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

princesspoppypop

whittysmum wrote: »

Can anyone help please, I am going to give my sisters a spa day voucher for xmas (thanks to this site), and thought I would put them in with a flannel cup of coffee. I have already got custard cream soaps but cannot find a cup & saucer anywhere, plenty of nice mugs but no cups!! Anyone know where I can get some please?

M&S have some here.

princesspoppypop

Pooky wrote: »

Have made this today for part of my mums pressie.....it's still baking away at the moment and needs painting and varnishing but I think it's turned out ok.....

Great work, very detailed.

craftygranny

pig_let_cool wrote: »

Does anyone on here know where i could get some silver spray paint cheaply? i wanted to spray some wooden frames and some plastic too but really im not geting anywhere! lol

But anyway, have spent the day doing some jewellery and Fimo so will upload some pics later on I also did some mugs up with horlicks sachets so i might upload those too...

I feel so christmassy today been listening to christmas songs :O Its not too early is it? lol

Wilkinson's usually sell cans of silver and gold paint for about a quid at this time of year.

dragonllew

craftygranny wrote: »

Wilkinson's usually sell cans of silver and gold paint for about a quid at this time of year.

Wilkinsons have def got can of silver and gold spray its on the christmas annimation section (all the noisy singing toys)can't remember how much it is but its around a pound as craftygranny said.

whittysmum

princesspoppypop wrote: »

M&S have some here.

Thanks for that, bit more than I wanted to pay but will keep them in mind.

whittysmum

Pooky wrote: »

Try a chairty shop or have a look on ebay?

Off to look now, thanks.

Christmas_

dragonllew wrote: »

Wilkinsons have def got can of silver and gold spray its on the christmas annimation section (all the noisy singing toys)can't remember how much it is but its around a pound as craftygranny said.

£1.29 in Boyes if you have one.

£1.50ish in Wilkos

qwiksave

Hi Everyone,

I come with another great christmas craft find!

Found these 5 page chipboard albums and embellishment sets in The Works for just £1.99!



This is what you get:



There are 4 'types' you can get and when completed will make great xmas pressies.

Christmas_

whittysmum wrote: »

Thanks for that, bit more than I wanted to pay but will keep them in mind.

Asda have them for a fiver - you get a teddy and some chocolate with it too I think?

li'l_p

Haven't quite got through the whole of this thread, however I have spent my night jumping from website to website looking at various things, knitting patterns and craft things and thought I'd share this. Sincere apologies if it's already been covered but I am planning on making these for my friends as I thought the sentiment was lovely.

http://www.craftbits.com/project/fortune-cookie-gift-pockets

or

http://www.marthastewart.com/goodthings/felt-fortune-cookie

I quite prefer the martha stewart design as it has a strip of wire across the middle to hold the bend in the cookie.

A nice little gift and can be used to hold a small gift like jewellery or simply a personal message.

There are various sites where you can get templates for a Chinese take out box including printable ones, like this:

http://www.packagetech.com/chinese-takeout-boxes.html

Hope this helps someone.