crafty for christmas 2008

sheyo

Hi everyone, well today went out and bought 12 flannels adn bars of soap from Tesco for reindeer, six mugs (tesco) 50p each also chocolate chips and mini marshmallows (ttesco) - can you tell i,ve just been for my weekly shop, but they told me they no longer sell the large bags of mini marshmallows there - instead they only had dr oetker at 1.29 for a small box! any ideas where I can get a large bag of them from? Also on the thread at the beginning somewhere I think someone mentioned making pj bags??? does anyone know who, or have a link to a site how to make them? tired looking myself but search only comes up with ready made!

maria_and_the_imps

brookeslay - i'm so sorry that you had a terrible nights sleep, if your any thing like me when you don't sleep you dont function lol, last night i had a good nights sleep and at 1.18 i'm still trying to decide what to do with myself lol. think i may just play on the computer for a while longer lol

sheyo - don't know weather it was me or not, but i'm making some just about to search for a pattern if i find one i will post a link

poohzee

Hi Sheyo

I got my marshmallows from tesco and sainburys - 99p each - massive bag and I think it was sammy_kaye18 who is doing the pj bags

sheyo

Thanks poohzee - gonna have to try sainsburys as want to get them made this weekend - but ohh the temptation, all their christmas stuff to look at too!!!!!!!!

maria_and_the_imps

sheyo, this is all i could find not really what i wanted http://www.craftandfabriclinks.com/reversible_bag/reversible_bag_pattern.html

i really wanted an animal shapped one like a rabbit or something if anyone can help i would be very grateful

mary43

brookeslay - no I;m not making a tea towel.................my sewing skills aren't up to that but there were some lovely images on some of them.

Well, got sons 'safe-keeping' jar all done and my scented baby shoes...........I'd done them in camouflage kiddy socks and they stretched so much they looked like sausages, so I emptied them out leaving just enough in the bottom end of the sock, folded the surplus sock over and popped them inside the little boots with the teddy faces on. Elastic bands round the top of each one and a brown shoe lace to tie them together - little verse and that was one pair done.
The other pair were a little pair of baby suede shoes.........bit trickier but wasn't going to be beat - rolled up a loo roll middle (very versatile these loo roll middles........lol) to the right size..........popped in the sock I'd emptied earlier so there was just enough to fill the foot, then shoved the loo roll middle down the rest of the sock so it looks like a pair of beige boots with green camouflage socks - like little legs......................lol Black boot lace to link them together, little tag and thats that !
Took ages it did.............began to wonder whether it was worth it but I got two novelty pressies for £1 so I think it is. It'll make my kids laugh anyway
(I hope)..............lol

Didn't need to add anything else to the lavender as by the time I'd emptied the socks out there wasn't enough to knock me sideways...............lol

Siren137

Wow mary they sound great! I'm still working on the cross stitch but I only have cross stitch gifts left to make. Oh and the reindeer for the school that my mum works at. I've made 18/40 so far so not too bad although they need to be finished for tomorrow as me and the OH have changed which day we are going up to see them all! :eek:

sheyo

poohzee - thanks for the tip just been to sainsburys and picked them up

Maria and the imps - thanks for finding that link for me!

Mary - fantastic idea glad it worked out well!

Has anyone tried/thought of putting a chenille stem in the sock monkeys arms to make them able to hold something? not sure if it would work or not????

brookeslay

Thanks the well wishes maria. I have remembered i have some tiffin ( chocolate one ) and going to make myself a cup of tea and munch it.

Mary43 your sewing skills may not be up to it but you sound a super crafter anyway:T .

I haven`t got my drinking chocolate yet or little choccy drops every time in the shops there are sprinkles no drops where are they hiding them ?

bought jelly sweets and silver balls for gingerbread house (ikea) tick on list


Lastly i have 6mm jingle bell on watch list ebay are these the correct size for reindeer don`t want a lopsided reindeer


thanks
b

knithappens

sheyo wrote: »

Hi everyone, well today went out and bought 12 flannels adn bars of soap from Tesco for reindeer, six mugs (tesco) 50p each also chocolate chips and mini marshmallows (ttesco) - can you tell i,ve just been for my weekly shop, but they told me they no longer sell the large bags of mini marshmallows there - instead they only had dr oetker at 1.29 for a small box! any ideas where I can get a large bag of them from? Also on the thread at the beginning somewhere I think someone mentioned making pj bags??? does anyone know who, or have a link to a site how to make them? tired looking myself but search only comes up with ready made!

I was in sainsburys today and they had a 200g bag for 99p, also the £1 shop have a see through penguine filled with mini marshmellows not sur eof the weight, but around the same as siansburys if not a little smaller