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

whoopidoo

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

oooohhhh can I join in :j I have collected loads of Alice Cooper albumns -he is my fave and Im 37 -and saw him in concert too :j

Yaaaaay! He's my fave too! I've seen him twice in concert but missed the last 2 years what with being pregnant and then was still bf'ing on the last tour! Determined to go this year! He is always popping up in my crafty stuff I think he's goooorgeous!


Have you got his new album yet? I was hinting madly for christmas and my b'day but it fell on deaf ears so am going to have to go buy it myself.

sammy_kaye18

http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/forpreschoolers/l/blwishwll.htm

Lol am mad on this now - hunting for easy christmassy gifts that I can make relatively easily with my four year old and came across these. I was thinking Ben could help me put these together for my step sister and brother (they are 14 and 16) and I am making them a card each with money in but I could fill them full of chocolate coins for them and then the pots can be kept for them to put bits and pieces into. Plus I may decorate one prettily for my step sister in pink/purple and sequins and blue for my step brother. Also i have the benefit that my dad is usually down around Xmas so he can pick them up for me.

right am now off to look up more popsicle stick crafts and see if Ben and his brohter J can help me make any more presents!

edit - spoke too soon
http://crafts.kaboose.com/3x5holder1.html
this is for a cute recipe holder

http://www.instructables.com/id/Popsicle-Stick-Basket/
and for the more adventurous!

soblivion

MRSMCAWBER your x stitch is just so brilliant, it's such a beautiful picture. I would imagine it's taken many hours to do. You've probably said and I probably missed it but are you going to frame it for your mum?

MRSMCAWBER

soblivion wrote: »

MRSMCAWBER your x stitch is just so brilliant, it's such a beautiful picture. I would imagine it's taken many hours to do. You've probably said and I probably missed it but are you going to frame it for your mum?

Thankyou -Yes I will frame it for her... I will have to wash, dry amd press it -then roll it around a kitchen roll tube and cover with clingfilm to keep clean until we go back to the UK -then I can get the frame, mount and get some non reflective glass for it... out here frames aren't very nice -and very expensive... so it will have to wait....
"just" the background to do -I didn't realise it had more stitches than the actual figure :eek: :rotfl: as it will look like this once done
http://www.joann.com/joann/shop/shop_tszoom.jsp?path=http://www.joann.com/images/12/77/2/127722_p.jpg

-good job Im used to doing big pictures... my next on is even bigger

soblivion

Oh my word MRSMCAWBER, I thought you were nearly finished, it's going to be even more beautiful now with the background. A real labour of love. It's going to be the best picture. I really, really love it.:T :T :T

whoopidoo

WOW! That is more like a painting than a crosstitch. Beautiful.

maytaurus

MRSMCAWBER
Thats fabulous
I'm sure your mum will love it

MRSMCAWBER

Thanks everyone..

Not sure how long it will take me to do the background though :rotfl: ..
Hubby is on duty today -so won't be back until about 10am tomorrow -if ever there was an excuse to sit and sew all day -that is it :j
Im desperate to get onto some other things I have under way... but Im making myself behave

whoopidoo

Ooooh what a lovely surprise I just got in the post!

I've won a Heroes cd and that's just arrived but also...

The most gorgeous lime green and pink pair of crafting scissors! A thank you from the Fiskarettes website for becoming a Fiskarette! I joined their forum about a month ago and didn't realise you got a pressie for doing so! Here is the link if you girls aren't already joined! www.fiskarettes.co.uk

crazychatter

My goodness MRSMCAWBER, what a lot of work you have ahead of you, but i'm sure it will turn out beautifully!