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

ebaybaby

irishgirl62 wrote: »

thank you i used wheat from the pet shops added lavender essentail oil to the wheat stirred it and sewed up the fabric I used 100 per cent cotton fabric

Sorry to be a bit dim.......but if I went to the pet shop is that what I ask for.....wheat?

irishgirl62

ebaybaby wrote: »

Sorry to be a bit dim.......but if I went to the pet shop is that what I ask for.....wheat?

whole wheat it used for birds I got my wheat from jollyees pet food stores

janeym8

NEgirl,Irishgirl and Fuzzymoneymonster loving all the pics posted in last few pages of your recent makes

I made 20 christmas cards at the weekend but now have a hand and arm infection on my dominant side and feel very fluey ?sp piggy flu not 100% ruled out but they think im feeling rough due to the infection-doc even told me years ago i would have died from what i have -lovely LOL

hope everyone doing well both in health and crafty matters

janey xxx

nikki2804

Hi, I've just came across this thread and I've got to say that I'm inspired.

I'm on maternity leave just now so hoping to make some homemade gifts this year (although with a baby, a kitten and a college course I'm not too sure how I'll do)

I loved the little knitted bunnies on the first few pages - might make one as a keyring type thing for my mum.

Was looking at making special hampers for my mum and dad (they helped me out so much with preparing for my son and when my boyfriend and I moved house)

For my mum (43) I was thinking:

A scrapbook with lots of pictures of the baby (with blank pages so she can add to it)
Going to knit a nice chunky scarf I think
No idea what else .... ??
Oh and her birthdays on December 29th too (argh)

For my dad (50)

I have absolutley no idea!! He is one of those people who you cannot buy for!!!

I hope someone can help.

Oh and for the scrap book I was hoping to do a baby blue cover and add a cross stitched Thumper onto it. Anyone know where I can get a cross stitch pattern for this?

irishgirl62

I came across this and it might be use to some one a gift bag with downloadable instructions and template from here
http://dollysdreamings.typepad.com/dollys_dreamings/class_pages/index.html

whoopidoo

nikki2804 wrote: »

Hi, I've just came across this thread and I've got to say that I'm inspired.

I'm on maternity leave just now so hoping to make some homemade gifts this year (although with a baby, a kitten and a college course I'm not too sure how I'll do)

I loved the little knitted bunnies on the first few pages - might make one as a keyring type thing for my mum.

Was looking at making special hampers for my mum and dad (they helped me out so much with preparing for my son and when my boyfriend and I moved house)

For my mum (43) I was thinking:

A scrapbook with lots of pictures of the baby (with blank pages so she can add to it)
Going to knit a nice chunky scarf I think
No idea what else .... ??
Oh and her birthdays on December 29th too (argh)

For my dad (50)

I have absolutley no idea!! He is one of those people who you cannot buy for!!!

I hope someone can help.

Oh and for the scrap book I was hoping to do a baby blue cover and add a cross stitched Thumper onto it. Anyone know where I can get a cross stitch pattern for this?

A few pages back there was some instructions on how to melt a record into a bowl. How about doing that with a favourite singer of your dads. He could use it to hold his keys or loose change in?

eta: Here is the post.

jamtart6

loving all the great pics guys! i love the "mothers quotes" too - i think it furthers the case for a bind it all - yes? X:D

blushingbride_3

irishgirl62 wrote: »

finally finished the count down calender I made it using beer coasters.. It took me ages to work out how to line up the holes for the tags, going to make my DD one with shopping days to christmas

woow! fantastic, i would love to know how to make these!
How do i do the binding?

jpwhittle

janeym8 wrote: »

NEgirl,Irishgirl and Fuzzymoneymonster loving all the pics posted in last few pages of your recent makes

I made 20 christmas cards at the weekend but now have a hand and arm infection on my dominant side and feel very fluey ?sp piggy flu not 100% ruled out but they think im feeling rough due to the infection-doc even told me years ago i would have died from what i have -lovely LOL

hope everyone doing well both in health and crafty matters

janey xxx

OMG hope you feel better soon.

Im in the middle of making all my stuff for my first christmas fair ad everything i make my little boy wants oe of lol, little girl who is 12months is curretly sat laughing and pointing at all the reideers thinking they are so funny. so i think noahs getting one of everything, he even wants a sock monkey wich he saw on here so im trying to master the art of hand sewing.
Its great whe they are little and like the simple things in life

irishgirl62

blushingbride wrote: »

woow! fantastic, i would love to know how to make these!
How do i do the binding?

I have a bind it all, a gadget that puts wires in punches out holes and binds the wires together.