Crafting for gifts-2009

mary43

sian - they;re brilliant !!:T
Love the shadow box..................how do you do one of them -never done one before

The mini softies piccy has only just loaded up for me..........love them ! Where do you get the patterns from or did you just make them yourself ? And could I do them by hand, blanket stitch round the edge do you think ?

Sian_the_Green

And having made another softie I made this one for a lady at work's grandson, I think it is a little creepy though

Sian_the_Green

mary43 wrote: »

sian - they;re brilliant !!:T
Love the shadow box..................how do you do one of them -never done one before

The mini softies piccy has only just loaded up for me..........love them ! Where do you get the patterns from or did you just make them yourself ? And could I do them by hand, blanket stitch round the edge do you think ?

Hi mary. I made the tree one and the lonely dollop (looks like a poo )from a template in a book but I made the others from my brain. I used cheapy felt from hobbycraft and embroidery thread and just tacked them together and turned them inside out, felt is very forgiving!

The shadow box was from home bargains though I haven't seen any in there for ages. It is like a frame that you can open from the front and means you can use 3d embellishments etc. I just thought of it as a scrapbook frame.

Glad you like them, pictures on here have been a long time coming!

mary43

sian - thanks. Might have a go with some of those little felt things........I could probably get away with a multitude of sins...............lol

Might attempt the shadow box frame.........only might ! Bit scary trying new things I've not done before........

Lucy_Lu_4

Hello everyone,

Stardrops – I absolutely love your purses, they are gorgeous and look amazing.

Sian – I love your recent makes too, especially the baking hamper gift tags, they are beautiful.

I won’t duplicate a message I have posted elsewhere, but just to let you know that I have posted on the Christmas 2009 thread, about:

- Multipack buys that would be good for baking hampers
- Decorating cheap notebooks for journals
- Multipack nail buffers that would be good for pamper hampers
- Ideas I am working on to organise my present buying and making

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=18320157#post18320157

paul16o

Gemma thank you for all those links and ideas, Ive been looking for some apron ones today and you really helped, Im going to make my Mum one for mothers day as shes always spilling her dinner over herself!

she_grinch

I don't know if this will be of any use to anybody but this is a tutorial for making a post office bag for those who sell your crafts to make it easy to carry packages to the post office especially if you are juggling a buggy at the same time....http://www.elsiemarley.com/post-office-bag-tutorial.html

Nichelette

I love your little felt toys Sian

she_grinch

I love this idea too, sympathy dolls ,the sympathy doll idea is to make a doll that is so sad and pathetic that it inspires empathy and love from people. You really can't feel too bad around these dolls because you just know that no matter what, you don't have it that bad! They do not have to be made as animals they could be based on the Dammit dolls and I was thinking they would be good for Teenagers and all their associated troubles and woes......
http://brepettis.com/dollfolder/index.htm

Instructions http://blog.craftzine.com/archive/2007/12/make_a_sympathy_doll_weekend_p_1.html?CMP=OTC-5JF307375954

Maybe with a rhyme something like this:

When you are lonely, frightened or sad,
If you feel different, neglected or mad,
If you feel you deserved more than you had,
No matter what you don't have it this bad!
Yell at me scream at me give it a go
Tell me the secret you want noone to know
I am the friend when you feel really low
Who if you must, you can throw!
I made this up on the spur of the moment, probably needs tweaking but you get the idea.

Sian_the_Green

Nichelette wrote: »

I love your little felt toys Sian

Thanks! I got this book out of the library and used it as inspiration to start with.

I like making them as they are cheap and pretty quick and you can make them into little keyrings or danglies for your rearview mirror or just pop into a box/hamper etc