...and a Happy New Year!!Sarah and I would like to wish you all a wonderful Christmas spent with family and friends. We hope that 2010 is a year filled with many blessings, joy, and peace. We would also like to thank you all for stopping by and … [Read more...]
Gifts from the Kitchen!
Sarah has done all the Christmas baking this year - it is wonderful to have a daughter who is such a fabulous cook! We make a great team - she made the goodies and I worked on the packaging details.First up, Sarah made some Chocolate Marble Bread … [Read more...]
Last Minute Christmas Projects!
With less than a week to go until Christmas Day - there is still time to make some last minute sweet treats and ornaments. Now that I have finished all my Christmas present shopping, I am enjoying making a few things to put my own touch on the … [Read more...]
Christmas Biscuit House
After school this afternoon, Sarah, her friend, and I made some little Christmas houses. They are a twist on the more traditional gingerbread house, and are assembled with ready made biscuits such as Sponge Fingers, Hundreds and Thousands, Tina … [Read more...]
Candy Crafts
Sarah and I love to make things out of Candy to give as Christmas gifts - there are so many wonderful ideas around to present chocolates and lollies in creative ways. It is the one type of craft activity that kids are guaranteed to want to … [Read more...]
A Lifesaver at Christmas Time…..
As Christmas is approaching, I made up some covered Lifesavers to give to my friends at school. I got the inspiration from the Candy Coins on the Martha Stewart site.I wrapped rolls of Lifesavers in white wrapping paper, and then wrapped some thin … [Read more...]
Monogrammed Gift Tags
Christmas is my favourite time of year and I really look forward to creating all the little finishing touches that add to the magic of the season. Simple is the theme for all my Christmas projects this year as I seem to be short on … [Read more...]
Charming Ornaments – Part 2 – How To
I had a few requests for the instructions for making your own Charming Ornaments. You can make up a batch fairly quickly. Supplies for each ornament:small piece of quilters cotton (I used red, lime, and pink) fusible webbing such as vliesofix … [Read more...]
Charming Ornaments
Some scraps of Prints Charming fabric were put to good use on these felt ornaments. This year I am planning on wrapping gifts in shiny white paper, tied with red ribbons, and will attach a felt ornament for decoration. Simple but festive!Edit: You … [Read more...]
Beautiful Bloggers
(Image Credit: Tessa Edwards)We have "met" many amazing people through the wonderful world of blogs that inspire us on so many levels. One of these is the lovely Renee who shares her incredible journey on Circling My Head. Renee had a giveaway … [Read more...]
Christmas Gift Tags for Bridge Lovers
My In-Laws are great lovers of card games - Bridge, Canasta, 500 etc - so I have created some Christmas gift tags with a Card theme.Supplies and Equipment:Old deck of Playing Cardsred ribbonred and white card stockdouble sided tapehole punch, circle … [Read more...]
Freaky Friday with Blue Cricket Design
Today I am doing a guest post over at Blue Cricket Design - so if you would like to see a fun Advent Calendar tutorial, you will have to pop on over! In return, the lovely Becca from Blue Cricket is posting here with a fun tutorial of her own. So … [Read more...]
