Are you thinking ahead to Christmas?  If you are, this is for you!  A free printable advent calendar that’s super cute and will look great with any holiday decor.

Print them out and staple them to little bags or top off tiny packages.  Use your imagination and these simple tags to create something special for the holidays.  You can download this printable at Simple As That. 

Looking for more ideas?  You might find just what you want right here…

25 Handmade Advent Calendars

These are a beautiful way to start decorating for the holidays!  Do you make a new Advent Calendar each year or do you use the same one?  I’d love to hear about your holiday traditions!

~Kim

I can always use a few fresh ideas for my kitchen!  It’s spring and I’m ready to change things up a bit with some simple DIY projects.

Whether you’re looking for space saving ideas or something to fill that odd little corner, you’ll find something awesome in this collection.

Weekend projects like these are always fun!

12 DIY Kitchen Ideas

CD Cup Storage – Apartment Therapy

Cans and Wood Cutlery Holder – Handimania

Hanging Metal Bins – Lil Blue Boo

Kitchen Chalkboard – Anderson and Grant

Eat Sign – The Turquoise Home

Hanger Roll Dispenser –  101 Woonideeen

Leather Embellished Cutting Boards – Apartment Therapy

Garden Wall – Tatertot sand Jello

Copper Hooks – Bambulablogi

Pot Rack – Foxes Blog

Wall Rack – 101 Woonideeen

Washi Tape Shelves – Vorstellung Von Schoen

Wow…fantastic ideas, right?!

Which one is your favorite?

~Kim

Create this classy Embroidered Initial Necklace for all your friends…they will love it!  Easy handmade gifts are some of my favorite projects!

The possibilities are endless and once you make a few of these I’m sure you will start to dream up new ideas for these sweet embroidered pendants.

You only need a few supplies…

• Fabric scraps
• Embroidery thread
• Embroidery needle
• Embroidery hoop
• Oval Pendant {can be found here}
• Water Soluble Ink Pen

Order quite a few pendants because once you get started you’ll want to make a handful of these little trinkets…trust me!

Using a water soluble pen write your initial in the center of the fabric.  I practiced my letter on a regular sheet of paper first for size.  I also added little marks on my fabric to show the size of the pendant.  It worked on the first try!

Take your embroidery thread and needle and start stitching with a simple backstitch. {stitch video here}

Once you complete the stitching cut out around the oval leaving a bit of extra fabric.  If you can see any of the ink, just follow the instructions for your pen to remove it.

Place your fabric in the pendant and secure the pendant back.  Here’s where you can work with it a little if you want.  I added folded fabric scraps behind my initial before putting it in the pendant to make it a little puffy.  It’s up to you.

I just trimmed the excess fabric close to the edge with super pointy scissors.  {not shown above}  You could add a small oval cut out as an extra layer and glue your fabric to it before placing the back on.  I haven’t tried this, but it seems like it would work.

It will look beautiful no matter what you do, but I thought I’d share a few options.

Isn’t it cute??

I plan on making quite a few of these for Christmas this year!

It took less than an hour to make both of these…and I took photos!  I think they would look fabulous with a linen background or any other small pattern.

If you love handmade gifts like I do, you’ll love these ideas…

• 101 Simple Handmade Gifts
• 101 Handmade Gifts for Her
• 101 Handmade Gifts for Men
• 101 Handmade Christmas Ornaments

What do you think?  I’d love to hear about some handmade gifts you’ve made!  They are the best!

~Kim