Christmas Crafting Ideas by Flyingpig - Its Good To Share.

StarSquishy

I've been reading through quiet a bit of this thread and I'm so inspired! Lots of great ideas I'm going to use this year.

My first crafting christmas.... Exciting!:D

flyingpig58

The orignal ES mints were made using punches from a Stampin'Up Demonstrator ..... they are quite expensive but excellent quality. Just do a search for Stampin'Up and then contact a demonstrator through that .... there are 100's of demonstrators so plenty of choice!

You will need a scalloped circle and 1 3/8 plain circle punch.

On the other hand you could look for nesting punches from X Cut

like these http://www.theglitterpot.co.uk/scripts/prodlist.asp?idcategory=809 but you'd have to work out what sizes you would need

jakesbakescakes

just noticed that sainsburys have got packs of 4 'simple' soap on offer for 99p. thought this might be good for flannel reindeers etc, especially as the soap is so 'pure' and great for sensitive skin. HTH x

Keiss_21

Thanks for the soap info jakesbakescakes, will look into it next week.

A question for those of you who sell at fairs...how much stock to you make and take with you?

I am in the middle of making things for 2 craft fairs in six weeks time, they are only 2 days apart :eek:, so I am worried about having enough things made for both of them.

I am making small purses, bags and wallets, with a few larger bags. I am also knitting scarves using the loopy/frilly yarns, as well as some xmas decs. There will also be flannel reindeer, sock cupcakes and some sweets bagged up too, as well as some ES decs. I am thinking of making some crayon/pencil rolls too for kids.

With the fairs being at the end of November, at least if I have things left over, then I can use some of them as Xmas presents!!! :rotfl:

Right, back to the [STRIKE]grindstone[/STRIKE] sewing machine!

threelittlepigs

do you cover both sides of the ES mints or just the front?
also does anyone sell the circles on here plain and scalloped?
thank you x

oh and how do you stick it on the circles
Thanks again

craftygranny

threelittlepigs wrote: »

do you cover both sides of the ES mints or just the front?
also does anyone sell the circles on here plain and scalloped?
thank you x

oh and how do you stick it on the circles
Thanks again

I stick a scalloped circle on the back in the same colour as the front one . I don't decorate the back circle just the front one.

I stick the mint to the circles with double sided tape.

threelittlepigs

craftygranny wrote: »

I stick a scalloped circle on the back in the same colour as the front one . I don't decorate the back circle just the front one.

I stick the mint to the circles with double sided tape.

Thank you for your help thats great:A


EDIT.... one more thing sorry to be a pain do you just stick the ribbon on with DS tape too?

jakes-mum

I stick my ribbon on with normal cellotape before I put the ES mint on with double sided

threelittlepigs

so the ribbon goes under the mint?
XxX

jakes-mum

I've always done it that way to hide the scraggly ends of the ribbon Makes it look much nicer