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

princesspoppypop

JailhouseBabe - I love the idea of making drawstring bags for the dolls to go in.

For those interested in making the dammit dolls check out Etsy for some inspiration and ideas. Just type dammit doll in the search bar.

mary43- you could do all different sized dammit dolls to fit in the containers you have. If you are using the template on the link for the dolls just enlarge or reduce on a photocopier- most post offices will have a photocopier to use for a small fee.

For those people with limited sewing skills - you could make the dolls from felt, the edges with stay neat and you could blanket stitch around the edge with co-ordinating thread.

rainmac

she_grinch wrote: »

http://organizedchristmas.com/gifts-and-crafts/stocking-stuffers
the whisk full of chocolates could be filled with marshmallows too and wrapped to attach to a mug or snowman soup
http://organizedchristmas.com/gifts-and-crafts/stocking-stuffers
another cute idea for a gift tag or to add to snowman soup

I'm thinking of doing the whisks with chocs this Xmas.

rainmac

princesspoppypop wrote: »

I love this idea for decorating photo frames- could also be used for scrap booking and card making.

http://www.exploringwomanhood.com/homelife/ideas/pom-feb02.htm

I bought a couple of frames in the BHS sale just before Xmas and am going to decorate them with Prima paper flowers and pop a photo in of my boys. Nice cheapie pressie

mary43

princesspoppy - thanks. If I do mine to fit in a gravy granule tub I can easily fit them inside shoe boxes with other stuff I want to do. Makes for easier posting. Can always do larger ones for the twiglet tubes..........at last I've found a use for them...............lol

sandy2_2

princesspoppypop wrote: »

. I got a lovely medium shaped heart box in hobbycraft yesterday and have just applied the first coat of hot pink acrylic paint to it and it looks great!I got the box as I make silk lingerie and the box is just the right size for presenting the lingerie in Poppy x

Just love the thought of silk lingerie in a heart shaped box

princesspoppypop

sandy2 wrote: »

Just love the thought of silk lingerie in a heart shaped box

I love anything gorgeous and girly in a gift box with tissue and ribbon

she_grinch

http://www.garnethill.com/jump.jsp?itemID=10827&itemType=PRODUCT&path=1%2C2%2C5%2C5430%2C8599&iProductID=10827
these are a wonderful idea
http://calamitykim.typepad.com/calamity_kim/advent-elf-pattern-free-p.html

Any christmassy dressed toy could be converted with little pockets sewn on

janeym8

had planned on making lots for xmas this year but didnt due to 4 months illness before the big day didnt so now i am planning a very home/hand made xmas 2009 and will be watching this thread with delight .btw how do you subscribe to a thread i saw someone ealier on in this one saying they had done it

janey xxx

lellyo

Hi all
i havn't posted on this thread before but i have been reading through all of your posts, you're all so creative!! You've inspired me to have a go, i'm not creative at all, but i'm going to have a play with my mums sewing machine and see what i come up with??
will let you know how i get on

JailhouseBabe

janey - where your username is at the top of the page (telling you that you're logged in), click on 'User CP' just below that and it will show you threads that you've recently posted on. On the left-hand side there's a section for subscriptions, click on 'List Subscriptions' and you'll see that you're already subscribed to this thread (because you've posted on it). There's a check-box on the right-hand side that you can check if you'd like to receive notifications whenever anyone adds a post to the thread.

Hope that was easy to understand! I'm guessing someone else will post a much simpler example! :rolleyes: