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

sammy_kaye18

sethsgran - those links are really good and 81ft for 98p!!! :eek::eek::eek: hhhmmmmmm me thinks red, green and white will be in order so we can hang some snowflakes throughout the hallway too. and the boys can do their bedrooms as well if they fancy it. Thinking about it I have two big white sofa throws I could put on the floor in their room and might get some fake snow icicles to make it a winter wonderland and let them have a little tree to decorate themselves.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: god this christmas will be hard work :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

must remember there's a baby in there too!

yippee_kye_yay

thanks all for the links to calendars i havent been able to have my xmas craft day 2day as ive not been too well, but i am going 2 go through them asap

Pooky

Whilst out and about yesterday I saw a fab idea in a pricey little gift shop for a bottle bag. It was basically a sleeve from a suit jacket, with a shirt sleeve inside, cut off to fit a bottle and sewn across the bottom (near wear the elbow would be), the wine bottle just slipped inside nicely down through the cuff of the shirt.

They were charging £10.99 for it :eek: But I'm sure you could make loads of different variations depending on what clothes you've got spare.

Something a bit different.

sethsgran

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

sethsgran - those links are really good and 81ft for 98p!!! :eek::eek::eek: hhhmmmmmm me thinks red, green and white will be in order so we can hang some snowflakes throughout the hallway too. and the boys can do their bedrooms as well if they fancy it. Thinking about it I have two big white sofa throws I could put on the floor in their room and might get some fake snow icicles to make it a winter wonderland and let them have a little tree to decorate themselves.

:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: god this christmas will be hard work :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

must remember there's a baby in there too!

How about 2 ikea fleece throws, £2.50 each. Buy 1 in baby blue and 1 in ivory then make a No Sew Blanket. They are so easy and so warm

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/4676312/HPIM0859-main_Full.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ehow.com/how_4778064_fleece-blankets-kids.html&usg=__DP-XKDM0fusHD5RLeWMqUlM1dOE=&h=240&w=320&sz=25&hl=en&start=7&um=1&tbnid=UhsTzpYrGyTN2M:&tbnh=89&tbnw=118&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dno%2Bsew%2Bblanket%2Bpattern%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1

sammy_kaye18

Oh I love no sew blankets. They have bunk beds too so could put them on there with some fake icicles. Am all excited for decorating their room now.

sethsgran

How about using the 4 corners of fleece that you cut out to make some snowflakes to stitch on. The fabric won't fray and a simple running stitch in a metallic thread would do the job

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://dclips.fundraw.com/zobo500dir/snowflake_3_theresa_knot_01.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.fundraw.com/clipart/clip-art/00002373/Snowflake/&usg=__KjceAsuzijqFEchG0Ipewp1Hpao=&h=497&w=500&sz=46&hl=en&start=46&tbnid=3HOuhf_62TtVNM:&tbnh=129&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dfree%2Bsnowflake%2Btemplate%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D40

http://www.first-school.ws/t/pattern/snowflakes1.htm You could make this pattern smaller

http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5057786/209836-main_Full.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.ehow.com/how_5057786_make-hanging-snowflake-decorations.html&usg=__6-X4cH-QSfIpov1Nl3yTRI29Xak=&h=450&w=600&sz=16&hl=en&start=32&tbnid=tpTFCLepCI3NuM:&tbnh=101&tbnw=135&prev=/images%3Fq%3Deasy%2Bsnowflake%2Btemplate%26gbv%3D2%26ndsp%3D20%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D20

irishgirl62

i came across this link posted by sarah1979 on another thread for making your own crackers.... I had a light bulb moment and thought it would be good to do the turkey poop along with the poem inside the crackers!
http://www.simplycrackers.co.uk/ambrowCart/shop/show_products.php?category=1

sammy_kaye18

irishgirl62 wrote: »

Irish girl - how did you make the flower on the front cover - I picked up a pretty diary for my nan yesterday and its the funny shiny cover but I thought some pretty flowers on the cover would look pretty - the diary is purple - but wondered how you made it as i think its beautiful.

Just wondering if it possible to cover the whole diary in a non shiny cover instead.

irishgirl62

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

Irish girl - how did you make the flower on the front cover - I picked up a pretty diary for my nan yesterday and its the funny shiny cover but I thought some pretty flowers on the cover would look pretty - the diary is purple - but wondered how you made it as i think its beautiful.

Just wondering if it possible to cover the whole diary in a non shiny cover instead.

The large red flower on the back os one of those anutie sarah bloomers the white with red flower is punched out on white cardstock and embossed with spots and inked with red ink.. the red is a punch out of red card and i dotted it with white gel pen and put it together with a heart brad..

mary-op

irishgirl - that is really stunning :T