Are you crafting crazy? If so, we are moving into your most active time of year. Christmas is on the horizon, and the opportunities for indulging your craft-loving side are legion. If you have to keep your crafting habit under wraps for most of the year, it’s great to know that at Christmas, you can let your creative hobby loose and focus on all inspirational projects. Read on for some tips to help make the upcoming Christmas craft bonanza a seasonal sensation.
Great Greeting Cards
Don’t send electronic Christmas greetings this year—put some work and love into your message. Handcrafted Christmas cards delight; their time and effort show your thanks. Whether a dancing snowman or a nativity scene, a cheerful Christmas card always makes people smile. Be sure to get your Christmas art and craft supplies in early so there is enough time to focus on perfecting the designs. Art and Christmas craft materials online have a wide selection of Christmas card blanks, paper, die-cutting and embossing equipment, stamps, and punches to make professional-looking cards. Start preparing for a Christmas card-making bonanza by exercising your crafting muscles and gathering your supplies.
Beautiful Blanks
Consider buying ready-for-art blanks to create a unique, one-off gift for someone special. Unadorned versions of trinket boxes, plaques, and other desirable gift items can be decorated and embellished to your own design. Craft suppliers have a range of blanks to jazz up with your personal modifications. Let your creative style run wild and create unique, festive presents that will not break the bank.
Boxed Delight
Enhance a special gift by packaging it in a crafted box decorated with special decals and details. Giving jewellery or other personal gifts in a bespoke box turns an unwrapping into an event. With so many different styles and ways of customizing such gift boxes, crafters can enjoy exploring the possibilities.
Decorations That Deliver
A well-decorated Christmas tree and room are unbeatable. Crafts add Christmas sparkle, whether silk flowers for table decorations, wreaths, tree baubles, paper chains, or tinsel on the ceiling. Why buy mass-produced, charmless Christmas decorations when you can make your own using imagination and basic craft supplies? Find blank stars, cones, and diamond paper mache decorations. Your signature designer treatment will illuminate your tree with a handmade style.
Picture Perfect
A decorated picture frame makes a perfect Christmas gift for anyone. An image of a beloved child, pet, or grandparent can be inserted into any blank frame, painted, covered, or bejewelled with craft supplies such as beads, stickers, glitter, decoupage, etc. Big or little, bold and bright, or soft and subtle, a picture frame captures special moments forever in style. An original, timeless, and thoughtful gift for anyone.
It’s A Wrap
A Christmas tree surrounded by beautifully gift-wrapped presents is a joy to behold. Luxurious gift wrapping is much cheaper and more personal when stamping your paper and decorating your gift tags. With the crafty approach, present wrapping can be given the super-sophisticated treatment, whether soft velvet ribbon or rustic rattan cord that secures your parcels.
Pretty And Punchy
Punch above your weight with seasonal paper and card punches that can be applied in many ways. Decorate seasonal cards for place settings at the festive table. Cut out a snowflake design on a party invitation or stamp out a pine tree detail for a festive menu card – once you’ve got the tools for the job (punches and stamps), you can use them year in, year out.
Nothing beats receiving handmade, beautifully crafted items at Christmas. Whether it’s a greeting card, a personal gift made for a special someone, or a simple tree decoration – when it’s made with your hands, it’s made with love. So unleash your inner craft-crazy Christmas elf and start working on memorable gifts to show your love for family and friends.
