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In November 27th’s Craft Social twitter chat, we discussed the ins and outs of stress-free holiday crafting. We began with hitting deadlines, staying organized, and why we give handmade, then rounded out the chat by inviting our fellow Socialites to share links to their favorite holiday projects. If you’re ready to get serious about your holiday DIY, grab a cup of cocoa and read on!
Below, we’ve compiled a few key responses for each chat question. You can also download the full chat transcrip here: Transcript: Holiday 911: Spreading Out Creative Work & Avoiding the Last Minute Rush
November 27th Craft Social highlights:
Questions:
- How many of your are planning on giving handmade for the holidays?
- Speaking of individual vs. bulk, what’s your holiday crafting approach?
- Let’s talk more about prepping for bulk projects. What are your must-do tips for making things run smoothly?
- How do you find time for holiday making – a little every day or do you set aside a large block of time.
- How do you make DIY gifts reasonable in terms of both cost and time?
- When crafting for the holidays, do you try new ideas or stick with tried and true?
Bonus: Tried & True DIY Gift Ideas from Your Fellow Socialites
Scroll down to the bottom to see a full roundup of the gift idea links that were shared in the chat!
Q1: How many of your are planning on giving handmade for the holidays?
- Q1: Me! Although, I’m ‘cutting’ back this year, opting for more sewing over knitting…goes a bit quicker! —@freshstitches
- A1: Yes, but I’m trying to limit my making to bulk goodies instead of individual projects. —@thezenofmaking
- I’m doing ALL handmade gifts for the 1st time this year! —@whitrae
Q2: Speaking of individual vs. bulk, what’s your holiday crafting approach?
- I like to put together little kits for the kids on my list. Blank dolls to color, or DIY felt puppets with all the supplies. —@abbyglassenberg
- A2: teacher/class gifts are bulk crafting, ditto food gifts. Last year was homemade caramel-a-rama. —@penguintrax
- A2: try to pick projects that are special but not too big to tackle, unless I can start them early [riiight] —@xiane_3ravens
- A2: I like bulk in theory, but usually end up going individual. Bulk that isn’t thoughtful rubs me the wrong way. —@thezenofmaking
