crafty for christmas 2008

bunbun2

melissa75 wrote: »

Rainmac, the door hanger thing was really easy, I only used 4 ovals of card and then the embellishments. I might do some for xmas but I haven't got any xmas papers yet.

melissa have I missed a picture of your door hangers? have looked back but can't see it:D would love to see a picture:D

mary43

Just concocted a sort of 'everyday survival tin' to pop in with sons 40th birthday pressie.
I've done
rubber band -to help you be flexible -things may not always go as you want
Band aid - to heal hurt feelings, yours or someone elses
Eraser -to make your mistakes disappear - after you've learned from them
String - to keep it all together when life seems to be falling apart
Candle - to light up any dark moments you may have
Coin (5p) - so you'll never be completely broke
Blu-tak - to help you stick with it if the going gets tough
Cotton wool ball - to soften the rough roads of life
Button - to remind you to sometimes 'button your lip'
Smiley face - to help you start and end your day with one
Pencil - to write down your blessings every day
Musical note - Music is good for the soul. Listen to your favourites while you read your blessings
Tissue - for tears of sadness or joy
Heart - to remind you that you are always loved no matter what
Musical notes - for relaxing after a hard day Music is good for the soul
A Flower - to remind you that however stressful life gets, dont forget to stop and smell the flowers

Don;t think I can get any more in the little tin....................lol It's a little silver tin I found that we'd had hot chocolate mix in. I've filled it with bits and pieces I'd already got (musical notes, heart and smiley face were in a scrapbook kit and the flower was from my card making stuff) so really the whole thing cost me nothing................even better:j

Oooer...........just realised I put a paper clip in...............thats supposed to be for holding something together.............any ideas ?

EagerLearner

Hi all have loved this thread to date, caught up today finally!

There are so many fab ideas, I wanted to add one more for anyone who may be interested... It's not the cheapest, nor most expensive gift but very unique... a site called:
www.blurb.com
We have used them at work - they do books and you can design your own with their templates, then just order the one if you want to for less than £15 including delivery! You can get a softback, hardback and even hardback with dustjacket for that price. They have lots of ideas on there and to me it looks just great. You could do a portfolio of photographs, a poetry book, a wedding book, holiday book, some text and photos, recipe book and so much more...

My mum lives in Portugal and writes for a paper there, so I am going to collect all the clippings of her articles and try to scan them or type them in, alongside photos of her/family etc. Then she will have lots of her articles in a proper book - the cut out ones she has are yellowing a bit now. I have even sneakily contacted the paper and they are going to be my cohorts in the surprise, e-mailing me some of the articles etc...

mary43

I'll have a look at that. I sort of co-wrote a story with someone a couple of years back and at the moment its just sitting in a ring binder.I'd love to have put it in some kind of book form, just for myself as its the first one I've ever written. Depends on costs though -as does everything at the minute.
Thanks:j

melissa75_2

bunbun - it wasn't a "door hanger" like Rainmacs, it was a heart shape made out of card that you could hang on a door. I think it was posted a few pages ago.

melissa75_2

Yep, bunbun its on page 27

shaz_mum_of__2

mary43 wrote: »

I'll have a look at that. I sort of co-wrote a story with someone a couple of years back and at the moment its just sitting in a ring binder.I'd love to have put it in some kind of book form, just for myself as its the first one I've ever written. Depends on costs though -as does everything at the minute.
Thanks:j

theres also http://www.lulu.com/uk/ a self publishing site

sethsgran

EagerLearner wrote: »

Hi all have loved this thread to date, caught up today finally!

There are so many fab ideas, I wanted to add one more for anyone who may be interested... It's not the cheapest, nor most expensive gift but very unique... a site called:
www.blurb.com)

What a fantastic idea I hadn't thought about this. Should have really as my niece has just done this using her mums journals from the last 35 years. She has made a fantastic job of it as she too wanted to preserve her mums record as mum died when niece was 13.

Question though I have always wanted to do a book for my grandchildren, have the ideas written down and my DIL wants to illustrate it for me, she is an amazingly talented artist. However my grandchildren are 2 and under so I would like thicker pages any idea where I could get this done. I would love to give one to each of them, 4, for christmas.

top_drawer_2

hi all,

I've had a PJ day today as worked all week and just feel so fatigued so Ive read this entire thread and think Ive got Christmas 2008 sorted.... Thanks everyone thats a HUGE weight off me!

Any ideas on where I could get a pattern for a bag with lots of pockets? My friend is going travelling soon so I would like to give her a security concious handbag of sorts which she can keep her passport/currency etc in to limit getting pickpocketed in one of these dodgy places she's planning on seeing....

Thanks

Jen

she_grinch

http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf37896302.tip.html

These may be useful too, Not to sure about the pins but I assume you would add a warning to remove them before use!