Welcome to Happiness is Homemade! For the month of July, Sinea from Ducks ‘n a Row will be choosing our features, but before we get there, let’s check out what’s been going on here on the blog over the past few days. Be sure to head over and link up on Crafty Creators before you go!

It was a week of Christmas in July here on the blog last week! Can you believe that Christmas is five months away already? Time to get those Christmas projects pinned to make this fall! These seashell Christmas trees are perfect to make for warm clients and for those living or celebrating the birth of Jesus on the water this year. There are two different versions of trees in the tutorial. I felt like they weren’t overtly Christmas-y, so I left them out as coastal summer decor.
My next Christmas project were these coastal Christmas wood utensils. I recently got an engraver pen, so I tried my hand at etching on of the wood spoons. I need a lot of practice with it before I’m proficient! In the tutorial I shared PNGs (used exactly like SVGs) and printables of the designs that you can download for free. I also show you how to use printable designs to customize home decor without a cutting machine. On these wood utensils I used three methods to customize them, HTV cut with my Cricut, printed the design and transferred it to a spatula and painted it, and etched the design on the spoon.
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On to the Party!

Hey, there you are! Thank you so much for coming by to join us this week for the Happiness Is Homemade link party. Whether you are a blogger sharing your latest posts or a reader enjoying all of the inspirational shares, you are here, and we are glad ♥
Let me introduce you to our link party hostesses who share this event on their blogs every week. Yes, when you link up a post, it is published on 8 different blogs. We would love it if you would stop by each hostess for a visit.
Linda @ A Labour of Life
Sinea @ Ducks ‘n a Row
Beverly @ Eclectic Red Barn
Katie @ Love My Messy Messy Mess
Mel @ Décor Craft Design
Niki @ Life as a Leo Wife
Allyson @ Southern Sunflowers
Kim @ Once Upon A Special Needs Life
Before we start this week’s party, take a look at some fabulous features from our party just one week ago:
This Week’s Party Features
5 Benefits of Daily Journaling from Krafty Planner
Shortbread Thumbprint Cookies With Ganache by Walking on Sunshine
Beary Well Greeting Card from Paper Seedlings
Blueberry Coffee Cake from What The Fork Blog
Summer Lemon Table (Free Printable) from A Labour Of Life
Weren’t those features amazing? We can hardly wait to see what you have to share with us this week so let’s get this party started!
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Happy Sunday Niki! Thanks so much for the party and I love that lemon truck printable, so cute!