Crafting for Christmas 2010, lets begin again......

sethsgran

Sorry no sock monkey photos yet, will try to sort tomorrow. A very dear friend died suddenly in the night, not even 60yrs old, so today has been a weird kind of a day

sethsgran

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wotnext

sethsgran wrote: »

Sorry no sock monkey photos yet, will try to sort tomorrow. A very dear friend died suddenly in the night, not even 60yrs old, so today has been a weird kind of a day

I'm so sorry. ((hugs)) x

p-pincher

hi everyone

id love to join this year was a lurker last year, despite never actually learning to sew properly i managed 2 sock monkeys for my 2 dd's along with a home made advent calender each, home made tags, dolls blankets and sweetie bags for everyone .

This year i'm planning the sock doggies (they were posted on the 2009 thread), snowman soup, and i would love to start a patchwork quilt for my 2 dd's (this may be an idea to far) advent calendar each and a couple of hampers.

I'm currently looking through john lewis as im thinking of buying a sewing machine but i have to say i dont think ive ever used one, Seen one instore at john lewis own make in blue pink or green for £50 and thing i might treat mself to one of these.

Turia

Hi everyone, I'm a new poster to the christmas moneysaving threads, but have spent quite a few months reading and learning and reading some more through all the detailed posts on here.

As a result this Christmas, I made Pots of gold, Gift Hampers, Snowman Soup, Flannel Reindeer, Calendar Coasters and ALL were received with so much enthusiasm it made it all worthwhile!

So, as I only found these threads and the Nappy Cake thread in October/November time, I'm planning on being a lot more organised for 2010! and maybe just maybe i may make it money neutral too?! doubt it but we'll see!!

I have a few new babies (not mine) coming along who will be getting nappy cakes, I plan on all birthdays to be themed Hampers of some sort or other - AND big AND here - I am going to try making my own cards and seeing if enjoy that. Not sure if it is my thing, but will have a go on a very small scale first!

However, the bottom line is, I couldn't have done it without being inspired by all you friendly, crafty, thrifty, creative and artistic bunch.

Thanks a billion and looking forward to 2010 now!

Purpletopaz

Hi Everyone! I am a scrapper digital and paper and enjoy crafting, currently I dont have any room to do anything! But we are moving shortley to our own home and apart from crafting goodies for xmas will be wanting to make home comforts there too! good luck to all!

CandyB101_2

Another idea that I never got around to making for the kids this year ..... a crayon roll

http://uklassinus.blogspot.com/2008/09/lazy-crayon-roll-tutorial.html

sethsgran

Crayon rolls are fabulous. I made a couple this year. My local quilting shop sells some lovely coordinated fabrics so I got my fabrics there, cost me £5 for about 6 pieces that went well together, my favourite was the snakes and lizards fabric, amazing colours.

tq16

I'm so excited, some great ideas already- must get list written and plan some sort of timescale :-)

stardrops42

sethsgran wrote: »

Sorry no sock monkey photos yet, will try to sort tomorrow. A very dear friend died suddenly in the night, not even 60yrs old, so today has been a weird kind of a day

I'm so sorry to hear that, thinking of you and don't worry about the photos. Take care x