crafty for christmas 2008

maria_and_the_imps

havent been on for a while, been in the sort of mood where i cant really be bothered to do anything, have just found out i'm pregnant and i'm really worried as my son was still born in march this year so i'm really excited and worried and trying to take things easy, got all my pressies sorted and just need to finish making the bits for my imps xmas eve box, took me all week to get round to making the crayon cakes and now they are just sitting on my desk lol

asc - i made my imps pj bags and i litually got a large rectangle of fabric and folded it into quarters, sewed round 3 edges snipped the 2 bottom corners turned it in the right way, threaded some ribbon through the material, tied it in a knot at the end and pulled it so it closes, hope that makes sense which it probably doesnt lol hth

mary43

maria - good to see you back. Sounds like you're more or less organised for Christmas so just take it easy and look after yourself. Congratulations............I'm sure everything will be fine.......god bless:A

maria_and_the_imps

yippee_kye_yay wrote: »

hi all im pretty new 2 this site and crafting. i am getting married in a week so obviuosly money is tight so i am not buying my siblings this year so i am going 2 make them and every1 else some snowman soup as a token gesture.

i am also making my kids a snowman pinata, almost done. just waiting for the paper mache 2 dry then i can stick in the sweets and paint!!!

snowman pinata!!!!!!!!!!!!! sound so fun, do you have instructions on how to make one please
xxxx

elainew

After me making lots of reindeer soap and flannels for my dd's school xmas fayre--guess what my dd won in the tombola???
Only one of my bloody reindeer !!!!! I'm sick of looking at them So after a quick change of ticket--she won a teddy instead

bride_on_a_budget

well, i had my 1st xmas fair today and i sold out of snowman soup and reindeer food, had to take orders.
i didnt think i would sell as much.
i have got to make more now for the junior xmas fair next week now

bride

maytaurus

Hi peeps
just posted this on the freebies thread
FREE STUFF....HUNDREDS OF THINGS TO MAKE AND DO

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1321469

Well done on your sales bride on a budget :j

Giggle

bride_on_a_budget wrote: »

well, i had my 1st xmas fair today and i sold out of snowman soup and reindeer food, had to take orders.
i didnt think i would sell as much.
i have got to make more now for the junior xmas fair next week now

bride

Snap the same here can i ask how much are you selling yours for

pig_let_cool

So today is the day of my mums xmas fayre for her church, i only went for 40 minutes and now im home babysitting lol

We were selling out of most of the snowman soups,Flannel reindeer my vinyl bowls etc

Thankyou everyone for the ideas! there very popular! lol

xo

bravobeastie

Well, my first xmas fayre yesterday went...ok i guess.

I made about £35 take £15 out of that for the stall so £20 not bad for just over 2 hours.

I sold out of the perfect man gingerbreads, sold a few of the snowman soups and snowman poops, yule log flannel cakes went well and the flannel cupcakes and a few people took some nappy cake leaflets but almost everyone admired them which meant such a lot to me.

I've got another on the 13th December and if i only make about the same again then that would be nice. My prices were:

Snowman Soup: £2.25
Perfect Man 75p
Yule log flannel cakes £1.99
Snowman poop 75p
Flannel cupcakes £1.50
Gingerbread hearts that i had iced xmas themes on 50p each

I was set up just opposite a much bigger (and more professional looking) craft stall and they were selling reindeer food, they had used glitter and i was soooo tempted to shout out...THAT'LL KILL THE BIRDS

Good job i have self restraint

ASC

Pooky wrote: »

How old are the kids?? What sort of fabric have you got?

Pooky - they are 7 (girl) and 4 (boy). I've got some organza type pink fabric for her (leftover from another project) and some plain white cotton to use as lining to that, and camouflage (sp?) for him.

Maria - thanks for the suggestion, if yours turned out ok I shall probably give that a go, my sewing skills are more adequate than good! Many congratulations on the pregnancy, fingers crossed it all goes okay this time. I can sympathise with feeling excited and terrified at the same time. Try to take it easy at least early on - not easy when you're already running round after imps!

xxx