handmade gifts for christmas and celebrations 2011

esmer

housewifeintraining wrote: »

I'm hoping to make some chocolate bars for my brother in law for his birthday and just read about the choccie thermometer - do I need one of these or will my jam thermometer be ok?

Jam one is not sensitive enough. you have to have a fast working thermometre and it has to be precise quickly, to within a half degree depending on what chocolate your tempering. I put a bit on blog about it. HTH

housewifeintraining

Thanks esmer! Would a digital thermometer be best if it needs to be really accurate?

esmer

I found the digital one too slow. I now have all types of thermometers and the chocolate one is best

pennib

Here is a titchy hand sewn sock monkey, he's snuggled in his pea pod leaf bed.
Couple of more photos on homepage
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qwiksave

pennib wrote: »

Here is a titchy hand sewn sock monkey, he's snuggled in his pea pod leaf bed.
Couple of more photos on homepage
clicky thumbnail

Oh, that is SO cute! I love it! :T Could I also ask what setting on Photobucket you use to do a clicky photo?

pennib

Here is Titchy with his big brothers!
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PepPop

pennib wrote: »

Here is Titchy with his big brothers!
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AWWWWW he is soooooo cute!!!!

mary-op

pennib - he's so cute.:T........how did you manage to make one as small as that ?

dizzytina

Pennib your sock monkeys are so cute you must be overrun with them by now:D:D

I have a few birthdays coming up so I have been making gift bags and notebooks here's a few and there are more on my homepage
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-q6CebiOV_Rw/TWTJXA5mWVI/AAAAAAAAAr4/OFWShWSX_7Y/s1600/IMGP6946.JPG

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wm4okwnPxaE/TWTJaXx7ayI/AAAAAAAAAr8/-4LHHfNc8uk/s1600/IMGP6948.JPG

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-E7g1PqNOB9U/TWTJod0TCOI/AAAAAAAAAsQ/3RDLzd5OG_4/s1600/IMGP6958.JPG

LolaLemon

Loving all the pics
its soo great to see what others can make

Big Hugs to everyone who needs/wants them

not done much crafty, or been on here much lately, have had a really bad dose fo the flu, im now left with a horrendous cough that is lasting on average for 10 weeks

just before i got the flu, the nursery asked if i would sew all the donated 'squares' into a blanket.... i tried.. it was a disaster! the 'squares' where not the same size, the colours didnt 'go' so i ripped it all out and decided to make blocks for babys to play with (they are being donated to an orphanage in romania)
they are not perfect but they will do.





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