Jesse Tree Activity 
A great Advent Activity for your family! Order my Jesse Tree Ornament Tutorial today and create your own holiday tradition. Find out more here.
Sew this hood style animal hat to keep your child warm this winter. Purchase pattern here.
Easy to make mermaid costume pattern for American Girl Dolls or 15" Bamboletta. Purchase pattern here.
Sew this beautiful ruffled tote bag for yourself or a friend. It's sure to bring compliments. Purchase pattern here. |
By Alanna George, on February 6th, 2014 
St. Valentine’s Day is just around the corner and we are still busy making Valentines at our house. My daughter and I came up with these cute mustache straw Valentines for her to give out to her classmates. This is a great craft for Second and Third graders to make on their own! Read . . . → Read More: How To | Valentine Mustache Straws
By Alanna George, on November 21st, 2013
It’s the second week of Handmade Holidays on The Craft Nest. Today I have a free pattern for you! You can create this lovely hand-sewn bird ornament to give as a gift or to keep for your own tree. This is also a very easy craft for a beginning sewer or child sewer to . . . → Read More: Handmade Holidays | Felt Bird Ornament Pattern
By Alanna George, on February 20th, 2013
It’s Girl Scout cookie time. What’s your favorite? Thin Mints? Samoas? Tagalongs? Hmmm, sounds like it might be time to raid my secret stash… Let’s celebrate the Girl Scout cookie with a free printable!
. . . → Read More: Printable | Keep Calm – I Have Girl Scout Cookies
By Alanna George, on December 16th, 2012
Are you in the holiday spirit yet? I have some more free printables for you because I am feeling so festive!
. . . → Read More: Printable | Christmas Posters
By Alanna George, on December 9th, 2012
Are you looking for a gift for a Girl Scout or a Girl Scout leader? Well, you are in luck because I have some FREE printables for you to use.
. . . → Read More: Printable | Keep Calm I’m A Girl Scout
By Alanna George, on September 11th, 2012
My son is in love with all things Space. For his birthday he wanted to take a Space themed treat to school to celebrate. I came up with an idea to create the Space Shuttle out of Lifesavers and Hershey’s Kisses. For me this was better than baking cupcakes! It probably was better for . . . → Read More: How To | Space Shuttle Party Treat
By Alanna George, on March 15th, 2012
The best part of a birthday party surprise is planning the decorations. As I said in a previous post I do all my decorating when my kids are asleep, so the decorations have to be simple to hang up. My daughter was in love when she came downstairs on the morning of her birthday . . . → Read More: How To | Bunny Party Tissue Paper Decorations
By Alanna George, on March 13th, 2012
No party would be complete without a small take home gift for the party attendees. We made jars of bunny noses for my daughter’s friends to take home after her bunny themed birthday party. You can download the bunny noses label for free using the link below.
How To | Bunny Noses Party Favor
. . . → Read More: How To | Bunny Noses Party Favor
By Alanna George, on December 22nd, 2011
Look at this beautiful Candy Shop! My good friend Rebecca Bischoff (check out her website) was nice enough to create this Free Printable for me to post on my website. This sweet little candy shop prints out all on one page and you can color it and cut it out to create the Candy . . . → Read More: Advent Activity | Cut and Color Candy Shop
By Alanna George, on November 28th, 2011
My daughter is having her friends over in a couple weeks to make crafts. We decided we wanted to make finger puppets as one of the projects. We wanted them to come in a little gift box so everyone would have their own Finger Puppet Kit. We made enough kits for her friends and . . . → Read More: Handmade Holidays | Finger Puppet Kit
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 I was a Design Manager in the scrapbooking industry until the birth of my first child. I then turned freelance designer, crafter and stay-at-home mom. I reside in MI with my husband and our four kids. Find out more about me here.
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