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Here are some things that I have made that make great gifts.  Since Christmas is coming up, I would like to share the ideas.  I'm really not that crafty and have minimal sewing skills, so if I could make these you really could too.  Where possible, I've tried to include a link to a tutorial. 1. Bible Verse Candle Holders Click above for my tutorial. 2. Seashell Pillar Candles Click above for my tutorial. 3.   Sand and Seashell Candle Holders Click above for my tutorial. 4. Fabric Car Play Mat Made with fabric markers and black acrylic paint. I drew the buildings on white fabric, cut them with a zig-zag scissors and sewed them on. This present definitely gets used the most of any I've made. The other side 5.  Jean Pocket Purses made like this one 6. Duct Tape Wallets Like the ones made here. 7. Silhouette Candle Holders Decoupage white fabric around a glass candle holder. Print out profile pictures on cardstock. Cut out the person and p...

Last year, I made some luminaries as a gift by decoupaging snowflake tissue paper to a glass candle holder.  So when we had a Ladies Retreat this fall, this was the first craft that I thought of doing.  However, in the meantime, I started using Pinterest.  So, I kept coming across tons of ideas that made this idea evolve into something a little different: Bible Verse Candle Holders. I found out how to print on tissue paper .  Basically, you cut the tissue paper a little longer, but no wider than a piece of 8.5 x 11 piece of card stock.  Then you tape both ends of the tissue paper around the top and bottom edge of the card stock to the back of the card stock.  Then print on it just like regular paper.  Be sure you know which direction to insert it so you don't end up printing on the wrong side. Then, I found some neat Bible verse printables from these websites: Angel Navy Wife Papercraft Memories I also used PicMonkey to make my own B...

So, obviously this post isn't about hymns or worship songs.  You're probably thinking why is she posting this on "Scripture And ...".  Well, the Bible definitely encourages sharing.  1 Timothy 6:18 says " Instruct them to  do   good , to be  rich  in  good   works ,  to be  generous  and  ready  to  share ".   So I thought I'd share some craft ideas.  These aren't full tutorials, but they were pretty simple projects.  Even I could do them! Beach Pillar Candles I made these at a ladies' craft day and I absolutely loved them.  So I made some more at home.  Here is what you need: pillar candles spackling compound (I used  lightweight) sand seashells and/or pebbles newspaper (for work area) Here's what you do: Put some newspaper down on your work area. Use a knife/spatula or something to apply a thick layer (about 1/4 - 1/2 inch thick) of the spackling comp...