Christmas Crafting Ideas by Flyingpig - Its Good To Share.

jakes-mum

Which host site are you using for your pics is it photobucket?

oooo no, never heard of that, was just copying the link from a pic off my blog, will have a look see if i can find it, tyv

MrsBeany

i've been reading this thread for the last couple of weeks or so and just wanted to say how fantastic you crafty ladies are! your makes and tutorials etc are fab and have really inspired me to get crafty for christmas (and the rest of the year)! i've started off simple with some christmas cards but am planning to borrow some of your brilliant ideas to add to the hampers i'm making for family christmas presents. if i'm feeling brave i might try to upload some pics when i get things finished - but will depend on whether my laptop will let me, it's a bit hormonal! the only thing i wish was that there were some little children in mine and DH's families so that i could make magic reindeer food, etc for them! Hubby says i could make it for him but i don't think it'd be quite the same!

mummyslittleboy

jakes-mum wrote: »

oooo no, never heard of that, was just copying the link from a pic off my blog, will have a look see if i can find it, tyv

You did it :T easy when you know how the sweets do look lovely now i got DD2 saying are you going to make some mum so will just have to add to the ever growing list

jakes-mum

yaaaay, ty mummyslittleboy got there in the end now just got to make a massive amount of these flowers without my 2 year old walking off with them !

Sorry to add to your list though

cuddles123

meggielo - if you're around, can I ask a question please?

When you make your fabulous bookmarks, do you put magnets in? The tutorial I found uses magnets so I bought some, but they aren't very strong through the material. Just wondered if you can advise please?

mummyslittleboy

jakes-mum wrote: »

yaaaay, ty mummyslittleboy got there in the end now just got to make a massive amount of these flowers without my 2 year old walking off with them !

Sorry to add to your list though

My 3 year old does the same just found him walking round with a bag of snowman poop :mad:

craftgirl1960

Mummyslittleboy thanks that was the poem I was after, thank you!
Dizzytina I love your Rudoplh noses!
jakes-mum your lolly flowers are fantastic

mary-op

Hi all :j
Fab makes yet again..........this thread gets so busy I can never catch up.............lol
Love the mint puddings and snowmen ones........don't have a cutter so think if I did those I'd have to use a jar top or something like that. I'd only be doing a few for family so it wouldn't be that much of a chore.............not this year though:)

Think a 'sticky' would be a good idea for tutorials........not sure how you go about it though.

My efforts today have been making a few more fabric hearts and covering another diary -not made a pigs ear of this one thankfully............lol:rotfl:
Cheap shop has just opened in town.......only a little one but OH bought some bars of choccy for 25p for me to cover and turn into a rudolph or snowman - think he's brought enough home to keep me happy if I have a 'choccy' moment tonight..........lol:rotfl:

Bitsy_Beans

mummyroysof3 wrote: »

thanks bitsy beans, im going to have a look what i can get cheap on ebay lol ive already been through all the kids craft stuff to see what we have in the way of things to stick on to make cards and tops for the sweetie bags, still not sure what size cello bags to get though, if anyone can tell me what size they use that would be great

charlotte x

For my poop and reindeer food I've used "card wallets" from the Works. Perfect size, self seal and 50 for 99p :T

Hollie84 wrote: »

:T thats fab,its lucky i do this as a full time thing because if i had of been doing it 1.5 years ago before i left for maternity leave there would have been no chance of me getting anything done.i don't have any crafty family members that could help me, they would just end up making a mess of things and im a bit of a perfectionist

Hollie I am being a real nosey so and so but what's the best way to make a living from something like this? Do you sell much of your goods online (I love Folksy ) or do you just do a lot of craft fairs etc? I confess I've found all lot of the crafting very time consuming :eek: Working 2 full days a week and having 2 young children of my own as well as the house and garden to maintain.......goodness there aren't enough hours in the day.

Finished off my snowman soup last night and some of my bare tree cards today. I have a box full of goodies to sell at toddler group next week :eek: wish me luck!!!
Want to make some more cards and have to complete some orders for friends and my mum so the merry go round of madness continues :rotfl:

jakesmum - love the lolly flowers :T thanks for posting the tutorial.

Bubble16

Possibly stupid question: if you use self sealing bags for your sweets does this mean you don't need a vacuum bag sealer?