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Dec 15, 2022
5 min

DIY Lighting - 12 Makes of Christmas

A festive buffet of craft, lighting and lantern making ideas, any one of our 12 Makes of Christmas are guaranteed to bring a unique and very personal handmade touch to this special time of year! Each of our 12 Makes of Christmas is designed with the beginner crafter in mind, making them easy to achieve when following the linked step-by-step tutorial. Better still many of them use fabrics, trims, tapes and feathers you may already have at home, making them budget-friendly and,

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Nov 29, 2022
3 min

Christmas DIY tutorial – JOY Metallic Washi Lantern

Today's DIY blog tutorial proves that using gold in your home at Christmas doesn't always have to be traditional. Our metallic washi lampshade laminate, features eye-catching gold and silver flecks, creating a contemporary take on our Needcraft Lantern Making Kit. Elevate this even further by adding a classy fabric-edged frame and some glistening alphabet stickers, to make a timeless and chic lantern that provides the all-essential festive glow. What you’ll need JOY Metallic

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Nov 25, 2022
3 min

Christmas Craft Kits and Materials - 10 Under £10

Whatever you're crafting for this Christmas, we've plenty of kits and materials at Dannells.com to help you stay on budget! From kits that include everything you need to crafty materials that will add the perfect finishing touch, our crafty products are bursting with Christmas crafting potential - and all for under £10! Handmade Advent Calendar Kits and Ribbons Make your advent calendar part of your Christmas memories year after year! The 'Make Your Own Advent Calendar Kit'

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Nov 23, 2022
3 min

DIY Tutorial – Hessian LED Christmas Star Light

With Christmas just around the corner, our minds turn to decorating the house, ready for the festive season. With a sprinkling of LED lights, our contemporary DIY Hessian LED Star Light is made with striking gold-flecked hessian and two star frames, and is not only straightforward to make but is cost-effective too! Equally at home as a festive centrepiece for a cosy Christmas vibe, it might just be the decoration that you keep out all year round. What you’ll need to make your

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Dec 17, 2021
3 min

Christmas DIY - Mini Chinese Lanterns

Our Mini Chinese Lanterns are a great alternative to bring festive red and yellow into your home and are brought to life using electronic tealights. Made from our lightweight, flexible Less Rigid Stick It Lampshade Making PVC in place of traditional paper, they'll also last for many more Christmases to come! Follow our step by step tutorial to make your own. What you’ll need to make your Mini Chinese Lanterns 2 pieces of 20 x 11cm Less Rigid Stick It for the inner lantern sec

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Dec 10, 2021
2 min

Christmas DIY – How To Make A Rustic Rope Light Wreath

An easy alternative to a more traditional wreath, we’ve enjoyed putting together this more rustic version, made with glittery hessian, a plain lampshade making ring and our new rustic rope lights, that add the all essential festive twinkle. Quick to make, this wreath makes a great base for lush, green festive foliage as well as being a great budget option. If you’re in full festive swing, go wild and add a bauble or two! What you’ll need to make your Rustic Rope Light Wreath

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Dec 2, 2021
3 min

Christmas DIY - Scandi Trees Embroidery Hoop Light Cover

Hunkering down for a little hygge is just what's needed as the winter sets in, so we've taken the popular influence of Scandi interiors and combined it with Christmas, to make this delightful, yet minimal light cover. Made with natural textures, in keeping with the Scandi vibe, this light cover could be decorated with anything design you fancy and it cleverly uses embroidery hoops as it's main frame. You can add a little sparkle too, by making Stick It PVC trees, covered in a

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Nov 18, 2021
3 min

Christmas DIY - Festive Mini Cracker Light Garland

Sprucing up your Christmas displays with a handmade decoration or two is a fun way to spend an evening in the run-up to Christmas. Our fun Mini Cracker Light Garland is perfect for using up your Stick It Lampshade making PVC scraps and paired with your favourite festive fabric and some sparkly ribbon, they'll make a unique and twinkly addition to any home. We'll be making a few for stocking fillers too! Using our OLFA Circle cutter for the first time, we've really enjoyed mak

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Nov 12, 2021
2 min

Christmas DIY tutorial - Luxurious Art Deco Lantern

A touch of gold never goes a miss at Christmas, so we’ve jumped on the gilded bandwagon and have put together this Luxurious Art Deco Lantern DIY tutorial, using gorgeous gold trim and our lantern making kits, for you to make. Perfect for lighting a festive dinner table, or for giving out a warm and stylish glow from your Christmas mantle piece, this lantern making hack is really straight forward to replicate and quick too. Festive decoration for your home or stocking filler

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Dec 3, 2020
3 min

Christmas Decorations - Duo of DIY mini wreaths

With plenty of evenings to fill, our duo of DIY mini wreaths are the perfect festive project for the run up to Christmas. Ideal for adorning an internal door, popping on a wall or even using as a table decoration, they're both an easy way to add something handmade to your Christmas decorating using Dannells supplies. Our Boho Raffia and Gold Luxe wreaths take as little time to make, as they take up space and can each be completed in around half an hour. If you're a keen stash

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Nov 17, 2020
3 min

Christmas Decorations - 'Little circles of bright' DIY tutorial

It’s nearly time for the festive ritual of putting the Christmas decorations (although we’ve seen a few up already and we say ‘why not?’). Making new decorations for your own tree or as a gift for a loved one is a lovely family tradition, and our 'Little circles of bright' are fun, cheerful and simple enough for everyone to join in and make. They are even small and light enough to send in the post. We’ve gone with bright pops of colour, but there is nothing stopping you from

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