Christmas Crafting Ideas by Flyingpig - Its Good To Share.

lindens

Giggles_Fairy wrote: »

Could anyone who has done a candy bouquet give me some advice please . I am going to give it a go making one. They sell cellophane by the roll in country baskets but I didnt fancy buying a whole roll and spending £12 for an experiment. How much cellophane would you estimate one bouquet like the Lindt one shown earlier in the thread uses? I think I will buy a smaller amount off ebay first to try it out so dont want to buy too little!

I would say at least a piece 1m x 1m maybe even 1.5m x 1.5m.

To complicate matters, I always used to use 2 or 3 different colours in mine (sorry). But as i made them all the time i got through rolls quite quickly. In the end i found a company that sold them in ready made squares which was fab as i didnt have to cut them
Can't wait to see a pic of the finished item:T

Edit- try these
http://www.purpleroomcrafts.co.uk/category/65/299/school-supplies-craft-essentials-cellophane-rolls

and have used these alot-very good for crafty things, good prices too
http://www.bakerross.co.uk/find.asp?name=cello&cid=BPPCMGSVKPCYYDNVE88B9Y4DMTAC8GT7

moosetastic

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Mooetastic - lovely calenders! The choc lollies from Aldi.....did you cover them in the red paper? How did you do it because it looks very professional

flourgirl wrote: »

Moostastic fabulous makes everything is gorgeous, Please can I pinch your Chocolate Reindeer Lollies idea

Hi Bitsy and flourgirl, thank you so much

I've done a little tutorial to make the chocolate reindeers for you and anyone else who wants to use it. The lollies are 99p for 9 from Aldi at the moment, they have milk chocolate in the shape of Santa and white chocolate snowmen. This is what they look like.

1st - take a sheet of A4 red paper and cut it into 3 strips.

2nd - place double sided tape on one edge. Place the lollipop in the middle and wrap it around and secure it.

3rd - with a paper ribber, rib the top and bottom to ensure they stay closed

4th - stick on wiggly eyes and a pompom for the nose. I just randomly drew antlers on black glitter card, cut them out and stuck them on.

5th - finish with a pre-made gold bow.

Simples! I'm thinking of doing the same thing with white craft paper/card and making snowmen later. As soon as I've done some, I'll post pics for you all to see.

tranmererovers

I'm just in the process of making my second candy bouquet for my friends daughter, I have decorated a smartprice glass tumbler with flowers using glass paints and then got some dry oasis to put the sweets in, I have used skewers and tissue paper for around the sweets and also put in some ribbon curls. For around the outside I have got some organza from a floristry supplies . I'll try and upload a pic but it is still work in progress :0

mummyslittleboy

Just finished my reindeers for my order so thought I would post a pic, have been to tesco as well and got the tub of 30 ferero rocher for £3.50 bargain!!!



Will catch up on rest of thread later DS wants some tea!!

mary-op

Hi all :j My word what a lots been going on since yesterday tea time............job to keep up.........lol

Got all my coaster/beer mat calendars done.........have to try our local craft shop for magnetic strips -if she's not got any I'll google and see whats about. Might be easier to get some more little bulldog clips.

Some lovely stuff keeps coming up on here...:T

Ooops.........sorry....forgot who's done what now...............lol Calendars are super...........better than mine...........(memo to self -must try harder)

moosetastic

rightio, done some snowmen to match my reindeer chocolates -





I've also bagged up a few peg magnets ready to go, got about 100 more to make but they take no time at all

CT19720

Some more beautiful makes Moosetastic. Love the snowmen to go with the reindeer lollies.

Great pegs too - they look really elegant with the gems you have added. Can I ask do you use self adhesive ribbon to make them? Or is it normal ribbon or glue that you stick on.

Thanks

mummyslittleboy

CT19720 wrote: »

Fab makes Moosetastic. Love what you have done with the chocolate lollies.

I want to try a couple of reindeer flannel/soaps, and wondered where people got the little bells from and brown pipe cleaners.

I get the bells of ebay. HTH

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Sainsbury's have a 3rd off it so not a great deal but if you can't get it cheaper anywhere else then just bear it in mind.



The chocolate raisins......call me daft but has anyone ever tried making their own?? Or is that an OS step too far
Where's the cheapest place to buy from?
Can only one give me a link to a good ebayer for the bags for them?

Thanks for that tesco have the big tub of 30 for £3.50 so got a couple
They sell big bags of them in the £1 shop

mary-op

Lov e the snowmen.............:T How on earth do you manage to do so many.............I'm only doing for family and not even started them yet............lol
Love the pegs.............found two this morning I could use but need magnetic strips for them -not sure where to get them from

craftygranny

Love the snowmen and the santa they are fab . lovely pegs too. Do you use sticky ribbons i did it was much quicker.

Can i just ask ladies how much do you normally sell the reindeer flannels for ? thanks