crafty for christmas 2008

she_grinch

rainmac wrote: »

Here is some snowman soup I put together today....



I used enough instant hot chocolate, choc chips and marshmallows for 2 servings. The candy canes are stuck on the outside of the cello bag with tape. Think they look quite good, what do you think?

I love these but how and where will you store them to make sure they stay fresh till Christmas, the tie isn't an airtight enough seal surely?

r.mac_2

scattymam1 wrote: »

I've eventually made my first two christmas cards - really need to get a move on, here they are:

sorry not sure how to get them smaller!!!

These are gorgeous. I would love to make something similar - could you let me know where you get your card and embellishments from please????

thanks xxx

soblivion

scattymam1 your cards look beautiful:T

rainmac mmmm! your snowman soup looks good. I've just put the kettle on cos now I'm craving hot choc:rotfl: Won't be as nice as yours though, only cadbury highlights, no mellows or choc drops (insert crying smiley here)

kethry

am making a lot of things for christmas presents for people, esp the women in the family.... they're all going to be wrapped and popped into one of these:

its the first one i made, they're not lined, but the seams are french seams (in other words the fraying bits are all tucked away, not exposed) so its much stronger. This particular one is for me, as i said, its the first one i made to see how easy they are to run up. Full instructions are to be found here. Future ones will have stitchery (bit like this) on the pockets to make them individual to the person receiving the gift. If you're doing similar small presents, but tired of baskets and feel confident doing something like this, how about this instead?

Angie100

I was in the works today and they have started to get their Christmas stuff in. Got a nice pack of Christmas stickers, 7 sheets for 99p, also something called a Christmas Bumper Activity pack for 99p - this is great and contains loads of different sized coloured card, stickers, sticky orange hologram paper, silver cardboard, great for card or tag making. They also had Christmas card making packs which I think were £1.99 for 10 and in the craft bit of the shop I got foil snowflakes for 69p a pack!

Never_too_old_to_learn

I think this site is great as not only does it have free knitting patterns but it also has knitting instructions - knitting stitches and tips & tricks. Check out the patterns under the Christmas section for knitting tree decorations.

http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/ :T

Never_too_old_to_learn

A good site.
Free knitting patterns - instruction - stitches and tips & tricks.


http://www.knittingpatterncentral.com/ :T

rainmac

she_grinch wrote: »

I love these but how and where will you store them to make sure they stay fresh till Christmas, the tie isn't an airtight enough seal surely?

They're in a tin with the lid on, don't worry

columbine75

Told-in-a-garden has beautiful free Christmas angel desings at
http://www.tiag.com/otherproducts/xmasangels.html

They make lovely tree decorations when backed and stuffed with wadding or lavender.

mariae_2

Bit of advice please. Have decided to have a table for pta @ school xmas fair.Begining to feel a bit twitchy now . Intend to have flannel cakes, reindeer flannels,snowman soup and a few bits like that.Have any of you tried this and what sort of prices have you charged? Hope I have posted in the right place. Thanks mariae.