I volunteer with JoyCatchers, a great nonprofit organization that decorates and donates miniature holiday trees to seniors, veterans and hospice patients. Now that it's Chinese New Year, which is all about joy and luck, how appropriate then to decorate a ...
Convertible Christmas Card: From Clouds to Tree
This month, my friend and craft wife Eileen Hull gave those of us on her inspiration team an assignment of making a card. Well, that's easy, right? I make cards with Eileen's Sizzix dies all the time. But as I frequently do, I overthought it and came up w ...
Wire Hanger Christmas Tree
For all those people who want a Christmas tree but don't have room to put one, here's a flat tree that hangs on the wall. And it's made from up-cycled wire hangers. Needless to say, Joan Crawford would not like this tree. Check out my tutorial on eHow.
How to Make Paint Swirl Ornaments
Let's have a paint swirl ornament party! It's really fun filling these clear ornaments with paint and swirling them around to get beautiful marbleized patterns. For the step-by-step instructions, see my tutorial on eHow. And here's a one-minute video I ...
Lighting Your Christmas Tree in Style
Back in October, I was putting up my Christmas tree and lights two months early because I was doing a tutorial for eHow sponsored by Home Depot. We were in the middle of a heat wave, but getting out the tree and all the shiny ornaments put me in the holid ...