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

rainmac

These acrylic shapes are quite cool for altering/adding photos/adding sweets or a gift?... http://cuddlybuddly.com/shop/b48-craft-box-basics/333-altered-art-blanks/322-acrylic/.

MrsLove

rainmac wrote: »

These acrylic shapes are quite cool for altering/adding photos/adding sweets or a gift?... http://cuddlybuddly.com/shop/b48-craft-box-basics/333-altered-art-blanks/322-acrylic/.

Oooo, love this site rainmac - this could be dangerous

mary-op

MrsLove - you're so right, it is !..............lol:rotfl:
Get no housework done now:rotfl:

My problem seems to be having 'half done' bits all round the house..............I really must learn to start something and finish it before I get carried away with something else...........lol

rainmac

mary-op wrote: »

MrsLove - you're so right, it is !..............lol:rotfl:
Get no housework done now:rotfl:

My problem seems to be having 'half done' bits all round the house..............I really must learn to start something and finish it before I get carried away with something else...........lol

That's my problem, I start something but don't finish before starting something else :rolleyes: I haven't really started on Xmas yet so need to pull my finger out

rainmac

MrsLove wrote: »

Oooo, love this site rainmac - this could be dangerous

I know, sorry They do have some freebie downloads here http://cuddlybuddly.com/freebies/

mary-op

rainmac - I have actually finished some things........lol Like my snowmen made from pringles tubes, flannel snowman just needs a scarf............lol Little coffee pots just need the labels on them saying what sort of coffee's inside..........printed them out this morning and got no further...............lol
Away till next Thursday so they'll be on my pile of 'stuff to finish'...................lol
Rescued empty carte noir ice cream tub from wheelie bin -looking for ideas now on what to do with it.............lol:rotfl:

sammy_kaye18

Mary could you use it to store practical craft stuff like glue sticks, pens, pipe cleaners, goggle eyes etc - depending on what you like to craft because im always losing things like cello tape, pritt stick, scissors etc.

Or you could use it to make someone a Christmas survival box if they have kids like wire cutters, spare batteries, plasters, spare tree light bulbs, settlers (tummy tabs) etc of basic small things people forget or that could come in handy come Christmas.

sammy_kaye18

Well I have managed to get some cross stitch done today - not a great deal but a little bit - figure if i can get a little bit done often and really get cracking with it then it will come together fairly quickly - am on all the big boring bits of block colours and it bores me after a while - need a good film or a boring night of tv to crack on with it.

Also been to town and seen the ideal present for my mum for Christmas - her cross stitch is fro her birthday in November (the same day as her twins and my father in laws!) Its a pretty bracelet with pandora beads that are turquoise and i knwo she loves the style so hopign to get it for her but its £49! :eek::eek::eek: so think i will start saving a little bit each month aside - shame warren James don't have a saving scheme for it!

Also saw my midwife fro my booking in today - im due march 6th so Christmas needs to be pre planned as after Xmas is going to be baby orientated. So am now waiting on my first scan date.

mary-op

sammy - like the idea of a 'survival box'..........it's a nice shape and gold edging so lends itself for Christmas. Think this idea came up once before with a list of things like batteries, sticky plasters, -all the sorts of things folk run out of, not just at christmas but other times as well.
Thanks............thats another thing on my list of 'stuff to do'...............it gets longer and longer............:rotfl:

yippee_kye_yay

i have read the last 10pages of this thread, but am now going to read the rest too!
love the mum book and the cones!!

i have 10 red ceramic pot, they r flowerpots, minus the water hole in the bottom but are about the height of a small ruler (i think that would be about 15cm?) mayb a touch bigger. i bought them because they were reduced to 1penny each! i had xmas in mind, but i have no idea as to what i can use them for!
can anyone inspire me?