New, New Thirfty Gifty for Christmas and All Ocassions 2011..Santas Challenge...

laura16_2

Hi everyone, I think I'd like to join in although obviously I will have missed lots but if I start now I will look back and see what the last challenge was and try and get that one done before it's time for the next one x

SugarSpun

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SugarSpun - made me lol :rotfl: about your advice re: painkillers!! lol
LOVE your 12 days of Christmas idea!! Could it be more of a felt, 3D, pyramid shaped wall hanging?? Does that even make sense? lol

I think I was envisioning a box with lots of soft figures in it, iyswim, but I'm unsure how to do it.

Willow92

I'd like to make some christmas presents but I have no idea where to start...will read through this thread for some ideas

mary-op

Hello all :j
OH having better day than yesterday thank goodness.
Cleaner and me sorted bits out in the bathroom, all the nicks nacks and stuff (why do I have do many ??) so that when council chap comes to start on Monday he won't have so much to clear out.
Kitchen designer person coming tomorrow to measure up kitchen and work out what will go where, and more importantly how much !!!

Done not much today............no knitting or sewing.
Climbing rose round the kitchen window was hanging off its trellis with the winds yesterday so gardening chap hacked it down a bit..........now looks like trellis wants screwing back on to the wall.
Builder replaced slate we knew we'd lost yesterday morning and he found 4 others that must have come off some time yesterday ! Oh I do hate wind like that.........scary !!:eek:

Hope you're all ok..........must get myself into gear tomorrow when kitchen persons been and actually 'do' something.:)

SugarSpun

Ohhh yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh you know Christmas is coming when this board's name changes to Christmas and other Yuletide celebrations :j

Anglea

Hi all

I've just added this link to the tutorials page. Hours of fun looking through Christmas projects.

http://www.christmas-projects.com/index.html

Hi Willow, welcome to the group

mrs-moneypenny

update
just been through my homemade christmas list:eek:
handbag for sister (was going to be for niece. now completed but its more ault sized than childsized
brothers expected twins started 2nd blanket need to do cardi
friends 50th embroidering a needle case started
dad and step mum cross stitched orca framed
my mum, tapestry cushion havent even started
youngest wants a green knitted bear not started
sill got to plant the hyacincs for the 3 grandmas with the kids
and need to top up the hampers, ive made pickle and some damson jams so they need adding to

then there the christmas cake and pudding and mince pies ---not that im panicing mind,hope everyone is more on track than me, also just remembered sock monkey were mentioned by both my sons and i need to knit about 30 mini stocking for my class at school and make stuff for the high school christmas craft fair:D

updated my list with a few completed tasks, made a load of peach and ginger jam yesterday and knitted a ballof wools worth of one of the baby blankets and collected the hyachinc pot from mum in law (DD uses the same one every year.) planting those after school tonight

hope everyone else is on track

Willow92

Thinking of making cookie mix in a jar, is there a thread on here with instructions?

mary-op

Hello all :j

Angela - thanks for the link........that'll get me lost for hours.............lol

Willow........there's a thread on here for 'gifts in a jar' -if you type that in the search box at the top it'll come up.............sorry, don't know how to put it on.
I did these last year and they went down well.........didn't cost much to do either.


I've had a day of doing nothing in particular......gardener chap came up and sorted out the veg that had gone over and mint that outgrew its space -now I've got room for some more plants which means opening the purse !!
Kitchen lady came, measured up and gone off now to draw it all up and send us pictures and quote.............its the quote bit thats the scary bit !! Still, never ever had a new kitchen, always seemed to 'make do' so maybe its time to do it properly.

Hope you're all ok............you're all very busy -and I'm not Enthusiasm isn't there today.............oh well, maybe tomorrow:)

Lunacat

Hi,

New here but have been browsing. Am currently slap bang in the middle of making all my christmas presents - mostly crochet decorations and some knitted things. My main question is - any website recommendations for cheap craft supplies? Ribbons, decorative buttons etc? I've got all the wool I need (hopefully!) but could do with a good one-stop-shop for all the additional bits and bobs.

Thank you very much in advance