I recently snapped these photos of my 'Twas The Night ornaments alongside their corresponding Benzie Design Retro (pink/green/mint) and Classic (red/blue/mustard) felt palettes. Benzie Design supplies lovely and convenient felt/floss/notions kits so that you can make ornaments like my samples! Not to mention their awesome customer service and quick shipping. Hugs to you, Benzie! To buy the PDF ornament patterns: mmmcrafts.etsy.com ’Twas The Night detailed color guides: https://mmmcrafts.blogspot.com/.../benzie-color-guide... To buy the MmmCrafts Retro and Classic felt/floss palette ..read more

Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is the fifth pattern in my Ebenezer Ornament Series. Here are the detailed felt/floss/sequin/bead color guides for you so that you can easily make spirits and gravestones that look like my Benzie felt samples! Benzie Design has long been one of my favorite places to purchase wool-blend felts. They have stellar customer service, quick shipping, and their felt, floss, sequins and beads are an absolute joy to work with! They will be very happy to help you with what you need. First, some handy links to get you started: To buy the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come pa ..read more

Don't forget some of your Twelve Days Christmas ornament patterns pull double duty as pretty Easter ornaments! Choose lovely spring colors for French Hen, Colly Bird, or Goose a-Laying and Bob's your uncle.  To buy the patterns visit mmmcrafts.etsy.com ..read more

I'm so happy to say that Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come is now in my Etsy shop. This pattern is the fifth in my Ebenezer Ornament Series, which is inspired by my love for Charles Dickens' spooky Victorian novella, A Christmas Carol. Besides the ghost figurine, there is a second bonus ornament included in this pattern: Scrooge's gravestone! The difficulty level is intermediate – not for beginners. If you've completed my Twelve Days Ornament Series, you are likely ready to step into the Ebenezer series! (Twelve Days is a great primer as it builds yo ..read more

A good bit of my time is being spent on finishing up my ongoing website revamp, which has been a huge project and will continue to be for a while. All that behind-the-scenes work is partly why GOCYTC has not been released yet; the other part being after finally completing the pattern itself, I decided I don't like two of my finished final samples. After mentally wrestling with that I finally gave in, and I'm currently remaking those and will hopefully find a day to take photos later this week. Also, I was cruising through Michaels the other day to pick up some DMC floss and saw this pack ..read more

Why wait for the elusive bluebird of happiness to make an appearance when you can make one of your own? Pattern: Colly Bird from my shop, mmmcrafts.etsy.com Felt: Felt On The Fly Sapphire color palette Color guide w DMC floss numbers: https://mmmcrafts.blogspot.com/p/fotf.html ..read more

I'm often asked how I organize my felt and store my wool felt ornaments, so I thought I'd show you! I posted short reels of this on my IG and FB feeds also if you'd like to check those out. (After watching the reel and hearing me speak, one commenter was surprised to learn I'm not British! Yes, I'm American and have lived in the southeast US for most of my life, so I have a bit of a twang. But I'm also a huge anglophile, so maybe that bleeds through in my posts. Ha!)  In the photos you can see how I manage my stash of wool and wool-blend felts: sorted in closet shoe organizers by ..read more

A little late to the new year party thanks to the flu virus, but here are my #topnine posts from 2023, as far as IG likes go. It was a very creative year for me, and that is exactly how I like it. I'm looking forward to more new designs in 2024, and I hear you that more beginner-friendly designs would be welcome. That's on my list. Also on my list is finally kicking this residual cough. Gah! I hope you guys are having an awesome (crafty) January.  ..read more

Here's Mr Yet To Come 3.0 (right) hanging out with Mr 2.0 (left). I think most of the design kinks are worked out on him this go round. I will change only a couple minor things for 4.0 and I have a good mental outline of the order of steps needed for his build. I'm still trying to make a gravestone I like, though. It's fighting me.  My top priority is getting this pattern released before the end of the year. Will it happen? *suspenseful music plays* No one knows! Stay tuned... (This Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come ornament will be the 5th in my ongoing Ebenezer Ornament Series. The first ..read more

Have you guys ever done this Christmas craft? It's pretty easy and I love the way the lighted presents add festive magic to tabletops and bathrooms. Anyone who can tie a bow and use a hot glue gun can do this craft. My sister Leigh had a Christmas craft party years ago and we made them. I got the big idea a couple years ago to repeat that party with my own friends and I planned it all and bought the supplies and then ended up getting sick and not being able to attend my own craft party. But my friends had a blast making them. WHAT YOU NEED: Glass brick with a hole in the side to feed i ..read more