Craft It Up Christmas available now!

Our beautiful book Craft It Up Christmas Around The World is available now online and from all good bookstores.

This would be a fantastic addition to a pre-Christmas craft party. Just add wine...or milk and cookies!

I can see it rolled up in a stocking too. So maybe tip off Santa now? Or play Santa and buy it for all your pals!

Craft It Up Around The World and Craft It Up Christmas Around The World by Abadee and Armstrong are available from all good bookstores, online and also from our publisher.

http://www.rylandpeters.com/ourshop/craft/craft-it-up-christmas-around-the-world

http://www.rylandpeters.com/ourshop/craft-it-up-around-the-world

Quick jazzed up jam jar

This jar was made for the Tickle The Imagination magazine shoot we did recently. The issue is out now and available from their website http://www.tickletheimagination.com.au It's such a gorgeous magazine. Hop on over and see if you can snap up some back issues too.

For this quick project we used a jam jar with a lid, which makes the perfect size for storing tiny treasures or everyday items like paper clips, rubbers or even a few rolls of washi tape! Glass jars are awesome. They're widely available, inexpensive and environmentally friendly. 

We used some gorgeous fabric tape from our friends at Sarbe www.sarbe.com.au The middle tape is a glittery paper tape. Washi tape would also work really well. 

Spooooooky sweets just in time for Halloween!

In our neighbourhood we take Halloween very seriously. We drop invitations into our neighbours mailboxes to check that they don't mind the neighbourhood kids descending on them. I often think that the Australian Spring is a great time to have Halloween because it's such a lovely warm, evening walk. If we're out when other families call, we make sure there is a huge bowl of these spooooooky sweets waiting on the doorstep for them!

Ready for Halloween?

Here's one of my most favourite felt projects. The best bit is that kids of all ages can cut out the felt circles. And because you're stacking them together they can be cut out fairly slap dash and it'll still look amazing!

If you like your Halloween to be more about cute pumpkins and friendly witches and less about dripping blood and severed hands, then this craft project is for you! It uses a lot of felt, so it can be expensive if you don't already have a lot lying around. You could try using any fabric scraps for more texture... or even circles of paper and card.

For more craft projects like this one, both Craft It Up books are available now.

here

and here

Ombre pinecones for Fall

How cool that my 2 favourite seasons happen simultaneously on opposite sides of the world. That means I can work on both Spring and Fall craft projects! This Ombre pinecone project is a quick and satisfying Fall project. You could do a bowl of ombre pinecones for a stunning centrepiece, scatter them down the middle of a table or hang them up on matching strands of beads.

Simple no-sew bunting

We made this paper bunting for a magazine shoot. We wanted whimsical and pretty with a vintage feel. We've added some glamour with silver paper circles and pops of colour with the turquoise glittery tape. It looked so lovely hanging from the trees, but it looks equally lovely hanging on the wall. This bunting is so light that you can hang it on the wall with washi tape, so it's perfect if you're renting or if you don't want hundreds of holes in your walls!

We went for a random pattern because that's just the way we roll. We haven't included numbers or measurements because you can just carry on punching circles until you get the length you need or your paper runs out! If you're hanging the bunting outside, allow a metre of twine at each end to tie around the tree branches. 

    

Reader craft: Estonia. Stack It Up Christmas Trees

I love it when readers send in photos of the craft they have done from the books! It's especially exciting when it's from the new book. These button trees were made by 2 lovely boys in England. Love your work boys!