, Kevin and their son Josh and 2 dogs. She was an elementary school teacher turned stay at home mom, and later a home school mom. Over the years, she designed cakes on the side and went to school to become a certified chocolatier. She always has loved to craft since she was young and it was something that she wanted to be doing, but set it aside due to her busy life. After 15 years of doing cakes she decided it was time to stop and focus more on her family. She began doing layouts, then cards and it went from there. Before she knew it, next to spending time with her family, she spent every free moment creating something and blogging about it. One thing led to another and here she is today!See Authors Posts (198)
Cardmaking, Crafts, Paper Crafts, Valentine's Day
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By Card Making & Scrapbooking Contributor
Peg Rounds
From Peg’s Crafting Corner
It’s time to start planning for Valentine’s Day! I know, many of us are still recovering from the holidays that have passed, but the new ones are quickly approaching and it’s time to honor the ones we love with a special card this Valentine’s Day. This Love Notes card is perfect for a man or woman and is easy to make using the We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board.
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January 26, 2015
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About: Joselyn is the marketing assistant a CreateForLess. She loves knitting, refurbishing furniture, and home decor. She is currently learning how to sew and crochet. Follow along as she stumbles through her new craft ventures!See Authors Posts (76)
Crafts, Kid's Crafts
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If you have a creative child around, there are many great craft supplies to keep them busy, and keep you worry-free. Keep the right supplies on hand, and crafting with your kid can be fun and help you build memories that can last well into their lives.
There are many creative ways to incorporate science and education into your crafting time. Awe-inspiring projects with household products are the perfect way to add a little excitement to learning with your children. Here are some great ways to craft and learn at the same time!
Easy Bird Treats
These recycled bird feeders will be done in no time with plenty of opportunities to learn about local birds. The wintertime is especially great to teach kids about the availability of food during the colder months, and why it’s important to help out our feathered friends.
Dancing Oobleck – Housing a Forest
Oobleck is so much fun alone and can teach about different states of matter, but putting it on top of a subwoofer can also help kids learn about sound waves!
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January 26, 2015
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It’s Monday again, and the best part is just about to happen, it’s time to announce our Free Stuff Friday Winner! Congratulations to… Susie! Enjoy stitching to your heart’s content.
This pack includes 5 boxes of embroidery floss- 120 skeins in total, and a 3 pack of Aunt Martha’s Tea Towels!
The winning answer to “What do you like to do when you’re stuck inside?” is…
“When stuck inside I like to pull out one of my many notebooks and do some creative journaling.”
Every Friday we’ll post a giveaway on Think Crafts and all you have to do is comment on the blog post answering the question of the week. Check back on Friday for your chance to win!!
January 25, 2015
Gillian
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Name: Gillian Grimm
Site: http://driedfigsandwoodenspools.blogspot.com/
About: Gillian Grimm lives in Charlottesville, Virginia where she balances writing, cooking and crafts with eight chickens, two kids, a dog, a cat and a husband. As the daughter of a Journalist, she grew up all over the United States, switching schools, towns and newspapers every few years and loved every minute of it! She now works as a freelance writer, primarily in the craft industry but with a few forays into travel writing, narrative non-fiction and educational matters. Gillian was recently published in the literary journal the “The Northville Review”. You can find more of Gillian’s work at “Dried Figs and Wooden Spools”.See Authors Posts (254)
Craft Trends, Crafts, Holidays & Seasons, Kid's Crafts, Paper Crafts, Valentine's Day
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By Craft Trends Contributor, Gillian from the blog Dried Figs and Wooden Spools. Check out our Craft Trends board on Pinterest!
Every year, about this time, I start thinking about what on earth I’m going to pull together for classroom valentines this year. With kids at two schools with varying rules for what is and what isn’t allowed, dark hints from my older child that things need to be “cool” and my own ever pressing desire to do something new and exciting, I’ve been on the hunt for some new and improved Valentines ideas. Here are some of my top contenders.
Tic-Tac-Toe Valentines – How to Nest for Less
Some of the classrooms at my daughter’s school are strictly no treats, even for Valentines Day, so this tic-tac-toe Valentine is a good no-candy option. And since kids always love new pencils, the inclusion of a new, heart themed writing instrument will be quite the bonus!
XOXO Tic Tac Toe Valentine Cards – Nest of Posies
Although if candy is allowed, this version of Tic-Tac-Toe is also super cute, and perhaps “cool” enough for the older kids to hand out to their friends.
You Rule Valentine Printable – Relocated Living
Here’s another no-candy option for the kids! Rulers! Especially since this time a year is about when the kids start to realize they’ve lost the rulers they were sent to school with back in September.
Classroom Valentine Idea – Pinching Your Pennies
These little maze Valentines are so cute and fun that no on will notice the candy is missing! And the mazes will keep kids entertained long after any candy has been nibbled away.
What are you planning for this year’s Valentine’s Day? Send us your ideas and check out these and other ideas on our Craft Trends Pinboard!
