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

pammyj74

some great ideas on here, need to catch up on about 100 pages lol

midnightraven3

s23?

what sort of wood and what sort of offcuts

i'm sure if we knew what they were we could come up with some ideas

susan42

Well made some cards yesterday, not 10 in a week though, am really going to have to pull my finger out. I`m in the preparing stage....thats my excuse anyhow.

Ideas with wood an hard one, depends on the definition of off cuts...

Its gone a little quiet on here but all the ideas, seem to be on thrifty gifty organised...xx

midnightraven3

there are a couple of threads running
kinda all in the same vein though

i THINK i am posting on all of them:rotfl:

the new handmade christmas one is V good for newbies though
rather than trawling through longer standing threads

hmmmmmm, i dont know what the answer is
been pointing out where to look when i can though

i have done my spreadsheets of who & what
but you know what its like, they are never really 100% complete!

today i shall have another look
and start making!

sarymclary

Rubynewshoes wrote: »

I've already done a couple of candles with the tea cups. They look lovely!

Really interested in the idea of planting crocus bulbs too. Anyone have any thoughts on when the best time to plant them up would be?

Indoor grown bulbs take about 12 weeks from planting to flower. Ideally you need a drainage hole, but if you daren't drill a hole, I'd put a little bit of gravel in the bottom of the cup, with compost & bulbs on top, to give a bit of space for water to sit beneath, and stop the compost from getting too sodden, and potentially rotting the bulb.

There's other ideas here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/gardenersworld/2009/09/christmas_in_a_cup.html

jollymummy

I planted some little crocuses and tete a tete in tea cups for my kitchen window sill this year, would make great pressies. Very Country Living !!

pennib

craftfairies wrote: »

I have posted this idea on my home page today.... It is edible naughts and crosses


It is a really cheap gift if you are willing to make the board (don't copy mine it needs some tweaking!!) works out at about 40p per game!!
all details of sweets etc on my homepage today x

That's Brilllliannnt :T

CandyB101_2

I'm definately going to get around making up some 'dammit dolls' for christmas this year
http://www.familycorner.com/homegarden/crafts/dammit_doll.shtml

susan42

Thxs candy for the link, i bought some last year for the Kirkwood hospice appeal and was wondering how i can get some more.xx

Love the noghts and crosses, but i dont think theyll make it as presents when i eat the lot

CandyB101_2

Hi,
I've just found this idea, 'Candy Sleigh', a nice cheap idea for giving some sweets as presents.
http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-material/recyclable-projects/candy-sleigh-665099/