crafty for christmas 2008

maria_and_the_imps

i can't remember if it was on this thread or who it was (sorry) but someone was saying about a christmas book they had made and then taken it to thew photo copies to be made in to a book ( i may be wronge as i once dreamt that my brother had rung me and that i needed to ring him back, when i rang him back very early in the morning he was not impressed) any ho, what i was trying to say was can we see pictures , i'm thinking of making one for my imps for xmas eve. thanks and sorry if it's not even this thread and sorry for rambling ( i havent even had a drink) xxx

paddingtondoo

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

i can't remember if it was on this thread or who it was (sorry) but someone was saying about a christmas book they had made and then taken it to thew photo copies to be made in to a book ( i may be wronge as i once dreamt that my brother had rung me and that i needed to ring him back, when i rang him back very early in the morning he was not impressed) any ho, what i was trying to say was can we see pictures , i'm thinking of making one for my imps for xmas eve. thanks and sorry if it's not even this thread and sorry for rambling ( i havent even had a drink) xxx

Unless we were both having the same dream I read it too - can't remember who it was though

JimmyDave

Hi Mrs Tine the cheap stuff always tends one to do cheap doings...... :rotfl::rotfl:

rainmac

Badger_Lady wrote: »

I'm going to make lemon curd

It was my favouritest thing as a child, but I stopped eating eggs when I was 12 due to the ethical farming issues, and have clearly not been able to make it without!

This year, I've rescued some ex-battery hens and they've laid plenty of ethical eggs for me... so I'll be decorating some pretty jars, filling them with lemon curd, and making a little postcard from my hens explaining how it got there.

It's not just me going off on a tangent - my whole family are vegetarian hippies!

My next door neighbour makes delicious lemon curd. I'm hoping for a jar at Xmas and she's getting a pot of gold from us!

Lovely idea, good luck

rainmac

Angie100 wrote: »

I made up some nice little pot pourri bags yesterday using organza gift bags. I mixed abit of red colours pot pourri with some dried orange peel, cloves, star anise and soe cinnamon sticks and then added some drops of cinnamon oil and some sun kissed apricot (didn't have orange!!!). Mixed it all around and let it dry alittle then filled my bags. They smell lovely and I have pit them in a sealed zip lock bag to keep the smell in longer!!

I'm hoping to do a craft fair so will take them along to that. I need to get more orange peel dried now!!!





Also made my first reindeer, needs abit of tweaking but on the whole quite happy with him. I couldn't find brown pipe cleaners so his antlers are red and a nice bright orange pom pom!! No more flannels at Wilko this week. Will try Primark!



Today stuffing a sock monkey!!

Phew, you've been busy Angie :j I love your reindeer, he is so cute and the red antlers look fab :T

Can I ask where did you get your dried orange for the pot pourri, did you dry your own. Is this easy to do? I'd love to have a go at some Xmasy pot pourri this year to make the house smell delicious

rainmac

Sorry to hear you are poorly Mary. Sending you lots of get well wishes. Make sure the OH waits on you hand and foot

rainmac

lyns wrote: »

Has anyone made these http://www.allfreecrafts.com/christmas/washcloth-snowman.shtml tried doing a search.

I haven't but he's very cute isn't he! Are you going to have a go?

rainmac

kate022 wrote: »

Hi all,

Not sure if this has already been mentioned but I'm going to make a bouquet of different fruits, different skewers presented like a bouquet of flowers, some chocolate dipped and some not.

Love the pineapple daisies. My mum has just had her gall bladder out and is finding she can't eat anything high in fat so I was trying to think of an alternative to a homemade hamper.

Apparently these stay fresh for up to 10 days if kept in the fridge with some water in the bottom of the mug and you can just pick out a stick whenever you fancy it. A healthy alternative for people like me who don't want to put on so much weight this Christmas

I think i'll need to practice a bit though.

Pictures for ideas on this website
http://ediblearrangements.co.uk/Default.aspx



Kate

They are beautiful, but what a price to buy them :eek: Good luck with making one, a lovely idea

rainmac

How easy is this and how cute... http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=1931

I've got lots of marshmallows left from my snowman soup so may have to do a couple of bags of poop for my 2 monkeys.

CandyB101_2

rainmac wrote: »

How easy is this and how cute... http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=1931

I've got lots of marshmallows left from my snowman soup so may have to do a couple of bags of poop for my 2 monkeys.

I did these last christmas (along with 'reindeer poo' ones), as a little present for family and friends from my DD. Everyone seemed to love them.