Challenge: Handmade 2010 xmas

midnightraven3

good morning ladies:j

oh and gentlemen if we have any:D

Ginger, i REALLY did just spit coffee
"etsy !!!!!!":rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

loads of wonderful makes & ideas
this thread is gathering momentum
and have saved loads of ideas, recipes, hints & tips from it:j
need to organise them into their proper files, they come thick & fast, so saving them in a bit of a jumble instead of my usual

box of hugs, what a lovely idea
i think that has to be contender for 1st prize of gift that means loadssssssssssss, yet minimal cost:T

jetty

gingerandrubarb wrote: »

I've just taken a look at the box of hugs and realised my aunt gave me ones of these last year :rotfl: i had no idea this is what they where called,

This is also a cute idea... http://familycrafts.about.com/cs/giftsforanyone/a/blgiftft1.htm Did you say you where going to do the favourite things ones? x

awwww, that is sweet

I'm not doing that, i just decided to do hampers and fill them with what i know are peoples fav things (drink, crisps, biscuits and in my dad's case, an arsenal towel amongst it all!!)

mummyslittleboy

DD found this website morning and I have just been looking through it really like this http://familyfun.go.com/christmas/christmas-crafts-stockings/christmas-candy-crafts/peppermint-tree-661600/

and it looks easy enough to make think I might do it just when I promised myself no more projects untill I finished the ones I already have on the go:D

Giggle

Have you seen this little candy cane mice
http://familyfun.go.com/christmas/christmas-crafts-stockings/christmas-candy-crafts/merry-mice-660649/

mummyslittleboy

Giggle wrote: »

Have you seen this little candy cane mice
http://familyfun.go.com/christmas/christmas-crafts-stockings/christmas-candy-crafts/merry-mice-660649/

They are cute aren't they there are a few good ideas on this website, and lots of stuff the kids can do to.

karenann76

Morning!!

LOVING the ideas....I am after some bottles with stoppers. The ones have foind are all too big or too dear! Ikea have a good 1ltr for 1.99 but too big for me! Wares of Knutsford seem too expensive!

Also I am after an easyish pattern for a rag doll for my niece? Has anyone got one?? Am off to Bemz to order my swatches...hehehehehe! I love freebies!

Karen

sarymclary

More great ideas, thanks guys!

I've started listing all the things I plan to do in a notebook now, as my brain just can't hold it all anymore!

I went shopping yesterday, and have bought the choc powder & mini marshmallows for the snowman soup. It occurred to me, that instead of putting in chocolate drops, I'm going to make some chocolate love hearts, and a chocolate swirler, made out of chocolate melted into an icecube tray, with a wooden stirrer (I may borrow some from MacDonalds...). I bought a chocolate ice cube tray in Sainsburys yesterday for 50p (it had 50% off). Sainsburys also have lots of 50% off stationery, notebooks, pencils, so have bought some of those too.

Loving the fabric covered notebook idea, can't wait to see the pictures!

I've found an East of India woven ribbon that I really like, that I'm going to use on my gifts. I like the New England look, so that's my theme this year. Still yet to go out and search for some nice jars to use.... may check Asda and Poundstretcher.

I also bought all the ingredients yesterday for the Christmas puds and cakes. Will leave it a few more weeks until I make them, as I'm nervous of making them too soon. It's more having the plan in my mind of who is getting what that is most important now. I use a spreadsheet on the PC each year to keep tabs of what I'm spending, and what I've bought. It's my only way of remembering. I started doing that about 3 years ago, because I completely forgot that I'd hidden some gifts one year, and didn't find them until after Christmas! Not making that mistake again.

cbsexec

Please stop posting all these brilliant ideas - my list of things to do just gets longer and longer!!

So much to do so little time

mummyslittleboy

cbsexec wrote: »

- my list of things to do just gets longer and longer!!

So much to do so little time

Same here:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

elysia2003

dramarama wrote: »

Hey gingerandrhubarb,
The Chilli jam is a nigella xmas recipe I think. I've never made it but some lovely people on one of the other xmassy boards were talking about it and it sounds scrummy. I've got a link below but I think there's some pop ups!! http://en.petitchef.com/recipes/chilli-jam-fid-267388

As it is an N Lawson spectacular I'm sure it'll taste awesome!! I love the jewel colour of it...there's probably a poem that would suit it too!!

That's the recipe I have just made. :j It's just cooling before putting into jars in about half an hour. It looks absolutely wonderful.

I also have green tomatoes and onions prepared (have to salt them for 12 hours or so) ready for Green Tomato Chutney tomorrow. :A

I made Blackberry jam for christmas hampers and I've only 1 jar left because it is so scrummy.