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

Dorato

Claire_Bear wrote: »

Where is best to get pillows from? I know they have cushion pads in the poundshop but they're not very densely packed from what I've found whereas you seem to get quite a lot packed into a bag of stuffing.

Not sure where you're from but in QD Stores in Norfolk (mostly.. there's a few in the surrounding counties too) they're 99p for 2 okay ones or £2.99 for 2 good ones.

janeym8

thanks to clareyPINKfairy for instructions for putting pics on here
i am going to try and do one firast and if it works do the rest

fingers crossed



janey xxx

Dorato

janeym8 wrote: »

thanks to clareyPINKfairy for instructions for putting pics on here
i am going to try and do one firast and if it works do the rest

fingers crossed



janey xxx

That looks really good! I love the different shades you've used!

janeym8

OK that worked so now for the rest-image heavy beware LOL



















well thats all folks as they say-hopefully get some more stuff done next weekend when im off

janey xxx

janeym8

thanks Dorato its taken me a while to do them as they are for my twin daughters and all my craft stuff is in one daughters room

janey xxx

Dorato

Wow, you've been busy Janeym8! I love thw work you've done! They're all really good!

mary-op

saucysecrets - loads of cheap ideas on here and somewhere there's a thread on recycled stuff.

Easiest and cheapest for me have been
Pots of gold (I used empty coffee jars with gold lids for mine and filled them with choccy coins and scratch card)
Flannel reindeer.........think there's a thread on here for that as for pots of gold
Survival box - little items like 'paper clip to help someone hold things together when they're falling apart'
Diaries and notebooks...........buy cheap ones and cover them with fabric or patterned paper to make them suit the person
Coaster calendars/post it note holders
Snowmen - various sorts -I've used empty pringles tubes, covered with felt, sock for the hat and filled with 'snowballs' (chocolate bon bons)
Hideaway jar - any kitchen jar, put loo roll middle inside, pour some dried beans or beads (I used raw plugs for my sons) round the loo roll middle to keep it in place........stick label on it (make sure it doesn't give away what it is) and its somewhere to hide an emergency fiver, spare key......anything really. Very cheap to do

Loads more.............can't think now but they're all easy ones you could do considering your arthritis - I have problems with my hands so I sympathise.
Have a good look through this thread and some of the blog links and good luck.

janeym8

oops !! should have said what they were exactly
-journals are to go with journal jars still to be made

-pink and blue tins are cocktail recipe scrapbooks to go in cocktail hampers

-yellow buckets have had eyelets added for the start of pots of gold

janey xxx

mary-op

janey - they're brilliant :T

Giggle

Claire_Bear wrote: »

I'm all excited because i'm waiting for a phone call back from a craft fair to let me know if I've got a place... fingers crossed! They said it's £10 for the table which I thought was very reasonable, you get to keep all of your profits, and they ask you to donate a raffle prize. Has anyone been asked to do this before? What kind of thing do you donate? The most expensive thing on my stall would be my sock monkeys so was thinking of donating one of those, or should I make something a bit special and more expensive? Don't want everyone else to have given really great prizes and for mine to look really rubbish next to them! I'm really excited though, hope I get in!

I always give a voucher for 20% off anything they buy off my stall that way you i may get a sale and if i don't then it wont matter.