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

PinkLipgloss

mary-op wrote: »

sarah -thanks for the link. Could do with one of those for every week not just christmas............lol

I've been googling for felt alphabet -want to do Christmas alpabet book for baby grandson. Had a go at cutting some out myself and made right mess of it.
I found some self adhesive ones on various web sites but they seemed a bit on the expensive side I thought. Anyone have any ideas of a good site I might get these from ?

sarah - you're right Baker Ross do them - http://www.bakerross.co.uk/product-Foam-Heart-Letter-Stickers-EM338.htm

mary - Handy Hippo do a bunch of alphabet stuff too (including foam stickers) http://www.handyhippo.co.uk/search.php?t=alphabet I've used them before and got great products and service. If you want to be really MSE you might want to think about investing in some alphabet stamps (I got some from craft hippo and use them a lot for card making etc).

sarahf191979

Martha Stewart 2004 Xmas Planner??? A bit like OC but Martha stewart LOL

http://images.marthastewart.com/images/content/web/pdfs/pdf1/2004_holiday_planner_high.pdf

Comes out as a PDF its got recipies and loads of tips

mary-op

sarah - thanks for the printable stationary link -used to have that in my favourites on old computer and along with a lot of other stuff I lost it when it packed up. (I love the floral set)

I'll have a look at baker ross.........thanks:j

PinkLipgloss -- thanks for the links.:j
Not sure whether stamping would work on felt would it ?
Never tried stamping - made such a mess up trying to put designs on a wall once it sort of put me off

mum2one

kalojac wrote: »

I did the freenameastar.com last night too for one for my boys to share and one for my nieces and nephew, going to get them framed for xmas. Also did the NASA thing where you can send your name to Mars in 2011, and you can print those certificates too, so I did those for all the kids (my boys, neices, nephews, friends kids), going to do those in a scroll rather than a frame, and put that in with their xmas too.

Can I be cheeky have you got the website address for the Nasa offer, be brilliant as myself and a few close friends are both 40 in 2011, make a really unusual prezzie xx

bunbun2

thanks for the planners sarah. I had to smile at the Martha Stwewart one - 1st week of December: Shop for gifts; start making handmade gifts
that's a bit late isn't it:rotfl:
hope you enjoy the show tonight. is it your ds's first one. it is so lovely seeing them on stage and each time is as great as the first. my ds1 is doing a show tomorrow but he is doing the lighting this time which will be strange!

mum2one I think the website for NASA is on the thrifty blog

mary-op

Not sure how others did it but I went over to the Freebie board and typed Mars in the search box and did it that way.

SugarSpun

Here you go:

http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/

SugarSpun

sarahf191979 wrote: »

Wow your so organised, you can do my shopping if you want LOL and wrap it too if you feel like it, you could be our personal shopper for everyone on the thread your so organised. :T

You know, I'm spending so much time sitting still from the sheer inability to do anything else that if anyone wants to send me a list of people, a budget and some details about them I'll look for interesting gifts for them and make a couple of suggestions so people can buy online. No wrapping though, and there's always the chance that I'll abscond to have the baby and never give anyone what they want

I'm due on the 30th July, and although family history suggested a very early birth this child looks like going all the way. I'm so excited!

Edit: sorry for the double post. Brain fart.

98jdougl

I did the name a star for my sister and her fiancee (now husband) last christmas and also bought them a little make your own cardboard telescope for about 30p, can't remember where from now- somthing like tickseed.co.uk I think to go with it.
Will probably do one of those and a mars one for a couple of people this year.

Also, if anyone is registered on the next site (a bit late now but for next sale) if you tick the box so that they can email you with offers then you get a 24hr sale preview (not just where you can see what there is but where you can buy it!)
My mum used to get it and we would wear our next sale clothews to midnight mass when the sale started on boxing day. You have to get in quickly to 'book' your slot- you can view it all for 24 hrs then get a one hour slot to buy with password- the quicker you book it the earlier the slot is and it must be about a week before the actual sale starts!

kalojac

mum2one wrote: »

Can I be cheeky have you got the website address for the Nasa offer, be brilliant as myself and a few close friends are both 40 in 2011, make a really unusual prezzie xx

http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/index.html