I spent way too much time and money at the 75%  off at Target the other day, and found this great snowflake cotton tablecloth.  It’s a nice heavy weight, and I love the red and whites!  But I didn’t really need a tablecloth, and I have been really meaning to make a treeskirt, since I usually just wrap some spare fabric around the bottom of the Christmas Tree.

So this was my quickie project for today…

Since my space for my tree is squared off, I made this one a square, but if you tree is in a more open area, you…

The week between Christmas and New Years is a good time to get kids to write thank you notes for the gifts they received, but for young kids, it can be a real pain to get them to write something. These downloadable templates are good solution for that. Just print out the template and have your child either fill in the blanks himself or herself, or if they can’t write yet, you can fill it in for them! And on the black and white version, they can add personality by coloring it themselves!

(Yes, more uses for the little spot illustrations…

Happy Christmas Eve!
I’ve been in baking mode for the last few days, so I thought I’d share one of the things I made…
My first attempt ever at making my grandmother’s recipe for Sour Cream Poundcake. I have always loved this stuff, and it’s my own little holiday tradition that I eat this for breakfast on Christmas morning! It needs no icing or other adornment, it’s positively fabulous as is, and if you’re lucky, you get the incredibly tasty crunchy crumbly bits on the top!

(excuse the photo – taken by my phone!)

Want to make it yourself?  Here’s the recipe!

Nanny’s Sour Cream…

Here is a simple set of Christmas themed gift tags for you (made with some of the images from the Little Game Box from friday). It’s also my Illustration Friday for “Undone”, since these will just be thrown away when the wrappings are undone, but they are cute while they last!

To Download as PDF: Gifttags-2009-Dabbledorg
To get from Flickr: Go to Flickr, then choose All Sizes

Like these?

You can download all the images to make your own little Game Box, a cute homemade stocking stuffer!

Happy Holidays everyone!

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First off, we had a fun, if hectic trip to Disney last week, and some lovely guest posters while I was away, so if you missed them, be sure to check these out!

Tutorial: Make a Bracelet from an old Record

Kelly from Tresijas shows us how to make a fun and easy bracelet! A great present that you can do yourself…

Christmas Tag Downloadable

Fanie from Art vs Craft.net made a cute cat Christmas gift tag for you!

A cute stocking stuffer: The Little Game Box

And my own holiday gift to you, Download everything you need to make this little game… with bunches of cards with illustrations by…

Hi there, fellow crafty bloggers!
No, this isn’t Dot writing, it’s Fanie from Art vs Craft.net!

While she’s away, I managed to sneak into her blog and give you a freebie!
Since we’re all busy shopping around, I guessed some of us could use some extra tags for presents. So I made a cute cat Christmas gift tag for you!

I made this easy, all you have to do is to click on the image or click here to start the download.
It’s a A4 letter size, in PDF format, with 6 Christmas tags on them.

Happy Holidays!
If you liked this freebie, feel free to let me know via the comments…

ell, at least I gave you some cool tutorials…

Here are a few you might want to go check out again!

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Links:

Picture Frame Ornament Tutorial
Recipe Related Gift Ideas
How to Make Homemade Eggnog – Both Cooked and Uncooked versions

A couple of fun little doodles for you (and IF)…

First is a little monster/alien I’ve been doodling lately, hatching from his egg!    Second is the little monster, in holiday mode! Which do you like better?

Free Download of the Santa Monster, if you’d like to use it for holiday cards or crafting!  Just click through to flickr and download it there.

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One of my favorite parties to throw during (or after!) the holiday season is a White Elephant gift exchange party.  We do one every year, and it’s always a lot of fun.  It’s also a great icebreaker party or office party, too!

Last year, I made up some invitations, a rule sheet, and a number sheet so you can easily throw your own.  Since some of you might not have been around last year, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to share them with you again.

Just go here for the invite, the rules, alternate rules for large groups like office parties, and…

Hi! I’m Heather from Dollar Store Crafts, a daily blog devoted to making cool crafts with dollar store stuff. I’m so excited to be swapping holiday posts with Dot!

Do you love felted sweaters as much as I do? Felted (or technically, “fulled”) sweaters are made from animal hair-based yarn (like wool, alpaca or cashmere), and washed in hot water and dried in the dryer until they shrink up and the fibers are fused together (kind of like dreadlocks on a micro scale). Once a wool sweater is felted, the fabric can be cut and it won’t fray. It’s an amazing…