Do the holidays find you festive ... or frazzled? Stop the stress with helpful articles, holiday get-organized plans, printable pages, recipes and crafts.
Beat summer's heat with this sew-simple craft project: a cool tie!
This bright cotton neckerchief has a summer secret: a filling of water-absorbing polymer granules from the garden center.
Soaked in water, the cool tie's polymer granules absorb more than 200% their weight in water. Tied around the neck or worn as a headband, a cool tie provides all-day cool relief through evaporation.
A cool tie is simple to sew, requiring only a straight-stitch sewing machine. It makes a great gift for gardeners! Printable Cool Tie gift tags adds a splashy note to your hot-weather gift. Read More >>
Bring a tasty touch to the Wearin' O' The Green: a St. Patrick's Day Jiffy Pop Popcorn Topper!
Add our free printable template to a package of Jiffy Pop® brand pop-in-pan popcorn for an inexpensive "popcorn topper" craft gift. Your wee leprechaun will pop for joy!
Who needs flowers or chocolates when there's ... popcorn?
Create a Valentine of a different kind with our Valentine's Day Jiffy Pop® Popcorn Topper.
Based on the fun-to-make kid's treat, our popping-good Valentine features a free printable label template to create this gift in a jiffy! It's as simple as print, cut, give.
New to Popcorn Toppers? Learn how to create these easy craft gifts with this photo tutorial:
Ready to start the New Year from a clean and clutter-free home? Try these post-Christmas clean-up tips from sister site, Organized Home.
These simple, do-it-now strategies can reduce clutter and conquer Christmas chaos. We like this one:
Sort Before You Stow
Once the New Year arrives, most families take down holiday decorations and store them for the following year--but too often, there's a sense of "sling it in there and worry about it later" when it comes to putting away Christmas ornaments, holiday linens and outdoor lighting.
This year, pay it forward: sort and declutter holiday decorations, linens and specialty cooking items as you store them. Cut the non-working, the tattered, and the tired from the herd as you put away holiday decorations. Has-been decor items can be recycled or donated; stained linens can be repurposed as cleaning cloths.
Streamline holiday decorating next year: sort before you stow!
He's sweet, sassy, and easy enough for children to make: a Candy Cane Reindeer!
Our little Candy Cane Reindeer makes a great craft project for school, scouts, church groups or Secret Santa gifts.
Using candy canes, chenille stems and google eyes from the craft store, Candy Cane Reindeer make great stocking stuffers--or add them to holiday gift wrap for a sweet touch! Read More >>
Tangy cranberries spark up this buttery Cranberry Nut Bread recipe, from Christmas Notebook blogger, Rhonda Coulter.
With the sparkling flavors of cranberries, walnuts and orange, these moist loaves freeze well and can be made in quantity.
Add them to your holiday gift baskets for a welcome taste of Christmas! Paired with Chocolate Coffee Spoons, this recipe makes a perfect, personal Christmas gift.
Make and freeze these quick breads up to 8 weeks before Christmas for holiday giving.
A two-in-one holiday gift for a special little girl: colorful plastic hair ornaments encased in a bar of glittering soap.
Made with clear glycerin soap base, soap fragrance and a pinch of soap glitter, this simple soap is an excellent beginning project for new soapcrafters.