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

castri09_2

hi all i think some of your ideas are great i have only got up to page 35 so today im going to hunt around the charity shops and see what i can find. tonight i am going to make myself a hot chocolate and sit down and read the rest of the thread.i cant knit i love and soap candles and sock monkeys catch up later when i have finished reading the thread its great so far

kayl

I got a couple of glass candlesticks from ebay, and wanted to make cake stands for a friend's birthday. She's mad on dogs, so I thought I'd done well in getting a plate with cartoon dogs on it from ebay too, but when it arrived it was only the size of a side plate. I was at Home Bargains yesterday though, and they had 2 gorgeous different dog designs in a circular melamine tray. Stuck them on last night, and they look perfect - they are a really good size for either one large cake or lots of cupcakes. I am very pleased with them, and hope that she will be to.
Candle holders were £2.50 inc postage for 2, and the trays were 99p each!

elyphant

CONGRATULATIONS LauraD, what a fabby birthday:)

Rufus your quilts are absolutely amazing, I think it is such a talent. And your bag is gorgeous too. I just hope if you ever get your stall it's not anywhere near me cos that would be all my moneysaving out the window!

PepPop

susan42 Your bracelets are lovely. Left you a comment

Whoopi that class looks great and so you! Love the graffitti boots on the second one. Can just picture you all getting paint everywhere - fun!!

Qwicksave - gorgeous!! (especially the love heart :T:T) I'll catch up on your blog later.

LauraD Congratulations (and I agree with Susan - pics of the ring please!!)

Rufusdog Your quilts are great - I've always wanted to make one.

Nunnygirl - This link is for a 40th one but it's got some great ideas. If you click on the picture it'll open up bigger so you can read the descriptions.

susan42

Peppot thanks for link for 40th birthday... :beer:and for the comments

elysia, nice to see you overhere:T

welcome all newbies:j

Suppose to be making bracelets but got distracted again and made these instead:mad:

Helsieboo

Hello all, I'm new. Can I join in with your fabulous craftiness?

Although I'm not artistic, I can be crafty and I really enjoy it. Recently discovered a love for knitting, plus am always skint, so I'm looking forward to a crafty Christmas, if I start now.

I currently have two scarves on the go for my OH and a friend, but after that, I'm going to start knitting scarves for Christmas for my Dad, sister and stepmum. Have already promised my mum one.

I love the handwarmers. My sister used to have one and it was great - I'm definately going to make my mum and sister one this year! I've also just rediscovered my pliers and some wire from when I went through a homemade jewellery stage - I think I need to try that again.

Going to go and read some more pages now!

nunnygirl

PepPop...I officially love you!! Thats EXACTLY the thing I'm looking for!!
THANK YOU!!

mary-op

susan -love the notebooks...........:T

All I've done today is make four cards........and they were really meant to be little notelets (running a bit low) -thought I'd use up some of my odd bits of card and paper................still, they look nice I think.

Helsieboo -welcome to the crowd :T
I'm more skint this year than ever so trying to aim for a 'cost free' pressie time.........or at least as cheap as it humanly possible.................lol
Any ideas welcome............amazing when you look round the house what you can do with things that are lurking in drawers and been forgotten about.

susan42

mary op i found this and thought of you with your tubes and pots, if you scroll down you`ll find a book of 34 jar ideas, and you can download the ebook for free, i downloaded it and the bead one, and the cookie ones which are on other pages of the site.

Hi helsie boo welcome to the crafty site...hope you make lots of things and bring lots of ideas

mary-op

susan - thanks...........have just lost myself for nearly an hour......................lol Better have another look tomorrow. There's loads of craft type stuff thats easy and I can do with bits round the house...........:j