A punch bowl does one job well at a Christmas party. It lets guests help themselves, it keeps the host out of the kitchen, and it looks like part of...
Pinecones are the easiest Christmas material to gather. They cost nothing if you collect them on a walk, they already look like tiny trees, and they hold paint, glitter, glue...
Gingerbread nails work because the colours do most of the talking. A warm brown base reads as cookie straight away, white lines read as icing, and a couple of red...
A packet of hot cocoa mix will do on a rushed morning, but it rarely tastes like much. Real hot chocolate starts with milk warmed gently, chocolate or cocoa whisked...
A good Christmas wreath does not have to come from a shop, and it does not have to take a whole weekend. The 20 wreaths below cover fresh evergreen, felt...
Yes, you can put a proper Christmas tree on your nails without it looking like a craft project gone wrong. The trick is scale. A tree that fits on one...
Soup makes a calm start to Christmas dinner. It can be made ahead, it keeps the first course light, and it gives vegetarians a proper dish of their own instead...
A shop-bought tag does the job. A handmade one does a little more: it shows you thought about the gift before you wrapped it, and it often stays on the...
A Christmas sweater is warm before you even put it on. The knit, the raised cables, the small patterned rows: all of it reads as December. Sweater nails take that...
Christmas morning should start with breakfast already half done. These 18 easy vegetarian Christmas breakfast ideas are the ones you assemble on Christmas Eve: a casserole that soaks overnight, oats...