crafty for christmas 2008

minimacka

yummy-mummy-amy wrote: »

question for the lady that hand stichted sock monkeys -

what stitch did you use? i dont have a sewing machine and i'm quite worried that they will come apart IF i dont use a decent stich.

I also handstitch my monkeys and ive found that if you use fluffy socks the stiches dont show at all so you dont have to be the neatest sewer , and its soo fluffy and nice too.

Sian_the_Green

Just wanted to say 'hi' to everyone and hope things are going well in all your preparations! Still doing a lot of my scrapbooking and looking for ideas for little presents I can make for the men in my life!

brookeslay

I saw those in matalan pobby and got covered in glitter !.. They had some really lovely christmas things in. Can`t wait to tesco get their in after halloween finishes i get some lovely ( cheap ) things last year.

I also have been looking at something to tie tags on with and there is such a thing a bakers twine which looks good. I was awake alot of night ( keep
getting really bad cramp and my mind drifts to making !)

well done on your buys and makes yummymummy.


I spent too much online yesterday.. on little suprising how it mounts up.

B

rainmac

SeaBee wrote: »

I found a couple of bargains for some pots of gold - T J Hughes were doing bags of chocolate money for 99p BOGOF and Tescos are doing 2 200g boxes of Ferrero Rocher for £5.50 as opposed to £3.27 each

I also picked up these bottle boxes from Matalan in their 3 for 2 offer. 6 in total for £5.00. Planning to use them for home made selection boxes for neices and nephews.

Sorry for posting these letterboxes again but I think they are really great Love the idea of using them for selection boxes :T

mary43

Love the pillar boxes and love the cuddly cushions...............oh I love it all !!

:j You clever lot and such imagination :j

crazychatter

Just thought I'd say that I saw the Post box boxes in Hobbycraft, they had two sizes, one for normal wine bottles and the other for larger bottle, maybe whisky, they were £1.99 and £2.99. Then I saw them in one of those temporary Christmas shops that just suddenly appear to sell tacky christmas stuff for a few months, they only had the small but was cheaper at £1.50. So hopefully if someone doesn't have a Matalan nearby they may be able to track them down somewhere else.

ChocolateMonkey

crazychatter wrote: »

'Spiced Coffee-
10 tablespoon ground coffee
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Combine all ingredients in a jar.

Instructions for making: as normal instant coffee. Best with cream instead of milk but good with milk too!'

I got the receipe off someone on here, a hamper thread I think.

I think this recipe looks great so I am looking to use it in my hampers this year although I am slightly confused as its mentions using ground nutmeg twice. If anyone can clear this up for me I would be most grateful.

While im posting, thanks to all you lovely crafty people you have really helped with ideas for my hampers this year. Good luck with the crafting.

Squishy

Hello,

I was in tesco today and they are selling their bags of chocolate money on BOGOF - they are priced at 99p. I thought they might help someone doing the 'pots of gold'. I think I'll be doing them this year - also, just to make it a little different for the couples in my family so they don't both have the same I think I might do some 'pots of silver' with the white chocolate money and the silver wrapped ferrero rocher or something like that

Tesco also have boxes of 12 candy canes for 99p but they are only red and white striped.

Natbag

I'm sure this has been asked a thousand times, so apologies, but can anyone show me instructions on how to fold socks to sit in muffin cases please?

Uniscots97

Anyone got a good recipe for gift in a jar chicken noodle soup that will fit a 0.5L kilner? Tried some of the ones on the net but need a more british one rather than american (ingredients). Can anyone help please?