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

susan42

Mary, I`m looking at everything in a new light, if you cant find it, make it....my OH is not amused with you though because he said why we collecting all this rubbish....I told him you said it was handy:rotfl::rotfl:

Amancalledmartin - hiya :wave: I seen some in Home Bargains 69p for four. I also seen them in Pound stretcher and wilkinson but I cant remember how much.

I`ve also used curtain pole rings. They`re a great price, especially in wilkinsons;)

amancalledmartin

Hi Susan

Thanks for that. Sadly we don't seem to have any Home Bargains stores anywhere near my area, which is annoying. There is a Wilkinsons nearby though so I'm going to try there. I did think of curtain rings but I want them reasonably wide to decorate.

Thank you!

mary-op

Hello all :j

susan - oops.........sorry, don't want to upset your OH.......mind you mine tends to think the same and it's a case of 'do you or don't you want this jar/gravy tub/box/ ??' then when he sees the result he's quite happy about it...............lol

Finished off handbag charms this morning -just need to put them inside a card of some sort with a verse so folk know what they are.
Sorted out all my bits of freebie fabric so instead of having a load of envelopes in the drawer they're now in a photo album inside the plastic sleeves so I can see what I've got. I even got around to using some to use up some odd card I'd got........nothing fancy just stripey material so they'll do for notelets.

Not a bad day -quite pleased with myself..............oh and got stuff wrapped up for lad who used to live with us ready for his birthday next week.............think I might have to re-do flannel dog though having seen one on the 'flannel' thread.............in fact, its going to be a definite re-do.................lol

Soulie

Hi all, long time lurker, but new to the forums, here.

I don't craft many of my Christmas gifts, as we tend to only get pressies for our son, but I do make all my cards lol

I started my Christmas cards this year in maybe February or March this year and so far I have done 10 out of 12-15 for the main ones, and I will put together some smaller ones for my son's teachers & friends, a little later on in the year.

I will post some pics when it allows me to!

susan42

:)Hi soulie,

welcome to our thread, love to see your pics, lots of us open a blog and post our pics on there that way you can put your photos on easier. If you click my name on left hand side you`ll see my blog listed there.

Its quiet on here at the moment, i think everyone thinking holidays instead of crafting but it soon picks up going upto xmas, there some great ideas on here as well.

Alot of us on here are members on these two forums as well click this one and this one , and if we can be any help just give us a shout, we`re a friendly bunch....:T:T

Mary I think these conversations are between us , wheres everyone gone? ??????????

mary-op

Soulie -welcome to the thread.........look forward to seeing your cards:j

Susan - don't know where everyone is......busy crafting maybe ??

Well our young lad went walkabout last night so had to report to police etc. (least this time I didn't have to wait up for them to call)........still no news and his phones off (battery dead knowing him) -no doubt he'll be back when he's hungry or wants something. It's not a new thing with him

I've made a couple of phone charms(thanks susan- :T )Bit fiddly as they're so small but I managed it.............watched a tutorial video last night -haven't got the right sort of wire really but mums florist wire seems to have worked............so I've got one on my phone (when I last found out how to fixe it on..........lol) and one that'll be a pressie for someone. Need to get some more beads unless I can think of something else to use that I've got kicking around.
Other than that, and putting goggle eyes and buttons on my flanneln snowman I've not done much else. Had a bit of a stomach upset again this morning.............do hope thats not come back :eek:.

Soulie

susan42 wrote: »

:)Hi soulie,

welcome to our thread, love to see your pics, lots of us open a blog and post our pics on there that way you can put your photos on easier. If you click my name on left hand side you`ll see my blog listed there.

Its quiet on here at the moment, i think everyone thinking holidays instead of crafting but it soon picks up going upto xmas, there some great ideas on here as well.

Thank you for the welcome, I am an oldie when it comes to forums though, so I am pretty much up-to date whith how it all works and such

I do already have a blog, I just haven't added it to my profile yet, plus I don't update it all that often lol
Will add it laters!

Haha, I had to delete the links from your post, as it wouldn't let me post quoted links!!

CandyB101_2

Thought this was a nice idea for christmas tags
http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects/recycled_stationery.htm

CandyB101_2

A nice snowman bookmark to make
http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects/811_1.htm

A reindeer photo frame ...... very cute
http://www.craftsforkids.com/projects/813_3.htm

mary-op

Candy -thanks for those links.............love the snowmen bookmarks:T

Been ploughing on with scrapbook no.2 -really must get it done before I start anything else........I've so many bits half finished I'll be in a right state if don't sort myself out;)