Holiday Crafts
Martha Stewart lives on! In the frisky world of design and crafts the domestic diva has held fast to changing tides and has quietly built an empire ‘round her no nonsense approach to design and crafts, has endeared herself to us by taking one on the chin when she went to jail, and has come back stronger than ever. Holiday crafts are a time honored tradition that anyone can do with just a few simple household items.

There are scores of other designers who specialize in holiday décor and holiday crafts besides Martha. With the glut of “found money” in the world (recluse internet billionaires enjoy loosening their purse strings on the things they want and can access with the click of a mouse) there is a very real market for high style holiday crafts. But even if it’s made by a child and sometimes because of this fact, holiday crafts are often more treasured than if finely produced in a factory.

Often the most treasured holiday crafts are made from preschoolers whose parents drag them back out every year and say things like “Remember when you were in preschool and you made this sleigh,” and you want to say “Of course not mom; I didn’t even know I was alive in preschool but how could I forget because you bring it out and remind me every year!’ but you just nod and say I love you and walk into your room and scream.

Holiday topiary crafts are often made with mothers and daughters coming together to make, say, a holiday centerpiece that can be enjoyed year ‘round. Topiary is a tree made with fake leaves and can be kept without watering.

Carlson Craft is a leader in wedding and social stationery. Carlson Craft also engages in personalized holiday cards, birth announcements, anniversary announcements, special occasion invitations and personalized address labels.