A NOEL without an O – Xyron 30 Days of Holiday Projects

Welcome to 30 Days of Holiday Projects with Xyron!! The Design Team is creating and sharing projects all month long to inspire holiday fun and creativity. Lately I have been loving working with WIRE! For jewelry and or home decor, I got into wire way back when tole painting was big in the 1980’s. After
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Beaded Candle Wraps – Let’s Make It Tropical!

Since I learned how to work with wire and paper together, I have been dreaming up more ways to create projects with them! For this project, I combined a few different generes of craft to create a set of tropical candle wraps. Here are the supplies you’ll need to create these tropical candle wraps: Supplies:
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Creative DIY Fall & Halloween Roundup!

Are you ready for Halloween?! We’re featuring 4 of our blogging friends today! Be sure to check out all these fantastic ideas  from some of the most talented peeps I know. Enjoy! 1.Candy Corn Cake Box by Eileen Hull – she makes scary cute – love her! 2. Halloween Sugar Skull shoes  – my project from last
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Stamped Tea Towels

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. I received product to create this post. All opinions are 100% my own. Need an adorable gift or something pretty for the kitchen? These stamped tea towels are super easy to make — and everyone will think you spent $18 each at Anthropologie! Here’s the how-to video to make
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Copper is This Summer’s Color! An Easy Necklace Tutorial

  In the summer I tend to wear a lot of turquoise and orange, bright summery colors, don’t you? Well, a great way to set off these colors is with metallic accessories– especially copper! This gallery length, easy necklace can be created in about 15 minutes featuring faceted metallic copper beads and amber colored crystals.
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31 Unfinished Projects – Final Update

At the beginning of this month I set out to FINISH 31 Unfinished Projects from my huge on-going list. Read all about the list and the reasons why I am doing this here: https://hydrangeahippo.com/31-days-of-unfinished-projects/ My hope is that the sharing of my journey inspires you to get some things done around your house, in your craft
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etchall Designer Challenge! With Designer Crafts Connection

I have used etchall® Etching Creme for years — it is the gold standard in my book! Celebrating 80 years, etchall® is made in the USA. It is so wonderful to find a truly amazing product, that is easy-to-use and provides jobs here in the states! About 5 years ago I got my first Silhouette Electronic Cutting
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