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$5.00 Cooking Light Magazine

cindylouh — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 13:28:30 +0000

Unbelievable deal on Cooking Light Magazine! A 1year subscription is only $5.oo through Saturday. Need a great gift for a family or even a teacher? Family Fun Magazine is full of great ideas and only $4.95. ($5.00 discount taken in shopping cart, expires November 30,2009)

Printable Holiday Tags and Stickers

cindylouh — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:52:10 +0000

The web is overflowing with free printable tags and stickers. I will keep updating this post as I run across more freebies. From A Print A Day, these lovelies. She even includes an illustration for a note pad. Look here for a tutorial on making a DIY Notepad. Sweet Jessie has some Vintage Gift Tags [...]

Sweater refashion into a hat and scarf

cindylouh — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:26:47 +0000

An always popular gift is a hat and scarf set. This is a darling idea from a wonderful blogger named, Disney. She has the most creative blog, Ruffles and Stuff. Her blog is filled with the most clever recycling and refashioning ideas! You will also want to visit Disney's Etsy shop where she has made [...]

Handmade Coasters

cindylouh — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 08:46:10 +0000

Sandy, from Reluctant Entertainer, is here sharing an easy and fabulous gift! What a useful gift for friends and neighbors. Embellished Tile Coasters Sandy writes... Last year when I invited my Balcony Girls into my home, our craft for the day was to make coasters for the holidays. I even got in on the [...]

Getting ready for a handmade holiday

cindylouh — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:29:59 +0000

I hope you will join me all month long for tutorials on handmade gift ideas. I did this last year and soon all those ideas along with new ideas will be organized neatly for you in the Skip to my Lou Handmade Gift Guide. Would you please help me get the word out about the Handmade [...]

Free Pattern at Today’s Creative Blog

cindylouh — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:59:20 +0000

Happy Halloween! Kim over at Today's Creative Blog is feeling festive! She is offering my felt food pattern to 10 people. FREE PATTERN TO 10 PEOPLE! All you have to do is jump through her hoops, but they’re fun hoops. Click 3 links off our widget (THE WIDGET LOOKS LIKE THIS ABOVE) and then leave her a comment [...]

50% off at Payless Today & $5.00 Parents Magazine Subscription

cindylouh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:47:45 +0000

Payless guest designer Christian Siriano will be a special guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show scheduled to air, Thursday, Oct. 29. At the end of the program, Christian and Oprah announce a special Payless offer for Oprah viewers. The offer is 50% off the customer’s entire purchase and will be valid from the initial airing [...]

Papel Picado Halloween Banners

cindylouh — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:51:32 +0000

Papel picado ("perforated paper") is the beautiful Mexican art of cutting paper into elaborate designs. One of the best sites on the web, The Toymaker, has some simple templates to make your own papel picado Halloween banner. Traditionally tissue paper is used to make these banners. We had good luck using crepe paper. I printed out [...]

Frightfully Good Halloween Food Ideas

cindylouh — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:39:48 +0000

You might also be interested in these Halloween Cupcake Ideas.

Candy Corn Cone Favors

cindylouh — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:46:52 +0000

.....still thinking about candy corn. These candy corn cones would make a festive favor --- especially cute sitting in the center of a dinner plate. Candy Corn Favor Cones Download Download and print on white card stock. Cut out and place double stick tape on the front side edge. Notice that tape starts all the way on [...]