crafty for christmas 2008

jane130

Oh mary what a pain , kida are a headache at times aren;t they.

lots of great peg borad ideas on this site http://www.angelichen.com

mary43

Thanks Jane. I'll have a look at that. You're telling me kids are a pain (see rainmacs door hanger thread !!) Can't order my bloomin' door hangers :mad:
Today is going to be one of those days ..............now OH is rummaging about in drawers in the kitchen, obviously can't find something and if I ask him what he's after he just grunts !!!!!
Is it the weather ? Has the moon changed or something

crystalclear

BigMummaF wrote: »

Anyone got Santa's e-mail so we can ask for a postponement this December
:rotfl: :rotfl:

LOL BigMummaF - I wish

mary43

At the moment..............ditto :mad:

jane130

oh Iknow that feeling mary dh was off sick last week so only £54 wages this week ,all these crafts to get started and nothingto makethem with !

mary43

Crikes Jane, thats awful for you. Makes my babbling on about ebay and door hangers and kids pale into significance. Hope OH is ok now.
I've been looking at some of the 'freebies' on different sites - stuff you can make from bits around the house -trouble is, some of the bits and pieces I don't have.....................lol
Thought I'd pick a site with stuff for kids to make (easy enough for me then I thought)
Saw somewhere, can't remember where now, a jar of pickled bums.............:rotfl: involving old tights, cotton wool and a jar............might have a go at that. My grandson would laugh his socks off................:rotfl:

Siren137

Mary - are you thinking of these by any chance?

http://www.craftbits.com/viewProject.do?projectID=1621

jane130

I love pickled bums,had long forgotten those frommy childhood, Mightmake some for ds's stocking !

its not too bad mary he pulled a muscle in his leg and as he's a bus driver they won;t let himwork becuase he couldn;t make an emergency stopfast enough. he'll get fullpay this week and I can get shopping , luckilyy we knew he would get a bad wage this week so we did some extra stuff last week .and he's back to work thursday so I'll be free to shop and craft in peace

sethsgran

My mum in law used to make little dolls like the bums, they were called Stumpkins. My kids still laugh at grandma describing to me how to make them especially the part where she would say " and then you sew the seperation line" that phrase is still a family joke even amongst those who weren't even born at the time but just heard it from siblings.

DdraigGoch

Just a quick thought - for those of us who can't knit [arthritis, RSI etc] if you're intereseted, as I am, in felted woollen items - could we BUY/acquire old knitted cardis etc, hot wash and spin them, then cut it up to use as felted wool? I only ask as I'm not a skilled crafter, but I've shrunk/felted many a jumper in the past!!!