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

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li'l_p wrote: »

Last night I did this:



I have quite a few of these baby formula tins stashed on the top of my cupboard as I am always thinking that they are too good to bin and would be useful for storage. Until now I haven't got round to actually doing anything with them. Then the other day I spotted and bought a roll of sticky vinyl from Home & Bargains for 79p and thought it would be perfect to cover the tins.

Going to cover a few and put them on my shelf to store my craft bits & bobs!

Ooh. That's really pretty:T

susan946

princesspoppypop wrote: »

Ive just measured one and he is 4.5 inches tall ( not including legs).

You could knit triangles to create the body although the Rowan chickens are knit in one piece then the legs, tail and comb are crocheted using basic stitch.

I pop a small bean bag in the bottom then stuff with toy filling. It just helps them to sit nicely.





Poppy x

Thanks Poppy. I'll have a go in a while. I have a traffic jam of projects to do at the moment - most the result of the inspiration overload caused by all you lovely people on this thread!!!!

princesspoppypop wrote: »

I`m going to stop hogging this thread:o!

Was terribly sick this morning ( morning sickness) so am off for an afternoon nap!

Poppy x

NO NO NO NO NO - don't stop posting so much on this thread. We NEED you. You are a great source of inspiration and very generous at sharing your expertise. Sorry that you are so sick, though. It's a horrid, horrid thing this morning sickness. I can still remember despite my youngest being almost 35!!!! Hopefully it won't last for too long and you will be feeling more energetic. Take care.

PepPop

li'l_p wrote: »

I'm playing catch up with you all at the moment so please be patient with me. The gingerbreadman is brilliant. Love him. do you knit a square, then felt it, cut it out and sew him or do you actually knit him that shape?

tdd111

afternoon all!!

so i bought my first victim today, a gross panda!! i've come home took my scissors to him and felt really guilty!! lol but have now put his stuffing into mine and the guilt is fading as mine is now coming to life!!! lol

mary-op

Oh you are a busy lot - I'm really behind myself !
Was all set to go out today but stomach still bit 'iffy' so waiting to see if there's a prescription for me at GP's at 3 then OH can collect it.

Really must get down to the craft shop -need some christmassy paper and she has a sale on now...bound to be something to cover my twiglet boxes with.
Must think of a few ideas for gravy tubs - they're ideal to fill a shoe box that needs posting -easier on the weight.
Only thing I can think of so far is to fill a tub of freebies I get..........make up, stuff like that so is a 'mini make-up tub'

liesauk

tdd111 wrote: »

afternoon all!!

so i bought my first victim today, a gross panda!! i've come home took my scissors to him and felt really guilty!! lol but have now put his stuffing into mine and the guilt is fading as mine is now coming to life!!! lol

hehehehe.. see! I told you, it kind of feels good huh? :rotfl:

liesa
xx

PepPop

qwiksave wrote: »

Speaking of step by step crafts, I've just spotted some beginners guides to trying crafts on the 'All About You' website.

www.allaboutyou.com/craft/craft-ideas-kids-crafts-beginners-guides/special

Thanks for the link qwiksave - that's exactly what I was looking for. Oooh more crafting things to try... when will i ever find the time

PepPop

sethsgran wrote: »

Wish you were here??
Scroll down to "My Craft Room". I would love a room like this, and yes it's a American home.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://crafts.peteandkerry.com/cards/012909_07.JPG&imgrefurl=http://crafts.peteandkerry.com/%3Fm%3D200901&usg=__5jANNLEulVJ1k9rBeu7Tk9YHG5M=&h=691&w=922&sz=137&hl=en&start=126&um=1&tbnid=z8I3i_Sq9zX61M:&tbnh=110&tbnw=147&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dvalentine%2Bcricut%2Bcraft%26ndsp%3D21%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26start%3D105%26um%3D1

Oh I am sooooo jealous - gonna show this to OH as I've told him I want a craft room when we move house later this year

BabyFranny

princesspoppypop wrote: »

To make a mw bracelet like mine you need a 5/6 coil of bracelet mw.

If using a larger coil that needs cutting down, make sure you use proper memory wire cutters!

I used round nose pliers to coil one end into a ring, then thread on your beads. The beads I used in mine are from different sources. Ive used glass pearls, illusions beads, tibetan charms and beads, glass beads, acrylic beads and aluminium beads.

Eeek when I think about the cost of my bead collection!

To finish off coil the end once again with round nose pliers and either leave like that or add a little charm like my angel.

The bracelet took me around 30 mins to make.

Poppy x

That's really helpful, thanks

karren

with the sma tins, i used self adehsive border, and had samples from diy stores so had them in the childrens rooms with bit and bobs for years xxx but im going to ask around for sma tins for my craft's x thanks for the idea x