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Christmas Tree Picture Ornament
Every year Michelle puts an ornament on the tree with her children’s pictures, commemorating that year with a date and pic. This year I used our basic Christmas Tree Applique Block to make the personalized…
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Christmas Butter Cookies
NOTE: There is still plenty of time to share your favorite Christmas cookie with us. Just mail us the recipe, photo if you have one, and a little “background” about the cookie. Also, if you’d like…
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Sweater Flambe :: BEEF BOURGUIGNONNE Recipe
Thanksgiving is behind us and ahead “looms” Christmas. Sounds rather ominous, doesn’t it? If you are responsible for preparing a holiday meal, especially if it is your first attempt, the thought of “messing it up”…
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Firefly Applique Block
This isn’t exactly the time of year I’d feel inspired to design a Firefly Applique Block, BUT we got a request from one of our readers. Seems her wee one LOVES fireflies and she wanted…
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
Wishing everyone a day full of Love and Memories. Happy Thanksgiving! Kimara and Michelle
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Calico Mason Jar Cover
This is the simplest Mason jar cover around… so simple it hardly needs instructions! Mason Jar Cover Materials: Calico fabric 1/4″ ribbon Mason jars Mason Jar Cover Directions: 1] Find a round object (I used…
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Hot Chocolate Mix and Calico Mason Jar Cover
One of the true delights of cold winter days is a toasty warm cup of hot chocolate. Growing up, my Mom ALWAYS had a tin of this instant hot chocolate mix in the cupboard. If…
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Gift Box – Winter Blues Buster
I know there are some of you that flat out refuse the think about Christmas until after the last Thanksgiving dinner plate has been dried and put away. If that describes you, you’ll probably go…
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Cookie Cutter Wet Felted Wool Ornaments
In an effort to pull all of our crafty endeavors together, I will be importing older posts from my homeschooling site that feature the crafts the kids and I have completed together. I have also…
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Wet Felted Wool Cookie Cutter Ornaments
This week’s Unplugged Challenge theme Fluffy inspired us to do two different crafts. Here is the first one… Wet Felted Wool Gingerbread Men Ornaments. I will be sharing the second activity later this week. We…
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Wanted: Christmas Cookie Recipes!
When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things about the Holidays was baking with my mother. She loved… nah, loves… to bake, and the Christmas cookie platter in our house was always…
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Wooden Christmas Blocks
I was hoping to get more “words” done today, but alas, I didn’t. Tim cut out and sanded a stack of blocks for me… enough to write a novel if I’m so inclined 🙂 I…
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Wooden Christmas Blocks
NOTE: For more photos of Wooden Christmas Blocks, check HERE! If you can cut a piece of 2×4, you can make this project. BTW… even if YOU can’t cut a 2×4, many lumber yards are willing to…
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Wooden Christmas Blocks
I have got about 3 minutes before my house is invaded by the grandbabies for our weekly bagels and corned beef. BUT, I just finished these blocks and I LOVE them. I plan to fill…
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Felted Wool & Ribbon Ornament Balls
Felted Wool & Ribbon Ornament Balls Materials: Styrofoam Balls (we used egg shapes because we found some in the back of the closet) Colorful Wool Roving Ribbon (enough to wrap the ball 3x) Thread that…
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Wool Roving Ornaments
Confession… we are in full blown Christmas mode here. We are so “That Family”… you know the type that already has the tree up (or should I say trees) and lights on the house (although…
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Gift Boxes
Just a quick peek at something new we are going to be doing here at Wee Folk Art. When we give gifts, not only do we want our gifts to be lovely, we want our presentation to…
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The Abandoned Cart
My last shopping trip to Plastic and Batteries R Us occurred about 25 years ago. I normally got my Christmas shopping done early. Many years I was done by Halloween, but that particular year I…
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Stocking Stuffers – Nubbie Dolls
One of the nicest things about our ever growing data base of patterns and appliques, is the ability to mix and match projects, or to repurpose projects for different needs. For example, take the pattern…
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How to Cut Out Felt
I threw together a tutorial on How To Cut Out Felt. That may sound a little silly, but the difference between a quality felt piece is as much about neat cutting as it is neat…
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HOW TO CUT FELT LIKE A PRO!
This is going to be my shortest blog ever! In the past 24 hours I have been bombarded with questions from people wanting to know how I cut my felt. I gave an explanation in a comment,…
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Felt Tree Gnome Forest
After a year and a half, I have finally completed the tutorial for our Felt Tree Forest. Better late than never, right? And before anyone asks… and I know you will… I do not have…
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Wool Felt Tree Forest Pattern
Our Christmas gnomes, Holly and Noel, are in the Evergreen Forest dicussing the possibility of snow! Directions for a large tree (6″), medium tree (4″) and bush (2″) can be found below. Wool Felt Tree Forest Pattern…
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Fairy In the Tree
We’ve gotten a few inquiries about the little Fairy sitting in a tree in the Felt Forest. In answer to every one’s questions, no, we do not have a pattern for the fairy. He was…
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