By Shelly Hill
If you are looking for a way to use up a lot of your little fabric scraps, these no-sew quilted ball tree ornaments are quick and easy to make. I went out to my local craft store and found the Styrofoam balls currently on sale, 3 for $1.00.

If you are looking for some fun and inexpensive crafts to do this
Christmas, making ornaments with salt dough is a good choice.
Basically, with salt, flour, water and some decorations you can make
beautiful ornaments to give as gifts to family and friends. 

Painting is a great way for kids to express themselves. And just like many of the other activities they enjoy it can be quite messy! Splatter painting is especially messy, but it creates a very interesting effect.
Splatter painting works very well for winter scenes. When you do the splattering with white paint, it looks just [...]

There are plenty of holiday and seasonal ornaments you can make
with few supplies and a little creativity. Here are some to get you
started, but be forewarned! Once you begin, you may not be able to stop!

By Martha E Bishop
In the summer of 1967, Sophie Lahner, my immigrant Hungarian neighbor, taught me how to sew. My father had recently died, and the money that had always been tight raising four kids on a teacher’s salary, became nonexistent. Mrs. Lahner thought that knowing how to sew could be a wonderful contribution to [...]