Crafting a Handmade Home
These top 20 sewing tips will give beginner, intermediate and even advanced sewists the best results and take some of the frustration out of sewing! No matter if you are a beginner or have been sewing for a couple of years or more you’re bound to find something useful in my top 20 sewing tips. But, before I share my sewing tips, I wanted to
Use Cricut Design Space to add some Valentine’s Day charm to t-shirts, bags, mugs and more with this shared Valentine Gnome project file. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and you have plenty of time to create adorable Valentine Gnome themed t-shirts, bags or even pillows! Add your own personalized text, if you want. Gnomes are all the rage these days and this set
Learn how to make this easy to sew tissue holder using fabric scraps. Tissue Holders make for thoughtful gifts and stocking stuffers! Every year for Christmas I try to think of thoughtful, meaningful and useful gifts to make our adult children and grandchildren for Christmas. This year, they’ll be receiving these easy to sew Tissue Holders. Sew a Tissue Holder The tissue holders seem like
How do you know if the Cricut Explore Air 2 is the right cutting machine for you? Learn all about the functionality and cost to help you decide if the Cricut Explore Air 2 is right for you! I originally shared my Cricut Buying Guide in my “Which Cricut Cutting Machine is Right for You” blog post to help you determine just which Cricut Cutting
Never be caught without Christmas gift tags again when you learn how to recycle Christmas cards to make gift tags! What do you do with all the Christmas cards you receive every year for Christmas? I thought it would be fun/cute/practical/thrifty to make Christmas gift tags out of recycled Christmas cards. The fun part is the cute ornament shapes. The practical part is, well, because
How do you know if the Cricut Joy is the right cutting machine for you? Well, don’t be fooled by the Cricut Joy’s compact size. I recently shared a blog post titled, “Which Cricut Cutting Machine is Right for You“. There is a LOT of information in that blog post. So, I thought I would break it down for you into bite-size chunks. In this
Explore the top 10 most popular sewing, crochet, printables and recipe ideas for a handmade home from The Birch Cottage in 2020. As we usher in another New Year, I always enjoy taking a look back at the past year on The Birch Cottage blog. So, grab yourself a cup of coffee, settle in to your favorite comfy chair and take a little trip down
This free to download Christmas Cookies Cookbook in PDF format contains over 60 recipes from the 1st Annual Virtual Christmas Cookie Exchange. This blog post, Free Christmas Cookies Cookbook Download, originally appeared December 2, 2019 and has been updated with current pictures and links. I am so excited to make available the first ever Christmas Cookies Cookbook by The Birch Cottage. This cookbook is the
Download this free set of printable Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas gift tags. Perfect for all your Christmas gift giving! How’s your Christmas gift wrapping going? I’m deep into wrapping! I can’t decide if I prefer to wrap presents as I finish making them or buying them or if I like saving all the wrapping to do at one time. Truth be told, I’d
A collection of 25 plus handmade gift ideas for men to help you with your holiday (or any occasion) gift giving. This blog post originally appeared on The Birch Cottage blog on October 16, 2017. It has been updated to current links and images. I have a pretty easy time of coming up with handmade gift ideas for the girls in our family. The boys,
A collection of 20 handmade gift ideas for teens. These handmade gift ideas for teens are perfect for gifting or making! This blog post originally appeared November 16, 2017 on The Birch Cottage blog and has been updated with current links and even more handmade gift ideas for teens. I’ve compiled a list of 20 handmade gift ideas for teens to help you with your
Learn how to subscribe, access and download files in the Subscribers Resource Library – which is full of free printables for subscribers. As you browse through The Birch Cottage blog, you’ll find all sorts of printables from gift tags, note cards, and care tags to jar labels, wall art and calendars, to crochet and sewing patterns and even SVG cut files – plus so much
Download this set of printable microwave safe baked potato bag care and use tags and include with your handmade baked potato bags. I am busy making handmade gifts for our seven children and their families. One of the handmade items I’ll be gifting this year are these microwave baked potato bags. Although the microwave is a fast and convenient way to make baked potatoes, they
Learn the secret to super moist meatloaf with this Super Moist Meatloaf recipe – a family favorite that’s simple to make and delicious! This recipe originally appeared on The Birch Cottage blog on September 30, 2015. It has been updated December 4, 2020 with current pictures and a new printable recipe card. Meatloaf is one of those entrees I never order when we go out
Learn to make these easy DIY Pinecone Fire Starters using pinecones, tea candles and essential oils. Fire starters also make great stocking stuffers! This blog post originally appeared December 17, 2018 and was updated December 4, 2020 to update the printable how-to instructions. If you have visited the Subscribers Resource Library recently, you’ve probably seen these pinecone fire starter printables. (If you’d like access, you
Download this set of six printable microwave safe bowl cozy care tags and include with your handmade microwave safe bowl cozies. Through the years, I’ve created a number of different designs for the microwave safe bowl cozy care tags. These tags tell the recipient not only how to use their new microwave safe bowl cozy but also how to care for it. With the previous
Create your own Rae Dunn inspired Christmas ornaments with these 20 free SVG files and your Cricut or Silhouette cutting machine. I love making handmade Christmas ornaments and these Rae Dunn inspired Christmas ornaments are no exception! I created a collection of 20 Rae Dunn inspired SVG files for Christmas. Use these Christmas themed words to make Christmas ornaments and more. 20 Rae Dunn Inspired
Download and print this set of four winter themed PLEASE USE THE PROVIDED HAND SANITIZER prints for use in your home, office, school or workplace. I received an email from a reader who is a teacher from California named Christy who asked if I would consider creating a winter themed version of my Please Use the Provided Hand Sanitizer prints. So, I did. In fact,
Follow this easy DIY Rustic Wood Framed Christmas Ornaments tutorial to add classic farmhouse charm to your holiday decorating. We typically put up at least three Christmas trees every year. Two of the three trees are decorated with handmade ornaments and I absolutely love them. The third is decorated with ornaments that Repurpose Christmas Printables I was actually thinking about all the beautiful Christmas printables
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