Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2009- Santas Challenges

mary-op

cheekyprincess -

Make Snowman Sock (similar to the Monkey socks)

How do you make one of these ? I'm doing snowmen of various sorts -well tubes covered with felt and filled with white marshmallows, jars of 'snowballs', flannel snowman -everyones having a snow related pressie of some sort so always on the look out for something.

Did well at the charity shop this morning (needed bit of retail therapy after dentist :eek:) Two brand new scrapbooks complete with all the paper and stick on bits...£3.......pressie for me.............:rotfl:
And box of sponges shaped like people (heads, trousers, legs and arms) for little grandson to paint with......50p

Mousemat has now become two door knob hangers...........not too pleased with one of them so might alter it tomorrow.
Better day than yesterday :j

irishgirl62

nannyboo1 wrote: »

Okay nuisance here again I have a Cricut very rarely used but do not have any idea of what scal means and what is a pot of gold it sounds intriguing

Many thanks in advance

(halfway through the posts only another 40 pages to go )

scal is a sure cuts a lot programme which lets you cut out any fonts or svg files which can be downloaded free on many sites.. this is a forum for scal
http://forums.surecutsalot.com/index.php?sid=5d8d33630a463e5cd1daefc910afd977

3_cheeky_princesses

mary-op wrote: »

cheekyprincess -

How do you make one of these ? I'm doing snowmen of various sorts -well tubes covered with felt and filled with white marshmallows, jars of 'snowballs', flannel snowman -everyones having a snow related pressie of some sort so always on the look out for something.

Did well at the charity shop this morning (needed bit of retail therapy after dentist :eek:) Two brand new scrapbooks complete with all the paper and stick on bits...£3.......pressie for me.............:rotfl:
And box of sponges shaped like people (heads, trousers, legs and arms) for little grandson to paint with......50p

Mousemat has now become two door knob hangers...........not too pleased with one of them so might alter it tomorrow.
Better day than yesterday :j

Meant to say sock snowman They are so cute and easy to make. Look at Stardrops42 ones on page 2. They are stunning:

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1110983&highlight=sock+snowman&page=2


Instructions here:

http://kids-holiday-activities.suite101.com/article.cfm/how_to_make_a_sock_snowman_this_winter

NickyBo_2

cdsmiler wrote: »

However, I need some suggestions for LITTLE things to go in the crackers. I obviously don't want to be spending a fortune, but I don't want them to be little cheap nasty things either (the types of things you normally get in cheap crackers which I actually love!! lol).

For New years eve, I could possibly do miniatures, but it's not very imaginative..... for Christmas day I couldn't as they're not big drinkers....

Any thoughts at all?

Thanks all!!

Clare x

Cracker ideas for ladies: Lipbalm, earrings (Primark and Asda do nice ones for £1), nail varnish, hair clip, face mask sachet, chocolates, mini toiletries, £1 scratchcard,

Cracker ideas for men: chocolates, sweets, Little Lynx bullet spray, other mini toiletries, £1 scratchcard.

Couldn't think of many for men, they're always more difficult!

mary-op

cheekyprincess............thanks for that link. I remember looking at it now. Might get around to making a couple if them, they're so sweet

mum2one

NickyBo wrote: »

Cracker ideas for ladies: Lipbalm, earrings (Primark and Asda do nice ones for £1), nail varnish, hair clip, face mask sachet, chocolates, mini toiletries, £1 scratchcard,

Cracker ideas for men: chocolates, sweets, Little Lynx bullet spray, other mini toiletries, £1 scratchcard.

Couldn't think of many for men, they're always more difficult!

Long shot - try Netto, if they still have of the 18p mini toilettry products.
Ladies - Mini Impulse body spray
Mens - Blue Lynx shower gel, 2 x lynx deordrants.

xx

mum2one

Just found this recipie in my little book of tricks.

MACADAMIA, CHOCOLATE, AND BRANDY CHRISTMAS CAKE

500G / 1LB 2OZ SULTANAS AND RAISINS
150G/ 5OZ PITTED SOFT DATES CHOPPED
200ML / 1/3RD PINT BRANDY
1 TBSP BLACK TREACLE
225G / 8OZ BUTTER SOFTENED
225G / 8OZ SOFT LIGHT MUSCOVADO SUGAR
5 LARGE EGGS
300G / 11OZ PLAIN FLOUR
125G / 4OZ GROUND ALMONDS
1 HEAPED TEASPOON CINNAMON
100G /3 1/2OZ DARK CHOCOLATE FINELY CHOPPED (IDEALLY IN A FOOD PROCESSOR)
250G / 9OZ MACADEMIA NUTS HALFED

NEED
23CM / 9IN CAKE TIN GREASED AND LINED WITH A DOUBLE LAYER OF GREASEPROOF PAPER- NEEDS TO BE AN INCH ABOVE TIN LEVEL
WRAP OUTSIDE WITH NEWSPAPER AS HIGH AS GREASEPROOF PAPER AND SECURE WITH STRING

METHOD
1. IN A LARGE BOWL, ADD SULTANAS, RAISINS AND DATES, ADD BRANDY AND TREACLE, THEN STIR. LEAVE OVERNIGHT TO SOAK.

2. PREHEAT AN OVEN TO GAS MARK 3/170C /160c FAN OVEN,

3. IN A LARGE BOWL, ADD BUTTER, AND BEAT UNTIL CREAMED, THEN MIX IN SUGAR TILL LIGHT AND FLUFFY

4. NOW ADD EGGS, BEATING IN EACH ONE COMPLETELY BEFORE ADDING THE NEXT

5. IN ANOTHER BOWL, ADD FLOUR, ALMONDS, CINNAMON AND CHOCOLATE AND MIX

6.THEN ADD MACADAMIA NUTS, TO SOAKED FRUIT, ADD TO EGG MIXTURE, FOLD IN HALF THE FLOUR MIXTURE, STIR WELL, ADD REMAINING FLOUR.

7. PLACE INTO TIN, AND MAKE A DIP INTO CENTRE OF MIXTURE.

8. PRESS ANY FRUITS AND NUTS BELOW THE SURFACE TO PREVENT THEM BURNING.

9. PLACE IN MIDDLE OF OVEN, AND BAKE FOR 2 HRS, OR TILL A SKEWER COMES OUT CLEAN.

10. COOL IN TIN, THEN TURN OUT UPSIDE DOWN, ONTO A WIRE RACK TO COOL COMPLETELY

TIP
ONCE COOKED !!!!! THE SURFACE WITH A SKEWER AND POUR OVER ABOUT 2 TABLESPOONS BRANDY EVERY TWO WEEKS, THIS WILL HELP KEEP IT MOIST.

7. NEW BOWL,

sarahf191979

nannyboo1 wrote: »

Okay nuisance here again I have a Cricut very rarely used but do not have any idea of what scal means and what is a pot of gold it sounds intriguing

Many thanks in advance

(halfway through the posts only another 40 pages to go )

Welcome to the thread hun, all the crafty gifty ideas, money saving and making ideas and challenges are all on the blog for easy quick reference as well saves trawling through all the natter to find a craft idea or challenge

http://thriftygifty.blogspot.com/

Sarah
x

sarahf191979

How many reindeer does it take to change a light bulb?


Eight! One to screw in the light bulb and seven to hold Rudolph down!

:snow_laug

Shevs

ragz wrote: »

Me too! I tend to have my Christmas Day Schedule written out ages before, with times to put everything in oven/ on stove, all done backwards from whenever we plan to have dinner. Everyone takes the pish but it works for me and I hate cooking when I'm stressed. But woe betide anyone who messes it up for me lol!

Everyone takes the pish with me too, they call me the mini general as there is a family friend who we call the general and I've been called her mini me since i was little. I plan everything to the last minute holidays with going to the airport etc, I am really sad but I love it and like you god help the person who tries to go against my schedule:eek:

Sarah im loving all your christmas jokes, Im thinking of printing a load off and putting them in a glass jar and having a joke of the day through out advent