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

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  • artydoll
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    heres 3 of the little teddies finished ,I,m making a blue bunny at the mo,earlier I did an operation on one of my sock monkies,I cut a hole behind her ear to insert googly eyes,lol. look much better than the buttons she had before

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  • artydoll
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    edited 16 March 2010 at 4:29PM
    susan ,love your watercolour,well done.I used to paint big time a few years back ,check out some of mine on my homepage
    actually its on my flicker page sorry

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  • Kandipandi
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    artydoll wrote: »
    heres 3 of the little teddies finished ,I,m making a blue bunny at the mo,earlier I did an operation on one of my sock monkies,I cut a hole behind her ear to insert googly eyes,lol. look much better than the buttons she had before

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    They are brilliant!! My DS would go mad for them (he's 11!).
    Sorry for being thick but did you crochet them, and did you follow a pattern?
    I really love them, especially the yellow one, its his little face :)
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  • artydoll
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    edited 16 March 2010 at 4:35PM
    thanks kandipandi, My son printed out the pattern off this site ,haakpoes@gmail.com,
    its called Pockitty its a free pattern and yes they are crochetted.
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  • mary-op
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    susan -I love the water colour.:T I went to classes a few years back then stopped when the tutor moved. Trying to back into it again but I have limitations............could never do a face so I somehow manage to drape hair or a straw hat so the face is out of sight anyway. Very simple and I'm so out of practise. Still, managed to do some sea scapes, a beach hut and little girl on the beach to put in coasters for my son (he lives right on the south coast)
    artydoll................your water colours are brilliant :TYou should do more of them. Teddies are cute..........:T I wouldn't know where to start......................lol

    All I've done today (if you can call it craft??) is cover a whisky bottle tube and pringles tube with pretty paper and fill them both with freebies I've had and some cheapo bubble bath I decanted into nice shaped bottles out the kitchen cupboard............they're 'Pamper Pots' for someone for either a birthday or christmas..........had enough left over to fill a gravy tub I covered so thats a 'mini pamper pot' -probably pop that into sons girlfriends christmas or birthday shoebox.............nice feeling that they cost me the glue and paper and nothing else.:)
    I would be unstoppable if only I could get started !

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  • susan42
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    Artydoll, you paintings are fantastic, What time and effort you put into them, its only now I`ve taken it up myself I appreciate how much effort goes in. ;)
    I love the twin sock monkeys, where did you get that design socks from. ?

    Maryop, i like to see your beach huts if you got any photos, I like the idea with the pringles tube, what a good idea. I`ll have to do some.:T

    Thanks peppot for the comments:beer:

    At the moment I`m still persevering with the knitting, but arthur- itus in the hands is not helping. :mad:

    I have managed to make a few bead bracelet though and made some keyrings and fridge magnets, but havent had time to photograph them yet, my OH has me on a mission to put bets on at Cheltenham, I`m doing them via cashback sites so I`m building up a pot....lol xx:A
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  • mary-op
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    susan - sorry can't put photos on -don't have digi camera.......keep meaning to get to grips with phone camera but need to get memory card or something. Think neighbours daughter will have to explain it all to me...................lol
    Last year I put loads of bits in gravy tubs...............lol I'm trying as much as possible to have a 'cost free' christmas and birthday pressies............it won't work but I'm off to a good start with the 'pamper pots' and button beads...............trying to think of other bits I can do with stuff around the house. I'm a great one for clutter and its time some of it either got recycled or passed on.
    I would be unstoppable if only I could get started !

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  • PepPop
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    artydoll Thanks for the link - I'm sure I'll be able to make a few of these for pressies
  • sams247
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    Greetings all, I have been away for a week, come back and you've all been busy and clever and stuff! I am still plodding away at my quilt, and I am getting bits together to sew a patchwork tablecloth ready for Christmas too. I spent a few days in London (busy busy) and was determined to get some great craft ideas but seemed to drift more towards chocolate shops and creperies ....... oh well
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          1. mary-op
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            Well, not much done today...........appt. with nurse to get ears syringed :eek:
            Still, did finish off my pamper pots.........complete with labels now they are. Put them in my stash room and found 3 twiglet tubs I'd saved from the recycling bin so got them covered in red wallpaper -nice and textured it is, (bought a roll from charity shop really cheap),
            Any ideas what I can put in them ? I did think about socks (plain and I'll try and embroider something on them) and maybe some gloves if I can get some plain ones and decorate them with felt flower or something.............scratching my brain now:rotfl:
            I would be unstoppable if only I could get started !

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