Christmas 09 Let's Get Organised!!

chickywiggle

cdsmiler wrote: »

Oooo Claire Bear.....if I get my bum into gear at the time I could do magnets/keyrings with a picture of the baby..... thats an option!! Thank you!

Any other thoughts anyone, just incase the baby is late (realistically, because of my due date, the latest I could actually have the baby is Boxing day! lol)?

Clare x

you could always get the keyrigs (i think ours were £2 for 3 but I am SURE they can be got cheaper) - and leave it as late as you can - if baby is not here and you need to get the crackers done put them in with a note saying "picture to follow".

MummyYummy

Hi everyone!!

I've just been looking through my hampers (4 are finished, 2 need some more bits) and I was thinking about how I will wrap them.

Last year I did the whole celophane and ribbon thing - but has anyone tried anything else? Brown paper and string (with a handmade cinnamon/acorn decoration) popped into my mind, but not sure it that would work.

Any ideas?

hollies_2

Hi all,

I don't know if this is the best place to shout about this but a friend sent me a link to this site today and I thought it was a really good idea for CHristmas. I have so many people I never know what to buy for so I thought one of these lamps would be a bit different to the usual socks and tie!

What do you think? Sort of thing someone who has everything will like if I get them one...just don't know what photos to use now!

hollies_2

OK OK stupid me forgot even to tell you what they are! Oh darnit I can't post a link :rotfl:well if you type in photo lamps by emma tasker and click on the top listing for the craft forum you can then click on the link in her email signature! Sorry it's so longwinded doesn't seem to be coming up in google yet! But sometimes a Google Adwords ad does appear so you might be lucky!! Worth a look though...

Hols

yippee_kye_yay

pennypinchingpenguin wrote: »

lol! you should have told boots this story - they might have given you a baby hamper! (mind you maybe that only applies if you have your baby in boots or name your baby boots!) you could tell the magazine.......

could always change ds's name by deed pole? would that b mean

yippee_kye_yay

i have been to see my dad today and aske dto see his boxing stuff. it was in a right mess, split across plastic bags and envelopes so i offered to organise it for him. luckily he agreed which is quite amazing as he is very private and hates people going through his possessions! so i have all his articles, books, promo posters and photos! unluckily i have to now sort it out!!!
so 2nite i will start pulling things out to be scanned and get the poster started. my only problem now is there is so much, i dont know which bits to use lol!

hopefully if i can get the poster cheap enough i will have enough left over to make a photobook of it all so it can all be neat and together!

i have used snapfish before and found they were great so will probaly go with them again unless anyone knows of a cheaper one, without losing the quality?

yippee_kye_yay

also i got two chairs delivered 2day with the kids names on from the studio book which i completly forgot about ordering! so they are officially finished now!

i totted up what we have spent on them and almost fainted ds £306 but this includes his birthday presents in that which we will pull out on xmas eve and dd's £237!!!!

ktabbie

Mummyyummy- i'm doing some hampers and i'm going to use the brown paper and string, think it will look great. I'm also thinking of getting my dd to sponge paint some christmas shapes onto some, and make matching labels.

MummyYummy

yippee_kye_yay wrote: »

also i got two chairs delivered 2day with the kids names on from the studio book which i completly forgot about ordering! so they are officially finished now!

i totted up what we have spent on them and almost fainted ds £306 but this includes his birthday presents in that which we will pull out on xmas eve and dd's £237!!!!

I'm not even adding up my DS' amount - eeeekkkk :eek: !!!!!

teacherandmum

the year my daughter was born i used brown paper and printed her handprints over it . looked lovely. topped with a photo tag of her in a santa hat!