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

monkeysallsayboo

Dizzytina & ginnyknit - what do you mean by plastic canvas? do you mean the pvc type stuff you put on the table when kids paint?

Giggles_Fairy

Sammy_Kaye: I think a jigsaw is a really lovely idea! And not one I have heard of people doing before so Im sure they will be surprised you can even get that kinda of thing done!

I was having a think about personalised gifts today ready for christmas. Vistaprint does great deals for free items, where they get the money is the postage and packing which if you need an item quickly can be really high. But I looked on there and personalised calendars are only 99p and the slowest postage (21 days) is only 3.08, so thats less than £5 for a personalised A4 wall calendar! I have done a couple for my Grandad for previous Christmas' and he loved them (first one was the grandchildren the second one was all picrtures of him and my Nanna from when they met till when she passed away) and I paid about £15-£18 for these because I left it too close to christmas.

So its going to be my summer project to get some personalised calendars made for my family . Im defiately doing one for my Grandad, Dad, bf and friend.

I also had an experiement adding some of the other 'free' items to the basket (I was thinking of getting some business cards done anyway) and when I added the free 250 business cards the postage was only 3.78, so not much of a different for another item. Not tried adding more than one free calendar yet though.

ginnyknit

monkeysallsayboo wrote: »

Dizzytina & ginnyknit - what do you mean by plastic canvas? do you mean the pvc type stuff you put on the table when kids paint?

No its the plastic holey stuff you embroider on, its about 99p on E bay for an A4 sized peice and cuts quite easily to the size you need.

mum2one

Giggles_Fairy wrote: »

Sammy_Kaye: I think a jigsaw is a really lovely idea! And not one I have heard of people doing before so Im sure they will be surprised you can even get that kinda of thing done!

I was having a think about personalised gifts today ready for christmas. Vistaprint does great deals for free items, where they get the money is the postage and packing which if you need an item quickly can be really high. But I looked on there and personalised calendars are only 99p and the slowest postage (21 days) is only 3.08, so thats less than £5 for a personalised A4 wall calendar! I have done a couple for my Grandad for previous Christmas' and he loved them (first one was the grandchildren the second one was all picrtures of him and my Nanna from when they met till when she passed away) and I paid about £15-£18 for these because I left it too close to christmas.

So its going to be my summer project to get some personalised calendars made for my family . Im defiately doing one for my Grandad, Dad, bf and friend.

I also had an experiement adding some of the other 'free' items to the basket (I was thinking of getting some business cards done anyway) and when I added the free 250 business cards the postage was only 3.78, so not much of a different for another item. Not tried adding more than one free calendar yet though.

Just a thought re Vistaprint, think if you go through Topcashback, you can order upto 4 free gifts per month, know on the thrify threads its been mentioned.
Get the calenders done from Sept, ready to start Jan, there brilliant, esp I love putting the comments in......

Funny one, - when Bailey was a pup,we could all lift him, one of the months got a pic of dd lifting Bailey - wrote on it. "I asked for a Baileys but I got a Bailey instead" xx

midge61

Hi

sammykaye when I became a granny my daughter bought me this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Granny-Guide-Modern-Grandmother/dp/1904977707/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1277993735&sr=1-1 it's not overly expensive and i really enjoyed it.

sammy_kaye18

Hi

sammykaye when I became a granny my daughter bought me this http://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Granny-...7993735&sr=1-1 it's not overly expensive and i really enjoyed it.

Thanks Midge, I was looking at including this book. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grandads-Book-Grandad-Whos-Everything/dp/1843173085/ref=pd_sim_b_4

Have also found these
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Grandads-Shed-Wooden-Plaque-Gift/dp/B003JTP7NO/ref=sr_1_18?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1278003459&sr=8-18

http://www.amazon.co.uk/love-our-grandad-photo-frame/dp/B002SQ9XIE/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1278003538&sr=8-5

Think they will go nicely in the hamper too.

So my checklist so far includes

* a grandad book
* a grandad mug
* a jigsaw of both kids
* 'I love my grandad' socks
* framed picture of both kids feet/hands together with names and ages.
* little bottle of red wine (maybe)
* keyring
* picture frame with a photo of him and both grandkids together if I
can get one sneakily.

Think I might include a little baggy of sweets too but we'll see or maybe some home made biscuits that Ben can make himself.

susan42

Giggles fairy if you go through topcash back like mum2 one said you`ll get £5 cash back on a free order every month, also if you receive emails from them which they send regularly, it`ll offer you free items, so pick the one thats the lightest and free, click on it, go to the vistasite and do all the ordering, then leave that page open...go back to the email and choose another free gift, like the tshirt or mug (whatevers on the email..) go throught he ordering bit...look in your cart and the two free items should be there....close the first order down, go back to the email , click another free item and go through to vispa print, order your 3rd free item, close down the 2nd order (keeping the 3rd order) Do this 4 times for 4 free gifts and then add your calender. You`ll end up with 5 items (4 free)

I hope this makes sense....xx

mary-op

Over on the Freebie Board theres a few fabric samples that might be useful.........not very good at doing links I'm afraid.

boredjellybean

hi there - well i have just finished reading this thread & am suffering from the well know ideas overload !!!!

i can not wait to get started, we have a little charity shop in our village & I am just waiting for my bubba to wake up from his nap so I can go & have a mooch

I feel like I know some of you already having read through :cool:

Can't wait to get to know you all & swap some ideas etc

Sarah
xxx

lizalloareds

qwiksave love the mini scrapbook you gave to your great granny in law, where did you get it from

tia