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

Sian_the_Green

I have rescued pieces from an incomplete chess set so I have varnished wooden pieces in light and dark woods, can anyone think of anything I can do with them? Like paint them or include as a little gift with a poem? I don't want to throw them away but they are fairly useless at the moment

mummyslittleboy

lizalloareds wrote: »

hope they still have them at that price on the 26th sept when i go to hobbycraft in Aberdeen

They have them online aswell

chasingsunshine wrote: »

I've just managed to find an ebay seller who has agrred to make me some blank wooden key shapes for my santa keys! I'm so pleased! Going to decorate them with glitter and paint etc

Thought I'd be lovely if I can get one each year then when LO is big enough to decorate it himself I can keep them to hang on the tree the following years.

:rudolf::xmastree:

Can I ask which seller that sounds a lovely idea.

chasingsunshine_2

mummyslittleboy wrote: »

Can I ask which seller that sounds a lovely idea.

Of course, here is a link to her shop http://shop.ebay.co.uk/pots1963/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

I bought my door hangers here too and they arrived quick and are really good quality.
She hasnt got the keys listed yet as I literally only asked about them today but they'll be on there soon.

I'm really pleased, used card to make them before but wood should last well

There are some other nice christmas shapes on there, I might get some and put them with glitter glue or paints and ribbon and put them in my sisters Christmas eve hampers as I havent got them anything crafty to go in there yet - they could make some tree decorations

Thats another thing almost off the to do list!
My spreadsheet is almost all green! :j

mummyslittleboy

chasingsunshine wrote: »

Of course, here is a link to her shop http://shop.ebay.co.uk/pots1963/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

I bought my door hangers here too and they arrived quick and are really good quality.
She hasnt got the keys listed yet as I literally only asked about them today but they'll be on there soon.

I'm really pleased, used card to make them before but wood should last well

There are some other nice christmas shapes on there, I might get some and put them with glitter glue or paints and ribbon and put them in my sisters Christmas eve hampers as I havent got them anything crafty to go in there yet - they could make some tree decorations

:j

Thanks have bookmarked it as would like to do one for DS to leave santa although i am no good at painting and decorating things like that:o

Rubynewshoes

I made some lovely apple chutney last week and I've made Dumpsy Dearie jam today! No idea why it's called that.:huh: It's made with apples, pears and plums. All the fruit was from my garden, except the pears which were on offer in the supermarket last night and I used some really nice kilner jars to put it in that I had lying around from last christmas. It looks lovely.:D Just need to make some labels now! Think I'm going to cut some apple shapes out of green card and write the names on then use rafia to tie them on with. These can then go in the homemade food hampers for my parents. I'm also going to include some nice cheese and a bread mix to go with the chutney and some sort of tea loaf for the jam. Any suggestions? :think:

mary-op

Just when I think I've nearly caught up I find other ''stuff to do''...........bought a felt wall hanging from charity shop with alphabet on and little pockets with animals in for each letter -some are missing so I've got about 6 to do !!

Then I've got a christmas wall hanger to make ..........keep thinking it'll never end:rotfl:

elysia2003

If anyone is making homemade pamper hampers, I came across this pattern today to knit your own wash mittens.

http://www.favecrafts.com/Knitting/Spa-Mitts-Knitting-Pattern

Should be fairly easy if you already knit.

elysia2003

Thanks so much quicksave for the tips about the bookmarks. I've made some today! So easy and very effective!

Thanks again xxx

Kaleidoscope27

I'm thinking of making small magnetic photo frames for my boyfriend for Christmas (to stick on his fridge.) Is it expensive to buy strips of magnetic.... stuff? (Check out my technical lingo :rotfl: )

mummyslittleboy

Not sure if they would be what you are after Kaleidoscope27 but hobbycraft have some magnetic foam sheets 3 for £1.00