❄❄ Let It Snow ❄❄ :: Christmas 2012 Chatter Thread

dropsofjupiter

My mum got her first Christmas present today!

dropsofjupiter

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Have made 12 soap balls and 15 hand scub tonight. Am going to do sick cupcakes tomorrow, when we get back from seeing the truck.

Sorry for any mistakes. Am on phone. Ds is on the laptop.

What are sick cupcakes?

Nanamia

Amey I'm feeling really quite jealous about your 'meet' on Wednesday! We should all have badges or possibly Rudolph noses as identification
Linky I'm glad you had such a great weekend. It sounds like you really did have fun, I'm glad you so deserve it. Back to the grindstone now, happy crafting.
Aliaslotte I'm popping off to have a little look at the book people. I can't resist books for my DGDs Already have loads for them both. Think when we go to Oz in January I might have to have an extra suitcase!
Louise I love Rapunzels tower:) Oh I remember those days.

DSiL making even more improvements today They even tried to remove the ventilator , although it seems she's not quite ready for that. But she soon will be:) Looking forward to tomorrow's visit. X

Moneysavingmumofone where are you? I hope you are feeling ok. I kno you didn't feel so good yesterday evening. I hope you've not come down with anything nasty, and that your DS is feeling better today xxx
Snugglebunny you are unusually quiet too! Hope you are ok xxx

*Louise*

Own_My_Own wrote: »

Louise How much are you making of each thing ? It is one of the things that is worrying me. Don't want to end up with lots over, but also don't want to take too little.

Not too many really, I just got carried away with the keyrings because I kept thinking of more names. I used ones from friends/family so I can always give some away as Xmas gifts as well

For lower cost items like snowman poop I'm making about 25. Les of the bigger items, 20 knitted stockings so far (my mum just keeps handing me more of them!)only got 18 snowman soups...cos that's how many a tin made. I am happy to take orders from people, so I'm not worried about not having enough of anything.

If I get orders...Do you think it would be rude to ask for payment when ordering? I would hate to waste time making things and people change their minds or something. I got free business cards so I intend to hand out my name/number to anyone who places an order (I'm being really optimistic, aren't I?) :rotfl:

Own_My_Own

dropsofjupiter wrote: »

What are sick cupcakes?

:rotfl: should read SOCK cupcake.:rotfl:

*Louise* wrote: »

Not too many really, I just got carried away with the keyrings because I kept thinking of more names. I used ones from friends/family so I can always give some away as Xmas gifts as well

For lower cost items like snowman poop I'm making about 25. Les of the bigger items, 20 knitted stockings so far (my mum just keeps handing me more of them!)only got 18 snowman soups...cos that's how many a tin made. I am happy to take orders from people, so I'm not worried about not having enough of anything.

If I get orders...Do you think it would be rude to ask for payment when ordering? I would hate to waste time making things and people change their minds or something. I got free business cards so I intend to hand out my name/number to anyone who places an order (I'm being really optimistic, aren't I?) :rotfl:

No I don't think it is rude asking for payment with orders. I would do the same.

I am going to print off some cards with my details on, so we can be optimistic together. :rotfl:

dropsofjupiter

Own_My_Own wrote: »

:rotfl: should read SOCK cupcake.:rotfl:

Sock cupcakes sound like they will sell better! :rotfl:

Own_My_Own

springdreams wrote: »

I was going to go to the Bury Christmas fayre on Saturday, but decided to give it a miss due to the weather. It would have been a 2 hour drive each way. Would you recommend it OMO? If so, I might book into a local Travelodge and go next year.

We are going again next year. Dd didn't come as she thought she would be bored, and I think she may have been. But she is 15 and bored with everything at the moment.:rotfl:

There was a lot of food stalls, and some of the main stalls were quit dear. The smaller stalls were a lot nicer.
The shops are really sweet and quaint.
Parking was £2.20 for the whole day, and easy to get to.

I did get my Dad a plaque for his kitchen. There are 6 of us including my step-siblings, and there is nearly always one of us there.

The plaque reads-

Everyone makes this house a nicer place to be.
Some when they enter,
And some when they leave.

:rotfl:

Also got this planter for £5:j:j

http://www.wayfair.co.uk/Fallen-Fruits-Aged-Metal-Crown-Planter-AM01-FEF1194.html?refid=GPAUK321-FEF1194&gclid=CL_i3Nnw7bMCFbMbtAodCCcAvA

Bargain.:j:j

Ruth_honey

Own_My_Own wrote: »

We are going again next year. Dd didn't come as she thought she would be bored, and I think she may have been. But she is 15 and bored with everything at the moment.:rotfl:

There was a lot of food stalls, and some of the main stalls were quit dear. The smaller stalls were a lot nicer.
The shops are really sweet and quaint.
Parking was £2.20 for the whole day, and easy to get to.

I did get my Dad a plaque for his kitchen. There are 6 of us including my step-siblings, and there is nearly always one of us there.

The plaque reads-

Everyone makes this house a nicer place to be.
Some when they enter,
And some when they leave.

:rotfl:

Also got this planter for £5:j:j

http://www.wayfair.co.uk/Fallen-Fruits-Aged-Metal-Crown-Planter-AM01-FEF1194.html?refid=GPAUK321-FEF1194&gclid=CL_i3Nnw7bMCFbMbtAodCCcAvA

Bargain.:j:j

I cross stitched something similar for my DH a couple of years ago. It reads 'everyone brings joy into this house. Some when they enter, others when they leave'. Always makes me smile...:D

Spent all afternoon wrapping presents. Only a few more to do now. Might have to offer my wrapping services to friends who aren't so keen. :rotfl:

soba

Please has anybody got a reliable gingerbread man in a jar recipe? I tried this out from the Good food mag http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1840651/gingerbread-gift-jars and, as one reviewer said, there was nowhere near enough flour in the recipe. I added quite a bit more but didn't measure how much more:mad: but the taste was lovely.
I have flicked through this thread but there's so many blooming pages!

daisiegg

Morning all you Christmassy people!

I think I may start some wrapping today...have been trying to wait until December but it's close enough! It's a diversion tactic because what I really need to be doing is finishing making my wedding invitations. Ergh I am just not crafty and it is not something I enjoy at all!

I second the requests for people who have trees up already to post pics! :j I am excited for the weekend, when I will be putting up all my decs apart from the tree. We will buy a tree on the 8th when OH is back from the US where he is going on business. So I want to see yours! :T