DZ Doodles Freebie Scarecrow, Felt Ornaments, Paper Snowflakes, Christmas Bingo, Stockings, Toilet Paper Roll Wreaths, Gingerbread Recipes, Ornament Video, Vintage Cards, Tuxedo Penquin, and much more added throughout the week!

Hello Fellow Doodlers!

What a beautiful treat for a Thanksgiving hostess, Fall Leaf Cookies! Start with a favorite Sugar Cookie recipe, and Elizabeth includes her grandmother's recipe, gather up some leaf cookie cutters, more leaf cookie cutters, and fill in with the Royal Icing recipe! Read more...

 

When I saw these fancy rubber gloves, as I chuckled I thought, "what a cute bridal shower gift" to add to a kitcheny package! I love giving a basket of kitchen gadgets with crocheted towel toppers, matching hot pads, mitts, apron, and other goodies! Melissa shows you how to create a pair for yourself or for gift-giving ... oh what a great holiday hostess-gift idea!!

Gingham stars adorn this gorgeous pear tree cut out! Lisa and Sarah, have a red gingham theme for their holidays .... making decorations each year adds to the excitement and is always part of their families Christmas preparations! And I was so loving the partridge pear tree design that I had to draw one similar to it, to cut out of foamboard (decoupage and paint) to add stars to it and my holiday decor. What a lovely "centerpiece" or holiday dedoration to add to your collection too! So, I'm also sharing my partridge pear tree drawn design with you! Enlarge it to whatever size you would love to create it in. And the star pattern will automatically size to your project.          

 



Get your fabric, or better yet, "felt fabric" out!! What better match than a partridge and a pear? You can't resist making this adorable duo in two different sizes, the big one is perfect for pin cushions. Stitch the petite version to adorn your Christmas Tree, gift boxes, anywhere really. Big partridge is 6" x 4", big pear is 3" x 5", little partridge is 2" x 4", and little pear is 3" x 2" Item No. 991416 is free!

Not Martha Partridge-In-A-Pear-Tree

I know, we'd all like to think we have some "MS-abilities" (Martha Stewart), but Not Martha found one kick ass structural gingerbread recipe for a cookie project that stands up on it's own! Megan will explain her process, give you the recipe, and share a lot more, read more...

Made in the USA!! Where will you spend your dollars this holiday season? Think about patronizing a small business as a way to give TWO gifts. One is the gift you purchase. The money goes to the crafter or small business owner, who in turn spends it with another small business (accountant, landlord, their employees) in ways that directly improve and affect your town, your state, your country. They pay local/state and U.S. taxes. They are much more likely to provide better wages and benefits. They are your neighbors. Read a few more reasons here.


It's still that time-of-year for fall decor and thoughts of Thanksgiving Day festivities. In addition to getting you started on Christmas early, I'll be adding Autumn/Fall images for those last minute projects! And here's a "Fall" in love Perfect Palette of colors to work with; Mustard, Cranberry, Latte, and White!

 

 

 

It's not too early to start planning and making Christmas crafts and here's a fun felt project from Laura of Bugs and Fishes that would make a great kick-off craft for the season. She's provided templates and instructions for making these cute felt Christmas ornaments, inspired by vintage Christmas baubles! In addition to other felt crafts.

Snowflakes are so pretty and it's so easy to make paper snowflakes in different designs and sizes, using just a sheet of paper and scissors. HERE you will find Martha Stewart's neat instructions for folding the basic shapes, as well as patterns of snowflake cuts to try!

Have some Christmas BINGO fun during the days leading up to Christmas Eve, or on Christmas Eve to pass out some of those gifts under-the-tree! Use these 5x7 Christmas Bingo cards collection free download: (includes 6 .jpg playing boards, 1 .jpg game piece sheet, plus all 5×7 images formatted in a 8.5×11 pdf document for easy home-printing). Compliments of Heather at Simply Fresh Designs.

Why go traditional with your Christmas decor? Have a little fun with your mantel. I love a good "stocking pattern" and especially one's that are free. Here's a few that I came across to get you started on crafting some stockings for family and friends! Make them from heavy-duty card stock, or felt fabric, or holiday fabrics. Use them as gift-giving packages or hang them on the fireplace (or tree) for Santa to fill! Lynn's Christmas Stocking Fun! (shown) Elf Stockings (includes PDF pattern download and direct links to purchase fabrics). Ice Shate Stocking (includes PDF pattern download, materials and instructions.

The inspiration is in your bathroom; Holiday Wreath using toilet paper rolls! Jamie at See You There (DIY Crafts, Recipes, Parties, and Fun!) has the photo step-by-step method she used to create this lovely, simple wreath out of stuff you would normally throw away. Of course, you could enhance it even more with your ideas and personal touch!

It's "Gingerbread" Cookie Time! Want to learn to make these adorable Nutcracker ornaments? First of all you'll need to use, Sweet Sugar Belle's Orange Gingerbread recipe.And here's Sweet Sugar Belle's Gingerbread Cookie recipe too.








And here are some clip art images of the American Nutcracker Bird that you may want to use on some Christmas card projects!

 

Becca, at Amazing Paper Grace, shows you in this video tutorial, how-to-make this beautiful honeycomb ornament using a few simple supplies. What a lovely gift-giving idea for anyone's ornament collection!

 

 

A lovely and festive Christmas card with vintage style by Kathy Martin and a free download of the vintage image she used!









 

Vintage Santa's had a tendency to be a bit more serious than he is today. Father Christmas traditionally wore green, blue or purple. Withou mentioning any names, it was a famous soft drinks company who first depicted him in red. And that's the way he stayed! Vintage Holiday Crafts has a lovely assortment of Santa's, free to download, that you may want to use in your card making or scrap pages! Plus an assortment of other vintage clipart. 

  

Here's a cutie Tuxedo Penguin dimensional pattern for your holiday decor! Print out the pre-colored version to construct a few to scatter about! Add a scarf and cap, candy cane, wreath, etc!