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We've got a gorgeous handbag from I <3 Mac N Cheese up for grabs in the Christmas Issue of Snippets. To win, all you have to do is empty out you bag, take a photo and tell us what you carry around with you.

Check it out now!

Here's a great blog for making unique furniture, easily and to your own taste.

Ikea Haker, alters and combines existing furniture packs to make alternative designs. It's kind of like playing furniture Lego.

The Christmas Issue of Snippets includes an interview with knitting superstar Debbie Stoller, a competition to win an I <3 Mac N Cheese handbag, an interview with the Soho Dolls, a Christmas Gift Guide, Christmas Beauty Tips, a guide to throwing a wine tasting part, a Merry Christmas America! competition, a how-to for giving yourself a rose head hairstyle and a lot, lot more...

Cut Out + Keep Update: Favorites added! Adding a project to your favorites help you keep track of all the projects you like best, while giving it’s creator a nice little pat on the back.

To add a project to your favorites, click the + Add to Favorites button on the project’s page. It will then appear on your favorites page with all the other projects your other favorite projects and you will appear on that project’s page as one of the people who love the project. 

Anna has posted photos of her Mother-in-law's massive knitting stash on Mochi Mochi Land and she must have thousands and thousands of balls. I wonder what you could knit with that much wool?!

Cathy Campbell has posted a great knitting pattern for making Merino Striped Cabled Gauntlets on Crystal Palace Yarns.

After all, it's the right time of year to knit and purl yourself towards cosy hands.

How handy are these little task clips from Apartment Therapy?

They would be perfect for organizing all of your notes and clippings.

I don't know about you guys, but I find it really hard to wake up in the morning, especially on the weekend. So this Saturday, to ease yourself up and out of the bed, stick on the Adam & Joe radio show on BBC 6 Music. They've got a new Saturday morning radio show from 9am - 12pm and you can listen to it live, or listen back for a week, via the website.

If you've got no idea who I'm talking about, check out the interview I did with them for the Comic Book Issue of Snippets.

We've had some awesome entries in to our Costume Competition in the Halloween Special of Snippets. If you've not entered yet, you better be quick. There's only a few more days left before we announce the winner. Good luck!

It's official, everyone can now post their own step-by-step projects on Cut Out + Keep!

To add a tutorial / how-to now, make sure you're signed in and click on the 'projects' button on the user-bar, click create a new project, add it's title and then you can get started.