Cool Bead Jewellery

Try combining some cool beads to make gorgeous cheap little stocking fillers this Christmas.

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Make your own Christmas baubles…

Take a look at some of our beautiful and super simple designs…

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Christmas Baubles

This year we have seen an incredible amount of beautiful, hand-made Christmas baubles.

Here are a few of our favourites so far…

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Polystyrene Balls with Decoupage Paper

Create your own Christmas decorations! These polystyrene balls are covered with Vivi Gade Design decoupage paper and varnished. You can use striped cotton string with wooden beads for hanging.

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We’ve provided a simple 6 step guide to show you how to create your own beautiful baubles. To see the guide, click the link below:

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Diamond-shaped Baubles

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These diamond-shaped baubles are beautiful, and have been made by origami-folded sheets of Vivi Gade Design paper (the Paris series) cut in half, and a piece of mercerised cotton yarn for hanging.

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For our step-by-step guide and a list of materials click here!

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Ghost Boxes for Halloween Sweets!

Ghost Boxes for Halloween Treats made with DIY Wax Papers. Follow these simple steps!
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  1. Print your template onto any paper, white or colored. Place it on a large sheet of grease-proof/baking paper and sprinkle little chips of wax all over.
  2. Place another sheet of grease proof paper on top and iron all over it on a low setting. Be careful not to put too much wax, we had wax leaking out all around the edge. So start with a small amount, add as you go and protect the work surface with enough grease-proof paper!
  3. When the wax is dry, cut the template, score and fold all the lines. Fix the tabs to the other end with double-sided tape. Glue sticks won’t work so well on waxed paper.
  4. Thread a string through the top as in the photo. Pull to close it and tie up, leave it long if you’re thinking of hanging these up.
  5. Fill with sweets!
  6. Thread and tie the bottom end to close up. Tie with a ribbon knot so it’s easy to pull the thread to open it.

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Woven Christmas Hearts

Punched out hearts which are simply assembled. Attach a handle using double-sided adhesive tape.

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We’ve created a useful tutorial video and a step-by-step instruction guide.

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New Style Christmas Bauble

This new type of beautiful Christmas bauble always looks gorgeous whether they are used for decorating the Christmas tree or arranged in a bowl – the possibilities are endless.

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We’ve created a useful tutorial video and a step-by-step instruction guide.

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Movember Craft Ideas!

Are you ready for November, better yet Movember!?

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Yes, it’s that fantastic month that gets behind men to raise vital funds and awareness for prostate and testicular cancer and mental health!

With this in mind we’ve put together some of the most impressive moustache designs in template form for you to print out and use however you’d like!

Head over to the FREE DOWNLOADS section to grab them now…

 

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Christmas Inspirations!

So yesterday the team at My Craft Garden put the finishing touches on our new 32 page Christmas Inspirations Magazine.

This has been designed specifically by the team for you, and includes up to 500 projects and ideas to fill your home with festive fun!

Have a flick through when you have a spare 10 minutes and let us know what you think!

Enjoy

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