Archive for the 'Arts & Crafts' Category

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – Bottle Cap Pendants

At Martha Stewart’s Holiday Craft Sale they had a whole table full of bottle cap pendants. Any pendant plus a chain was $10. And the mint candies in the bowl… free!

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – Crocheted Baby Shoes

Martha Stewart’s Holiday Craft Sale had lots of cute items for babies… including these hand crocheted baby shoes in a wide variety of colors for only $10. I liked the solid light pink ones in the very last row, although for a baby that is probably not the most practical since they will get [...]

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – The Jewels of New York Hand Decorated Cookies

The Jewels of New York  were selling handmade in Brooklyn Christmas cookies.  They had adorable snowmen in santa hats… ooor, you know you have a New York snowman when your cookie is hand decorated to be wearing a Burberry plaid scarf!!  These were called Ornament Cookies because they are just too darn cute to eat!

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – Sustainable Magazine Christmas Tree

Martha Stewart showed these on her televesion show as well. They are christmas trees made out of pages from Martha Stewart’s magazine (YAY for recycling!). They then spray painted the edges gold or silver and then applied glitter. They were also selling some “natural” onese that weren’t painted… perfect for those who [...]

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – Crocheted Frog Bib & Handcut Snowflakes

What an adorable bib! I especially liked what I call the “frog bib”… although someone else was calling it the green smiley face bib. They had other customizable bibs though with the baby’s name or with messages like “I Love Daddy”. For $1 you could buy handcut paper snowflakes… or they had [...]

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – Return To Me’s Sew Me: Customizable Necklace

Return To Me was selling their Sew Me customizable necklaces ($79 – $85) and their Poke Me customizable wrist cuffs ($20).  The concept behind the Sew Me customizable necklaces is that you get a necklace kit that includes (from their website) “NECKLACE PLATE (5.625″ X 4.25″), GOLD FILLED OR SILVER CHAIN AND FASTENINGS, SILK & BAMBOO YARN, [...]

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – Handpainted Chili Pepper Ornaments

These handpainted chili pepper ornaments were shown on Martha Stewart’s show. They had some with santa claus painted on the front and others with a stocking painted on the front. I loved the sign on the table “Spice Up Your Holiday!”… They were being sold for $5 each and if you bought [...]

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – Dominique Rouzier Clothing

Calling all parents out there… Dominique Rouzier’s clothing line for kids is FABULOUS… everything is top-notch quality, classy, sophisticated… All I can say is that I cannot wait for her women’s clothing line to come out. While Dominique does not work at Martha Stewart anymore, she used to (before branching out to start her children’s [...]

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – DIY Catnip Fish Craft!

Do you have a cat? Or does someone you know have a cat?  These catnip fish were $9 each and made of “super potent, ultra strong” catnip and were “lined for added durability”.  If you missed out on the Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale, I imagine with a little sewing, some durable fabric and catnip, [...]

Martha Stewart Holiday Craft Sale – Quilted Bags & Eyeglass Cases

If only I knew how to quilt… these bags and eyeglass cases at Martha Stewart’s Holiday Craft Sale were fabulous! They started off at $25, but an hour before closing were marked down to $20. None of the colors are quite the combination I would be looking for… I would love to see [...]