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Make your own: Weeping Angel Tree Topper

Happy October everyone! As we head into autumn and all the fun holidays, here’s a craft idea with a potent mix of creepy and holiday cheer: A weeping angel tree-topper. Cynthia at Creative Crossings has a step-by-step tutorial, taking a unsuspecting Barbie doll and transforming her into a terror-inducing tree-topper. If you check out the original blog post, you’ll see some commenters linking to their own angels.

Tutorial on Creative Crossings

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August 13

Harry Potter Advent Calendar

What I’d like to show you guys today is this amazing Harry Potter advent calendar made by Missing Willow.

Each drawer contains an item, note about the item and a small treat/sweet. It also has a small cupboard to put the trinkets in as each day passes which is a great idea to collect them all up watching the days tick closer to Christmas!

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August 10

Dr. Who TARDIS in a Wormhole Afghan Tutorial

So, if you are a die-hard crocheter, you start thinking about Christmas presents in the summer. You just have to. I have a Dr. Who loving pal in my life, and I came across this great afghan by Craftster user Brackish Potato. It is inspired by the opening scene from Dr. Who where the TARDIS is floating through the time warp/wormhole thingie.

What a great idea right? The afghan looks like it would work up pretty quickly since it’s just a repeating pattern.

Dr. Who TARDIS Wormhole Afghan Tutorial

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August 5

Appa, the Last Pillow Pet

As an aunt who spent a good deal of time last Christmas tracking down just the right Pillow Pets for her nieces, I can tell you for sure I never saw one as cool as this Appa pillow project I just found on Cut Out + Keep. I love that a complete tutorial is included – cuts down on the guesswork when one simply must have a project like this one.

In case you aren’t familiar, Appa is Aang’s loyal sky bison on the animated series Avatar. If you aren’t familiar with the series Avatar, get thee to Netflix pronto!

Links of Interest:

Appa pillow pet on Cut Out + Keep
Appa entry on Avatar Wikia
More Avatar Crafts on GeekCrafts

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July 14

Have You Hugged a Nightmare Lately?

Why would you want to do that? Well, how about when the nightmare is a huggable version of Jack Skellington from the Nightmare Before Christmas? Jack is crocheted in not-so-living black and white acrylic yarn. The free pattern is the creation of April Folts of April Draven Designs. When completed, Jack measures about fifteen inches tall and is worked in single crochet throughout.

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April 29

To Boldly Crochet a Starfleet Insignia

I was so excited to find this tutorial for a crochet Starfleet insignia – I’ve been wanting to make a cozy for my husband’s Kindle Fire, and now I can attach this insignia to it. I suppose I’ll make the cozy either blue or gold, because we all know what happens to anything covered in red…

I can also think of all sorts of other ways to use a Star Trek symbol – Christmas ornaments, afghans, hair clippies, binky holders, backpack embellishments… What would you like to adorn with a bit of Starfleet bling?