handmade gifts for christmas and celebrations 2011

PepPop

esmer Great link :beer:

dizzytina Great makes - I love the lipbalm holder

craftgirl1960

Dizzytina - your makes are gorgeous!! Love the Owl material to!

pennib

Introducing Mr. Ginger Nutts. Cos he's made from ginger socks!

PepPop

pennib wrote: »

Introducing Mr. Ginger Nutts. Cos he's made from ginger socks!

Love him!!!!! :T:T:T:T:T

hart44

pennib wrote: »

Introducing Mr. Ginger Nutts. Cos he's made from ginger socks!

Oooo he's so cute I think he is my fav of your s so far but then again all your sock monkeys are wonderful :T

dizzytina

gemini12 wrote: »

Please put the tutorials on your blog. I have tried the tissue holders and they are so easy thanks to your instructions. I would love to try the others. so please, please, please.

I will try and do a tutorial for the phone holder and lipbalm holder (both made the same way really) tomorrow for everyone:D. Was hoping to do them yesterday but ended up doing 2 orders i have got for pumpbags and chalkboards so will get back on to it later x x

dizzytina

Peenib

loving Mr Ginger nuts! I so need to learn how to knit to make little hats for mine!!

mary-op

pennib -love the sockmonkey :T

tina - if you can't knit you can always make a little hat from a sock...........cut it off above the heel and use the elasticated part to go round the head, tie piece of ribbon or elastic band round the top of it leaving enough to make it look like a sort of ski hat. Just a thought.

Finished off foster daughters kitchen plaque and made it a hanging one instead of magnet -OH got me some dark blue check ribbon just the thing. Then I did a little heart for her from some freebie fabric I'd got that had a saucepan on it........same ribbon at the top........think she'll like it.

Tomorrow if its warm OH has promised he'll wheel me into town but its bloomin' cold today so not so sure it'll change that much overnight.
So, tomorrow will be knitting the second wrist warmer and maybe (if I remember to ask OH to get some socks) sock puppets................lol:)

wammy77

dizzytina - your makes are, as always, gorgeous! :T

pennib - I love him, he's sooooooo cute


This weeks makes for me were vanilla & nutella polka dot glitter-dust cupcakes for DS birthday and a pair of voile curtains for DD bedroom:



The cupcakes are vanilla sponge mix filled with nutella in the centre (using wilton #230 nozzle) topped with vanilla buttercream swirls, glitter-dust, and mini choco beans. I was really pleased with the results.... wasn't sure how much filling to pipe into each cupcake but they looked great when cut in half!!!



The voile panels were bought but far too big, so i altered them in width and length, added pretty bows along the top to attach them to the curtain pole, and finished with two strings of gorgeous glittery fairy wings purchased from one of my favourite shops in Covent Garden, Sass and Belle. My little girl LOVED them :T

wammy77

Ladies

I'm making sock bunnies for Easter gifts and and trying to source some good value stuffing. I remember a while ago on a thread someone mentioned that she used pillow stuffing as it was the cheapest way to do it - does anyone remember this?? Or does anyone have any other ideas for cheap stuffing??

TIA