Challenge: Handmade 2010 xmas

esmer

lizalloareds wrote: »

Esmer do you live in Glasgow, i live near stirling

Hiya, in a place called Wishaw/motherwell, outside Glasgow...... I work in glasgow, so im there 3 days a week...

esmer

My God Midnight! how many are you making? I do love the gingerbread home sweet homes, how did you make them?

Love the orange and cinnamon, but not keen on the lillys..... What about Raffia? with the orange and cinnamon or just really nice BIG ribbons?

midnightraven3

esmer you are not that far from me
my children go to school in uddingston

small world:D

i have made 20 baskets for aunties
i have 6 to make for teens, hello kitty themed, but my daughter will help make them, and all the soaps etc are already made for them

i did make the signs
they were easy
i shall take a piccie in the better light 2moro and explain
(i could make it my 1st thing on my empty echoey blog:rotfl:)

mary-op

esmer - love the orange and cinnamon...........not keen on the lillies. Raffia would be good or some ribbon that tones in with the colour of the baskets ?

midnightraven3

good job i dried loads of orange slices then!
i have rafia, so looks like rafia wins:D

esmer

Thanks, on the doing the home sweet home blog, I await on it. I think they are really cute

My friend lives in uddingston it is a small world

Cotton_wool_katie

midnightraven3 wrote: »

Mary shamed me into getting myself into gear:rotfl:
so i have been working non stop
glad i have my new workbench (and all the rest of the new space in the kitchen)

about a quarter of the soaps i have made



my gingerbread men (and ladies signs)



made some tree decorations





made more but i wont bore you:D

made snowman soups & cupcakes





i shall finish packaging my soaps tomorrow
and then make my baskets up & dress them on sunday
all 20 of them:(
i also have a couple that are different

and then christmas can happen anytime!
whew!

Midnight

All your makes are lovely!!!! i lurve the home sweet home signs and baskets and tree decs - oh and your soaps lol xxx:D:D

Nice to see all your piccys x

jackiebetty

Raffia question.......I use garden raffia!!!! £shop does it and you gets loads....will last me until I am about 105....even using it in the garden too!!!!:rotfl:

mary-op

jackie - thanks for that. I don;t often get to a poundland but OH has hospital appt. in a fortnight so might get to do a bit of shopping beforehand.

midnight -had every intention of doing some little decorations like yours today but started off doing a couple of little christmas trees to go with the fabric hearts that'll hang on the dresser then foster daughter came round so I didn't get that far.......maybe tomorrow ??? I've got some red felt so there's no excuse is there...............lol:rotfl:

wammy77

Midnightraven3 - WOW, you have made so much stuff, and it all looks just fantastic!!!!!

I love the cinamon sticks - I use them too, tied with raffia and sometimes orange slices or little red berries... they always smell so good


Esmer - I recently got a couple of bundles of Raffia from a garden centre (Gordon Riggs) for only 95p each bundle - bargain! Not sure where else to get it cheaply os hope I don't run out

I've still not sorted out photographing my 'makes'.... must get on to it!