AllFreeCrafts December 1, 2007 Newsletter

Craft News from AllFreeCrafts.com! December 1, 2007 
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  • New Christmas Crafts
  • Christmas Printables
  • Bath and Beauty Recipes
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    Free Crafts, Craft Projects and Patterns
    Now that December is here, Christmas crafting is in full swing - so we have six new projects for you to try, including much-requested directions to make a Reader's Digest Santa Claus doll.

    You'll also find Christmas printables, including four-fold vintage Christmas cards, vintage designed money or gift certificate enclosures, plus Christmas cards and bookmarks with an equine theme - all of which include printable envelopes.

    To round things out, check out our homemade bath and beauty recipes to make your own bath salts, lip balms, spicy tea soap and milk bath sachets.

    New Christmas Crafts Projects


    Christmas crafts added this week to AllFreeCrafts.com
    flakemed (5K)Q-Tip Snowflakes
    Wonderful group craft or winter art lesson.    		 lb2med (4K)Decoupage Light Bulb
    		pbsantamed (3K)Reader's Digest Santa
    70's Santa craft to make from a Reader's Digest or paperback book.
    pbtreemed (2K)Paperback Christmas Tree
    Have an old romance novel or Reader's Digest? Make it into a Christmas tree.    		puppetsmed (3K)Christmas Card Puppets
    Miniature stick puppets to make from old Christmas cards.    		angelsmed (13K)Bead Angel
    Present this pretty bead angel with our free printable guardian angel psalm scroll.

    Christmas Printables


    Printable Christmas cards, money gift cards, a paper snowman model, paper Santa and choir, plus Christmas gift tags.
    snowman1-80 (3K)Paper Snowman Model
    All you need to make a 3D snowman (except the broom), printable on one page.

    Christmas Activity Booklet

    Christmas Gift Tags for Homemade Gifts    		blueesantasms (1K)Vintage Christmas Cards
    Quarter-fold Christmas cards with vintage images and a printable envelope.

    tn_bijouholly (2K)Equine Christmas Printables
    Christmas cards, gift tags and bookmarks with a horse theme.    		mcardsm (5K)Money Cards
    Enclose cash or gift certificates in these vintage design cards with printable envelopes.

    Printable Christmas Tree

    Paper Santa

    Paper Choir Singers

    Homemade Bath and Beauty Recipes


    You don't need to spend a fortune in a fancy boutique to give personal bath and beauty products this Christmas; here are some options for making your own.
    Basic Herbal Milk Bath
    Combine 2 cups of milk powder, 1 cup of cornstarch and two teaspoons of your favorite herbs in a blender. Blend to fine powder. Add 1/2 cup of milk bath mixture to warm running water as you fill your bath. Relaxing herb choices include chamomile, lavender and rose petals.

    sachet-sm (2K)Oatmeal Milk Bath Sachets
    Romantic Ladies printable sachets print two to a page, and are great little stocking stuffers to fill with our easy oatmeal milk bath recipe.

    Homemade Oatmeal Soap
    Easy recipe to make in the microwave using a bar of Dove and oatmeal.

    spiceteasoapssm (1K)Spicy Tea Soaps
    Spice up glycerin soaps with your own blend of dried flowers and herbal tea.    		 glosschocsm (2K)Cocoa Lip Gloss
    Fill a small container with petroleum jelly, then empty the petroleum jelly into a microwavable dish. Microwave at 30 second increments until just melted. Stir in enough cocoa powder to flavor and color the lip gloss. Pour into the original pot. Let cool until set.

    Variation: Berry Lipgloss
    Replace the cocoa powder with powdered berry juice mix, or strawberry or raspberry kool-aid (with sugar already added) .

    bathsalts1sm (1K)Aromatherapy Bath Salts
    Directions for basic bath salts, plus specific recipes for mandarin orange, lavender, sugar and spice, patchouli or bathsalts from the sea. Each recipe includes recommendations for jar decoration and a printable jar label.
    Our Allfreecrafts Yahoo Group is a growing group of friendly crafters who share a love of crafting, craft links and craft ideas by email. We'd love for you to join us!

    Kind regards,
    Jane Lake
    news@allfreecrafts.com
    http://www.allfreecrafts.com
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