crafty for christmas 2008

sethsgran

They are lovely well done

Melon78

Rustyflange They look fab, love them being 'wrapped' in the bags, what a good idea! Where on earth are you going to keep them between now and Christmas though?!

Valli

Gorgeous trays & bags.
Morrisons have some nice sets of mugs on offer - pretty patterned ones if anyone's interested...
All the trowels (38p) have gone now!

RustyFlange

Melon78 wrote: »

Rustyflange They look fab, love them being 'wrapped' in the bags, what a good idea! Where on earth are you going to keep them between now and Christmas though?!

I am taking over the bottom of the wardrobe (its one of them built in jobbies ...)
I already have 2 big hampers in there which are wrapped and ready for christmas, aswell as presents for my sons birthday and christmas pressies for both my son and daughter I am just trying to be a little organised

Captain_Bluebear

omg! you lot are so organised!
i've just found this thread and haven't even thought of xmas yet but i always make my own pressies. before i post any pics or ideas i'm gonna spend time reading the whole thread. (have made it up to page 9 so far!!!!)

so.....i'll see you all back here in a couple of days(!!!) to make sure i don't repeat anything already suggested.(also need to update my pics to upload if needed!)

thanks for a great thread....you've all got me thinking now. i am always expected to better myself every year.i think i've made a rod for my own back but it's more fun than fighting with other shoppers half way through december! thanks for getting me planning!

C_J

Morning, all! Happy Wednesday

I absolutely LOVE the idea of those flannel handbag soaps which Mary43 mentioned upthread, so have done a quick google and found this :

http://inspiritbuxton.com/page9.htm

Not exactly a clear picture, but the instructions seem quite straightforward so I may give it a go this weekend

C_J

Oh, and here's a printable card template in a handbag shape :

http://www.craftytemplates.co.uk/handbagtemplate.pdf


(Actually, there are lots of other lovely free templates on that site too: http://www.craftytemplates.co.uk/freetemplates.html )

shaz_mum_of__2

The bags are lovely rusty i might have to steal the idea ,good as well because the recipient cant see inside and no extra wrapping needed

nice one

Shaz

mary43

CJ................thanks for the links. The template for handbag is just the same shape as the one I bought.

naturally_2

Not too sure if this has been added already, but samphire is a sort of seaweed plant that grows by the water's edge in salty areas. I bought some from a farmers market last weekend when visiting famil in Norfolk. Not too sure what it would be like pickled? To cook, I was told to rinse it lots, boil for a couple of minutes and serve with butter - then apparently you hold the root end and strip the flesh upwards away from the root with your teeth, so it leaves a the tough core. Messy but tasty, very high in salt though because of where it grows.

I would love to know of places near to me that I could harvest it for free - but if you live near esturies in Norfolk I would imagine you could harvest it for free, so would make very cheap prezzies!