Crafting for Christmas 2009, let's begin again.......

rainmac

JordanShannon wrote: »

Thank you very much for the website and my new found obsessions!!! :rolleyes: I'm trying nearly everything on this website in the run up to Christmas 2009.
I think this coming year will be The Year Of Jordan Shannon getting her bum into gear, making money and getting crafty. Do you think it would be rude of me to make some of these products, such as candles and easter sig bunnies and sell them on ebay and craft fairs?? JW
Thanks.
..xx

Not rude at all! I'm hoping to do some fairs in the run up to Xmas and will be stealing err I mean using ideas found on here

rainmac

GemR wrote: »

Hi

I would love to join this year if I can. Picked up loads of ideas from the 2008 thread and made quite a few of the things but my list is much longer for this year! I have already got two fairs planned for November and a huge gift list, so we'll see how it goes.

I had a go yesterday at making an advent wreath and I have to say I am really pleased with it. I picked up a pile of plain green wreaths (artificial of course!!!) in the Asda sale reduced from £2.97 to 50p and an advent string with 24 pastel coloured xmas trees strung along it each with a little pocket for a sweet or something, reduced to £1 in Tesco. Not a very good explanation I know!

Anyway, I have strung the advent trees around the wreath and added a huge bow in the middle and I have to say it looks fantastic. Really expensive looking. I am going back to Tesco today to try and get some more of the trees and then will post a picture later. I think they could sell for about £7-£8 at a good fair and only cost £1.50!!

Sounds great, looking forward to seeing your pics :j

rainmac

JordanShannon wrote: »

Does anyone mind if i join this thread??

Not at all, the more the merrier I say

Can't believe so many of us are looking to Xmas 2009 (but I'm very pleased I'm not the only nutter around ), I hope to give everyone a homemade pressie this year.

little_miss_moneysaver_3

she_grinch wrote: »

The big day has come and gone and the flannel reindeer and cupcakes were well received. :A Snowman soup all drunk and Pots of gold all chuckled over, with the occassional winner! :jat My themed hampers were oooohed and ahhhhed over and now we begin again anew for Christmas 2009. Trouble is I can't repeat this years gifts as they have all been done, so the challenge will be to find new ideas
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My first idea is to make fabric advent calenders for the 3 youngest members of the family and rag dolls as they are all girls..............:think:
Any more idesa out there???????
Let the challenge begin ladies, we can do it, we can create lol:j

Hello Grinch,

A couple of years back I made one. I made 24 small stockings from green and red felt and threded them onto thick silver thread. Then put it across the fireplace on 1st Dec as a surprise. Might not be such a good idea with chocolates in tho!

LMMS x

paddingtondoo

i really like the signature bunny dolls but the pattern looks a bit of a mess - has anyone used it? How many copies of it do you think I would need to be able to cut out all the bits?

Will have to print it off sneakily at work

Just looked at it again - does four of each seem right? All those lines are confusing me.

Pablosmummy

Hello, I followed the crafty for christmas 2008 thread but I thought it was time I actually started posting!

This year I made:

2 x knitted hot water bottle covers
Flannel reindeer
snowman soup
crochet hook roll
knitted doll (never actually finished and is sitting in my sisters study, naked.. I'll send clothes at some point!)

This year I'm going for BIGGER. Well actually this year I want to learn to quilt so we'll see how that goes.

My boyfriend bought me the Sew Pretty Homestyle book by Tilda which has some gorgeous stuff in so I'm pretty sure quite alot of my christmas presents for 09 will be from there. Although saying that he also bought me the Happy Hooker crochet book. Oooh so many choices!

At the moment though I am crafting for my sister who is pregnant and due in February (although its looking for like January so I really need to get started!) I can knit a baby blanket in a few weeks..maybe.

bikerchick1066

rufusd!!!2 wrote: »

Yes good idea for the jewellery. My baskets all went down well this year and the sock monkeys were a big hit. I have 4 teenage nieces to buy for plus a teenage daughter so jewellery will be a great idea and one I haven't done yet for them. My eldest daughter (27) had a bracelet for her birthday and I made her a necklace and earrings to match it for xmas. Will have to look out for some more beads during the year as supplies on all the nice colours are running low. Last year I bought some bits from Primark when they were reduced to silly prices and used the beads.

Would like some ideas for knitting for boys as have 2 nephews aged about 12 and 13 plus 3 grandsons aged between 7 and 10. The 3 younger ones had sock monkeys this year which they loved but want something different for next year.

How about the Mr Bean teddy bear (pattern on freebie forum) very easy but adorable. My DS wants one and he's 18 and just about to join the army!

mary43

Becles - love the mug and choccies............meant to do some this year and didn't get around to it so thats reminded me to put it on my next years list.

Jordan - thats quite a list you've got there.........have to re-think my little one -must have missed something off

I also want to have a go at making some felt snowmen and other christmassy decs to drape across our dresser..............is there a site I can find a template ? Dread to think what my snowmen would look like if I did them freehand.................lol

crazychatter

Hi everyone, I loved making some of the things suggested this year so am really looking forward to trying some new things for 2009!

I'm going to try to teach myself to knit as I want to make some hotwater bottle covers, Next had some adorable ones that I plan on copying if I can.

The best response I got was for the vinyl bowls and flannel reindeers, so I'll make lots more of those next year, my canvas bags turned out better than expected too.

I started making little blackboard hearts but didn't get time to finish them, I also want to make some home made cards, I brought some fab papers in the tesco sale.

oo I think I had better start a list!!

hayley83_2

Hi all, I only joined MSE in late 2008 and for xmas '08 I made snowman soup, mulled wine hampers, chocolate slabs/ ice-cube shaped chocolates etc and painted a digital art portrait.

For 2009 I intend to do the following:
-Snowman Soup
-Chocolate Slabs
-Gingerbread House
-Make my own Christmas cake
-Digital Art Portraits
-Movie Hampers
-Pamper hampers
-Snooker themed hamper
-Mulled wine hamper
-Sweet Boxes
-Sweet Bouquet
-Cross Stitching
-Nappy Cake
-Pots of Gold
-Making my own Christmas gift tags using photoshop
-Making my own Christmas cards using photoshop

I may add to this list as the year goes on, but I think this is a good start to keep me occupied over the coming 12 months

Happy crafting in 2009 everyone!!