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DIY Holiday Gift Ideas: 4 Projects to Make in a Month | Red-Handled Scissors

DIY Holiday Gift Ideas: 4 Projects to Make in a Month

With just under a month to go before Christmas, we’re already up to our eyebrows in holiday making. If you’re still looking for a few DIY holiday gift ideas, here are four handmade projects that you can make in four weeks. (Or less!) Tutorial: 2-in-1 Flower Pincushion Tutorial: Make Your Own Vanilla Extract Tutorial: Magical …

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Craft Social: Holiday 911 | Red-Handled Scissors

Craft Social: Holiday 911

Survive the holiday crafting season with your sanity in tact! Join me and co-host Barbara TODAY (Tuesday, 11/27) for this month’s Craft Social Twitter chat. In today’s chat, we’ll discuss different approaches to holiday crafting, why we give handmade, and tips and tricks for making on a deadline. Then, at the end of the chat, …

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Sunday Snapshot: Green Mountain Spinnery | Red-Handled Scissors

Sunday Snapshot: Green Mountain Spinnery

Jeremy and I escaped Brooklyn for a few days and spent a lovely Thanksgiving weekend in the Vermont. To round out the trip, we hit the Putney Craft Tour yesterday and checked out the Green Mountain Spinnery. Needless to say, it was pretty awesome. If you haven’t seen small-scale yarn manufacturing in action, I highly …

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Tutorial: Acorn Block Printed Napkins | Red-Handled Scissors

Tutorial: Acorn Block Printed Napkins

Make a set of autumn-inspired acorn-patterned cloth napkins with my new block printed napkin tutorial and free downloadable template!

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