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

jamtart6

Today's craft on my crafty blog is recycling christmas cards into gorgeous ornaments. Right up your streets!
http://handmadeheartfelted.blogspot.com/

nunnygirl - if you do make some cakepops, take a photo and I'll put them on my blog I'm dying to see people have a go at these crafts

nunnygirl

Jamtart, I will. Going to try and prepare for cousins wedding and make the little wedding cakes as she's doing it on the cheap and I want to give something towards it, but I'll probably start with the plain cake pops. I've just ordered some edible ink pens and some lollipop sticks from eBay and I can't wait to get started!

I love the Hello Kitty ones on her website too, so that'll be one for me and my niece to do as she's mad on the Kitty!

SavingSu, that quilt is fabulous! Would love to hear about it whilst you're making it!

the_cosmos_rocks

Hello, i have been browsing the threads for ages now.

Just wondering, you know when making a pom pom, and you wrap the wool around the circle templates, do you keep wrapping until the hole in the middle has completely gone?

I haven't made one in years

jamtart6

I am dying to do the wedding pops for my wedding but just don't know how it will work out.

I think "can of frosting" in the ingredients is like a mallow stuff here. I'll ask my auntie she is a baker

whoopidoo

We used to do it till we couldn't poke the wool through anymore... so more or less till the holes were gone. I lost count of the amount of pom pom 'bugs' my sis and I used to make Memories!

td111 briliant bargains there. Was that charity shops? I need a good charity shop rummage! Fed up of being stuck in!

nunnygirl

Jamtart, someone suggested creamcheese instead of frosting

And Bakerella herself suggested this one


Cream Cheese Buttercream frosting
1 stick butter (softened)
8 oz. cream cheese (softened)
4 cups confectioner's sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
Beat softened butter and cream cheese until well blended. Add sugar and vanilla until creamy. Easy!

qwiksave

qwiksave wrote: »

Shame you don't live near me mary, I would have punched it for you with my Big Bite. (OOh look, they're on sale! :j) They are brill!

If anyone was interested in buying this Big Bite STOP!!!! There's an even bigger bargain found by Myzdamena (I was lurking on the card makers thread )

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=28607961&postcount=8388

Here the Big Bite is only £20 including P&P!! :money: (Everywhere seems to be selling them off, does that mean a new model is coming out??? :think:)...

mary-op

Love the decoupage box...............think I might just have to do something like that.............did it years ago and for some reason lost interest but now I've seen that I want to have another go.

li'l_p -thanks for the hole punch tip..........might find something around that'll do the job for the time being till I get a proper one. Can't afford it at the minute with OH being off work ...........

li'l_p

qwiksave wrote: »

If anyone was interested in buying this Big Bite STOP!!!! There's an even bigger bargain found by Myzdamena (I was lurking on the card makers thread )

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=28607961&postcount=8388

Here the Big Bite is only £20 including P&P!! :money: (Everywhere seems to be selling them off, does that mean a new model is coming out??? :think:)...

Oh Lordy, why did I look at this. Yes, it's £20.99, £19.99 with £1.00 postage. I already have the crop-a-dile! Do I need the Big Bite???

ETA: Ah, dammit, have ordered one. Have justified my purchase in that I will sell the crop-a-dile on... as ever with these things, I always struggle with the crop-a-dile as for me its quite wide to grip with one hand (I only have little hands) and the big bite has legs so stands on the table so will be easier to use.

Joy all round!

quicksave: It probably does mean a new version is coming out - usually the way with these things. I think that's why I got a good deal last time on the crop-a-dile.

mary-op

qwiksave - I don't know enough about all these bits of equipment to know -maybe its just a January sale ?
There seem to be so many tools to use for card/crafting - where on earth is the best place to start ?