OS Christmas 2014 thread!!!!

Islandmaid

Thanks for the 'heads up' about the candy cane voddy BB

Have made the toffee and skittles vodka,s and the slow gin is 'seeping' for a few months ready for Christmas.

Loving the squiffy cake receipe - sounds a similar method to how I cook Christmas dinner LOL

Have decided to have a clothes purge and get a lot of stuff on ebay - i,ve got some 'label' dresses that no longer fit, phase eight etc I given up on loosing weight this should raise some additional Christmas funds - I hope......

springdreams

jlhmd666 wrote: »

Love your avatar springdreams Fits in lovely with the topic of this thread

Thank you :xmassmile

piglet27

Love how organised you are Margaret54! I would be normally but due to house move I have put off getting organised until in new house.
Your Christmas cake recipe was fantastic butterflybrain! Thought it was me, at the start, lol.


Thank you for heads up of red and green fold up bags in 99p stores, I will have to pop in.

sugarpuss27

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

[FONT=&quot]Ingredients: [/FONT][FONT=&quot]
1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar
lemon juice
4 large eggs
lots of nuts
1 bottle Whisky
2 cups of dried fruit

Sample the Whisky to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the whisky again, to be sure it is the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.

Repeat. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point it's best to make sure the whisky is shtill OK.

Try another cup .... just in case. Turn off the mixerer.

Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.

Pick fruit off floor.

Mix on the turner.

If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers pry it loose with a sdrewscriver.

Sample the whisky to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift two cups of salt. Or something. Who careshz.

Check the whisky.

Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.

Add one table. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find.

Greash the oven and wee in the fridge.

Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.

Don't forget to beat off the turner. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the whisky

Fall into bed.

CHERRY MISTMAS[/FONT]

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
Thank you so much..............nearly fell off me chair.......oooh need the loo!!!!!!

!!!!!

whitesatin

Not sure if this is the right board but I have promised I will make some Christmas craft items for a school fair. I was thinking (as well as other things) of making fabric flowers, e.g. pointsettas.

Was wondering if I should buy a rotary cutter and board, would it be useful? There seem to be lots of different sizes of both. Does anyone use them, are they any good? Which size should I go for? How many layers of fabric would they cut through? E.g. felt petals.

Sorry, in a hurry as my grandson is at the door, aged 3. Here for the day. Looking forward to your advice, thanks.

AlwaysHappy

Wow, some of you seem to be sooo organised - I am in awe!! Bought my first pressie yesterday - tin of biscuits in marks half price at £7.50 for my uncle - its a square tin so easy to wrap too. It felt good to have one - must try harder!!

krustylouise

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

[FONT=&quot]Ingredients: [/FONT][FONT=&quot]
1 cup of water
1 tsp baking soda
1 cup of sugar
1 tsp salt
1 cup of brown sugar
lemon juice
4 large eggs
lots of nuts
1 bottle Whisky
2 cups of dried fruit

Sample the Whisky to check quality. Take a large bowl, check the whisky again, to be sure it is the highest quality, pour one level cup and drink.

Repeat. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Turn on the electric mixer. Beat one cup of butter in a large fluffy bowl. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Add one teaspoon of sugar. Beat again. At this point it's best to make sure the whisky is shtill OK.

Try another cup .... just in case. Turn off the mixerer.

Break 2 leggs and add to the bowl and chuck in the cup of dried fruit.

Pick fruit off floor.

Mix on the turner.

If the fried druit gets stuck in the beaterers pry it loose with a sdrewscriver.

Sample the whisky to check for tonsisticity.

Next, sift two cups of salt. Or something. Who careshz.

Check the whisky.

Now shift the lemon juice and strain your nuts.

Add one table. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Add a spoon of sugar, or somefink. Whatever you can find.

Greash the oven and wee in the fridge.

Turn the cake tin 360 degrees and try not to fall over.

Don't forget to beat off the turner. [/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Finally, throw the bowl through the window, finish the whisky

Fall into bed.

CHERRY MISTMAS[/FONT]

I got told off at work for reading this and being caught by my huge smile and sniggers lol.

Thanks for making my Friday much brighter :rotfl:

krustylouise

I know this is terrible but we get married next month and I am so looking forward to it. Obviously I'm excited because I will be marrying my wonderful DF but also because not all our money will be sucked into the wedding and I can then get cracking on Christmas planning

I bought packs of cards in January for DD to send to her friends and also a few rolls of wrap.

I also bought some t shirts for DD's cousins and the odd toiletry set for the ladies in the family.

I would like to make some things like onion relish, rum butter and jams, however my track record of making things has been rather eventful!

nicki_2

I found this thread the other day and have spent today reading it through and following links

I wish I could do the greenery but unfortunately I'm allergic to a lot of evergreen stuff so I go for bright, colourful and eclectic Last year I bought a craft book I used to have as a child called "Things to Make For Christmas" so I'm hoping to have a go at making some bit this year with my DD if she's not "too big" for it at 13 lol I loved making the Danish heart baskets in it.

There is only me and my DD, she goes away boxing day to spend time with her dad and his family, so we keep things food wise very simple. We bake a cake using my nannas recipe but split it into multiple tins, the "spares" DD uses in her packed lunch for school and I freeze the Christmas one with a big "DO NOT EAT" sign on it as I make it alcohol free. Christmas dinner is a simple Ber.Math. turkey roast, SP stuffing, frozen veg, lots of pigs in blankets (we went through 24 last year :rotfl:), silverskin pickled onions, sweet pickle, cranberry sauce, mint sauce (will be using the one we still have from last year ), a small pudding with brandy butter (I already have one in the freezer from last year as it was on a multi buy offer ), squirty cream, a bottle of Schloer (or "kids wine" as DD calls it :rotfl:) and crackers for us to pull. Everything is as ready made and cooked in foil trays so clean up is minimal as we usually leave not long afterwards to see my family We usually eat dinner while still in our PJs now and eat sweets from our stockings for breakfast My mum always lays on a buffet so I don't have to supply lots of food.

Gift wise I try to keep it relatively simple. Last year I got DD a bin for her room and filled it with various food goodies all individually wrapped. She loved it and has asked for it again this year. This time though she wants a new keepsake box so I'm going to fill that. I also always get her a book (usually one needed to complete one of her collections, she's a major bookworm), a DVD, a CD, a calender for her room, a jigsaw (working my way through the 3-D ones ), a piece of jewellery (much easier now she's had her ears pierced), and some toiletries. I use vouchers where I can (Am*zon ones earned through surveys usually) and shop around a lot! She asked for make-up last year, and hardly touched it, but last night she asked me to get her some specific make up items so they'll go in her stocking. Its a good job I'm an av*n rep otherwise I'd end up spending a fortune on it!

Last year I did bottles of non-alcoholic mulled wine for all the adults along with one or two other bits, but can I remember what I got the kids? Can I hell I'm hoping I've got it saved in my spreadsheet.... this year I want to see if I can keep it to under £500 for everything. Well actually I don't have much choice as that's all I'll have :rotfl: Its got to be an OS Christmas, and any baking will keep DD occupied

Lilyplonk

Got a few more 'useful items' towards pressies for DSis's/DBro - so that little lot is coming along nicely now.

Also managed to get a 'special childhood dvd' for DSis2 that I KNOW she'll love - not exactly 'useful', but she'll certainly enjoy it :j!

Sent for some 'noise cancelling earphones' for dgd1 (16) and dgs's 1&2 (both aged 13) from Groupon - bargain price :T. I'm sure that both sets of parents will be delighted that they're 'noise cancelling' :j.