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Russian Teacake Recipe :: Snowballs
My Nana’s favorite Christmas cookie has always been Russian Teacakes. When my mom went to visit my Nana last week, she had to make sure to have a double batch of Russian Teacakes to take…
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Felt Poinsettia Wreath
In our Advent Activities Guide we shared a tutorial for making a Paper Poinsettia Wreath. This was based on a Poinsettia Garland we had made before. (You can find the links below.) Using the same pattern…
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Updated Advent Activities is Now Available!
We are pleased to announced that our Advent Activities 2nd Edition is now available in print and tablet ready format from MagCloud. In this version we have added additional crafts, books, music, and poetry. We…
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Christmas Wishes
FOR UNTO US A CHILD IS BORN Wishing all of our Christian friends and their families a most blessed and joyous Christmas and for all of our other friends, hoping the joy of the season…
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Miles to Go Before I Sleep
I must admit as a young child I did not read much poetry. Oh, sure, I had learned most of the nursery rhymes by heart and marveled at lines like “Mary, Mary, quite contrary” and…
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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…
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Simple Wooden Bead & Felt Christmas Garland
Over the last few years my holiday décor has strayed from the traditional Christmas green and red and has instead incorporated more and more rainbows. The rainbows make me happy, no matter what the season…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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:…
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Busy, Busy Hands
Snow, snow, and more snow…. but mostly cold. How to hold off cabin fever… keep your hands (or more importantly your kids’ hands) busy. Fortunately most of my kids’ Christmas gifts were activity based and…
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Whimsical Winter Evergreen
Note: I DO NOT share my watercolors because I think they are perfect. Quite the contrary. I am self-teaching and learning, and I hope I can encourage other would be painters to join me in…
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Merry Christmas
MERRY CHRISTMAS Wishing you and yours a joyous holiday filled with love and peace! Kimara and Michelle
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Gluten-free Lemon Sugar Cookie Recipe
In our family we have at least 15 or so traditional family Christmas cookies. We talk about cutting back every year but in order to make sure everyone has their favorites… well we end up…
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Wooden Christmas Stars
You would think, after 59 Christmases, I would run out of new things to make. HA! Not even close! Over the years my tastes have changed, and as they do, my house changes with me. My…
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Waldorf Meets the Muppets :: Knit Doll Sweater & Pants Pattern
Last week Meghan and I were talking about Christmas gifts for the wee ones. She said the Little Guy was always running off with the Little Lady’s doll that I made, and she wasn’t were…
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Gingerbread Man Applique Block
Pixie and Fairy wanted to sew some Christmas ornaments for gifts. They had been busy making German Stars, but they love hand sewing so I made this gingerbread man for them. I decided to make…
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German Stars
EDIT 12-13-2015 :: I just learned these are also part of Danish culture, where they are called julestjerne (Christmas star). Thanks for that info, Yvette. Also, if you would rather have written instructions instead watching…
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Awesome Christmas Surprise
There is just no way I can write this blog without making your jealous. Seriously. But I was so touched that I can't not share it either. (Don't you hate double negatives?) So here goes. A couple of days before Christmas, my postman left a slip in…
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Warm Holiday Wishes for Everyone!
It is now time to focus on our family’s wondrous holiday events, so we will be tucking Wee Folk Art in until January 2, 2012. No matter how you celebrate the season, we hope you…
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Colorful Crocheted Christmas Balls
A few days ago I was poking around in Etsy, when I came upon this awesome shop, ATERGcrochet, owned by Greta Tulner, from Netherlands. It is one of the most colorful shops in Etsy World, and I immediately fell in love with her crocheted creations.…
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