You may have seen the stockings on our December cover but they are just one of a bunch of craft projects in our Woodlands story. Felt is one of our favorite materials to craft with for the holidays.  We used it to make stockings and ornaments for the tree. We decided to put lights on this tree.  For …

Hanukkah begins at sundown on Saturday! You’ve still got a few days to prepare. We’ve got plenty of ideas to help make all eight nights special. See below for our favorite crafts, table settings, favors and decorations. Dress up a gift card by putting it in a dreidel-shaped envelope. Click here to learn how to …

Have you seen the Christmas Cracker story in the December issue of Martha Stewart Living? In the story Blake took the traditional English table favors to a whole new level. For the traditional cracker pictured below, Blake covered a recycled paper roll with fun paper made from a template. Fill the tube with goodies, fortunes …

We had a lot of fun dreaming up gift ideas for this year’s Holiday Gift Guide (beginning with our fun gift wrap on page 35 of Living). With Hanukkah swiftly approaching and Christmas just a few weeks away, we hope our gift guide helps you check off a few of the crafty people on your …

I’ve long been eying the amazing beaded accessories that many designers did this season … just couldn’t afford a single one of them. So I decided to make my own … scaled down and simplified maybe, but then again I prefer that anyway. These bags were the results and in the December issue of Martha Stewart …

Now that you’ve gotten your Black Friday shopping out of the way, it’s time to think about the gift wrap! Have you picked up a copy of the December issue of Living and poured over our very own Gift Guide (beginning on page 35)? If so, we hope you caught the opener featuring some of our …

Today’s guest post comes from the very talented Cynthia Treen: Well, it is that time again. The days are getting shorter, the air is crisp and fresh and I am looking forward to the holidays ahead! I have been puttering away in my studio making patterns and chipping away at my elfish list to of …

Having grown up in Germany, Thanksgiving is not a Holiday I had ever celebrated. Therefore no memories, no traditions … but maybe that’s good ?! It certainly allowed me to think outside the box and when being assigned to work on Thanksgiving stories for Martha Stewart Living, I had no problem saying ‘lets make it …