Challenge: Handmade 2010 xmas

esmer

cuddles123 wrote: »

Have been making these to package pressies





And these toppers for my Christmas Sweeties

They are soooooooooooo good. Loving the top box/parcel/packet :T

cuddles123

Thanks esmer

BTW - how have you cut your notches and slits to fasten your boxes?

deborahmcgeachy

This thread is fab I stumbled across it by accident but will def be checking in on it from now on!!! All your presents are beautiful, i'd like to make some home made things as gifts to and love the idea of flavoured bottles of alcohol and fudge!!! Yum yum!!! I'm excited now and looked forward to having ago!!! Thanks for your tips so far and look forward to the many more that are coming!!!

abatha

This thread has been distracting me from essay writing for the past few days! I had to give in and join you've all given me some great ideas!
I'm hoping to make lip balms and bath bombs for my friends as well as little sweet treat hampers peppermint creams, gingerbread men, festive biscuits etc
Can't wait to get started!

esmer

cuddles123 wrote: »

Thanks esmer

BTW - how have you cut your notches and slits to fasten your boxes?

I cut one with a little craft blade, but Im not doing the others. Im going to tie them with ribbon, I might make punch holes instead.

esmer

I made new snowman soup labels, my others just looked CRAP. Here he is, so much cuter.



Here is the PDF file, if you want to use it?

http://caketastic.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/snowman-soup-label.pdf

helen_caslass

has the pattern swap info been passed out yet?

debsleypig

Help! I really need to find some cheap baskets to use for gift basket type pressies-e.g. movie night gift basket. I cannot find any cheap ones anywhere! Any suggestions please. Poundland does not have them. Thanks.

gingerandrubarb

abatha wrote: »

This thread has been distracting me from essay writing for the past few days! I had to give in and join you've all given me some great ideas!
I'm hoping to make lip balms and bath bombs for my friends as well as little sweet treat hampers peppermint creams, gingerbread men, festive biscuits etc
Can't wait to get started!

Hi :j
Sounds lovely and yummy, I also make bath and body items and specialise in perfumery (i do love scents) have you considered making some solid perfumes using the same tubs/tubes as your lip balms?

esmer

midnightraven3 wrote: »

i use the recipe i have for millies cookies
the only thing i do different than when i make them myself is, instead of using vanilla extract, i make vanilla sugar and add that instead of ordinary granulated

i also make my own vanilla extract and bottle it, there are a couple fo people i give it to, but not all

once you make millies cookies you never want anything else!
they are soft & chewy cookies

they have to add butter & an egg

Millie’s cookies

3oz butter;
3oz granulated sugar;
3oz muscovado sugar;
Tsp vanilla extract;
1 egg;
6oz self raising flour;
Pinch salt;
4oz of choc chips or raisins or dried apricots or whatever you want to add.

Method: preheat oven to 180 degrees; mix all ingredients together; put spoonfuls onto trays covered with greaseproof paper; cook for 11 minutes.

Can you remember how many you got from this, I cant. was going to put it on the recipe card in the tin.

Thanks