New Thrifty Gifty - Organised for Christmas and all ocassions 2010- Santas Challenges

Anglea

Mum2One, what a horrendous experience, with your crutches as well. Those people ought to be ashamed of themselves.

As for Miss Hoodie coughing -you don't have a holiday booked do you?

juliejim

Morning All

Hugs mum2one - hope you get more than just a letter of apology!

I need some help which I'm sure you'll be able to help me with. I was thinking of making advent candles with Beavers. Just buy normal tall candles and then decorate them. Do I need to buy like liquid wax to do it and if so is there anywhere that I can get it cheaply? Or could I just use marker pens and draw on with them?

Thanks

Jue

mrsow

Mum2one hope you are ok, you certainly deserve more than a letter of appology xx

well I have no internet access at the moment, my dongle has stopped working for some unknown reason and Im waiting for my new one arriving, so Ive been at my mams since 8 trying to catch up on emails etc.

Spent yesterday making christmas cakes with my mam and my back is killing this morning but we had a laugh and Im feeling Christmassy now.

Popping out at 10 to try and pick up some stocking fillers for OH, then back home to make coaster calendars!

Will try and catch up later in the week xxx

susan42

toothfairy - those pots of gold look fab, and the sock monkey looks really soft:T

mum2 one - sorry to hear aboout your horendous experiance - these jobsworths dont half go over the top

cookiecrumbs - lemoncurd i`m intrigued, did you make it yourself?

angela - waitrose £18 :eek: are they having a giraffe...i think all the shops this year been reading MSE because alot of their range seems to be from ideas on here...

mrsow - sorry about your back and your internet, i can simpathise with both:o

Elysia, - i hope you have a lovely holiday and hope marys enjoying hers

I havent been upto much went to an 18th last night first time out in years at night, made the boy a pint of sweets and wrapped it up, he was well impressed and refused to share...:D

mummyslittleboy

susan42 wrote: »

angela - waitrose £18 :eek: are they having a giraffe...i think all the shops this year been reading MSE because alot of their range seems to be from ideas on here...

I am sure they have been spying on us !!! there are lots of similar things in the stores this year.

I bought some father christmas mugs from Avon with a chocolate shaker hat to go with the girls snowman soup.

Emzy81

Mum2one Hope you're ok, what an awful experience. :mad: Hope Miss Hoodie is ok

Susan Glad you had a good night out and that he liked his pint of sweets

Mrsow Its great feeling christmassy isn't it :j can I ask what 'coaster calendars' are please? They sound interesting

sugarspun That picture is gorgeous

welcome findingmyfeet I haven't long joined this thread but love it here, everyone is really friendly and helpful and very talented

rufusdog Those dolls are lovely, I bet you're chuffed with them

Pipsmum I'll keep my fingers crossed about your OH's job xx

Realtoothfairy I love those pots of gold and the sock monkey! He is great!!

Piglet27 Love your sock monkey too



Well I made my first ever sock monkey yesterday....:j but he looks terrible lol I think the sewing machine bit went ok considering its the first time ive used one but the hand sewing...well it was terrible! how on earth do you all make it look so neat? It just looked like a child had done it the stitches were a complete mess, please help me

mum2one

Anglea wrote: »

Mum2One, what a horrendous experience, with your crutches as well. Those people ought to be ashamed of themselves.

As for Miss Hoodie coughing -you don't have a holiday booked do you?

We do - off to Devon - she slept with me last night, thought better to keep an eye on her, touch wood shes got the runny nose today - hopefully clear up before weekend.

Had a call from tesco, apparently the cashier was absolutely mortified..... and he had only been there 3 weeks - so he was working, but he admiited he ignored my request for help with the bags and that he didn't check the clothes - but remembered to take the tag off the vodka. Apparently he's being retrained, they spoke to the security guard, he apologies, but was only doing his job..... no comment to that one!!!

Theres a letter of apology in the post for me....

mummyslittleboy

Emzy81 wrote: »

Well I made my first ever sock monkey yesterday....:j but he looks terrible lol I think the sewing machine bit went ok considering its the first time ive used one but the hand sewing...well it was terrible! how on earth do you all make it look so neat? It just looked like a child had done it the stitches were a complete mess, please help me

Its hard to say without seeing it hun you are welcome to email me a pic and I will try and help.

If you pm me can send you my email address

Real_Toothfairy

Thanks all for comments on Pots and Monkey. xxx

MUM2ONE - Hope u get a decent apology....and a decent something in the post!

EMZY81 - The sock monkey......this is the 3rd one I have ever made....the 1st one I made I did by hand and that seemed to be the easiest!! The others I have done on sewing machine and I use pins to hold everything together before I cut. I also cut templates for the ears. The mouth I have tries different ways....pin on and stuff then sew.....or pin on then sew and leave a little hole then stuff and sew up. Where are u having difficulties???

The socks I have used so far are ones from Primark. HTH

fedupandskint

Got some bits for my pots of gold today

Found a pack of 4 gold bowls in Sainsbugs for £1.49 alongside the clear plastic ones x10. As I only need to make 4 I decided to get these, if I was making a lot I'd have gone for the clear ones

Also picked up 4 Cadbury's wishes, 4 big gold Quality Street to go in them, will keep a look out for a cheap but nice gold tinsel decoration I can take apart and split into 4 then see if I can find a couple of other gold christmas sweets to go into them then later on and a Christmas or gold Scratchcard and Christmas Lottery Ticket.

glad I 've made a start on these

Made my christmas chutney today and got 6 jars. At least 5 to give away! 2 as pressies and maybe 3 to sell and one for me please!

Leaves just the hearty ale chutney to make next weekend then all is done for the preserving unless I come across anyt sloes anywhere for sloe gin or haws to give haw brandy a try

Had a mega busy day today, I have a bathroom door again at long last!

Just need to update my cost per jar/total ingredients costs for todays chutney to cost a jar price

Then in a couple of weeks will make a start on the christmas cakes -phew - better double check how much I have in stock and what I need to get in. Thank goodness nearly all the presents are bought!