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.
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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 June 25th, 2013
It’s the second week of summer camp here at The Craft Nest and this week’s project features a free printable. Our day camp instructor this week is Donna from Swish Printables. Donna is a self-professed party junkie! She loves everything about parties. She loves planning them…going to them… and shopping for them. She loves . . . → Read More: Summer Day Camp | July 4th Printables
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 November 8th, 2012
Remember earlier in the week when I teased you with the hint of a free pattern? Here it is. A free pattern download to create a matching fleece animal hat for your daughter’s American Girl Doll or 18″ doll. This hat will also fit a 15″ Bamboletta or various styles of Waldorf dolls too.
. . . → Read More: Handmade Holidays | Doll Fleece Animal Hat Pattern
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 January 26th, 2012
I drew up these fun cartoon-ish looking faces to use on our Valentine’s cards this year. I have the free download below if you want to use them for your cards too. Super cute, but there is a little assembly required! The recipients are gonna love them though. (Please remember this art is available . . . → Read More: Printable | My Silly and Beautiful Valentine Cards
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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