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Merry Christmas from citymade! For the next few posts we are going to feature some of the gifts we have made (or found). Our first gift, Linen Bookmarks. We had linen pants, old shirts and pillow cases. Our girlies drew … Continue reading →

Here is a cute way to get the kids involved with the story of Christmas. We took a tissue box (bonus that it had a bamboo background). Cut off the bottom. Then took cork, and some other odds and ends … Continue reading →

A quickie, but a goodie! Grab some newspaper, fold it on one side like you would fold a gift box. Punch holes n the top for handles, and you have a eco-gift bag. Totally recyclable!

If you keep old magazines around “just in case”, well, today is your lucky day! We have a post that will help you wrap gifts and use your magazines (you can also use newspapers) and it is a great project … Continue reading →

I (Carol) am forever wanting to change the look of our house. So, I am always picking up paint samples from the home improvement store. The painting never gets done (hint, hint, Christian:) But we found something we can do … Continue reading →

Have some old coffee containers around? We do and thought they would make the perfect container for our holiday treat giveaways. We wrapped some Christmas paper around them and filled them with goodies.

Don’t worry. We didn’t re-purpose our old soap bars. Although . . . No. We made soap and added herbs and scents. The re-purposed bit: we used empty yogurt containers and empty juice boxes to mold them. They turned out … Continue reading →

If you celebrate advent, the first Sunday is today. The tradition is to light one of the 4 candles each day and add candles each week until Christmas. Neither of us had an “official” Advent calendar. So, we decided to … Continue reading →

Yet another project for the new citymade niece, Josephine. I (Carol) had a skirt (that actually used to be a dress) that I never wore. It has such a pretty pattern on it. I thought it would make a beautiful … Continue reading →