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

mary-op

pepop - well I've only done a little one for mums friends niece............took me quite a few days and it was only a small chipboard one but now I've done it I'm quite pleased with it.............its a sort of potted history of mum so I might work on that sort of thing only more so if you know what I mean.
There's a scrapbooking thread on here that might be helpful..........if you type it in the search box you'll find it. Some of the girls on the Making Cards thread do them as well.
Don't know of any specific sites to use.......I've trawled round so many I got confused. Good luck

susan42

I love all the ideas and things on this site, and birthdays, engagements and babies...its such a joy to come here....thank you all :T:T


I just had a thought, my twins are 18 this september :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek: and I have to find 18 things to go in a hamper for them.

I want to make them 2 hampers each.

One with 18 normal things in

and one with 18 sillies , like tablets for hangover etc

Come on ladies help me out, I need some inspiration. Thanks to whoopidoo, I`m going to make some jewellery. :T

But any other ideas will be great....oooh ones a girl and ones a boy

:rotfl::rotfl:

nunnygirl

What about party feet for DD's?

10p taped to a card..."In case you need to call home"?

mary-op

susan - brilliant idea...........my grandchildren (twins, boy and girl) are 18 this year but not till christmas so I';ve got a bit of extra time...........so I'll be watching this thread

I am going to do a sort of family tree scrapbook for them (if I start and finish in time............lol)

stepmum

Helsieboo wrote: »

stepmum - isn't knitting the best? I only took it up myself a month ago and I enjoy it so much. I do get strange looks when I do my knitting on the tube and I even got my picture taken once, but I don't care now Can we see the octopus?

I don't think that I can post pics yet. Maybe that's for the best :rotfl:
I do love it. Frustratingly I have a friend who knits and sells her things, she sits chatting and knitting and doesn't even need to look!!! I refuse to knit infront of her as I think I would get cross!!

whoopidoo

My Mum used to be like that stepmum :rotfl:You could tell exactly what she was watching on the telly by how fast her needles sped up to :P

PepPop

whoopidoo wrote: »

My Mum used to be like that stepmum :rotfl:You could tell exactly what she was watching on the telly by how fast her needles sped up to :P

Mine too - they got faster when she got angry and if there wasn't anything worth watching she'd read the paper and knit at the same time!

elyphant

laurad - gorgeous ring, gorgeous blog, gorgeous bridesmaid cards - fabby!

I am really needing to get a move on because after having big ideas for my niece's first birthday it is now fast approaching (end of April). I had planned to make her a sort of scribble book as she is just starting to draw, so have made up some pages on the computer with things to look at/colour in, then the idea is to intersperse these with some interesting patterned scrapbook papers and some blank pages, so she can have her own little book to look at and scribble in. Don't know if it's a totally mad idea! Have got lots of instructions from the web about how to put the book together, but don't know how easy it will be in real life.

I've made her an apron out of a pretty tea towel (as on http://ourdailychocolate.blogspot.com/2009/01/dollar-store-craftiness.html), must try and post a pick as I'm realy pleased with it, also managed to make 3 pockets in the bottom of it as it was going to be too long. I will give her some crayons too, maybe will get a little pencil case for her.

I'm not sure what to do then, because it doesn't seem like much but has taken loads of effort. I reckon it'll have cost me about £10 altogether for materials, so perhaps I'll get her some clothes too as she might need some (my two are boys so their hand-me-downs are no good).

I got the tea towel in a pack of 3 and the two I'm left with are lovely. Back in the old days (ie before you lot!) I'd have just used them in my kitchen, but they are now stashed in case of future craftiness!

PepPop

This isn't Christmassie but I thought you might all like a look at it anyway. Take a close look at the detail on the hair.

Helsieboo

This isn't crafting for Christmas, but going to throw it out anyway.

My sister is 22 at the end of April and I want to try to make something for her. She likes nothing better than wrapping herself in a blanket to watch tv, so what do you think of getting a plain throw/blanket and then decorating the bottom of it with buttons, or embellishments, etc? Or am I being a silly person?