One of my friends is unashamedly obsessed with some video game and TV/toy brands from our childhood in the 1980s, including giant robots. He's also just started living pretty much on his own and is trying to put together the trappings of a household, which makes for very easy gifting ( Read more... )

My sister and I both have the passion for Halloween (one more than the other.. she decorates year round in Halloween ... things, where as I do the baking, and work in haunted houses and such)..

Anyway, for the holidays, we always gift her with Halloween Goodies..and I wanted to bake her shortbread cookies like the rest of the family are getting, but ( Read more... )

My husband and I have two nephews and a niece we love and adore. This year, we're super strapped for cash -- so we've gotta find a way to make handcrafted presents work, even for kids. While my mom might jump for joy at receiving a hand-knitted reindeer just cause I made it, I highly doubt my teenage niece will -- so let the brainstorming commence ( Read more... )

I love decorations, and I love the holidays even more, but I'm pretty non-partisan about it. I like to spend a day snipping out folded-paper snowflakes and taping them to the windows where that cats can't reach -- it makes the view to the dead garden outside a little less grim, without interfering with my usual decor too much. Between that and a ( Read more... )

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Weird excessively restrictive posting issues have been fixed for all users so you can now post things. Sorry about that! We're not really sure what the deal was but you're all good now ( Read more... )

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So, I suppose most of us on here are crafters. Right? And sometimes it's not all that hard to figure out to make for your non-crafter friends and family for the holidays. (Scarves anyone?) But what about your crafting buddies? My husband is a better knitter than I am, and many of my friends now knit as well. What are your favorite crafting-related ( Read more... )