Challenge: Handmade 2010 xmas

SeaBee

Giggles_Fairy wrote: »

Oh this is FAB! What cutters did you use for this?

Hi Giggles, the set I bought were from Lakeland. They cost £4.99 which isn't too bad, but postage is £4.25 so I waited until I went to Nottingham recently and picked mine up instore.

Giggles_Fairy

Oh no I dont have a lakeland near me It does seem alot of P+P as it pretty much doubles the price of the item! May ask my friend who is in chester at uni if she knows where it is there hahaha

helen_caslass

think the christmas cookie tree star cutters may be the perfect gift for my SIL then she will be able to make them, will make one first and kind of tie cutters too it with ribbon once wrapped in cellophane possibly...

helen_caslass

whats the best quickest way to make pom poms?

Georgiabay

I haven't tried it myself but this seems really quick compared to the two circles of card method.

nicola00

SeaBee wrote: »

Hello all, I've spent a lovely morning in the kitchen. I've made some muffins, fed my Christmas cakes and had an attempt at the cookie Christmas tree. Took a while to make and there's a few things I will do differently when I make them as gifts, but overall, I am happy with the result. :j

Well done, looks great. I can't wait till my cutters come now. Although been busy decorating the kids rooms this week an got a few more to do so no idea when I'll find the time

Update us on your next attempt then I can just steal your fail proof plan..

nicola00

Giggles_Fairy wrote: »

Oh no I dont have a lakeland near me It does seem alot of P+P as it pretty much doubles the price of the item! May ask my friend who is in chester at uni if she knows where it is there hahaha

I got my cutters from ebay, hopefully be here by end of week

£1.99 plus £1 postage

Hobbycraft do the same ones as on ebay for £4.99

If you go back a few pages you'll find the eBay link

chasingsunshine_2

nicola00 wrote: »

I got my cutters from ebay, hopefully be here by end of week

£1.99 plus £1 postage

Hobbycraft do the same ones as on ebay for £4.99

If you go back a few pages you'll find the eBay link

I bought mine from that ebay page too, they came this morning. Look good but not sure how big it will be once assembled - one way to find out I guess

sarymclary

I found these in Sainsburys at the weekend, if you aren't near a Hobbycraft or such like, it's worthwhile knowing they have them.



I had a go at making the boxes to put my truffles in last night. They were surprisingly easy to do. A bit of Christmas wrap, some double-sided sticky tape and a glue-stick was all I needed to make them. Quite therapeutic doing them while watching TV.

From this:



To this:

sarymclary

I've also done some of the covered notebooks, as suggested by GingerRhubarb about 15 pages back!

I've found some super sticky craft glue in a local hardware shop, which bonds in a minute (after 10 mins of drying before contact). I'm also using some really cheap double-sided tape from Wilkos to keep the material in place on the back/front, and it's so thin it doesn't show through the fabric.

Here's my first attempts:


I had to stop after 2 books, because the glue smells really strong, and I was going to be circling the airport before long!