Homemade gift ideas for not so crafty people!!!

tattycath

bluenose1 wrote: »

WHOOPS, it is just the spelling on my iPad. Should just say wrapped cardboard box in gold paper.

:rotfl: trust me to not realise and I have the same issues with mine if I'm not careful.
Thank you.

dory22

marshy1985 wrote: »

That's funny, I have been looking lots on Pinterest and find loads of ideas, but I'm not sure I can do them, I don't want to spend money on craft stuff an then find out it waste of time because I couldn't do it lol!!

how does pinterest work? I see pictures of things but no instructions of how to do it? is it just pictures?

dory22

marshy1985 wrote: »

Well so far I have made strawberry and blackberry vodka, and at Xmas I plan to make some cranberry vodka which I made last year and was lush!! I'm going to make some sugar scrub and I'm going to try those after eight mints because they look lovely!! Xx

probably easy to make but could you tell me how please. thank you

susan42

Dory - if you see a picture of something you like on Pinterest you click on it , that takes you through to a page you can comment on. Then if you click on the picture again it takes you through to a site with more instructions. :-)


Also to make the vodka - just drop the flavours you would like into it . A lot of people make worthers vodka by dropping worthers original sweets in and when they dissolve it tastes lush. I did strawberry vodka with red skittles. I had to strain that after a few weeks though as there were bits in it . I didn't like them but some people do

Maysie

dory on most pintrest pictures you click the picture and it takes you to the original source so there is often a recipe or how to. If it does not its probably something someone without a blog website ect has gone and added just the picture themselves. You can comment under pictures and they may get back to you with instructions under the picture.

susan42

These are easy and a bit of a joke

Easy craft

And you can use it again if you use chalk to write on the front

Maysie

I hope its not to big they have changed photobucket since i last used it and the easy way to make a pic smaller looks more complicated......


Was a bit fiddly to make as i could not find my glue dots but i managed it with just sellotape and brown string and a pipe cleaner.

marshy1985

For the vodka I just chuck the fruit in and a bit of sugar, shake it every day for 3/4 weeks, and then strain it to get the bits out! Easy least!!

marshy1985

Easy peasy even, damn autocorrect! Lol

Spendless

susan42 wrote: »

These are easy and a bit of a joke

Easy craft

And you can use it again if you use chalk to write on the front

Did you know you can buy bags of snowmen marshmellows? I can't remember the brand but I saw some in B&M yesterday. I also bought some last year for my kids to go on their hot choc drinks in their Xmas Eve hamper.

Love the thread btw- I am the most un-craftiest person I know and this is full of things I can actually make.

ETA- found them! https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=snowman+marshmallow+bags+of+sweets&safe=off&espv=210&es_sm=122&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=vL9uUvnHBtOjhge-5IGwCw&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAQ&biw=1600&bih=767#facrc=_&imgdii=_&imgrc=UpGEaL6pRsIvkM%3A%3Bkooaw1Zi1NcL_M%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.handycandy.co.uk%252Fimages%252Fsnowmanmallows.jpg%3Bhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.handycandy.co.uk%252Fmarshmallow-snowmen-p-1579.html%3B500%3B523