11 DIY Christmas Wreaths to be Jolly About

September 7, 2015 by FaveCrafts Leave a Comment

It’s time to get down to some serious crafting folks. With the kids back in school, the summer winding down, and the fall holidays looming over us closer and closer, we really need to prep for…Christmas! Christmas?! You’re probably thinking I’m out of my mind, but those homemade mantle crafts and DIY garlands aren’t going to make themselves! I started sewing for Christmas about a month ago because I’m still a beginner and I wanted a head start on my homemade tree skirt. Plus, I wanted plenty of crafting time and an organized craft room for all the DIY Christmas decorations I have planned.

The best part of crafting — free sewing patterns, crochet patterns, and knitting — is that you can take a tutorial or a pattern and still be able to make the craft or pattern with your own personal touch. I normally change colors or patterns, but if you’re super creative, you can imagine an entirely other use. Take wreaths, for example and an adorable deco mesh wreath tutorial. That tutorial may be for spring with bright blues and greens, but you could easily adjust it for a red and green DIY Christmas wreath. Everything can be tailored to suit your needs and tastes.

Those cute deco mesh DIY wreaths are really trendy right now. Not sure what they are? They’re the homemade wreaths that look ruffled like an unraveled roll of ribbon. These were all over my sorority hallways with the names of the sisters in each room. They had these cute wreaths with their letters at the bottom and their names in sparkly letters. A DIY wreath would be a really cute dorm room decor to give as a graduation gift!

Excited for the holidays, I’m checking my supply list twice and heading straight off to the craft store to gather supplies for a few different DIY Christmas wreath ideas. I need to make at least two to cover the whole season. I can’t wait to learn how to make a wreath for every single one of my doors!

11 DIY Christmas Wreaths to be Jolly About

Ho Ho Ho Wreath

Ornament Wreath Video

Walnut Wreath

Fancy Feathers Wreath

Yarn Snowball Wreath

Red Green and White Christmas Berry Wreath

Joyful Ornament Wreath and Sign

Candy Cane Wreath

Light Up Frosted Glass Ball Wreath

Winter Willow Wreath

What do you use for outdoor decorations?

9 Beautiful Country Crafts for Christmas

October 17, 2014 by FaveCrafts 1 Comment

Picture this: The snow is falling outside as the sun sets. The fire glows as you sit on a rug covered floor, slowly sipping hot cocoa and listening to the sounds of howling winds outside your door. Okay, now open your eyes. You may not be able to live out your country-themed fantasies, but with a few creative craft ideas, you can surely take a brain vacation. Since Christmas is just around the corner, why not create rustic Christmas crafts that take you to another time and place?

Country crafts have a distinctive look – they usually involve muted colors and imperfect materials. Shaggy edges, unsanded wood, upcycled materials — if you have it on-hand, you can use it to create country Christmas crafts. After all, out in the country, there’s no reason to be perfect and you don’t exactly have access to a ton of supplies.

If you live in an urban metropolis or just want to bring a rustic vibe to your space, consider creating one of these gorgeous projects. There’s no better way to get in the holiday spirit than to show off your skills and create unforgettable Christmas crafts.

What Christmas crafts do you want to make this year?

Decorate Your Door with a DIY Wreath this Christmas!

October 19, 2013 by AllFreeChristmasCrafts Leave a Comment

Hey, Christmas crafters! Did you know wreaths have been a household decoration since Christmas was first celebrated? In fact, they were around long before Christmas originated as a holiday. First used specifically with the Advent season in mind, Christmas wreaths have become a staple in almost all households at Christmas.

Now, wreaths are made from almost any material you can think of! They are one of the most popular Christmas decorations out there. After all, do you know anyone who doesn’t have a single wreath hanging in their home at Christmas? I didn’t think so. The many innovations on the wreath design now involve different materials, shapes, and sizes, all of which are so unique and so gorgeous!

Because of the popularity of wreath decorations, AllFreeChristmasCrafts is pleased to announce the release of a brand new free eBook! In this free eBook titled How to Make Wreaths: 15 DIY Wreaths for Christmas, you are sure to find a fabulous wreath craft to decorate your door this holiday.

How to Make Wreaths: 15 DIY Wreaths for Christmas

Wreaths Made from Recycled Materials

Store-bought wreaths can get insanely pricey incredibly quickly. Save on your Christmas decorating this year with wreaths made from recycled materials! Take apart a book of old sheet music or upcycle a box of sandwich baggies to make a gorgeous wreath for your door. Guests will ask you where you bought your fancy wreath, and you can delight in telling them the creative techniques you used to make it!

Fabric Wreaths

Fabric wreaths are often a soft and cozy way to accent your Christmas decorating. Many of these wreath crafts involve upcycling an old sweater or stash-busting an array of fabric scraps. If you’re a fan of the burlap trend, we’ve got burlap wreaths aplenty! Accent your door with any of these beautiful projects.

Unique Wreath Ideas

Taking a step outside the “traditional evergreen wreath” box, we have a great collection of unique wreath ideas. You can learn how to make a wreath with Christmas light bulbs, Styrofoam balls, beads, and more. Expand your wreath crafting interests to any of these fabulous ideas.

Learn more and download How to Make Wreaths: 15 DIY Wreaths for Christmas today!

Do you prefer traditional evergreen wreaths, or do you prefer the innovative designs?

FaveCrafts Plans Their Dream Tree

November 16, 2012 by FaveCraftsBlog Leave a Comment

The team here at FaveCrafts Worldwide Headquarters was sent on a mission this week to create the ultimate holiday tree. The fine people at Michaels have invited us to participate in this year’s Dream Tree Challenge and we are up for it. We thought that it would make sense to make a tree in our favorite FaveCrafts colors, so that was our inspiration.

We scoured the Michaels store for everything in our signature colors and boy did they have a selection. Next up is the DIY part of this challenge, we are making all our own ornaments. Since we thought the FaveCrafts colors were so appealing for the holidays, we pulled together a collection of holiday ideas in these fun colors you may enjoy.

13 Christmas Craft Tutorials in FaveCrafts Colors

Beaded Ball Ornament
Crochet Snowflake Pattern (shown above)
Ruffled Angel
DIY Cupcake Ornaments (shown above)
Crocheted Angel Tree Topper Tutorial
No Sew Felt Ornaments (shown above)
Paper Quilled Snowflake Ornament
Faux Candy Garland (shown above)
Dollar Store Ornament Wreath
Mosaic Snowflake Frame (shown above)
Christmas Penguins Card
Simple Plushie Tree Ornament (shown above)
Drinking Straw Christmas Tree

7 Easy Ideas for a Homemade Christmas

October 28, 2011 by AllFreeChristmasCrafts 4 Comments

Raise your hand if you’re already crafting for Christmas! Okay, you probably can’t see my outstretched arm, but believe me it’s raised. Now, as someone who’s relatively new to crafting, I have to admit I was a bit daunted by the thought of making my own Christmas decorations this year. But as I started looking at different projects online, I quickly discovered that Christmas is actually a perfect time for craft newbies because there are TONS of easy Christmas craft ideas. Seriously, tons!

Since there are now less than two months until Santa comes to town (crazy, huh?), I decided to round up my top 7 favorite easy Christmas crafts and share them with all of you. I’ve put together a brand new eBook so you can keep all of these craft instructions handy to work on now or later. You can download the eBook for FREE right here.

I really loved the ornaments and wreath that were made out of toilet paper rolls. I mean how clever is that? To turn recycled cardboard into something as cool as this:

And this:

I’m seriously impressed.

Homemade Christmas decorations give your house a touch of personal charm during the holidays, and they also help you save some cash (and we could all use that around Christmastime, now couldn’t we?). All of the projects that I included in this free Christmas craft eBook are simple to make, so they don’t require a bunch of supplies. Which means that you’ll be able to make fabulous, festive Christmas decor without breaking the bank. Now I’d call that a merry Christmas!

I could go on and on about the projects in this awesome new eBook, but that would just take away precious crafting time and I definitely don’t want to do that! So don’t waste another minute… Christmas is right around the corner and you’ll want enough time to make all of the seven cool projects in this collection. Trust me, I loved all of these crafts so much that I couldn’t skip one. So every weekend between now and December 25th you know where you’ll find me… in my crafting room!

Download the 7 Easy DIY Christmas Crafts: Make Your Own Ornaments, Wreaths and More! eBook today!

Happy crafting and Merry (early) Christmas!

Question: What are your favorite crafts to make during the Christmas season?

Meet and Make: Mikey aka Michael Sellick

October 21, 2011 by TheCrochetCrowd 6 Comments

I am Michael Sellick, online I’m known as Mikey. I am totally consumed by the crafting ideas that bounce in my head. I social network most of the day, every day, and end up crafting in bed at night time watching Netflix. I am the creator of The Crochet Crowd . My website is dedicated to giving away free patterns and tutorials on how to create projects.

10 Fun Facts About Me

I’m addicted to two things; spending a lot of time on the computer creating content and crafting. Thus making what I do true passion.
I listen to the same music playlist on YouTube virtually everyday to fill in the white noise of a quiet house as I work.
Kraft dinner is the best meal ever invented.
When teaching live in person, I’m known to “Queen out and break creativity wide open”.
I sometimes go grocery shopping with my Crocs on… please don’t call the fashion police.
I struggle to back a car into a parking space. Ironically, I used to be a truck driver and could do that fine.
The sound of the cat licking itself is a sound that drives me up the wall.
I love dry, sarcastic and witty humour.
If I could start a collection right now, I would collect high heel stilettos.
Netflix is the next best thing to sliced bread.

Here’s Your Project Today

Beanie Hat For Men with Style

A new pattern released by Michael Sellick.

Materials

Size H or 5.5 MM Crochet Hook
2 Ball of Bernat Mosaic Yarn

Notes

I used 2 balls of yarn at the same time to double up the thickness of the yarn to provide better insulation and texture.
When using two yarn at the same time, it’s cooler to not have the yarn shade colours to not match each other. This creates a more interesting and unpredictable look to your beanie hat.

Definitions

sl st – Slip Stitch
beg – beginning
sc – single crochet
rep – repeat
ch – chain

Pattern

Chain 4 and sl st to the beg ch.
R1: Ch 1, work 6 sc in ring, join with sl st in beg ch.
R2: Ch 1, 2 sc in each sc, join with sl st in beg ch, 12 sc.
R3: Ch 1, *sc in next sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from * around, join with sl st in beg ch, 18 sc.
R4: Ch 1, *sc in each of next 2 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from * around, join with sl st in beg ch, 24 sc.
R5: Ch 1, *sc in each of next 3 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from * around, join with sl st in beg ch, 30 sc.
R6: Ch 1, *sc in each of next 4 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from * around, join with sl st in beg ch, 36 sc.
R7: Ch 1, *sc in each of next 5 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from * around, join with sl st in beg ch, 42 sc.
R8: Ch 1, *sc in each of next 6 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from * around, join with sl st in beg ch, 48 sc.
R9: Ch 1, *sc in each of next 7 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from * around, join with sl st in beg ch, 54 sc.
R10: Ch 1, *sc in next 8 sc, 2 sc in next sc; rep from * around, sl st in beg ch, 60 sc.
R11-22 : Ch 1, sc in each sc around, sl st in beg ch.
Fasten Off. Weave in ends.

Celebrate Christmas in July with a brand new eBook

July 18, 2011 by AllFreeChristmasCrafts Leave a Comment

AllFreeChristmasCrafts is currently celebrating the next best thing to December 25th… Christmas in July! This fun tradition involves celebrating Christmas early with all of the same fun traditions that are usually saved for winter. The weather outside is certainly frightful, so why not get going on your Christmas crafting? It’s never too early to make get crafty and this eBook is sure to help you get in the spirit. Not sure what to make? We’ve got you covered with our very first eBook, “6 Adorable Homemade Christmas Crafts for Summer” eBook.

Oh and one other thing… this eBook is completely free to download. That’s right folks, it costs absolutely nothing to get inspired and find six fantastic Christmas craft tutorials. So what are you waiting for? Download this eBook today! We’ve included all kinds of crafts – from a Ruffled Fabric Christmas Wreath to a Christmas Clay Pot Snowman. Cat lovers, listen up – there’s even a project called Crochet Christmas Mice. This crochet craft is designed specifically with your favorite feline in mind!

Download your very own copy today!