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Lucky the St. Patrick's Day Dog

We have just finished up a new pattern for our Squishy-Cute Designs shop! Meet Lucky the St. Patrick's Day Dog! He is the first in the Holiday Dog series, and he will soon be joined by Shamrock the cat, for our Holiday Cat series. Go have a look!

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How To Transfer Designs Onto Felt

Need to know how to transfer designs onto felt? Well, since felt is opaque, it can be a little hard to transfer designs onto it because you can't use the traditional methods of tracing on the window or using a light box. So to help you learn how to transfer designs onto felt, we created this guide. This guide will explain 3 easy transfer methods that will work well on felt and a couple of common transfer methods that don't work at all on felt.

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Homemade Valentine Cards: 3D Hearts

What could be more special or heartfelt than giving homemade Valentine cards? Valentine's Day is the perfect time to show how much you care by making your own greeting cards. And if you are looking for something different to make, then a fun idea is to use 3 D shapes to create unique looking cards! So if you need a bit of card making inspiration, then keep on reading and we'll show you how to make these really cute 3 D cards!

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December's Wedding Coloring Book Giveaway Winner!

The winner of December's Wedding Coloring Book giveaway is:

Congratulations Cheyenne! And thank you so much to everyone who entered. This giveaway is held every month, so the January giveaway has now begun. We invite everyone to enter, even if you have entered in previous months. To learn more about the details and rules of this giveaway, please click the link below to be taken to the entry page.

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New Years Crafts Updated For 2012

We have just updated all of our New Years crafts to 2012! So if you are in need of any cards, invitations or other ideas, check out our New Years crafts page and find some ideas to ring in 2012!

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Gift Basket Making Ideas: Upcycled Milk Cartons

Giving homemade goodies this year? If so, then maybe you'll like these fun gift basket making ideas! They are perfect for all kinds of goodies or other small gifts. You simply take empty milk cartons and upcycle them into beautiful homemade Christmas gift baskets.

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Christmas Gift Basket Ideas For Men: Paint Can “Basket”

Looking for some Christmas gift basket ideas for men? Well, here's a fun to make gift basket idea that most guys are sure to like. It's a decorated paint can that you can fill with small tools, his favorite gourmet coffee or chocolates, or maybe some homemade goodies and a gift card to his favorite store.

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November's Wedding Coloring Book Giveaway Winner!

The winner of November's Wedding Coloring Book giveaway is:

Congratulations Catherine! And thank you so much to everyone who entered. This giveaway is held every month, so the December giveaway has now begun. We invite everyone to enter, even if you have entered in previous months. To learn more about the details and rules of this giveaway, please click the link below to be taken to the entry page.

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Squishy-Cute Designs: New Blog & New Patterns!

Over the past few weeks my mom and I have been working hard on expanding our pattern shop, Squishy-Cute Designs. Up until now, we've only had just a couple patterns to offer, but had many ideas waiting, and so we finally have gotten a chance to start working on them!

First, we'd like to invite you to visit our new blog dedicated to Squishy-Cute Designs, and consider becoming a follower!

http://www.squishycutedesigns.blogspot.com/

Here we give updates on the progress of our patterns and any other fun info, like great resources or shops we've found, or other projects we're doing. So please check it out :D

So what have we added to the shop so far?

My mom's been working on a Monster collection and so far she has two patterns completed:

Other Upcoming Patterns:

And while my mom has been working on that, I have been working on a Raccoon pattern, that is just about ready to put up in our shop too! Meet Rita the Raccoon:

I've been working on the pattern for quite awhile, and all that is left is finishing up the instructions for her. And then the pattern for her will also be for sale!

And we have many more patterns in the works that we are designing right now! So check out our blog, or click below to visit our shop!

Thanks for reading!

Kelli

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Make Your Own Christmas Cards: Embossed Reindeer

Why not make your own Christmas cards this year?! Card making can be a wonderful activity for the whole family. It's fun, inexpensive, and can be a great way to build holiday memories. And if you need a little card-making inspiration, how about this embossed reindeer card? It's a nice looking card that's pretty easy and fun to make. So let's get started!

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