Remember last year's handmade ornament countdown which started in August? Well, I'm quite late this year because I just started sewing this weekend! This year's handmade holiday is going to be a lot saner because I'll just be sewing along to just one craft book instead of going crazy trying to follow all the holiday ornament tutorials on the web. This year I'm going to give Tone Finnager's Sew Pretty Christmas Homestyle craft book a try! Anybody who'd like to sew along with me?

To celebrate a new season and the upcoming holidays, Sweet Tidings is bringing you a series of sweet shop features and crafty giveaways from some of the sweetest ETSY shops around (more sponsors appearing in the sidebar soon). The string of merry giveaways will end at Christmas so it's going to be fun for everyone. The first shop feature and giveaway starts tomorrow so check back soonest. Thank you for spreading the word around! Have a great week!