crafty for christmas 2008

brookeslay

Sorry the waitrose one is available as a bulk buy grrr.... eBay has these :

Kinox 18/10 Grade Stainless Steel Cocktail Shaker BNIB 260297213998

is £2.99 buy it now and same for postage . There is a cheaper one

PREMIUM 450ML STAINLESS STEEL COCKTAIL SHAKER 280276426236

£3.95 plus £1.80 postage also buy it now

b

paddingtondoo

Glad you found them mary43

I thought of you a little while ago as i was tidying DD's stuff up and found 2 bags of eyes and some pom poms so am going to make her a flannel rabbit - just need to get OH to "borrow" flannel when he's away next week

mary43

paddington - now I found them I've managed to finish my 'sock snowman'...........I stuck black buttons down the front and cos the sock has a sort of frilly check top I found a stick on holy leaf to pop on there..........had to leave it as ribbon round the neck...........no fabric samples big enough but it looks ok........I've tied it like a scarf..........least it looks like a snowman...........kind of...............now, what to I do about the mouth ? Do I put that on with a felt tip pen ? Have to be careful it doesn't go through to the white flannel thats inside the head and not sure what the chance of that is. Maybe better consult instructions - again............lol

Magic_Mishkin

Hello everyone,

As you can see I'm a newbie but I've been a "lurker" for nearly a year!:o

It's taken me 4 days to read this entire thread and must confess I have enjoyed the "chit chat" !

Although usually a bit shy (hence the late join), I thought it only fair that I should come out of hiding and thank you all for your wonderful help and ideas.

Well done to all those that have made a start/finished their crafting projects
I haven't even started mine :eek:.

I've been a little reluctant to make anything for my family as they are a teeny bit materialistic and didn't know if my homemade offerings would go down that well, but I think I worry too much.

Anyway to the point, I am hoping to make

Bath bombs,
Flavoured Vodka (toffee/skittles/liquorice/chocolate-not sure which yet)
Towel cakes, including reindeer
Snowman soup
retro sweets in a jar
Ball of life
Jars of quotes
no sew blanket
Jar of cookie mix
Themed gift baskets

I was also thinking of making a gag present like a "box of sleep" for my sis and B-I-L as they've just become proud new parents to my Nephew who seems to feed 24/7, bless! (maybe I'll make up some babysitting vouchers too).

I love sock monkeys all of yours look amazing, I'm hopeless in the sewing department.

Gosh I do waffle on!

Anyway, thanks again, keep up the good work and I will try and contribute where I can.

Best wishes

Magic Mishkin

sammy_kaye18

welcome magic

adn thank you all for the help with finding minatures - have jsut found a good site that sells jsut minatures but they also sell packs fo things to make up specific cocktails so think a clever chat ont he phone and mentioning of them might bring up which ccktails she lieks more then i cna include them in the basket too

does anyone else know anythign else i cna put in it?? Ive just bid on a cocktail shaker on Ebay so i have that and will have minatures and i have a book of cocktail recipes - anything else????????????

brookeslay

Hi Magic Mishkin welcome to the thread i`m a newbie too ! Very insprational these girls aren`t they ?

You seem to have a lovely list of makes to do need to write a shopping list of all the things you need. Though lists do grow longer on this site ..lol

Re the sleep hamper Johnsons are brought out a new Dreamy skin range

http://www.johnsonsbeauty.co.uk/beautyRangeItem.aspx?range=4

its says selected stores is 50% off until 31st october !

sammy don`t forget to add a cocktail glass and maybe stirrers, some heart ice cubes trays or christmas tree ones and some cool cocktail coasters !

B

paddingtondoo

Well done Mary!

I raided the airing cupboard and found a white flannel he borrowed earlier. Shame I had to pull everything out to get it but managed to resist the (very weak) urge to tidy it out!.

Now have a really cute bunny after spending 10 mins trying to take the back off what I thought were self adhesive eyes I gave up and got the diamond glaze out which stuck them in seconds. Wonder if they'll still be there in the morning............................ :rotfl:.

Thanks to whoever posted the link earlier will make some for the school Easter Fayre if I remember by then

mary43

paddington I stuck my eyes and nose on with glue dots and so far so good. Mind you the sock isn't a towelling sock.
I've got some white flannels left..............I wonder........maybe I might have a go at a bunny..........no reason why there can't be a christmas bunny is there........:rotfl:
Oh and whats diamond glaze ? Not heard of that before.

magic - welcome to the mad house - and believe me it is. Sound like a nice lot of stuff you've got planned to do and I'm sure your family will love the fact you've taken the time to do it all. Good luck:j

paddingtondoo

Diamond glaze is a sort of glue that you can also mix with water and use to glaze rubber stamped images.

I do quite a bit of card making and it sticks jewels and flowers to card and even eyes to bunnies :rotfl:.

You could put a tartan ribbon round his neck to make your bunny xmasy.

Keeping to the bunny theme I'm now going to start knitting DD a bunny blanket buddy (she's 8) but I'm hoping it will stop her sucking her thumb so I don't get another lecture from the dentist and more importantly so I don't have to make a 300 mile round trip so she can visit the one her dad bought her in the summer holidays - exs :mad:

kethry

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

does anyone else know anythign else i cna put in it?? Ive just bid on a cocktail shaker on Ebay so i have that and will have minatures and i have a book of cocktail recipes - anything else????????????

if you can find them.. what about one of those icecube trays that makes shapes out of the icecubes? some party poppers maybe... you could also keep a look out for a cocktail glass (pound shops sometimes do them), or a glass "stirrer".. perhaps some cocktail sticks and some of the non-alcoholic ingredients for her favorite cocktails, like olives, cherries.. you get the idea. maybe some of the non-alcoholic mixers. Depends how far you want to go really.

HTH

keth
xx