Soon after my DIL Raewyn found out she was pregnant, she called and asked if I would do her a favor. “Sure”, I said. “Want me to climb a mountain, swim a sea?” I’d do just about anything for the mother of my sixth grandbaby. “No, I would just like you to make the baby …
Gingerbread Tree Applique Block
Here is the fourth and final applique from the December Applique Blocks Collection. As always, the Gingerbread Tree Applique was designed to fit on a 6″ x 6″ block, but it can be reduced or enlarged to meet your needs. We hope you and your family can find many ways to use this collection, …
Advent Nativity
No Advent celebration is complete without a Nativity. Here, wooden peg people are turned into simple Joseph, Mary and Jesus figures. Although this is really a craft for 10 year olds and up, even the wee people in your family can help by painting the bodies, squirting glue, and, of course, positioning them over and …
Happy Thanksgiving!!!
We would like to express our gratitude to our readers for their continuous support and friendship. We feel very blessed that we are able to share the things we love so much with others. We hope that everyone, upon reflection, finds a myriad of things to feel grateful for and that these blessings remain with …
Gingerbread Star Coloring Page
Here is another coloring page based on our December applique blocks. And here is the Gingerbread Star Applique Block it was based on. You can find the Gingerbread Star Coloring Page HERE. You can find the Gingerbread Star Applique Block HERE. You can find the December Applique Blocks HERE. You can find the Gallery of …
Gingerbread Star Applique
Here is the third applique from the December Applique Blocks Collection. As always, the Gingerbread Star Applique was designed to fit on a 6″ x 6″ block, but it can be reduced or enlarged to meet your needs. Since I designed this, I was thinking they would be so cute to reduce and turn into …
Eat Rainbows :: Uncommon Goods Review & Fruit Snack Dip Recipe
If you “know me” at all, then you know I love to make handmade gifts. It’s part of the reason we started Wee Folk Art 🙂 I certainly don’t make all my gifts, however, and when I do buy a gift, I like to get something that is as unique as the people I am …
Gingerbread Stocking Coloring Page
Here is the first coloring page based on our December Applique Blocks. It is our Gingerbread Stocking. Not only is it a fun coloring page for even your youngest artists, I’m thinking it could even be enlarge to twice its size and be used as wonderful Christmas throw pillow. Our appliques are always just a …
Gingerbread Stocking Applique Block
Although this is part of our December Applique Blocks, it can be used any time you need a whimsical stocking and you can make it with or without the “cookie”. It was made to fit a 6″ x 6″ block but it can be enlarged or reduced to meet your needs. This could easily be …
December Applique Blocks
Over the years Michelle and I have done many projects that actually haven’t wound up on Wee Folk Art. Usually, we just get too busy to worry about our cameras or sometimes we’ve had other plans for our projects, and we haven’t included them on the blog. One of these projects is a collection of …
Abandoning Projects
There was a time when I held the belief, “If you start a book, you finish a book”. I’m sure this came from 18 years of schooling when teachers and professors picked books for me to read, and, if I wanted to do well in school, I had to read the selections even if I …
Nativity Applique Block
I can’t believe how quickly time scurries by… Four years ago we shared our Advent Celebration with our readers. It is a four week long program and each week we focused on a different theme: Week 1 – Gift Giving from the Heart, Week 2 – Symbols of Christmas, Week 3 – Celebrating with Family, …