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

irishgirl62

QueenBee wrote: »

I varnished my gingerbread men with pva glue ( did stick on sticker saying do not eat!!)
Just got the mini gingerbread biccies from Asda - 30 for £1.50 i think - then just put the poem on card then in a self seal bag that you use for cards - look v cute

How about the metallic tissue 'paper' to wrap the ball - think they use similar for bath bombs??
x

never thought of buying gingerbread!! thanks for the idea!!:T

Giggle

BigMummaF wrote: »

Hi Folks...have just posted in the Finished Baskets thread about how successful the pint glass with black socks & a cream-coloured flannel was, for a male b'day last month. I said about cracking lager & a vodka+scarlet-male-cow variety next when bham! :idea:
A hi-ball glass with tights as opposed to socks!!!!
I'm guessing the finer the denier the clearer the colour & oerhaps knee-highs are in less colour choices & obviously suitable for :female:..any ideas for the :male: in my life? Think I may attempt a wine glass with claret socks too, although I'm still waiting for a rellie with one of those little craft drills to engrave some names on glasses--another idea from last crimbo that didn't come to fruition So Mary? Can I join your List of Lists Club please?:rotfl:

I have done some Heineken ones there on my blog not sure if they look right http://jkhcrafts.blogspot.com/2009/10/another-gift-for-men.html

jpwhittle

now im struggling to get in touch with any schools for christmas fairs lol

jetty

I'm going to carry on trying with the box as i've already cut it out, just need to stick it, if i fail, i think i will use both your ideas (wrap in tissue paper, then cellophane!)

Cheers guys

mary-op

BMF - love the idea of lager done with tights.........can't wait to see one............:rotfl:
Hope your lists are more successful than mine -this mornings was c**p..........our branch of tescos had nothing I really wanted (except a few snowball sweets and they were cheaper at somerfield)......no white flannels either so I'm left with a sort of creamy colour one and a darkish coffee shade..........think they'll end up as reindeer and I'll have to shelve the beer/lager till next year for birthdays/christmas:o

Giggle - love the beer glass you;ve done..........looks brilliant:T

Oh lor, all this flannel talk and I've yet to make a flannel cake for my friends birthday out of fluffy bedsocks:eek:

Everything else went wrong this morning..........the lady at the sewing/cake shop had said she'd have her little robins out for sale............no she says, be next week now.......forgot to take photos in I wanted copying and forgot to get a sticky pad/wall hanger.............didn't make a list :eek:

scottishchick27

ali.b.123 wrote: »

scottishchick - loving your ideas - I think I might pinch your journal ideas for my two boys (hope you dont mind!) can I ask I know its a daft question but for the base - have you just wrapped up some plain cardboard??

For the base I used some mdf (I think it's mdf, it's the wood that you get on the backs of drawer and wardrobes) that I nicked out of my OH's shed. I used his saw to cut it to the size and then wrapped it in paper. It was cheaper than buying baskets to hold them and I couldn't just use cardboard as the jar is quite heavy and it wouldn't have sat right. It was about £3 for a big sheet and I'm going to use the rest of it for my other hampers too.

papoosue

These are just gorgeous scottishchick, you are so clever! Do you mind me asking what kind of dotty cellophane you've used? I've been looking for some, but the only pic I can see on the auction site is not clear - is it large dotty or mini dotty?

:-)

scottishchick27 wrote: »

Here's the contents of a journal jar I made tonight.



The jar was a pound, the diary 50p, the pencil case was 35p, the contents of the pencil case were 50p. Lovely present for under £2.50.

Here they are wrapped, just waiting for my ribbons to arrive.

ali.b.123

thanks scottishchick.

scottishchick27

papoosue wrote: »

These are just gorgeous scottishchick, you are so clever! Do you mind me asking what kind of dotty cellophane you've used? I've been looking for some, but the only pic I can see on the auction site is not clear - is it large dotty or mini dotty?

:-)

I bought cello from ebay and got 5m of the dotty stuff free. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=380148550181&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT

Seems to be quite good value.

polkadot

:wave: ***steps out of the shadows***
Been lurking for AGES, wanting to contribute but not really having anything constructive to add. Anyway, I've not done much crafting for christmas yet, although I ordered a box of tic tacs (24) and planned to do those little booklet gadgets for our neighbours and DF's colleagues. I did snowman soup last year and everyone loved it.

But I wanted to tell you that I noticed in Wilkinson today that they had toothbrush holders that had tiny little airing holes (smaller than a tic tac). They were 49p each and I thought would work wonderfully for snowman poop-plus the recipient gets a useful item for his toiletry bag.

To thank you for all the ideas, I wanted to show you what I've done for my friends baby shower...I know its not christmas crafting but it was inspired by the cupcake socks-I used baby bath flannels and little cherry sweeties from Asda