Handmade Holidays Blog Hop 2012 {Day One}

Welcome to the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!!!

If you are hopping along with us today: You should have come here from The Tombow USA blog. If you did, you are in the right place! Welcome!

If you aren't already a follower, we'd love to have you follow the blog!

If you are one of our regular readers: Thanks for coming back! We love having you! Please join along in the hop - you can start at the Clearsnap blog.

Calling all crafters! We’ve gathered designers from some of our favorite manufacturers to show you ways to create something from the heart this holiday season. This 3 day Hop includes over 60 stops with inspiration brimming from every corner. Explore all thoughtful and frugal handmade gifts you could make for the holidays, all in one place on this Hop!

Each day we will be sharing a brand new list of blogs with brand new projects for you to explore, be inspired by, and create from!

Clearsnap
Hampton Art

Graphic45

Fiskateers

Donna Salazar Designs

Tombow USA

Authentique Paper <---- YOU ARE HERE

The Twinery

Eileen Hull for Sizzix 

Globecraft Memories

Kristin Wilson – Graphic 45

Jennie Garcia - Tombow
Gini Williams Cagle - Hampton Art

Sabrina Alery – Clearsnap

DeeDee Catron - Globecraft Memories

Michelle Grant – Donna Salazar Designs

Emily Lanham – Authentique Paper

Emma Jeffery – Fiskateers

Natalie Clause – The Twinery

Alberto L Juarez – Graphic 45
Vivian Keh - Hampton Art

Jennifer Priest – Clearsnap

Heather Conklin – Authentique Paper

To sweeten the Hop, we’re offering a gift for one of you!

Prize Pack will contain the 4- 6x6 Bundles shown above {Festive, Peaceful, Original, & Lovely}

Leave a comment on each blog along the hop to be be entered to win a prize pack from one of the participating manufacturer sponsors (including this great prize pack shown above)! The winners will be chosen randomly from all comments on the manufacturer blogs AND the designer blogs.

Before we let you go to move on to the next blog... we have an amazing project to share from design team member Angie Blom! 

I wanted to show how you can take a piece of 2x4 wood, shape it into a house... and then change it into home decor for the season.

• The black house is the 2x4 piece of wood cut to 1 inch thickness and then cut into a shape of a house. 
• I painted it, then using the Peaceful collection, I pieced the paper to fit the wood piece. Applied with mod podge.
• Then addi a stencil with some paint and textured paste for that doily effect background. let dry.
• Make a flower using 6 piece of punched scalloped circles. Cut about 1/2 in towards the middle. Do this for every 3 scallops. Ink it up then pearce a brad in the middle of all 6 and lift up the flower petals. 
• With a 2.5 inch circle, make a spiral flower. Add to the middle of the original flower, add some mod podge to the flower and sprinkle with chunky glitter. 
• Using some christmas wreath decorations, add your red berries, tree branches, and small pinecones.
•  Last, add some punched leaves, flowers, and flower pearls. Then add the letters on a banner from the Authentique Peaceful 12x8 elements sticker sheet. 

Now hop right along, your next stop is The Twinery!